meridian line travel take over

Cozy travel of letchworth have bought meridian line travel Bassingbourn . the deal includes 14 vehicles and staff and depot at Bassingbourn meridian line keep it name  

Meridian line run school buses and a handfull of public service as shown below 
29 Lt Paxton - St Neots - Papworth - Cambourne - Comberton (M-F school time )

31 Cambridge - Stapleford - Fowlmere- Barley  (Mon-sat)

199 Cambridge City Center - Newnham (Tuesday and Friday only ) 

ONE of the last buses brought by Meridian line . here is ex N.C.T  East lancs trident  pulling out on a 31 covering the  E200

for more info on  on buy out here 

megabus new coach order and the new plaxton b11 overdecker

• coach's due for megabus this year 
  7 more vanhool astromega's 
  10 more plaxton panther b13's
  and 11 brand new coach plaxton B11 overdeckers  as shown a mock up below 






• 
  
   the plaxton B11 overdeckers
   

  ALEXANDER-DENNIS MAKES MAJOR COMMITMENT TO PLAXTON
  WITH INVESTMENT IN INTERDECK ELITE

  “Two features stand out” Kevin stressed, “First, there is no need to fit a wheelchair lift, which benefits users in that they have much better access, and benefits operators by reducing maintenance and training requirements. The second feature is the ability to offer up to 72 seats, but with the flexibility to offer a wide range of seating layouts, as we do on all our models.”
  Investment in the new model by ADL in its Plaxton division is in the region of £1million. The new coach will be based on the well proven stainless steel technology of Panther and Elite, but will usher in an entirely new structure to accommodate the 3.9m high vehicle and offers the potential for additional models in the future. The Plaxton range is widely recognised as a leader in terms of combining durability with low weight and the aim is to retain a high degree of parts commonality. A key distinguishing feature will be a restyled profile, necessary to accommodate the through-floor design.
  “This is an exciting addition to our market-leading range,” Kevin Wood concludes, “and as well as building coaches for megabus.com we will be in a position to take orders for delivery to other customers in time for the 2013 season.”
  Image supplied : Visual impression of the new Plaxton Elite Interdeck Coach

  
  

Stagecoach To enhance bus-way services from July

Stagecoach have announced improvements to there Busway services. With eight  new buses of which they are made up off  three Enviro400 bodied Scania N230UD's and five Wrightbus Eclipse Urban 2 bodied Volvo B7RLE's. there will also  be improvements with a timetable change in july from every 10 mins to every 7-8mins and also faster services from Huntingdon to Cambridge when a new stop is constructed, which will also mean customers travelling from Huntingdon will have a quicker journey because they will not have to go round the St Ives one-way system. also all stagecoach's A &B services will serve St Ives town center   with these timetables changes what will mean it theory the  A will run every 15 mins from St Ives to Trumpington P&R  and the B Huntingdon to Cambridge will run every 15 mins too . instead of every 20 mins what they both run at the moment . I only wish they would think wish stagecoach would run every half hour in the evening instead of every hour as it is at the moment even if they ran every half hour in the evening till say 10 ish  but will see in the timetable change . 

one of stagecoachs wrightbus eclipse urban 2 bodied volovo B7RLE'S

Andy campbell stagecoach Cambridgeshire’s managing director  said to the Cambridge news that: “I think 1 million customers in four-and-a-half months showed there was a desire to use the busway.

“This is a positive step which will hopefully increase patronage even further.”Mr Campbell then said passengers would also benefit from the extension of all services to St Ives town centre when a new stop is constructed, which will also mean customers travelling from Huntingdon will have a quicker journey because they will not have to go round the St Ives one-way system.  but in a email to me today about the busway changes he said ''The busway frequency changes are not finalised. Next years vehicle deliveries have not been confirmed yet.'' so it sounds like it still up in the air yet but what will whippet do to compensate for stagecoach  service changes ............  

     

Norfolk greens New arrival's

Norfolk green have have now bought another Solo which is  MX56ABO from Veolia de Cymru via Ensign (dealer) and will be numbered  625. It is also seatbelt-fitted so can cover for  Solo 610-YG52DHL on a school contract 115 (Tydd Gote to Gedney primary school via Long Sutton)  as seat-belted bus is need for the school contract 


The other new arriver is Scottish Agoraline GX07BAU from Stepend coaches of Motherwell via Blythswood Motors(dealer ). which will be fleet numbered  131 which means takes Norfolk green up to 11 Agoraline's the most with any one operator as only 23 have been made for uk spec. Plus  Norfolk Green have the first one and now with 131 entering the fleet the last one built for UK spec too . 

