PC1023780/2 - WILLIAM THOMAS HOLDER & HELEN HOLDER T/A COASTAL COACHES, UNIT 2 TOWNSENDS YARD, 184 LYTHAM ROAD, WARTON, PRESTON, PR4 1AH
Variation Accepted by SN: Operating between Blackpool North Railway Station and St Annes Square given service number 76 effective from 30-Mar-2014. To amend Timetable.

PC1034140/8 - B & J TRAVEL LTD, WEST CLOSE RD, BARNOLDSWICK, BB18 5EN
Variation Accepted by SN: Operating between Station Road, Barnoldswick and Station Road, Barnoldswick given service number 13/030 effective from 24-Mar-2014. To amend Route.

Dart 163's repaint takes shape

http://cbnw.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/dart-...shape.html

Credit: Oakwood Travel & Classic Bus Blog.

Wright Renown 21119 has returned to Rock Ferry Depot, 21121 is still seeing use here but i dont think it will last much longer

Wright Renown 21119 has returned to Rock Ferry, i think 21121 will return very soon aswell!

PC0001668/71 - GREATER MANCHESTER BUSES WEST LIMITED T/A STAGECOACH WIGAN, HYDE ROAD, ARDWICK, MANCHESTER, M12 6JS
Variation Accepted: Operating between Leigh and Wigan given service number X34 effective from 18-May-2014. To amend Route and Timetable.

PC0002407/97 - STAGECOACH (NORTH WEST) LTD T/A CUMBERLAND MOTOR SERVICES, SECOND FLOOR, BROADACRE HOUSE, 16-20 LOWTHER STREET, CARLISLE, CA3 8DA
Variation Accepted by SN: Operating between Preston Bus Station and Morecambe Bus Station given service number 40/40A/41 effective from 24-Mar-2014. To amend Route and Timetable.

PC0002598/267 - ARRIVA NORTH WEST LTD, 73 ORMSKIRK ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L9 5AE
Variation Accepted by SN: Operating between Runcorn Windmill Hill and Liverpool One Bus Station given service number X1 effective from 11-May-2014. To amend Route and Timetable.

PC0002598/282 - ARRIVA NORTH WEST LTD, 73 ORMSKIRK ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L9 5AE
Variation Accepted by SN: Operating between Eccles and Eccles given service number 61/62 effective from 27-Apr-2014. To amend Timetable.

PC0002598/293 - ARRIVA NORTH WEST LTD, 73 ORMSKIRK ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L9 5AE
Variation Accepted by SN: Operating between Little Hulton and Eccles given service number 293 effective from 27-Apr-2014. To amend Route and Timetable.

PC0002598/364 - ARRIVA NORTH WEST LTD, 73 ORMSKIRK ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L9 5AE
Variation Accepted by SN: Operating between Clifton and Eccles given service number 66 effective from 27-Apr-2014. To amend Route and Timetable.

PC0002598/365 - ARRIVA NORTH WEST LTD, 73 ORMSKIRK ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L9 5AE
Variation Accepted by SN: Operating between Shudehill and Clifton given service number 71/73 effective from 27-Apr-2014. To amend Route and Timetable.

PC0002598/366 - ARRIVA NORTH WEST LTD, 73 ORMSKIRK ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L9 5AE
Variation Accepted by SN: Operating between Shudehill and Clifton given service number 70 effective from 27-Apr-2014. To amend Route and Timetable.

PC0003681/361 - GREATER MANCHESTER BUSES SOUTH LTD T/A STAGECOACH MANCHESTER, HEAD OFFICE, HYDE ROAD, ARDWICK, MANCHESTER, M12 6JS
Registration Accepted
Starting Point: Manchester
Finish Point: Farnworth
Via:
Service Number: 38
Service Type: Normal Stopping
Effective Date: 18-MAY-2014
Other Details: Service introduced

New 38 service Manchester - Farnworth in competition with First! Apparently the route will be like Firsts 36 between Manchester and Little Hulton and like Firsts 68 from Little Hulton to Farnworth.

Looks like the Manchester Bus War is on! Service Starts May 12th.

EDIT: its also a high Frequency Service.

(27 Mar 2014, 8:38 pm)Michael Tinker wrote sounds like stagecoach are not happy now Firstbus are at Rushomle

Not Surprised as its competition. Stagecoach buy Bluebird so First buy Finglands so bang on a 38 service, wonder whats next!

