Stagecoach in Coventry & Warwickshire

[broma1k]

26202-04/6-13/15/16/18/20-23/25 all seen at Coventry on a visit there Thursday.

[bensweeney14]

26215 I believe was on 55/56/57. Now all drivers are being Gold trained they will appear on absolutely anything.

[D10]

Stagecoach started new route "SL" last week which serves Malthouse Lane in Kenilworth once a day (Monday to Friday) replacing part of a morning 539 journey.

I took a picture of 15449 running it by the Castle on Friday - https://m.facebook.com/CovBusPage/photos/a.869764016528866.1073742611.369276339910972/874237489414852/?type=3&theater

The SL has an increased timetable from timetable tomorrow. Now I understand what the SL meant (Station Link)!

[bensweeney14]

The SL has an increased timetable from timetable tomorrow. Now I understand what the SL meant (Station Link)!

Nuneaton depot will be operating it too. Definately a Nuneaton driver but not sure about the bus.

[Ashley 60171]

Saturday 26th

47652 - Nuneaton 10
26220 - 767/766, left Nuneaton around 1800 on a Tamworth 767, that one's usually a standard E200

[bensweeney14]

Saturday 26th

47652 - Nuneaton 10
26220 - 767/766, left Nuneaton around 1800 on a Tamworth 767, that one's usually a standard E200

17:52 767 to Tamworth.. standard E200/MAN on A weekday and a Gold on Saturdays.

[Sandy Lane]

Overheard someone say on the 86 that Rugby - Coventry service is to run through to Northampton starting in July? Any truth in this?

Previously at one stage it ran through to Kenilworth but that did not last too long.

[Dennis]

Overheard someone say on the 86 that Rugby - Coventry service is to run through to Northampton starting in July? Any truth in this?

Previously at one stage it ran through to Kenilworth but that did not last too long.

Aren't they different frequencies? The 86 has some sort of town service tagged on to the end of it too so presumably that will have to go onto something else

[Smethwickian]

Overheard someone say on the 86 that Rugby - Coventry service is to run through to Northampton starting in July? Any truth in this?

Previously at one stage it ran through to Kenilworth but that did not last too long.

Rugby area changes from 21 July now on Stagecoach website at https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-updates/serviceupdatesarticle?SituationId=ID-18/06/2018-16:36:03:555

[Sandy Lane]

Rugby area changes from 21 July now on Stagecoach website at https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-updates/serviceupdatesarticle?SituationId=ID-18/06/2018-16:36:03:555

Thanks. So the gossip was right and the 86 will be the 96. Shame as the route used to be the old Midland Red route 586 so more than 50 years of use of '-86' will disappear into history.

[D10]

Thanks. So the gossip was right and the 86 will be the 96. Shame as the route used to be the old Midland Red route 586 so more than 50 years of use of '-86' will disappear into history.

Indeed. But it is a bit retro in that most of this 96 route covers the western part of the old X96 Northampton - Rugby- Coventry - Birmingham - Shrewsbury route!

[John]

Posts on a Facebook group seem to suggest the Gold Solo SRs at Leamington are in the process of been replaced with Enviro200s from South Wales (some of which are in service now), with the Solos going the other way.

Anyone got any idea why the G1 is losing the Solos?

[Solo1]

The G1 service is getting busy the envrios are bigger

[markcf83]

Posts on a Facebook group seem to suggest the Gold Solo SRs at Leamington are in the process of been replaced with Enviro200s from South Wales (some of which are in service now), with the Solos going the other way.

Anyone got any idea why the G1 is losing the Solos?

Route 60 at Aberdare, on which the Enviros were used, were getting damaged on the chassis. The Solos and Darts which are replacing them don't suffer the same problem..

[Sandy Lane]

Thanks. So the gossip was right and the 86 will be the 96. Shame as the route used to be the old Midland Red route 586 so more than 50 years of use of '-86' will disappear into history.

From the January 2019 service changes topic I see the 96 is to become the 86 again!
http://wmbusphotos.com/forum/index.php?topic=5308.0