(07 Aug 2025, 5:52 am)bob22222 wrote is the northeast getting any scotland buses from Dumfries as there depot shut down yesterday
Of the vehicles allocated to Dumfries and Stranraer depots on the final day of operation:
- The Plaxton Elite I-bodied Volvo B11RTs are now officially allocated to Glasgow Cumbernauld depot to operate the X74 (Glasgow to Dumfries) - however, Dumfries depot remains open as an outstation for a handful of these turns which start and end at the Dumfries end. Likewise, one Scania K230UB/ADL E300 is now outstationed at Stranraer depot from Ayr depot for use on the 58/358 (Ayr to Stranraer)
- Caetano Levante-bodied Volvo B9Rs 53732/3/6/8 have transferred to Stagecoach North Scotland (Bluebird Buses Ltd) at Inverness, joining sisters 53731/4 there. 53735 remains with West Scotland as a training vehicle
- E300s 27813-6/885 plus E200s 36140/1/3/4/7/52 36332 36704/5/45 and 37247/8 are transferring to Stagecoach South West (alongside E400MMCs 10917 from Ayr, 10918/9 from Cumbernauld and 10921-4/6/7 from Ardrossan) due to the major PVR increase there with the award of school contracts in Cornwall. Solo SRs 47839-41/44-6 are also transferring
- As yet, new homes for Volvo B9R/Plaxton Elite 53709-13, MAN E300 24189-91 and Scania E300s 28665/70/703/5 are unknown
- The D&G-owned Solos will have moved to other operators