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19085 and 19088 now at Northampton.

19020 - X90

This most certainly is NOT on the 96 today.
I have observed 34816, 36208 & 36210 on the route today.

Not today.  A few days ago.  I'll upload the pic soon.

36208 transferred from Nuneaton to Rugby. Not the best ideas seeing as Nuneaton's route changes have upped the PVR...

ANd 36950 transferred from Warwick to Rugby. Seen on 96.

Thanks for the answer.  That seems to give strength to the "whatever's left" theory.  Now the schools are back, presumably there'llbe fewer double deckers available.

Speaking of double deckers, new route X44 seems to be worked by deckers all the time.  Hardly necessary, as the most crowded bus I've yet seen had 4 passengers!
Seen on X44 recently : 18155, 18159, 19010, 19089, 15455, 15935

Also:
47518 - 9A (finally got this one!)
28627 - 8
37053 - 1
37057 - X46/7

What should be on the RL1? I thought it was a "whatever's left" allocation.  Does the appearance of a Solo indicate that the novelty of the Lakes is wearing off?

Tends to be a E200 or Scania E400, though it has been Tridents and MANs too.  THis is the first time I've seen a Solo on it though,

Solo 47654 made a very rare appearance on the RL1 today.

X44 has produced some variety:  22838 (8:20 Monday), 15935 (4:30, 7:00 Monday), 15942 (5:50 Monday), 18155 (8:20 Tuesday).
Will see if this settles down over the next few weeks.  On all the buses there have been no passengers.

22838 - X44

The '58' and '09' plates at WA in Red/White haven't been painted since new apart from 1896 which was fully repainted and refurbed in late 2013. The '57' plates were repainted in 2014/5.

Explains why they look worse than the Tridents/Gemini's (except 4128 and a few others)

The same for 1837. I'm guessing WA want all their Omnilinks to be Crimsoned ASAP. 1860 doesn't look that bad. 1855 was a mess and 1853 and 1878 look terrible.

Kind of strange how bad most of these Scanias look.  When was the last time they were painted?

18159 is back in service (with repairs and a repaint) on X46/7
Also on this route are 37051, 15444 and 19020

Route Changes:

Some 1 journeys will run to Grange Park
Some 15 journeys will run to Moulton Park
New route X90 : Northampton - MK Station
New route X44 : Wellingborough - Brackmills
Route 88 (Earls Barton-Northampton) re-numbered 8

https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-updates/serviceupdatesarticle?SituationId=ID-17/08/2017-17:10:47:849

It's been at Northampton for a week now, it left Nuneaton last Wednesday. Nuneaton have 39699 now and it was on 5/5As yesterday, but today was on its originally intended routes (55/56/57).

Got 47654 on the 8 on Saturday.

OU17OTE and OU17OSF - Heyfordian of Bicester - seen on A45