(26 Feb 2019, 10:38 am)Andreos1 wrote Yes, the end of Jan was always the date discussed. However Queens Road was mooted as a replacement (full or part) for Rusholme.
To further clarify - as I put the brackets in the wrong places - Queens took over both 41 & 53, Rusholme's only remaining work, with a PVR of 16 buses (joining up 41/42 effectively reduced PVR by 1). For this work, 4 B9TLs and (from memory) 9 B7RLEs have come from Oldham, thus leaving Queens about 4 buses short. In return Oldham received all 10 Streetlites and 4 or 5 E400s, with the remaining 4 E400s going to Bolton. Its not clear why Bolton have these extra buses, as they reportedly have a severe driver shortage and their January service changes resulted in a "break even" or 1 bus reduction in PVR.