There will be some Minor and Major changes to Tendered services currently running in Eccels and Nearby areas from 27/4/14

61/62 Eccels - Westwood Park Circular's
Time Changed to improve reliability

66 Clifton - Swinton - Worsley - Westwood Park - Peel Green - Eccels - Salford Royal Hospital - Ellesmere Park Circular
Route changed. All trips will be re- routed to serve New Lane instead of Worsley Road, South King Street and Bridgewater Street, Monday - Friday of Peak and Saturday Buses will be re- routed to serve Worsley Road and not Walker Road, Willow Road, Cypress Road, Chestnut Road, Westwood Crescent, May Street and Parrin Lane.

70 Clifton - Swinton - Monton Green - Eccels - Ellesmere Park - Pendleton - Ordsall - Manchester

Buses to be Re- routed to serve Weaste Lane, Gore Avenue and Lower Seedley Road instead of Tootal Drive, Tootal Road, Liverpool Street and Langworthy Road. Roads no longer served can use Arriva's 10 service.

71/73 Clifton - Swinton - Swinton Park - Seedley - Pendleton - Ordsall - Manchester

Service reduced from a 60 Min service to a 70 Min service to improve Reliability.

79 Swinton - Swinton Park - Brindle Heath - Pendleton - Salford Quay - Stretford

Service re-routed to operate via Phoebe Street, Buses will also terminate at Salford Quay so Stretford in no longer served.

293 Little Hulton - Walkden - Peel Green - Pactricroft - Eccels - Trafford Park

Service re timed between Eccels and Trafford Park to improve Time Keeping.

Guessing it will be operated out of Middleton Depot as that's the only Depot that's got space for it at the moment as other depot's are virtually full to capacity, plus the fact that space at Hyde Road is going to be at a premium shortly due to the fact that the outside yard is shortly going to be resurfaced.

The reason for the revision to the 79s and them terminating at Salford Quays is due to the fact that whenever Man Utd have their home matches it can actually had another hour to the journey time from Salford Quays to Stretford especially at full time, I remember when it was a 69 by the time we got to Stretford the 69 behind us had actually caught us up.

Now whether the changes to 79 are only when there's home matches/events at Old Trafford I'm not too sure

Magicbus 18284 ended up covering for a poorly 221013 on 11:05 84 Piccadilly-Reddish Bulls Head yesterday and 22100 was the replacement bus from Reddish back into Manchester

Actually JPT do have other services that they operate but their mainly tenders:

88/89 Manchester-Moston-White Moss-NMGH Circular (Evening and Sundays)
169 Ashton-Southern Cemetery (Sunday evenings only)
217/218 Droylsden-Manchester/Stalybridge (Evening/allday Sundays)
276 Trafford Hospital-West Didsbury (Mon-Sat Daytines)
294 Langley-Trafford Park (Works Service, Mon-Fri Mornings Only)
312 Stockport-Handforth Dean (Mon-Sun evenings only)
343 Oldham-Hyde (Daytime Saturdays)

Added to this are the various School Services that they operate in the mornings and afternoons that take them to areas that they don't operate during the day

(28 Mar 2014, 8:18 am)Michael Tinker wrote that wright 40416 is all lies do not belive what he says i am ingroneing him

I am doing, just got it confirmed Hyde Road are to run the 38 service, the extra space has been found by removing some of the *for scrap* buses of the site.

Yes some of my stuff might be wrong but other things I post are true as I know allot of people at Stagecoach Manchester including Inspectors and Management and I might find out more this weekend when I'm down at Spring Transport Festival at Museum of Transport

(28 Mar 2014, 8:43 am)Y961 XBU wrote I am doing, just got it confirmed Hyde Road are to run the 38 service, the extra space has been found by removing some of the *for scrap* buses of the site.

alot of the reduent buses are officially in reserve i get list every month read that they had moved 28507 to Ashton depot

PC0001141/133 - ARRIVA MERSEYSIDE LTD, 73 ORMSKIRK ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L9 5AE
Variation Accepted: Operating between Liverpool ONE Bus Station and Liverpool ONE Bus Station given service number 26/27 effective from 15-Jun-2014. To amend Route and Timetable.

PC0002407/92 - STAGECOACH (NORTH WEST) LTD T/A CUMBERLAND MOTOR SERVICES, SECOND FLOOR, BROADACRE HOUSE, 16-20 LOWTHER STREET, CARLISLE, CA3 8DA
Variation Accepted by SN: Operating between Lancaster Ripley St Thomas School and Silverdale Railway Station given service number 55/55A effective from 24-Mar-2014. To amend Timetable.

