25th March 2023
Arriva Midlands
Latest repaints here into Journey Mark are VDL SB200/Wright Pulsar 2 3795 at Tamworth, and Enviro 400 MMC 4535 at Thurmaston.
Further Enviro 400 MMCs transferred to Arriva Southern Counties are 4507-4509, 4512, 4513, 4516-4523, and 4525-4527. Now in servce at Thurmaston are brand new Enviro 400 MMCs 4560-4579.
Withdrawn are Optare Versa 2995 at Telford, Scania Omnilink 3508 at Tamworth, Volvo B9TL/Optare Olympus 4100 at Thurmaston, and VDL DB250/Wright Geminis 4768 and 4769 at Thurmaston. Former fleet member 4759 has now been withdrawn, where it was on loan to Arriva Shires & Essex.
One of the new batch of Enviro 400 MMCs, 4553, is seen at South Wigston on 21st March 2023. © Dylan Jones.
Arriva Southern Counties
Transferred from Arriva Midlands are Enivro 400 MMCs 4508 and 4509, to Maidstone, and 4507/12/13/16-23/25-27 to Gillingham.
Centrebus
At High Peak Buses, Enviro 200 MMCs 534-537 have all been branded up for the Skyline 199, with a revised single tone red livery with dividing stripe.
Newly acquired at Luton depot is Enviro 200 MMC YX18KNZ, numbered 595. New at Leicester for the Leicester Hop, a new free service linking key points around the City Centre are 3 Yutong E9 vehicles. These are registered YD23FML, FMM & FMO.
D&G Bus
Further Enviro 200s are being acquired here to assist the Crewe operation ahead of Arriva North West’s pullout from the area in April. 4 (YX16OHW) is currently at Cannock, 121 (YY66PDK) is currently at Adderley Green and 123 (YW68PBU) is at Crewe.
Newly acquired at Cannock is Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse MX06VPY, numbered 625, and last operated with City Transport Group.
Further ADL Enviro 200 MMCs to receive the Travel Telford livery at Cannock are 540, 541 and 542. Optare Versa 781 based at Adderley Green has lost its green peak livery for fleet red livery.
A new addition to the fleet - Volvo B7RLE 625 (MX06VPY) is seen in Stafford working route 74 on 4th March 2023. © Dylan Jones.
Diamond
Newly acquired at Tividale is Volvo B8RLE/Wright Eclipse 3 BU16UYC. Now numbered 30530, it was new to Courtney Buses, and now carries West Midlands Bus partnership livery. Also acquired are 6 former Yellow Buses Volvo B5TL/Wright Gemini 3s which are destined for Tividale. They are 40610 (BF15KFG), 40611 (BF15KFK), 40612 (BF14KFE), 40613 (BF15KFD), 40614 (BF15KFC), and 40615 (BF15KFA).
New at Tividale are stock built Wright Streetlite DFs 32260 (BN23YSD) and 32261 (BN23YSC).
Transfers from Tividale to Kidderminster for new school contracts are Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipses 30410, 30411, and 30412, and Wright Streetlite DF 32258.
Now withdrawn here are Optare Solo 20010 at Tividale, Dennis Dart/Plaxton Pointer 30887 at Tividale, and Volvo B7TL/Plaxton President 40636 at Burton.
A recent addition to the fleet, which carries West Midlands Bus Partnership livery, Volvo B8RLE 30530 is seen at Birmingham Markets on 14th March 2023. © Dylan Jones.
Delaine Buses
The latest Enviro 200 MMC to join the fleet, 175 (AD23DBL) entered service on 1st March 2023. An Enviro 400 City is also on order, which is due for delivery later this year.
Enviro 200 MMC 175 is pictured on 1st March 2023. © John Abbott.
East Yorkshire
Enviro 400 778 has received purple-based Wyke 6th Form College livery and branding.
Volvo B9TLs 737 (being relicensed) and 740-742 (transferring from Hull) are due to be allocated to Scarborough imminently. Volvo B7TL 698 is being transferred from Hull to Bridlington.
Enviro 200s 378, 379, 380, and 389 are being allocated to Scarborough for Park & Ride services - route branding has already been applied to 379.
An increase in National Express work has seen Volvo B9Rs 83 and 84 transferred from the Coaching unit. Both are receiving National Express livery.
Volvo B7TLs 702, 708, 709, 711, and 712 have been transferred out of this fleet to Go North West.
