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Hodson (Clitheroe): Volvo D10M / Alexander F112 XCW has been re-registered IIG 8280. Howard (Runcorn): A pair of ex Stagecoach Merseyside East Lancs bodied Dennis Dart SLFs: P459 DCW and P461 DCW have been acquired. Meanwhile, leaving the fleet has been Dennis Dart SLF Y399 LCS, which is now with RML Buses (Wem) Imperial (Southall): Acquired from Reays (Wigton) has been Mercedes-Benz O.816 / Plaxton Cheetah YN10 FZD. Irvings (Carlisle): Now here is Leyland Tiger / Wright K460 CBU. It latterly worked for Heartland bus, with whom it was registered 520 MWX, but originally with Ulsterbus.. Kirkby Lonsdale Mini Coaches (Carnforth): Optare Solo YJ05 WCO has been returned to Lancashire County Council, whilst similar YJ54 UBK has been bought from the council. Purchased from Ensignbus (dealer) has been ex Stagecoach North East Volvo B10BLE / Alexander R244 KRG. Ex Go South Coast Optare Solo R610 NFX is also a new arrival here. Lancashire United (Blackburn): Moved across from Keighley & District have been Transbus Mini Pointer Dart SLFs 604 (YJ04 LXP) and 706 (YJ04 LXN). From Coastliner has come Volvo B7Tl / Wrightbus Gemini CH41/28F 405 (YK55 ATN). The latter now has Lancashire Way branding. Leven Valley: New arrivals have been four Mini Pointer Darts 31 (V331 CVV), 65 (W365 ABD), 93 (W793 VMV) and 94 (V794 VMV). All four have come from K & H Doyle (Alfreton) and were refurbished and repainted before arrival. Enviro 200s 11 (T11 GAJ) and 12 (T12 GAJ) have been returned to Mistral (dealer), with the latter being re-registered to MX59 CZL. London Dial a Ride: TfL is adding additional Volkswagen / Bluebird Tucana minibuses to replace further Mercedes-Benz Sprinters in the fleet, the first of the new batch being D7210 YX62 ACV D7213 YX62 AEJ D7216 YX62 AKG D7218 YX62 AKK D7211 YX62 AEC D7214 YX62 AEK D7217 YX62 AKJ D7219 YX62 AKZ D7212 YX62 AED D7215 YX62 AHU London United: As shown last month, the Volvo B9TL / MCV double deck VM1 (BF62 UXU) can usually be found on the H32, working out of Hounslow garage. Luckett (Fareham): Scania / Irizar Century 4950 (DL03 GSU) has been re-registered as A19 LTG. Marchant (Cheltenham): YN08 JBE Scania K340EB / Berkhof C57F has been acquired from Tedd, Thruxton, while YN08 NXR and YN08 NXS Mercedes-Benz O.816D / Plaxton Cheetah C20F have come from Logan, Dunloy. Metroline: Under delivery at the moment are two batches of buses for route 52, operating out of Willesden garage (AC). Fifteen H39/23D 10.5m Volvo B9TL / Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 2s VW1393 LK62 DUU VW1397 LK62 DVG VW1401 LK62 DVO VW1405 LK62 DVV VW1394 LK62 DVB VW1398 LK62 DVH VW1402 LK62 DVP VW1406 LK62 DVX VW1395 LK62 DVC VW1399 LK62 DVJ VW1403 LK62 DVR VW1407 LK62 DVZ VW1396 LK62 DVF VW1400 LK62 DVL VW1404 LK62 DVU These are being joined by twelve Volvo B5LH / Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 2 hybrids VWH1408 LK62 DWA VWH1411 LK62 DWF VWH1414 LK62 DWO VWH1417 LK62 DWY VWH1409 LK62 DWD VWH1412 LK62 DWJ VWH1415 LK62 DWU VWH1418 LK62 DXF VWH1410 LK62 DWE VWH1413 LK62 DWM VWH1416 LK62 DWV VWH1419 LK62 DXG A goodly number of transfers to record; DLD170 Kings Cross to withdrawn: DP1010, 1011 Potters Bar to Perivale: TE833, 881 Cricklewood to Edgware: TPL237, 240, 262, 272, 275 Cricklewood to withdrawn: TP409, 416, 426 Brentford to Holloway: VPL135, 137, 139, 148, 150Holloway to withdrawn: VPL156, 161, 165 Edgware to withdrawn: Ensignbus (dealer) has taken several Dennis Dart SLFs DLD141, 164, 165, 171, DLM152, 158, DSD208, 210, DP1001, 1003, 1004 and 1007. A pair of Plaxton President bodied Volvos have also headed there: VPL136 and VPL138, more to follow in the next couple of months I am sure. National Express West Midlands: Now undergoing delivery are the first of thirty Alexander Dennis B37F E20D single decks. The eleven below have been allocated to Birmingham Central garage for route 99, of which 801 to 808 carry branding. 801 BX62 SBY 804 BX62 SFJ 807 BX62 SKJ 810 BX62 SLV 802 BX62 SCV 805 BX62 SFY 808 BX62 SJU 811 BX62 SNF 803 BX62 SEY 806 BX62 SJU 809 BX62 SJV 6001 to 6009 and 6011 have all now departed for PVS, Barnsley (dealer) as has 4088. EMR, Kingsbury for scrap have gone 612, 641, 647, 656, 678. Allocation changes have been 643, 644 Birmingham Central to withdrawn: 1619 West Bromwich to withdrawn: 1908 has been returned to Volvo: 4041 Birmingham Central to Acocks Green: 4056 to 4058, 4086, 4105 to 4107, 4109, 4116 to 4119, 4121. 4122 Birmingham Central to Yardley Wood: 4143, 4146, 4155, 4160, 4161, 4180, 4182, 4183, 4189, 4191, 4218, 4328, 4365, 4367