PC0002407/94 - STAGECOACH (NORTH WEST) LTD T/A CUMBERLAND MOTOR SERVICES, SECOND FLOOR, BROADACRE HOUSE, 16-20 LOWTHER STREET, CARLISLE, CA3 8DA
Variation Accepted by SN: Operating between Combermere Road and Lancaster University given service number 3A/3/3B/4/4A effective from 25-Mar-2014. To amend Timetable.

I'm guessing most of the Cross-River services ended being heavily delayed this afternoon/early evening due to the accident that closed the Queensway Tunnel, apparently all traffic was being sent via Wallasey Tunnel instead

Mr Wright Dart only gets half info, since i had a very good night i will give him the other half of the info, as of tonight none of the Olympians are not (or should not be) in service at Middleton) they are on the back wall awaiting a move to Charles Street where they will enter the reserve fleet, that is why they got that repaint.

Oakwood Update

http://fyldebus.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/o...pdate.html

Credit: Fylde Bus Blog.

Includes latest Fleet List.

Dart 143 returns from Poulton

http://cbnw.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/dart-...ulton.html

Credit: Oakwood Travel & Classic Bus Blog.

On Thursday Wright Commander 2511 was on the last 11 board running from Chester on the 19:25 journey

I notice SLTs 132 service Wigan - The Trafford Centre is picking up more passengers than it used to, got the 16:50 trip from The Trafford Centre and every seat was taken! i think an extra trip around this time is needed!

(29 Mar 2014, 1:35 am)Y961 XBU wrote Mr Wright Dart only gets half info, since i had a very good night i will give him the other half of the info, as of tonight none of the Olympians are not (or should not be) in service at Middleton) they are on the back wall awaiting a move to Charles Street where they will enter the reserve fleet, that is why they got that repaint.

thanks for info

I managed to get a Video Clip the other day of ALX 300 2405 V405 ENC while it was on a 8E to Green Lane, This Bus sounds nothing like an ALX 300 but sounds exactly like a DAF Ikarus, Maybe parts out of the withdrawn Ikarus's at Wrexham have been used here? Here's that Video Clip so you can make your own Judges

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN2d0IDkmUo&feature=youtu.be

Here's what's changing between 30 March - 5 April 2014:
Planned changes to bus services:
Click on the service number to view details of the changes and the new timetable.

The following services are changing from 31 March:
10 Cronton - Widnes run by Ashcroft Travel
17, 17A Moreton - Clatterbridge run by Avon Buses
18 Birkenhead - Moreton run by Avon Buses
22, 25 West Kirby - Chester run by Avon Buses
40, 40A Saughall Massie - Mill Park run by Avon Buses
77, 77A Woodside - West Kirby run by Avon Buses
164 Woodside - New Ferry run by Avon Buses

The following new services are introduced from 31 March:
16, 16A Moreton - Clatterbridge run by Avon Buses
50 Crosby - Liverpool run by ACE Travel
300A, 300B, 300C St Helens RLFC Rugby Buses run by Hatton's

The following special service will run for the AIntree Grand National event:
922 Liverpool (Elliot Street) - Aintre Racecourse run by Arriva and Stagecoach

The following services are withdrawn from 31 March:
165 Woodside - New Ferry run by Avon Buses
X22 Liverpool - Winsford run by GHA Coaches

Looks like Oldham were short of available low-floors this morning as 2 duties on 24/181/182s are being covered by Olympians today

Not saying this is true but I heard over the weekend that the Euro6 demonstrator Enviro 400H was took out of service on Friday pending onward transfer within the group and has had its ticket machine and Stagecoach in Manchester transfers removed

PC0002598/363 - ARRIVA NORTH WEST LTD, 73 ORMSKIRK ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L9 5AE
Variation Accepted by SN: Operating between Swinton civic centre and Stretford Kingsway given service number 79 effective from 27-Apr-2014. To amend Timetable.

PC1090231/68 - ROLLING SOLUTIONS LTD T/A D & G BUS, THE WELLINGTON, 78 HIGH STREET, UTTOXETER, ST14 7JD
Variation Accepted by SN: Operating between KNYPERSLEY ROAD, NORTON, STOKE-ON-TRENT and BEACONSFIELD DRIVE, BLURTON, STOKE-ON-TRENT given service number PLUMLINE 500 effective from 06-Apr-2014. To amend Route and Timetable.

Plaxton Pointer Dart 2253 made it out onto the 263 today!!

wright 40416 go away

Be on the lookout for an interesting vehicle coming to Gillmoss shortly as I believe the Enviro 400H Demonstrator 80022 that has recently been at Manchester's Hyde Road Depot is on the way here shortly for further use