First Bus - Potteries

[winston]

I'm assuming this is for type training. The Streetlites for WR aren't far off ready are they?

I think the Streetlites are due end of Nov, the 4 x Streetdecks also finally enter service from tomorrow I believe

[Ashley 60171]

I think the Streetlites are due end of Nov, the 4 x Streetdecks also finally enter service from tomorrow I believe

There was a newspaper article in the Worcester News about the investment in Worcester.

I think it's just my fondness for the old stuff is why I'm interested.

[winston]

There was a newspaper article in the Worcester News about the investment in Worcester.

I think it's just my fondness for the old stuff is why I'm interested.

Potteries will obviously benefit from the influx of ex WR E300's, they are still modern looking buses. However, they've had very little money spent on them since being new & have been worked pretty hard. A retrim & new paint job would drastically improve their appearance.

[Ashley 60171]

Potteries will obviously benefit from the influx of ex WR E300's, they are still modern looking buses. However, they've had very little money spent on them since being new & have been worked pretty hard. A retrim & new paint job would drastically improve their appearance.

I agree completely. As on 67665, the Olympia livery would make you think they were almost new. Many of the seats feel nearly flat on many. But I'm sure they'll be taken in by staff as much as the B7L's have been.

[DVXXII]

Has anyone heard if the E300's are to be re-painted/re-trimmed prior to entering service? If not, I expect that they'll continue for some time in the old FG livery. It's got to be at least 2-3 years since Potteries re-painted existing vehicles in their fleet into the olympia livery - they were ploughing ahead at one time, treating about 1/2 the Omnicities plus all sorts of random solo's, darts and scania's (many less than a year before being withdrawn!). Then this abruptly stopped. Only vehicles since this time are those which were done before transfer to Potteries from another depot.

Has Potteries no longer got facilities to do this 'in house' or is there another reason for the lack of refurbishments?

[T840MAK]

Has anyone heard if the E300's are to be re-painted/re-trimmed prior to entering service? If not, I expect that they'll continue for some time in the old FG livery. It's got to be at least 2-3 years since Potteries re-painted existing vehicles in their fleet into the olympia livery - they were ploughing ahead at one time, treating about 1/2 the Omnicities plus all sorts of random solo's, darts and scania's (many less than a year before being withdrawn!). Then this abruptly stopped. Only vehicles since this time are those which were done before transfer to Potteries from another depot.

Has Potteries no longer got facilities to do this 'in house' or is there another reason for the lack of refurbishments?

Can't personally see the E300s getting done prior to entering service but as they start to be introduced and the non DDA Scanias are withdrawn in a couple of months they may see a little bit of investment put into them to make them look slightly more presentable.

[Ashley 60171]

Potteries proper Scania's today.

60015 60069 60072 60128 60174 60175 - 1/2/22
60171 (me stokie lass) - 8/98
60075 - was parked at Newcastle bus station at 1215
61235 - parked in garage
65564 - 3/4
65561 - 22

67601 at Newcastle bus station for driver training.

60128 on 2/98 tonight.

18 branded OmniCity on 10/32 tonight.

[T840MAK]

Scanias so far today:

60072 60128 7/7a/8/98
60171 65564 3/4/4a
65567 72

E300 67601 is on 3/4/4a

[Ashley 60171]

Scanias so far today:

60072 60128 7/7a/8/98
60171 65564 3/4/4a
65567 72

E300 67601 is on 3/4/4a

Just to add to that.

60015 - 1/2/22
60069 - parked in garage at 1530 with "2 Adderley Green" on the blinds and doors open so may have been out.
60072 60128 - 7/8/98
60171 65564 - 3/4 (60171 out all night - BEAST)
60075 60175 - parked in garage all day
60174 - not seen
61235 - 1/2/22
65561 - was on 7/8/98 but appeared just after 1800 as a 21 which is mega rare.
65567 - I saw this at 1100 on the 72, we then saw it on a 22 at Trentham approx 1440 going to Newcastle so positioned ourselves but it vanished.

Also, 32066 parked at AG patch so ready for service on Monday perhaps?

18 branded OmniCity on the 10
No deckers on the 1 weirdly, pretty much all 1/2/22/72 were solo's and MPD's
B7L on 6/26
65728 was on the 2 early evening and a B7RLE on the 1

Can't think of much else worth mentioning apart from an OmniCity now carrying an all over ad for The Stoke Senitel newspaper.

[T840MAK]

Solo X298FFA at Scotstoun depot in Scotland for spares

[Ashley 60171]

65567 reported on 10's all day Thursday. Could be the last time?
32080 reported on 6's yesterday.

[Ashley 60171]

32077 and 66308 swapped last night or this morning.

Are all of 66302-14 going back to Leicester?

[47609FireFly]

32077 and 66308 swapped last night or this morning.

Are all of 66302-14 going back to Leicester?

Wasn't the plan. Originally, 7 saloons (B7L or B7RLE) were due to move from PMT to Leicester. The loadings associated with Keele may now mean more saloons are swapped with Leicester's 51 plate B7TLs.

To save a separate post elsewhere, Midlands' StreetLites 63345 and 63356 were at Mallusk, for PDI on 30/11/2015.

[Ashley 60171]

67602, 67603, 67604 arrived at Adderley Green this morning.

[DVXXII]

Astley, do you know if 32066 went back to Worcester yesterday? I'd heard that this would be taken in the other direction on receiving these three E300s