Enviro 400 778 showing off its recently repainted Wyke College livery, is seen in Hull City Centre on 4th March 2023. © Ian Knott.
Ensign Bus
Recent sales through the dealership have included, former Stagecoach West (Oxford Tube) Van Hool Astromegas 50268/269 to Youngs Coaches of Cambridge, and former Stagecoach Midlands open top Trident/ALX400 17575 to Howard Snaith Coaches of Newcastle.
First Midlands
An update on what was previously reported, is that Volvo B7TL/ALX400 32067 has been sold for preservation.
Volvo B7TL/Wright Gemini 32646, carrying Leicester City Transport heritage livery, has been withdrawn at Worcester. Similar 37147 has been transferred in from First Cymru to replace it.
Further Mercedes-Benz Citaros withdrawn at Worcester are 64012 and 64037, with Wright Streetlite DF 47446 transferred in from First West of England to replace these.
Megabus/Scottish Citylink
Scania/Caetano Levante 59222-228 are no longer part of the Megabus fleet, 59222/224/225 are now with Stagecoach South Wales, 59223/226 are at Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire, and 59227/228 are at Stagecoach Yorkshire.
National Express West Midlands
Latest repaints here into grey fleet livery mark a return to double deckers, with a number of former Coventry Blue examples being so treated;
Volvo B7RLE 2020 from Wolverhampton, ADL Enviro 200 MMC 2225 from Acocks Green, ADL Enviro 400s 4763 from West Bromwich, 4884 and 4887 for Birmingham Central, and 4989 for Wolverhampton.
Transferred from Birmingham Central to Yardley Wood are Dennis Tridents 4615 and 4616. Further ADL Enviro 400s to leave Coventry are 4769 for West Bromwich, 4831 and 4838 for Pensnett, 4891 and 4892 for Birmingham Central, and 4984, 4992, 4994 for Wolverhampton. Transferred from Pensnett to Acocks Green are ADL Enviro 400 MMCs 6101, 6102 and 6103. Enviro 400 MMC 7539 has transferred from Coventry to Acocks Green. Another Enviro 400 Hybrid to be sent away for straight diesel conversion is 5416.
Volvo B7RLE 2059, 2061 and 2062 from Wolverhampton, and Volvo B7TL/ALX400 4417 from Coventry, are further new additions to the driver training fleet.
Volvo B7TL/ALX400s 4240 and 4301, as well as Dennis Tridents 4311 and 4414, have all been for preservation. Former fleet member Volvo B7RLE 1752 has been sold to Fowlers Travel of Holbeach.
Now withdrawn are Dennis Tridents 4427, 4443, 4445, 4537 from Wolverhampton, and 4453 from Coventry. Volvo B7TL/Wright Geminis 4501 from Acocks Green, and 4660, 4661, 4663 and 4678 from Coventry.
Sold for scrap are Volvo B7TL/ALX400s 4272 and 4418, Volvo B7TL/Wright Gemini 4488, and Dennis Tridents 4392, 4409, 4432, 4434, 4435, 4438, 4440, 4553, 4555, 4556, 4559, 4562, 4563, 4581, 4582 and 4588.
Newly delivered BYD ADL Enviro 400 EVs for Coventry are E085, 089, 092, 095, 097, 099, 103, 105, 108, 109, 112, 113, 114, 117, 121, 123, 124, 129, 130, 131, 135, 136, 139, 140, 142, 153 and 154.
Now withdrawn is Coventry Transport liveried Trident 4453, seen in Bedworth on 29th September 2022. © Dylan Jones.
Ridley’s Coaches
Newly acquired here are a trio of former CT Plus Yorkshire and Lothian Buses Volvo B7TL/Wright Geminis - SN55BMV, SN56AHA and SN56AHD.
Volvo B7TLs SN56AHD and SN56AHA, are seen in Birmingham on Rail Replacement work on 25th February 2023. © Dylan Jones.
Select Bus Services
Acquired via Ensign Bus is Scania Omnilink YN63BYO (last with Diamond). It has replaced DAF SB200/Wright Commander FJ06ZTF, numbered 24.
Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire
Enviro 400 MMC 10556 is operating on loan at Carlisle, prior to painting out of its ‘Lakes’ livery.
