Potteries Double Deckers

[nx4737]

The Weymouth deckers are used on anything and everything, I photoed on in August!


First Hampshire and Dorset 34344 by NX4737, on Flickr

[jc]

They all seem to appear on the 25, X25 and most Newcastle Under Lyme routes ... When they need to off course!

[sconehead85]

Any recent news of G753/5/7/8/62 XRE and Volvo Citybus 38125?  This MUST surely be their last school year of service. I simply dont believe First cannot find six Volvo Olympian replacements.

sconehead85

[sconehead85]

I will answer my own query by stating that according to the uk buses fleetlists Leyland Olympian 30038 is withdrawn.

sconehead85

[sconehead85]

THIS is the place for discussion of Potteries deckers.  It may be that 38125 is the last closed top Volvo Citybus with First, if 38098, 38121/2 were withdrawn last week at Northampton.  Of the Leyland Olympians G753/5/7/8 XRE remain despite the abundance of replacements within First.

sconehead85

[Bob]

Stop being pedantic haha :-P

[Tony]

I will answer my own query by stating that according to the uk buses fleetlists Leyland Olympian 30038 is withdrawn.

sconehead85

30038 is still showing as 'in preperation'

[sconehead85]

Stop being pedantic haha :-P

ho ho ho
Anyway this is the place for Potteries deckers.  As well as (with preserved exceptions) Barnsley.

sconehead85

[sconehead85]

Any news? Surely the Leyland Olympians and Volvo Citybus have not been reprieved for another school year?

sconehead85

[winston]

Any news? Surely the Leyland Olympians and Volvo Citybus have not been reprieved for another school year?

sconehead85

I've not seen any reports of any cascaded lowfloor deckers due for Potteries, the 2 x 54 plate B7TL/Wright Gemini currently at Northampton are understood to now be going to Leicester

Manchester are thought to be receiving ex FSY B7TL/ALX400 to allow the remaining step entry deckers to be withdrawn, but those due to replace the Olympians will hardly be any newer

[Ashley 4569]

Plus theyve repainted 34286 into the new livery so another year looks possible and i wouldnt complain

[Tony]

Any news? Surely the Leyland Olympians and Volvo Citybus have not been reprieved for another school year?

sconehead85

The Leylands are regularly out on normal service at the moment, I would have thought they would have withdrawn them at the end of the school year if they didn't intend keeping them

[Tony]

Plus theyve repainted 34286 into the new livery so another year looks possible and i wouldnt complain

That one is a Volvo, and considerably newer than the Leylands

[Bob]

Anyone know the last time a decker was used on the stafford route?  It always used to be a VR or olympian

[Ashley 4569]

I know its a Volvo Tony. I wasn't being specific to the Leylands but hopefully the Leylands stay another year