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Started by 6013, July 22, 2013, 02:36:58 PM

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Tony


JoNi

Been advised 4882 seen on 13 today.

JoNi

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4396 has bright full rear advert for City College on 23/23A this afternoon.

Tony

Quote from: JoNi on December 06, 2016, 02:46:12 PM
Been advised 4882 seen on 13 today.

4881 & 4882 are both on the 13

JoNi


Tony


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Beano2211


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JoNi

New Year Day services with hourly headways on core routes.
Every 30 minutes on 20 and 21.

Enviros on 6A, 8A, 10, 11, 13, 18, 21
with 4889 and 4831 working two hour cycle 23 Allesley Park, 5, 23 Fenside
B7s on 4, 9/A, 16 and 20/A.

Sandy Lane

I think the Wheatley St depot is now celebrating 30 years of use? It replaced the former Sandy Lane [ho ho ho!] and Harnall Lane depots.

paulb1973

Quote from: Sandy Lane on January 06, 2017, 11:51:46 PM
I think the Wheatley St depot is now celebrating 30 years of use? It replaced the former Sandy Lane [ho ho ho!] and Harnall Lane depots.

Opened March 1986 - 31 years fairly soon.

t.w.moore

There was a short article about Coventry's depot in Coach&Bus weekly, last week, telling of 3 decades of the depot that have grown to hold 139 buses, 19 bus routes and  450 employee ands 26 different nationalities. There's a picture of Phil Bateman, returning to the foundation Stone to mark the 30th aniversary, he was
chairman of West Midlands County Council.

paulb1973

Quote from: t.w.moore on January 09, 2017, 12:17:18 PM
There was a short article about Coventry's depot in Coach&Bus weekly, last week, telling of 3 decades of the depot that have grown to hold 139 buses, 19 bus routes and  450 employee ands 26 different nationalities. There's a picture of Phil Bateman, returning to the foundation Stone to mark the 30th aniversary, he was
chairman of West Midlands County Council.

The fleet total - the numbers of buses based at Wheatley Street is around 155 today (but it was over 190 in early 1987). I guess the period straight after Harnall Lane East closed and before Sandy Lane closed (i.e. March - Oct 1986) it was slightly lower. I don't actually know how many vehicles were based at the older garages prior to closure, but combined it was probably well over 200.

Eric Shaw

I assume the 139 buses at Coventry mentioned in Coach and Bus Weekly is the pvr.

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