MX56ABO taken just after just arriving at Norfolk greens depot (c)Jmee85

MX56ABO taken just after just arriving at Norfolk greens depot (c)Jmee85 

other norfolk green news is Solo 617 is earmarked to become the regular 'absolutely!' bus for the new Ely city service that starts on 13 Feb.  this bus is named Ben Gimbert who was awarded the George cross  after risking his life to save others in the Soham rail disaster where he died . if you ask me that seems like the best bus to be put in Ely with the local  legends name on .






thanks go to Rob Bennett & jmee85 for gen and photo  

Norfolk green new service in ely

Norfolk green are to start a brand new town service in Ely called Absolutely the service will run around the city from 13th of feb and will link the people of Ely with the brand new Sainsburys on lisle lane, rail stn  and the city centre from 7am-7pm  6 days a week  for more info click here. This is the futurist  south Norfolk green come since there council tended service 19 Wisbech to Cambridge via Ely   hopefully there be able to get a great market for the service and maybe  re-expand to chatteris  or even cambridge with there services the service is expected to be run by a optare solo


Thanks to Suzy Scott . and abf  for gen

Stagecoach East fleet change period 9

the fleet card has just hit my door mat with the following changes

Vehicle movements
16212-R562DRP  Reserve to Fenstanton
16542-ACZ489 Reserve to Cambridge
16543-ACZ493 Reserve to Cambridge
17078-TSU639 Cambridge to Reserve   due to Repower
17079-T679KPU Cambridge to Reserve  due to Repower
18059-AE53TZL Fenstanton to disposal

Reserve vehicles 
16010-P810GMU Reserve @ Bedford  condition good
16013-P813GMU Reserve @ Bedford  condition good
16175-R175HHK Reserve @ Bedford  condition good
16210-R560DRP  Reserve @ Fenstanton condition good
16213-R563DRP Reserve @ Fenstanton condition good
16214-R564DRP Reserve @ Bedford condition good
16216-R566DRP Reserve @ Bedford condition good
16217 R567DRP Reserve @ Fenstanton condition good
16528-WLT682 Reserve @ Cambridge condition good
16542-ACZ7492 Reserve @ Cambridge condition good

17078-TSU639   Reserve @ Cambridge condition good
17079-T679KPU Reserve @ Cambridge condition good

17099-V473KJN Reserve @ Newcastle (open top conversion )
17274-X274NNO Reserve @  Lincoln  (open top conversion )
17275-X377NNO Reserve @ Newcastle  (open top conversion )
17276-X276NNO Reserve @ Newcastle (open top conversion )
22278-SP51AMK Reserve @ Cambridge condition good
22306-AE51RYB Reserve @ Cambridge condition good
22307-AE51RYC Reserve @ Cambridge condition good
22459-S459OFT Reserve @ Peterborough condition good
22460-S460OFT Reserve @ Cambridge condition good
22461-S461OFT Reserve @ Cambridge condition good
33399-R366JVA  Reserve @ Peterborough condition good
33461-S461CVV  Reserve @ Peterborough condition good
33462-V462TVV  Reserve @ Fenstanton  condition good
33463-V463TVV Reserve @ Fenstanton condition good
33464-V464TVV  Reserve @ Fenstanton condition good
33802-R802YUD Reserve @ Peterborough condition good
33806-R706YUD Reserve @ Peterborough condition good
52124-K154DNV Reserve @ Bedford condition good
52485-R185DNH Reserve @ Bedford condition good
52644-KSU461 Reserve @ Bedford condition good

Disposal vehicles
16082-R82XNO Located @ Cambridge   condition fair  
16086-R86XNO Located @ Bedford       condition fair    
16091-R91XNO Located @ Cambridge       condition fair
16102-R102XNO Located @ Cambridge    condition fair
16496-P146KWJ Located @ Bedford       condition good
16672-L672HNV Located @ Bedford       condition good
18059-AE53TZL Located @ Fenstanton        condition extensive fire damage
20110-N210LTN  Located @ Cambridge       condition fair
20112-N212LTN  Located @ Cambridge       condition fair
20114-N214LTN  Located @ Cambridge       condition fair
20321-N321VSM  Located @ Cambridge      condition fair
20328-N328VSM  Located @ Cambridge      condition fair    
20329-N329VMS  Located @ Cambridge      condition fair
20513-R513KSA  Located @ Cambridge     condition fair
20531-P531ESA  Located @ Bedford     condition fair
20573-M473ASW  Located @ Cambridge     condition fair




That's all fokes thanks go's to Christine for fleet card  

17099 off for the chop

17099 has now left Cambridge on tow to Newcastle to be re engined to euro 5  spec  then will be going to  down to Lincoln at a later date to have it roof taken off and put to single door .Still away 17274-X274NNO at Lincoln and due back to Cambridge next .17275-X377NNO  and 17276-X276NNO are still at Newcastle and due to move to Lincoln soon for chop   

17099 on its way for the chop 

thanks to vw for the gen.