Thursday, 28 February 2013

February 2013 Fleet News

First South Yorkshire:

Currently off road at Olive Grove for various reasons are 30861 30862 31131 31140 32957 33067 33084 33099 33123 33125 60651 6071

60651 T833MAK has been noted at Plaxton, South Anston

Ex-First Manchester 62143 R589SBA has been seen in service at Olive Grove, whilst Volvo Olympian / Alexander Royale 31673 P609WSU has seen use in Doncaster.

Ex-First Manchester Volvo B10BLE / Wright Renowns 60365 and 62142 are currently at Doncaster, usage unknown

Stagecoach Yorkshire:

Recent loans at Holbrook from various depots and the reserve pool are 22089/927 (MX54LRU/S927CFC) and Chesterfield's 35006 (YN51VHP)


Wednesday, 13 February 2013

2013 - Fleet news so far

 Not done this for a while so I'll update it now. I've probably missed more than a load of things out as this winter has been chaotic for fleet movements and changes so I've stuck what I can think of from the top of my head in here. Not all registrations are here for the sheer number required - bear in mind the below took me 50 minutes to compose in total. Thats not including updating Facebook with service changes due to the weather!

First South Yorkshire:

This operator has recieved Streetlite 47402 LK62FUJ on trial purposes. Several Volvo B10BLEs from Manchester (due for training school) are in operation at Rotherham - noted so far are 60366/7 (R571/2SBA)

Currently in the revised livery at Sheffield are: 31137-41/33029-32/41/52/61/63-71/79/99/123-9/230/37021-35/103-22/472-86/513-23 (522 front only repaint)/60630-2/41-51/3-5/8/703-22/4-8/861/2/85/69012/3/7/8/20-31 - this could become incorrect quickly and probably already is

Further R---SBA Volvo B10BLEs are appearing at Olive Grove depot although the reason why is currently unknown

Olympian 30553 (N---CMP) and 60652 (T834MAK) have now gone to PVS, Barnsley for scrap

B10BLE 60651 (T833MAK) has recieved accident damage on the o/s whilst at Crystal Peaks

B9TL's 37229 (YN08LCJ) and 37528 (YN58ETX) have both gained special Sheffield Transport liveries for an unveiling on Friday (15 Feb)

Stagecoach Yorkshire:

This operator has taken delivery of 19 new ADL Enviro400H vehicles which are now in service on Route 52. The vehicles are 12161-79.

DAF SB220 / East Lancs Myllennium 26102 (W472MKU) was damaged when it hit a First bus at Crystal Peaks.

Several transfers within this division have taken place between depots.

Camerons Travel:

Volvo B10M / VanHool Alizee T8 DSK660 has joined the fleet and was in operation today (13 Feb) partially unbranded due to a fleet shortage.