Social Travel

[2206]

Looks like nobody has posted this.
Social Travel have purchased two EX Sunny Travel Darts 563 and 564
So the fleet should look like this once the 74 starts
X183CTG - for the 11C
S301SHB - for the 74
S309SHB - for the 74
V563JBH - for the 11C/Spare Bus ( One of the two unconfirmed yet )
V564JBH - for the 11C/Spare Bus ( One of the two unconfirmed yet )
One will be for the 11C the other for a Spare Bus

[trident4370]

So no more SPD's on the 11 then, disappointing. 

[2206]

So no more SPD's on the 11 then, disappointing.

Yeah no more SPD's on the 11 the companies reasons for that are they do not want to put the MPD on the 74 yet incase it's to small and they would prefer not to put the V reg darts on the 74 either because the seats are warn. They will not refurbrish the V reg darts though the seats are warn because they may not stay in the fleet long as planned. @trident4370

[covlad27]

Just got to hope now the buses will make it to cannock or stafford

[2206]

The first EX Sunny Travel dart now has it's top primer coat of paint on so will be in the full livery soon.

[trident4370]

They will not refurbrish the V reg darts though the seats are warn because they may not stay in the fleet long as planned.

So basically the 11 once again has tatty darts running on it, things really don't change much do they!

[MW]

So basically the 11 once again has tatty darts running on it, things really don't change much do they!

Well it is being upgraded with Geminis, but it was 11 years ago too, so maybe you're right :D

[trident4370]

Well it is being upgraded with Geminis, but it was 11 years ago too, so maybe you're right :D

Put it this way, I'd take a Gemini over an ex UNO dart! The 11 just seems to be the dumping ground for everyone. If you go back 6 years NX had Geminis on there competing with Ampm Darts, now they are "upgrading" it to the same Geminis that will be competing this time with Social Darts...

[2206]

So basically the 11 once again has tatty darts running on it, things really don't change much do they!

Have to agree their @trident4370 not fogetting AMPM Volvo Olympians and the Metrobus that NXWM used on the 11 school sevices. :)

[trident4370]

Have to agree their @trident4370 not fogetting AMPM Volvo Olympians and the Metrobus that NXWM used on the 11 school sevices. :)

That's true, they even had wifi (when it worked), I think they all ended up on the 900/110 in the end though and the 11 had more darts than anything else? My memory is a bit vague but I do remember the ampm 11 went through a dart phase. There's an irony actually in the 5/6 years since, the NX 900 has had 2 upgrades yet the Outer Circle is only just getting the buses it had then back as an "Upgrade"!

[2206]

That's true, they even had wifi (when it worked), I think they all ended up on the 900/110 in the end though and the 11 had more darts than anything else? My memory is a bit vague but I do remember the ampm 11 went through a dart phase. There's an irony actually in the 5/6 years since, the NX 900 has had 2 upgrades yet the Outer Circle is only just getting the buses it had then back as an "Upgrade"!

We still had the NXWM MCW Metrobus on some 11 journeys in 2010 the last route to ever use them other than the last day towards the end of July. You probably  are correct can't realy remember their darts that well though everything will be the same again except this time without the Metrobus. @trident4370

[2206]

the NX 900 has had 2 upgrades yet the Outer Circle is only just getting the buses it had then back as an "Upgrade"!

Not forgetting the NX 957, 71, 72, 934, 935 and 936
AG's youngest decker is 4679 which is now nearly 11 years old!

[Steveminor]

Guys it's not that we're just dumping the tat on the 11, if we were going on another local route then the spds would be staying on the 11 but when you have a route that is some distance from your depot it makes sense to put your better buses there.
Remember if all goes to plan the v regs won't be staying that long & we'll one of them is staying as a spare so you still got the x reg mpd anyway.
Didn't realise you guys liked the spds so much lol

[Liberator9]

The AmPm Darts ran the 6 mainly - was quite an interesting time seeing them on the 6 and Olympians on the 11!

NX do need to invest in the 11 at some point soon - it's meant to be a flagship route for AG. The Plaxtons and even refurbished Geminis don't live up to the impression the MMCs give.

[trident4370]

I suppose the thing to remember is we are enthusiasts, Joe Public wouldn't even know what an SPD is! Personally though I do prefer them, they have a certain Excel quality about them.

NX do need to invest in the 11 at some point soon - it's meant to be a flagship route for AG. The Plaxtons and even refurbished Geminis don't live up to the impression the MMCs give.

I just hope it doesn't end up a Sprint route...