First Bus - Potteries

[Ashley 60171]

31518, 34311 - Newcastle to Cornwall
53119 Adderley Green to Newcastle
60012, 61237 - withdrawn
Unknown B7RLE VOR with accident damage
Three unknown Solos also withdrawn

30031 is being preserved by management and was present at the POPS rally yesterday

[DD12]

31518, 34311 - Newcastle to Cornwall




30031 is being preserved by management and was present at the POPS rally yesterday

Fascinating!   - Thanks for all your updates Ashley.

[Ashley 60171]

Fascinating!   - Thanks for all your updates Ashley.

Cheers @DD12 , try my best to see as much as I can when I go up

[Ashley 60171]

PD0000003/140 - FIRST POTTERIES LTD, DIVIDY ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST3 5YY
Cancellation Accepted: Operating between HANLEY BUS STN and HANLEY BUS STN given service number 38 effective from 19-Jul-2015.

PD0000003/175 - FIRST POTTERIES LTD, DIVIDY ROAD, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST3 5YY
Cancellation Accepted: Operating between Hanley Bus Station and Milton given service number 43 effective from 19-Jul-2015.

Cancelling the 43? Not sure what they were smoking to make that decision.

[Bob]

Cant believe they renumbered the 101 to the 10.101 was a great route number,  instantly recognisable etc! Bit like the stupid west midlands reviews by the sounds of it

[Ashley 60171]

Cant believe they renumbered the 101 to the 10.101 was a great route number,  instantly recognisable etc! Bit like the stupid west midlands reviews by the sounds of it

Everyone still refers to it as the 101. Newcastle bus station signs still show 101. The route itself just seems to feel quicker every time.

[arrifirststage]

Everyone still refers to it as the 101. Newcastle bus station signs still show 101. The route itself just seems to feel quicker every time.

Never quite sure how old members are,but anyone with a real sense of history,or anyone interested enough to have read the history of PMT,will know the Stafford - Hanley route was route 10 for far more years than it was route 101.
Please try to read up a bit about the histories of operators instead of concentrating just on the minutiae of the present.

[Bob]

Wasnt it 260 as well and an X variant previously?  Not on about the history just that 101 was a really recognisable number etc :-)

[barry619]

The breakdown of this year's order has been posted on another forum and it indicates that no new buses are due for Potteries.

That poses the very difficult question as to what exactly they are planning to do with the 50 non-DDA compliant and life-expired single deckers which still remain in use. It seems that the 10 StreetLites were an aberration and now it's back to relying on cast-off, unwanted scrapyard fodder from elsewhere.

No wonder they have been losing passengers at the rate of a million per year.

[Bob]

Couldnt a lot be converted to meet the requirements? Potteries obviously doesnt make much money then by the look of it

[arrifirststage]

The breakdown of this year's order has been posted on another forum and it indicates that no new buses are due for Potteries.

That poses the very difficult question as to what exactly they are planning to do with the 50 non-DDA compliant and life-expired single deckers which still remain in use. It seems that the 10 StreetLites were an aberration and now it's back to relying on cast-off, unwanted scrapyard fodder from elsewhere.

No wonder they have been losing passengers at the rate of a million per year.

Perhaps they will be a target for the ever acquisitive Rotala or D&G,stranger things have happened.

[winston]

The breakdown of this year's order has been posted on another forum and it indicates that no new buses are due for Potteries.

There are 11 x Streetlite DF Max still unallocated i.e. 66317-66327. Some of the new Streetlites could always be releasing older examples for cascade

[Bob]

Ypu know you've made it when your deemed successful enough to receive second hand streets####s! Lol

[T840MAK]

On the heels of other depot closures, it's been announced that the Newcastle depot is to close and be merged with the Adderley Green depot from 05/09/15.

[Bob]

Was suppposed to close years ago