Enviro 300 27226 has transferred from Morecambe to Carlisle in exchange for MAN/Enviro 300 24125. Now being prepared for service at West Cumbria, is Enviro 200 MMC 26141, which has been transferred here from Stagecoach Manchester.
The first of the new Enviro 400 MMCs for Kendal, 11571, has now been delivered and is currently being prepared for service.
Stagecoach East
Enviro 400 MMC 10866 was back in service at Peterborough in late February 2023 after being away for body repairs.
Enviro 200 training bus 36013 has sustained severe fire damage, and as a result has been written off. Similar 36012 is now earmarked for training conversion whilst 36041 is being prepared for training school use following completion of conversion work. Now out of service after sustained roof damage is Enviro 400 19574. The four original body style Enviro 300s 27520-523 have been authorised for disposal, with only 27522 currently remaining in service.
Enviro 400 10053 is pictured in Peterborough on 20th March 2023. © Luke Fisher.
Stagecoach East Midlands
It is understood that Dart SLFs 34848, 35128/129/130/133/135/137/142/146/150 are expected to be withdrawn upon MOT expiry dates. Now for disposal are Volvo B7TL 16910, and Dart SLFs 34572 and 35136/141/143/145/148/149. The withdrawal of Volvo B7TL 16910 has seen 16919 returned to service at Scunthorpe with 16920, also for disposal, returning to the Reserve Fleet. Trident 18024 has transferred from Gainsborough to Lincoln, with 18047 at Lincoln returning to main fleet use from the Reserve Fleet.
Enviro 300 training bus 27575 is at Lincoln with MAN/Enviro 300 trainer 22742 moving from Lincoln to Grimsby. Newly converted MAN/Enviro 300 trainer 22578 is at Mansfield.
Now on loan at Grimsby from Mansfield are Mercedes-Benz Sprinters 44012 and 44014 (the former carries Nottsbus on Demand livery), and Enviro 200 MMC 26261 is currently on loan from Hull to Lincoln.
Withdrawn out of this fleet and sold to AH Hardwick are Volvo B7TLs 16914/917; Trident 18430; Darts 34457/464/702/850 and Volvo B7RLEs 21212/213/248. Transferred to Stagecoach Yorkshire is Training Fleet Dart SLF 34474.
Stagecoach East Scotland
New BYD/Enviro 200 EVs 30018-027 have now entered service here, and are allocated to Dunfermline. Volvo B5LH 13116/117 have transferred from Arbroath to Perth in exchange for Enviro 300s 27613 and 27912. Optare Solo 47489 (ex-Stagecoach North Scotland (Bluebird)) and Solo SR 47812 (ex-Stagecoach North Scotland (Highlands)) are allocated to Arbroath.
Now for disposal is Optare Solo 47233 whilst 47250 and 47657 have been scrapped. Plaxton President-bodied Trident 18056 has been secured for preservation. Trident 18095 has been sold to Ensign and Volvo B13R 54126 has been sold to Richies Coaches.
Stagecoach London
Enviro 200 37551 is temporarily with the training school whilst Scania Omnicitys 15007/008/009/010 are now in the training fleet
Stagecoach Manchester
Enviro 200MMCs 26142/143/144/145 have been transferred out of this fleet to Stagecoach South, with 26141 moving to Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire.
Recent repaints here are of Enviro 400 MMC 10465 and Enviro 400 19489 into ‘Local’ livery, whilst Enviro 400 19527 has gained an all over ad for Rockstar and 19528 has gained an all over advert for Subway.
Now back in service at Stockport is Optare Solo SR 47825.
Stagecoach Midlands
‘Pride’ livery and branding has been applied to Enviro 400MMCs 10726 (at Northampton) and 11229 (at Leamington).
Dart SLF 34632, from the Stagecoach South training fleet, was at Northampton in early March 2023.
Sold to Ensign Bus are Scania Omnidekkas 15401-405, however at the time of writing 15403/404 remain operational. Dennis Trident 18104 from Leamington has suffered an engine fire and has since been withdrawn.
Stagecoach North East
Former Stagecoach North Scotland (Highlands) Enviro 300s 27805, 27809, and 27812 have been allocated to Stockton. Enviro 300s 27179/180/181/238/239/241/243 have transferred from Stockton to Slatyford. Stockton has now has MAN/ALX300s 22341/347 from Walkergate and MAN/ALX400s 22409/411/412/428 and MAN/Enviro 300s 24121/570/580 from Slatyford.
