Stagecoach In Yorkshire

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Optare Solo scores again in Stagecoach orders

 

 

Optare's low floor Solo midi-bus has again found favour with one of Britain's biggest bus operators. In its annual order announcement Stagecoach revealed that it is to order 95 more Solos to join the 213 it already has in service bringing the total to 308 vehicles.

Part of a 460-bus order worth in total some £50 million and due for delivery this year, the Stagecoach announcement underlines the popularity of the Solo amongst the UK's largest fleets. Stagecoach first bought Solo in 2001 and the latest vehicles are expected to operate across the Stagecoach network and at their newly acquired Yorkshire Traction operation.

 

"We are delighted that we have further strengthened our relationship with Stagecoach this year and - coming on top of our record sales and production performance in 2005 - this demonstrates Solo's dominance of its market sector", said Bob Coombes, Optare's Group Managing Director. "We have worked hard to make our products attractive, cost efficient and reliable to both large and small operators and this order shows that we are able to secure repeat business from one of the largest and most professional operators in our industry".

 

 

so it looks like stagecoach in yorkshire will be getting some more new buses over the coming year.

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New vehicles will support company’s organic growth strategy

Provincial operations to benefit from major fleet investment

Stagecoach Group plc announced today (13 February 2006) that it has placed orders for more than 460 new vehicles for its UK bus division.

 

The £50 million investment will benefit customers in Stagecoach’s growing provincial UK bus operations.

 

Vehicle manufacturers Alexander Dennis, Optare, Plaxton and Volvo will supply a total of 13 single-deckers, 160 double-deckers, 165 midi-buses, 95 minibuses and 31 coaches.

 

The fleet of new vehicles will be delivered between April 2006 and the end of February 2007.

 

Details of the orders are:

 

30 Alexander Dennis Trident ALX400 double-deckers

130 Alexander Dennis Trident Enviro 400 double-deckers

165 Alexander Dennis Dart Pointer midibuses

13 Alexander Dennis Enviro 300 single-deckers

95 Optare Solo minibuses

31 Plaxton Profile/Volvo B7R coaches

Les Warneford, Managing Director of Stagecoach UK Bus, said: “We have pursued a highly successful organic growth strategy in the UK in recent years and we believe more people in our towns and cities can be attracted to bus travel.

 

“We have expanded our UK bus operations with two significant acquisitions in the last 12 months and we are committed to focusing on investment, innovation and effective marketing to drive further growth.

 

“This latest capital investment will deliver a more comfortable travelling experience for passengers, better environmental performance, improved reliability and help make public transport more attractive to car users.”

 

Among the areas to benefit from the new investment will be the former Traction Group operations in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Tayside, which were acquired by Stagecoach in December 2005.

 

Stagecoach’s order includes five single-deck vehicles, fitted with the latest environmentally friendly Euro 4 engines, while the remainder meet the current Euro 3 low emission engine standards.

 

All of the new vehicles run on low-sulphur diesel, and are equipped with modern heating and ventilation. The buses also incorporate low floor access for parents with young children, people with disabilities and elderly passengers, and many feature a special ‘kneeling’ mechanism to help boarding from the pavement. All coaches are fitted with special lifts to assist boarding for wheelchair users.

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Also the gsllery has been updated with another 150 pics of stagecoach in yorkshire buses and there is now a dedicated site to the stagecoach takeover which is http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/stagecoachinyorkshire/

 

it has all the new and repaint lists available also another good site with a lot of information is the travel sy site for all transport needs in south yorkshire there site is http://www.travelsy.proboards75.com

 

and dont forget the picture website with reguler updates taking place the site is http://south-yorkshire.fotopic.net/

 

thanks

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More infromation is available on the transport south yorkshire website the adress is http://www.travelsy.proboards75.com

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the 2 new solos havent entered service typical yorkshire traction ready all finnished and stuck in the depot at barnsley.

