(22 Jun 2023, 10:41 am)54APhotography wrote You have a point. The state of some of the E300s that arrived here in were shocking. The E350H that could have been cascaded are rated amongst the worst of the lot for condition ..

(22 Jun 2023, 6:14 pm)Storx wrote There's three, one that goes via Dingwall, one via Evanton, then the express one which does roughly 15 miles non-stop all 60/70 mph.

https://bustimes.org/services/x25-alness-library-tain-post-office#map - That one. Absolutely crippler when you put town buses on stuff like that designed to potter around housing estates. Ironically some of their sisters are on tonight which will no doubt end up here at some point.

Mind that said, they can keep the ex. Newcastle 57 Plate Enviro 400's on services daily from the Aviemore outstation and they do some right killers like the X37 - https://bustimes.org/services/x37-aviemore-cairngorm-car-park#map. Yet Newcastle can't keep them in service on the 22 so they must be doing something right. I'm always surprised how old the fleet is there and it always has been.

(25 Jun 2023, 12:36 pm)Kuyoyo wrote The ex-Newcastle E400s haven’t got long left with Highlands - the first of their replacements, in the form of 17 E400MMCs, arrived at Inverness depot on Friday evening. Alongside 20 B8RLE/Evoras (16 12.8m and 4 10.8m) and 3 Scania Moni-People Explorers (for use on the Tain area schools) will see all classic-style Enviros in the Inverness/Aviemore/Tain area withdrawn as well as the 62 plate Volvo B13RTs at Tain. Tain will gain the 4 E200MMCs from Inverness for use on the 25/25A/X25 and these have been re-registered with X25xxx private registrations recently.

(22 Jun 2023, 10:41 am)54APhotography wrote You have a point. The state of some of the E300s that arrived here in were shocking. The E350H that could have been cascaded are rated amongst the worst of the lot for condition ..

(25 Jun 2023, 5:20 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote To be fair some of our native E300s are in a pretty poor state, travelled on a few of the orignal Es batch recently and they didn't sound too healthy, even driver was complaining about one of them having no power.  Not sure if it's just the tracking as well but 27731 appears to have been off for nearly 3 months.

I know the gas buses get slated on here but a few of them I travelled on around the same time still seemed smooth and pretty 'new' looking inside.

(26 Jun 2023, 8:45 am)F114TML wrote If it has the hot exhaust light on, you really start to feel it after a few weeks/months (36980 is notorious for it, last time I had it I couldn't get it above 25 past the eye infirmary on the 10, and many months ago I went up Greenbank Drive in it at about 8mph; most buses can at least get up to 15) - could be one of them. Equally, I had 27734 the other night on the 3s and 20s - horrifically slow, particularly uphill but seemed to get better after a while (no exhaust light), seems to be an outlier.

As for the gasbuses, some of them are starting to show their age but a lot of them are really good, very smooth and a fair few have a good bit of kick behind them.

(10 Dec 2023, 12:48 am)toward6931 wrote has anyone heard about one of the morecambe tridents 18364 i believe landing at stockton depot?

(10 Dec 2023, 6:46 am)BusEnthusiast.com wrote No this must be false tracking

(10 Dec 2023, 5:12 pm)glen wrote No 18364?

(10 Dec 2023, 10:31 pm)Michael wrote Looks like Reading Buses have provisionally bought 3 more gas buses - looks like 28032-34.

Info from Stagecoach Enthusiasts UK page.



Won't let me upload a picture....

(12 Dec 2023, 7:22 pm)Unber43 wrote It won't load any chance to post a photo?

(12 Dec 2023, 7:54 pm)Michael wrote It won't let me upload a picture.

Type "Bus & Coach World Ltd" in Facebook, the page should appear.

(15 Dec 2023, 6:09 pm)F114TML wrote If anyone wants any last pics, 28016 (or rather what's left of it) is round the back of Sunderland depot.

(28 Dec 2023, 6:06 pm)Michael wrote 28032 has been spotted awaiting a refurb and repaint, for Reading Buses.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/62607125@N08/53425549477/in/feed-62514312-1703779562-1-72157721700952815 - photo by Chris Hinds

(30 Dec 2023, 9:07 pm)Michael wrote Just seen this on another forum:

OTHER VEHICLE NEWS

Of the ex-Stagecoach North East gas-powered Scania/Enviro300s, refurbished 438 and 439 have arrived back in Reading in a new Buzz green livery, which has been devised for routes funded by Reading Borough Council and HM Government (through BSIP). Once fitted with Reading Buses systems they will enter service on route 9 which is being extended to Green Park on 2nd January.

436 and 437 are still at Bus & Coach World in Blackburn and will also return to Reading in Buzz livery. Also in Blackburn is 309 which is to be converted into a driver trainer. 310 is at Hants & Dorset Trim for conversion. Also at H&DT being converted is former Reading Buses 411, which has been renumbered 311 and carries the registration RG53 BUS from a withdrawn Optare Solo.

Ex-Stagecoach North East 28032-4 (YR14 CFM/CFN/CFO) were taken out of service in December and are now in Reading Transport Ltd. ownership, numbered 440-442. They are currently being stored at Bus & Coach World.

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According to bus times: 28033 was in service today - was on the 20.