First Bus - Potteries

[DD12]

I have received a new First Group fleetlist correct as as 28 May 2014 today, so the last 3 months changes for Potteries are listed on the front of the main site, and the fleetlist here http://wmbusphotos.com/FirstPotteries/fleetlist.html has been updated to 28/5. I will do Worcester/Hereford and Leicester tomorrow

Thanks Tony for providing this useful/valuable service -
it's much appreciated.

[Bob]

Details of the new potteries network should be available on first pmt site from tomorrow :)

[PM]

Details of revised new network postponed until a week today

[Bob]

Ohh wonder why that is

[PM]

Surprised no-one has mentioned this so far: http://www.potteriesbuses.com/

Details of new services...

Definitely has a best impressions look to it and every route has a colour.

What I find strange is that those timetables are only temporary until September-all of them so presumably more changes then? Perhaps the summer is the transition to the "new" First Potteries business.

Do we reckon overall improvements or not?

[Bob]

Wonder what theyre going to use the deckers on

[Ashley]

I see a few services axed and a few of the older fleet members for the scrapman. Fair play it's a very simplified network but that will take me a while to fathem out

[Ashley]

65567 has risen from the depths of long term reserve and is back in traffic at Adderley Green, was on 6's today

A number of buses now in the new red livery that I noted today, not previously noted

66305 66312 66838 66843 66849 65706 65727 65732

[47609FireFly]

A number of surplus First Potteries buses are being disposed of through a "Truck & Plant Assets" online auction. Vehicles available in the auction, which closes on August 6th, are as follows (link below):

http://whitelabel.globalauctionplatform.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/truck-and-plant/catalogue-id-truck-10015?CategoryUrl=cars-and-commercial-vehicles&clienturl=truck-and-plant

LOT 1: 40137 - R979 NVT (Plaxton bodied Dennis Dart)
LOT 4: 40153 - T364 NUA (Alexander bodied Dennis Dart)
LOT 5: 61529 - R117 GSF (Wright bodied Scania L113)
LOT 6: 65562 - R262 DVF (Wright bodied Scania L113)
LOT 7: 60078 - R441 ALS (Wright bodied Scania L113)
LOT 8: 60079 - R442 ALS (Wright bodied Scania L113)
LOT 9: 60083 - S353 MFP (Wright bodied Scania L113)
LOT 11: 61238 - S683 BFS (Wright bodied Scania L113)
LOT 12: 60058 - S816 AEH (Wright bodied Scania L113)
LOT 13: 60061 - S819 AEH (Wright bodied Scania L113)

Good to see First finally selling on redundant assets and attempting to get a better price for them, than that offered by the scrap man.

[Bob]

What are the deckers being uaed on thesr days?

[cheshire exile]

What are the deckers being uaed on thesr days?

I do not know what has happened since the major service changes last week but prior to that the Geminis after transfer to Adderley Green were working some 101s to Stafford and 32s to Uttoxeter. The ex-Leicester ALX400s were at Newcastle on the 25 but now??? No schools at the moment and the 25 is now part of the 3 network from Keele to Crewe Leighton Hospital and I think is exclusively sd.

I hope to be in Hanley sometime this week so will update after that visit.

[Ashley]

I would assume the 32 and 101 are seeing gemini's still. I cant see the 3/x3 being fully sd. I too don't know the gen since the changes but ill be up there the weekend after next

[Bob]

Aren't the 06 plate omnicities allocated exclusively for the 101 or has that changed

[cheshire exile]

The last time I was in Hanley was 27th May. On that date I saw 2 Geminis and 4 Omnicities on the 101. At that time the 06 plated Omnicities were in the throes of repainting into new FB colours so I only saw the four on the 101. I saw only one Omnicity on the 32 and 3 Geminis. There were Omnicities on the 6, 7 and 26 including 3 of the 32 branded 04 plated examples. 65035 - 38 had lost there 101 branding on repaint. I would imagine 65001 - 5 and 65039 - 42 would have lost or will lose their branding on repaint.

[Bob]

Ah cool. The 101 can get quite busy to be fair.