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New Buses:

22366 SV55EEO - MAN 18.220 ADL ALX 300

47398 YM55SVK - Optare Solo M1020 (repainted)

47399 YM55SVL - Optare Solo M1020 (repainted)

 

Also 5 new trainers have been sent from Stagecoach London, 26025 so far only one in service, at Donny. Left in old Learn and Earn liveries I believe with new phone numbers added. These are:

 

26012 J312CYG - DAF SB220 Optare Delta

26021 J321CYG - DAF SB220 Optare Delta

26025 J325CYG - DAF SB220 Optare Delta

26031 K631HWX - DAF SB220 Optare Delta

26033 K633HWX - DAF SB220 Optare Delta

 

Meanwhile some withdrawls since the takeover have been:

15872 D702NWG MCW Metrobus

47962 N210VRC Optare Metrorider

47963 N211VRC Optare Metrorider - scrapped

Sign of things to come I think

 

I will update any others when done if you like.

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All the buses have been given a Stagecoach number, some carry these on ST colours, some on their old colours but most none at all so far.

 

It has been decided that the Metroriders, step entrance Darts and Metrobuses aren't to be repainted as I suspect these will soon face the chop!

 

Any Stagecoach number carrying vehicles also have the old number still on or have had the old one applied on the new paint, this is until fuel systems and ticket machines are updated to carry 5 digit numbers I believe.

 

Anyway, I will get to the point,

 

Buses with new numbers on old YTC livery (still YTC names):

32198 K9YTB - Dart Pointer formerly at Terrier

 

Buses with new numbers, old colours, no names at all:

16868 2316HE (N418JBV) - Volvo Olympian NC Palatine 1

 

Buses with Stagecoach name, old colours, no numbers:

15417 YN53PAO - Scania N94UD ELC omnidekka

 

Buses with old colours, Stagecoach names and numbers:

15989 POG602Y - Metrobus II

15993 JWR138Y - Metrobus II

32167 L52ONW - Dennis Dart Pointer

32197 K3YTB - Dennis Dart Pointer

 

Buses repainted so far:

 

14835 K5YCL - Leyland Olympian NC Palatine 1

26049 K326FAL - DAF SB220 Optare Delta

26111 X211HHE - DAF SB220 SLF ELC Myllennium

26112 X212HHE - DAF SB220 SLF ELC Myllennium

26113 X213HHE - DAF SB220 SLF ELC Myllennium

28969 M299TWB - Scania L113 ELC European

28650 K413MSL - Scania N113 ELC 2000

30190 L426XVV - Volvo B6-50 Alexander Dash (B&Dist)

30217 M202LNC - Volvo B6-50 Alexander Dash (B&Dist)

31030 S130WKY - Volvo B6LE ELC Spryte

31347 P347JND - Volvo B6LE Alexander ALX 200

31944 V144MAK - Volvo B6BLE ELC Spryte

 

Buses Currently being done/prepared

 

26114 X214HHE - DAF SB220 SLF ELC Myllennium

26115 X215HHE - DAF SB220 SLF ELC Myllennium

31031 S131WKY - Volvo B6LE ELC Spryte

 

Also a couple are currently in for accident repairs and I guess these may get Stagecoach livery when finished:

31939 V139MAK - Volvo B6LE ELC Spryte - after very bad n/s front damage

15217 E737HFW - Volvo B10 ELC Citybus - now with ECW Olympian nose after big RTA

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Sounds as though some Metroriders are to be reprepared for use on some new Stagecoach routes in Sheffield. No idea what these routes are to be, guessing they will be run by Terrier as was. They are though brand new runs so this could be the sign of things to come?

 

In the long term some of the large order from Solos will run these routes, hence these are just a stop gap.

 

To this effect 47958 N206VRC is currently in for Stagecoach repaint and no doubt some others will go in soon, the pool of buses that are currently out of use are:

N205VRC

N208VRC

N209VRC

N210VRC

N217VRC all stored in Barnsley depots. I suppose the number being painted will rely on the number of routes being set up, the most infor so far is "several"

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All infomation listed above is from the south yorkshire transport forum there site is http://www.travelsy.proboards75.com

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If you require any more information please visit these following websites for everything you need to know about the stagecoach takeover.

 

South Yorkshire Bus Pictures

http://south-yorkshire.fotopic.net/

 

South Yorkshire Transport Forum

http://www.travelsy.proboards75.com

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Are the current Yorkshire Terrier green/yellow liveried buses going to be rebranded in Stagecoach colours in Sheffield then?

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There are some new buses now double decker yno6 reg buses waiting to come to rotherham for the new maltby bus route to compete with first rotherhams busiest route.