First Bus - Potteries

[T840MAK]

Street lite 63101 has now arrived from Leicester, and is out today on the 6/11/11a circuit. I believe the plan was to swap this with 63250, as this is the lone euro V engined example at Potteries. Not sure if 63250 has gone to Leicester in exchange though, can anyone confirm?

63250 has indeed passed to Leicester.

[DVXXII]

Noted at the depot yesterday was Gemini 32630 has now been repainted into the new First Midlands livery with pink/purple front. Reports elsewhere suggest a number of these are to be similarly treated with route 25 branding applied. 32630 has not yet received this.

[DVXXII]

Reported on yahoo groups is that 8 of the new E200s have now arrived at AG depot, with the 9th to follow next month. These are yet to enter service.

[DVXXII]

Reported on yahoo groups is that 8 of the new E200s have now arrived at AG depot, with the 9th to follow next month. These are yet to enter service.

The registrations of the 1st 8 are;
67151 YX66WFJ
67152 YX66WFK
67153 YX66WFL
67154 YX66WFM
67155 YX66WFN
67156 YX66WFO
67157 YX66WFP
67158 YX66WFR

[John]

The registrations of the 1st 8 are;
67151 YX66WFJ
67152 YX66WFK
67153 YX66WFL
67154 YX66WFM
67155 YX66WFN
67156 YX66WFO
67157 YX66WFP
67158 YX66WFR

In service today, got pictures of 6 of them

[markcf83]

In service today, got pictures of 6 of them

What are these,and the rest of them upon arrival,going to replace?

[Ashley 60171]

What are these,and the rest of them upon arrival,going to replace?

The ex Hereford Solo's

[markcf83]

Thanks Ashley.

[DVXXII]

The ex Hereford Solo's

Seen in the withdrawal shed today were 7 Optare Solos. I could only id 4 of them due to their positioning ;
53060,53063,53207&53209. The eighth vehicle in the shed was a bit of a surprise - 65041. However, being the last of the Omni Cities in old livery it could be waiting for its turn in the paint queue (from Midlandred.net I understand 67651 is currently in being repainted for Worcester here at AG).

[PM]

The ex Hereford Solo's

Any idea what's happening with the ex Hereford Solos, transferred elsewhere in the group?

[Ashley 60171]

Any idea what's happening with the ex Hereford Solos, transferred elsewhere in the group?

Would be a shame if they couldn't be placed elsewhere. Nice clump of Solo's the Wyvern ones.

[DD12]

Would be a shame if they couldn't be placed elsewhere. Nice clump of Solo's the Wyvern ones.

I agree;  - we could do with them "coming back" to Worcester to replace the slightly older ones -
- I don't imagine they had a hard life at Hereford !

[AdamH]

Any idea what's happening with the ex Hereford Solos, transferred elsewhere in the group?

The ex-Hereford Solos at AG were officially withdrawn at the weekend. I believe they were held in reserve until then in case they were needed during an event at Alton Towers. At the moment there is no new home for them to go to, but that can always change. Sending one to Worcester would be nice, but not 53059 as that's a shed!

Three double-decks will be arriving at AG from Leicester soon (may already be there), and in turn three older double-decks will move from AG to Bradford.

37158 is now back home after being on loan to Worcester.

[Ashley 60171]

The ex-Hereford Solos at AG were officially withdrawn at the weekend. I believe they were held in reserve until then in case they were needed during an event at Alton Towers. At the moment there is no new home for them to go to, but that can always change. Sending one to Worcester would be nice, but not 53059 as that's a shed!

Three double-decks will be arriving at AG from Leicester soon (may already be there), and in turn three older double-decks will move from AG to Bradford.

37158 is now back home after being on loan to Worcester.

32647/49/50 transferred from Leicester this morning.

Talking of Geminis, 32639 has been repainted in Urban2.

[DVXXII]

Reported on midlandred.net is that solo 53064 has re entered service there this week. Apparently this is being exchanged with 67643 but this is yet to leave Worcester. It also mentions the other withdrawn solos, so presumably the ones that were recently in the withdrawal shed listed earlier, are going/gone to First South Wales - I haven't been able to see if these have left yet.

There are 3 ALX400 deckers parked up withdrawn, it was too dark for me to ID but one is definitely missing parts so probably the end of the road for one of the W reg examples