Open Top Trident 17645 has received ‘Local’ livery.
Stagecoach North Scotland (Bluebird)
Sold out of this fleet to Moffat and Williamson are Optare Solos 47484/486. Enviro 300 27538 has been sold sold for scrap.
Now for disposal are the remaining three ADL Enviro 300H Hybrids 29020/21/22.
The outstanding BYD/Enviro 400EV 14069 is now allocated to Aberdeen where Enviro 400 19213 has become a ‘Paint Float ‘ vehicle.
Former Stagecoach North Scotland (Highlands) Enviro 200s now in service are 36202 and 36324 at Peterhead and 36953 at Elgin.
Stagecoach North Scotland (Highlands)
Optare Solo SR 47812 has transferred out of this fleet to Stagecoach East Scotland, with 47811 and 47813 expected to follow.
Sold for scrap are Volvo B9Rs 53621 and 53622, Trident 18446, and Enviro 400 19041.
Stagecoach South
Repainted into ‘Local’ livery are Enviro 400 MMCs 10700/889/891/892, and Enviro 300s 27775/830.
Now at Guildford are Enviro 200s 36138/139/175/176/381 from Stagecoach West. Enviro 200 MMCs 26142-145 have been transferred here from Stagecoach Manchester - they are currently being prepared for service at Andover.
Stood down from service, ahead of transfer to Stagecoach West, are Scania/Enviro 400s 15982-986. To temporarily cover for these, currently on loan at Guildford are Tridents 18064/517 and Enviro 300 27671.
Now in reserve are Dennis Trident 18443 (at Aldershot), and Enviro 400 19159 (at Winchester). Currently receiving repairs is Trident 18188, and is no longer withdrawn, whilst Enviro 400 19884 is away ar ADL for repairs. Now withdrawn are Enviro 400 19039 and Enviro 300 27658.
Stagecoach South East
Scania Omnicity 15075/089 have been allocated to Herne Bay displacing Scania/Enviro 400s 15550/551, which have transferred to Hastings. Trident 18161 has been withdrawn from service at Hastings and is now for disposal.
Former Stagecoach London Scania Omnicity 15023 has been repainted into a red version of ‘Local’ livery for use as a driver training vehicle.
Mercedes-Benz Sprinters 44008/013/016 are at Dover for the Stagecoach Connect DRT operation with 59617 allocated as a spare vehicle.
Stagecoach South Wales
Now part of the main fleet here are ex-Megabus Scania/Caetano Levante 59222/224/225, with 59225 having received ‘Specialist’ Livery.
Stagecoach South West
Scania/Enviro 400s 15803/860 are moving from Torquay to Plymouth in exchange for Enviro 400s 19323 and 19324.
Stagecoach West
Transfers from Stroud to Gloucester have been Enviro 200s 36127/128/390 whilst 36448 has transferred from Stroud to Oxford. Just seven Enviro 400 Hybrids remain in this fleet at Oxford - 12002/004/005/007/008/010/012 (with 12001/011/013 now for disposal). Optare Solos 47658 and 47735 at Witney are now in the Reserve Fleet whilst Enviro 400MMCs 10431/432 are transfers from Oxford to Witney. Transferred to North Bristol are Enviro 400MMCs 10902 and 10903 from Cheltenham, and 10982/983/984 from Swindon.
Training livery has now been applied to Dart SLF 34817.
Vehicles sold out of this fleet are Tridents 18089/182/377, Volvo B10M 20940, MAN/ALX300 22417, MAN/E300s 22844/845, Dart SLFs 34635/829, and Optare Solos 47904/910.
Transferred out of this fleet to Stagecoach South are Enviro 200s 36138/139/175/175/381.
Stagecoach West Scotland
New BYD/Enviro 200EVs 30033/034 have been delivered to Ayr depot.
Stagecoach Yorkshire
Dart SLF training bus 34474, from Stagecoach East Midlands, is based at Ecclesfield. Further Enviro 200 training vehicles are 36411 at Chesterfield and 36412 at Rawmarsh.
Enviro 200s transferred to Rawmarsh are 36414/457/720/722/723/997. Optare Solos 47465/467 have transferred from Ecclesfield to Chesterfield where 47654 is now in the Reserve Fleet.
Vehicles sold to PVS (dealer) have been MAN/E300s 22547/548/553/556/627/631/636/638 and Optare Solos 47321/469/723.