Yardley Wood to Birmingham Central: 4642 Acocks Green to West Bromwich: North Somerset Coaches (Nailsea): Acquired from Trent Buses are Y243 DRC and Y251 DRC Optare Excel B42F. Dennis Tridents T805 RFG and T810 RFG have been re-registered to VFT 581 and VHY 437 respectively. Parnham (Ludgershall): New here is WA62 BAU VDL FHD Bova C54FT. Pilkingtons (Accrington): Arriving in October was ex Stagecoach London Dennis Trident X374 NNO. A Dennis Dart SLF has also been bought from North Somerset Coaches: P302 HDP. Premiere (Nottingham): New here, having been bought from the Stafford Bus Centre, is 3337 (PT59 JPT) an ADL Enviro 300. It was formerly with JP of Middleton, the registration being a bit of a give away. Reays (Wigton): The latest service to be operated in competition with Stagecoach Cumbria is the 300R linking Carlisle with Maryport, extended beyond to Workington as the 302R. A recap of the latest arrivals: VDL SB180 / MCV Evolutions YJ62 JXG, YJ62 JXW, YJ62 JWF and YJ62 JWL, VDL Bus SB200 / Wright Pulsar 2s YJ62 JZR and YJ62 JZT and Mercedes-Benz O.816 / Plaxton Cheetah YN62 AAV. The ex Shearings Volvo B12Ms acquired from Shearings last year have been reregistered: YJ03 VOT to FPN 259 and YJ03 VOY to TFO 532. ADL Enviro 400 demonstrator SN61 DFK was in use at Carlisle during December. Mercedes-Benz Varios YN54 WWU and YN54 WWV, Volvo B10M / Plaxtons Y733 HWT and Y734 HWT and Dennis Dart SLFs GX54 AOR and GX54 AOU have all gone to Plaxton (dealer). Volvo B10M M414 RRN has been reregistered to B4 CWR. Reading & Wokingham (Wokingham): New here is OVK 902 (ex X812 XEX, J9 VOL) Volvo B10M / Plaxton, which has come from Snowdon, Easington Colliery, and X13 OVA Bova Futura, which has come from Whitestar Coaches. Redwoods Travel (Hemyock): New here is WA62 VCF Mercedes-Benz 0816D / Sitcar Beluga C29F. Robinsons (Great Harwood): A new coach is Volvo B9R / Plaxton Paragon C48FT 284 (PO62 GHY). Neoplan 274 (GM03 JVE) has gone to Volvo (dealer) Roselyn Coaches (Par): Several re-registrations to note are: KSU 454 Volvo B10M-60 / Plaxton to G801 BPG; 237 AJB Volvo B10M-61 / Van Hool to E44 SAF; M687 HPF Volvo Olympian / East Lancs to VIB 3903; N399 LRN Volvo Olympian / Alexander to SIL 4465, N789 VRM Volvo KSU 454 R807 JDV Volvo B10M-55 Alexander to 237 AJB Rossendale Transport: Latest arrivals are three Scania / Wright Solar single decks, arriving from Reading Transport 228 (YN06 NXX), 229 (YN06 NXY) and 230 (YN06 NXY) Rotala Group: Diamond) (Flights Hallmark) Bova Magiq 10014 (FOR 35T) is now at Birmingham. A new arrival at Birmingham is Volvo B12B / Plaxton Panther 11523 (CN05 DZH). Sold to NPC Coaches has been Volvo B12B / Plaxton Panther 11004 (RK04 BWU) re-registered from Y20 HMC. Similar 11514 (YN54 WWG) re-registered from Y30 HMC) has been sold to Campdon Coaches. Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 15516 (BD57 WCX) has been withdrawn from Heathrow. (Preston Bus): Four Volvo B5L / Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 2 bodies were delivered during December and were due into service in early January: 40606 (PR62 TON), 40607 (PO62 LNU), 40608 (PO62 LNF) and 40609 (PO62 LNN). (Wessex Connect): Withdrawn at Avonmouth are Mini Pointer Darts 20301 (BU53 AWP) and Mercedes- Benz Sprinters 20306 (BW03 ZVB) and 20312 (BU53 AXB). Mini Pointer Dart 20304 (KX03 HZJ) did not, in the end, move to Diamond; 20606 (KV51 KZH) has moved instead. 30295 (A2 UOB) has been sold to Reliance of York. Selwyns (Runcorn): I now have fleet numbers for the new Caetano Levante’s noted last month: 204 (FN62 CCV), 205 (FN62 CDE), 206 (FN62 CCZ) and 207 (FN62 CDY). South Lancs Travel (Atherton): Now here, having been moved from Maytree Travel, is Optare Versa hybrid YJ61 ENU. It carries fleet number 62. Stotts (Oldham): Another Dennis Trident / Alexander ALX400 acquired from Ensignbus (dealer) is LX51 FHT, it being the former 17405 of Stagecoach. Also new here is ex Keighley & District Volvo B10BLE / Wright X572 YUG. Summercourt Travel (Summercourt): Optare Solos W599 PTO and W605 PTO have been re-registered to AIG 9449 and OUI 8952 respectively. Target Travel (Plymouth): KX59 CYW and KX59 CYY ADL Dart SLF B29F have been acquired from Huyton Travel, Huyton for Plymouth City Council park-&-ride service PR3, which is the revamped version of service 60. The vehicles are white, with blue and green vinyls.
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