Coniston Coaches

[B61 ANDREW]

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matt what sort of coach is   N16 PJF please
cedric
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A photo on Flickr shows it as a Bova, working for Hazel of Northlew who I believe either downsized their fleet last year or ceased trading altogether. :-[

[Tony]

matt what sort of coach is   N16 PJF please
cedric
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A photo on Flickr shows it as a Bova, working for Hazel of Northlew who I believe either downsized their fleet last year or ceased trading altogether. :-[
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I photographed it last Friday in Birmingham. I will put the photo on the main site tonight

[Tony]

Coniston have been using N16 PJF on the HRC1 over recent weeks, not one of their fleet I have seen before recently

Coniston have been using N16 PJF on the HRC1 over recent weeks, not one of their fleet I have seen before recently

matt what sort of coach is   N16 PJF please
cedric

Here is a photo
http://wmbusphotos.com/Worcs/ConistonN16RJF.html

[iamwilljh92]

Currently on board the Coniston Dart on the 15 I'll have to admit this bus is a little pocket rocket! Goes like a bomb  :D :D I love it

[Reece]

Conistons CC05BUS Spinter Van has been operating the 15 service today 8)

[Cedric]

Conistons CC05BUS Spinter Van has been operating the 15 service today 8)

Did not.  They had any van conversions ?  Thought  they  where all as built 

[Tony]

Conistons CC05BUS Spinter Van has been operating the 15 service today 8)

Did not.  They had any van conversions ?  Thought  they  where all as built

Virtually all 10 year old Mercedes minibsues are van conversions. Mercedes didn't actually factory produce them. CC05 BUS has an Olympic conversion from a van shell

[Cedric]

new timetable and  route changes for the 15/s15 to improve reliability
From 22nd February 2015
Service 15/S15 (Coniston Coaches) Kidderminster – Wilden – Stourport - Burlish – Lickhill Services revised to improve reliability. New timetable, see below, and some minor route changes to Stourport Estates: Hartlebury Park: now only serves Kylemilne Stores, not the top of The Grove; Wilden Top: no longer serves Wivelden Avenue, Watchtower Road, but stops at junction of Wilden Top Road and Wivelden Avenue; Power Station Estate: no longer serves Power Station Road and Resolution Way, operates direct via Discovery Road.
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http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/downloads/file/4719/bus_service_changes_18-02-2015

[Reece]

Conistons Coaches 5281RU (V771GCS) Plaxton Beaver 2 operating the 15 service for part of the day today it has now lost its ex County Coaches of Brentwood stickers.

[Cedric]

I saw yesterday a yaringtons of eardiston    bus operating the  15 , could not id it or make as I was just boarding a bus  .  this was around 6pm in Kidderminster bus station

[Cedric]

wasn't an omnilink was it?

could have been matt never seen one, and it did not look much like a enviro . look a full  size bus

[PM]

could have been matt never seen one, and it did not look much like a enviro . look a full  size bus

I believe they've even got a tri-axle OmniLink which may be the one Matt was referring to, YN08DDU: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gezzasgallery/12837026575/ Would have been fun to see that one manoevre around Kidderminster if it was on the 15 though!

[Cedric]

I believe they've even got a tri-axle OmniLink which may be the one Matt was referring to, YN08DDU: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gezzasgallery/12837026575/ Would have been fun to see that one manoevre around Kidderminster if it was on the 15 though!

that looks like the one I saw but did not see axles  it ha a paper card in windscreen with 15 on.and just checked the 15 timetable and 18.00 is the last 15 of the day from kidderminster

[Reece]

I believe they've even got a tri-axle OmniLink which may be the one Matt was referring to, YN08DDU: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gezzasgallery/12837026575/ Would have been fun to see that one manoevre around Kidderminster if it was on the 15 though!

No you are wrong if you think it is Yarrantons OmmiLink YN08DDU in fact it SN04EGC Enviro300 this bus did previously operate the 758 between Tenbury Wells and Worcester before the arrival of the OmmiLink. After YN08DDU arrived SN04EGC was then used as a spare bus for the 758. But the OmmiLink has been so reliable that Yarringtons no longer need the spare bus. The enviro300 had just been sitting in the back of Yarringtons depot doing nothing for at least 6 months or so.

Apparently it has been sold or loaned to Coniston Coaches so they now have 2 Low Floor buses for the 15 rather than just the one Dart W632RNP which is not that reliable. So this means that the Dart W632RNP is now the spare bus for the 15 rather than the V reg Plaxton Beaver 2 which is not Low Floor. The Enviro300 will be painted in due course if it has been purchased by Coniston.

https://flic.kr/p/o3WPru
https://flic.kr/p/pctM9E

[Reece]

This is a picture I took on Saturday in Kidderminster.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=369233499934898&set=a.330240520500863.1073741829.100005447523905&type=1