Stagecoach New Bus Orders 2019/2020

[Trident 4609]

https://m.stagecoach.com/media/news-releases/2019/2019-05-20.aspx

Details of the new orders are as follows:
131 ADL MMC Enviro400 double-deckers
95 ADL MMC Enviro200 single-deckers
28 ADL MMC Enviro200 midibuses
12 ADL MMC Enviro400 XLB Volvo B8L double deckers- Confirmed in the article as being for the Cambridge Guided Busway..

"Also included are a fleet of 12 new double deck vehicles for the Cambridge Guided Busway, delivering more capacity than ever before, carrying 100 passengers."


32 ADL MMC City Enviro400 BYD Electric Bus double deckers
12 Optare Metrocity Electric Bus single deckers
4 Optare Solo Electric Bus mini-buses
14 Plaxton Panorama Volvo B11Rle double deck coaches
8 Caetano Levante Volvo B11R coaches
12 MCV Volco B8RLE single deckers
3 Optare Solo mini-buses


The 32 E400City/BYD's are already known to be for their Manchester ops, having won ULEV funding for them.

[winston]

The MCV bodied B8RLE's are a bit of oddball for Stagecoach.

Optare are winning an increasing amount of orders for their electric vehicle offerings.

[Dylanbusboy45]

The MCV bodied B8RLE's are a bit of oddball for Stagecoach.

Optare are winning an increasing amount of orders for their electric vehicle offerings.

Mentioned elsewhere they are for Trawscymru stuff but could be Cambridge Busway otherwise based on the need for heavyweights

My predictions are
East Kent, Northampton , North East, Swindon and Plymouth or Torquay based upon where has the most ALX300/400s and Pointer Darts.

Hull already confirmed for 21 MMC400s and 10 MMC200s
The midi bus MMC200s may be the ones already delivered to Kilmarnock so that only leaves about 8
Solos and Metrocitys are for Caerphilly as per ULEV funding
Levantes for Chesterfield for NatEx work
The 41 MMC400s at Macduff and Aberhill may be included too

[Trident 4609]

Breakdown of allocations for the 2019/20 order, courtesy of Stephen Knight Media:

https://www.stevenknightmedia.com/fleet-news-ramblings/may-20th-2019-1445-stagecoach-announces-new-bus-orders-for-201920

131 ADL Enviro 400MMCs
11139-11156 Morecambe [Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire]
11157 Carlisle [Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire]
11158 Carlisle but currently with Stagecoach UK Bus for IT cloud evaluation [Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire]
11161-11162 Elgin [Stagecoach North Scotland]
11163-11175 Macduff [Stagecoach North Scotland]
11176-11191 Aberhill [Stagecoach East Scotland]
11192-11201 Hull [Stagecoach East Midlands]
(17) Northampton [Stagecoach Midlands]
(21) Witney [Stagecoach Oxfordshire]
(18) Sharston [Stagecoach Manchester]

95 ADL Enviro 200MMC (11.8m)
(24) Thanet [Stagecoach South East]
(21) Hull [Stagecoach East Midlands]
(18) Stockton [Stagecoach North East]
(32) Basingstoke [Stagecoach South]

28 ADL Enviro 200 MMC (10.8m)
37602-37615 Holbrook [Stagecoach Yorkshire]
37616-37629 Cheltenham [Stagecoach West]

12 Volvo B8RLE/ADL Enviro 400MMC XLB
13901-13912 Fenstanton/Busway [Stagecoach East]

32 BYD/ADL Enviro 400 400 electric
(32) Sharston [Stagecoach Manchester]

12 Optare Metrocity electric
(12) Caerphilly [Stagecoach South Wales]

4 Optare Solo electric
(4) Caerphilly [Stagecoach South Wales]

3 Optare Solo SR slimline
48041-48043 Merthyr [Stagecoach South Wales]

12 Volvo B8RLE/MCV
(12) Merthyr [Stagecoach South Wales]

14 Volvo B11RlE double deck coaches
50406-50411 Megabus/Cumbernauld [Stagecoach West Scotland]
50412-50419 CityLink/Cumbernauld [Stagecoach West Scotland]

8 Volvo B11R/Caetano Levate III coaches
54404-54411 National Express duties/Chesterfield [Stagecoach Yorkshire]

[markcf83]

The Volvos due for Merthyr are for the T4/T14.

[Dylanbusboy45]

Looks as if the 17 MMCs intended for Northampton have been diverted for Leamington. Was shown an article off Facebook this morning. I suspect this will mean the end for Tridents and the 190xx (there's 16 of them) at Leamington, so I recommenced anyone who wants them, to do them on the Unibus routes before July. They go onto reduced timetable in July and the new buses should arrive when the upped frequency is reintroduced in September