Friday 26 December 2014

Lincolnshire Independant Operators update 26-12-14

Grimsby Institute, Grimsby
The fleet for this operator is as below:

FE02FBF Volvo B10M-62 Plaxton Panther C53F
R468YDT Scania K113CRB Vanhool Alizee HE C49FT
X444ASH Dennis Javelin Plaxton Premiere 320 C57F
FIG6472 (R254EMV) Man 18.310 Noge Catalan C48F
P110GHE Scania K113CRB Vanhool Alizee HE C49FT
M785SOF Scania K113CRB Vanhool Alizee HE C49FT
FB53LWJ Volvo B7R Transbus Profile C49FT
BA03WUM Volvo B7R Transbus Profile C49Ft
P28XUY Dennis Javelin UVG Unistar C57F
V200VHO (V59KWO) Volvo B10M-62 Plaxton Premiere 320 C53F
YN03AVR Man 18.310 Noge Catalan C53F

2 Way Transport, Scunthorpe
RB02WAY a Ford Transit Connect is in use here as the  Engineering Support Vehicle.
N347MPN Volvo Olympian Alexander has been sold to Collier, Earith.

Brylaine, Boston
Withdrawn are R686,7MEW & R622VEG Dennis Dart SLF Marshall Capital which are now awaiting Disposal. Also withdrawn is H152GGS Leyland Olympian Northern Counties.

Acquired is LX04FYA a Transbus Trident 2 Transbus ALX400 from Stagecoach East London. This is the replacement vehicle for the above Olympian.

Fisher, Skegness
Acquired is P285WAT a Mercedes Benz 0405 Optare Prisma from East Yorkshire Motor Services to whom it was new in 1997.

Fowler, Holbeach Drove
Sold is M988NAA a Volvo B10M Plaxton Premiere to Harrod, Bexhill. Sold from the preserved fleet are EDD685C Bedford SB13 Duple Bella Vega and DJL126D Bedford VAM5 Duple Bella Ventura both to Lodges Coaches High Easter. Also sold are M17-19WAL DAF DB250 Optare Spectra to Deckerbus Whittlesey.
Volvo B7R Plaxton Profile YN57OUU has been reregistered 761FOW. The former 761FOW a Dennis Javelin Berkhof Excellence has been reregistered to N946LBX and was sold to Ensign Purfleet.

Red Bus, Skegness
Dennis Dart SLF Plaxton Pointer S313SHB has been reregistered to JFZ8629.

Loveden Travel, Leadenham
Sold is RE03JAK Neoplan N122/3 Neoplan Skyliner to Huyton Mini Coaches, Widnes.

Phillips of Ruskington
Acquired is M359LFX a Scanis K113CRB Vanhool Alizee HE from Dealtop Plymouth. Sold is J35MKB a Volvo B10M-62 Plaxton Excalibur to Transport Direct, Meir.

Sherwood Travel, Immingham
Acquired is MX03AEE a Volvo B12M Jonckheere Mistral C48FT from Shearings to who it was new in 2003.

Sleafordian, Sleaford
Acquired is L5HNS a Volvo B12B Plaxton Panther from H&S Coaches, Glasgow. This coach will be reregistered X121MPS. This coach has been acquired to fulfill the companies requirement for a High Spec coach for their new Lincoln City FC contract. The coach was originally registered MH05EPZ.

GHP Trading, Ancaster (Ac Williams)
Acquired with the Southern Holidays business are RSY817 (M2ARV) Eos 180Z Lag Eos C49FT, YN07EXZ Scania K114EB4 Izrair PB C53F, YN07LJL Scania K340EB4 Izrair PB C49FT and YN08HZJ Scania K470EB6 Izrair PB C57FT.
Sold for scrap are JIL5361 (B970SHP) a DAF MB200 Berkhof Esprite and J93DJV A Dennis Dominator East Lancs new to Grimsby Cleethorpes.

Monday 15 December 2014

Stagecoach Lincolnshire Update 15-12-14

Withdrawn for Disposal are the following:

33206 R506MFE, 33207 S507BTL, 33214 T514SVL, 33215 V515XTL, 33216 V516XTL, 33217 V517XTL, 33218 V518XTL, 33222 W522XEE, 33223 W523XEE, 33224 X524HFE, 33225 X585HFE & 33226 X526HFE all Dennis Dart East Lancs Spryte new to Lincs Roadcar.

33213 T513SVL & 33221 V521XTL are in reserve. This leaves 33208 S508BTL at Worksop and 33212 S512BTL at Skegness as the last two ex Lincs Roadcar Darts in service with service with Stagecoach East Midlands. 33154 V584XTL at Worksop is the last ex Lincs Roadcar Dennis Dart MPD in service.

Also Withdrawn for disposal are 33406 S403SDT, 33404 S401SDT, 33927 S927PDD, 33434 X434NSE, 33439 X439NSE, 33848 X828AKW, 33766 R466LSO, 34001 P21HMF, 33153 V583XTL, 33155 V585XTL, 52145 K575DFS, 34182 W182DNO, 34187 W187DNO and 34194 W194DNO.

Sold for scrap are 16584 R584JVA, 16900 Y926OJL, 22127 S127TRJ, 33114 R114KRG, 33152 V582XTL, 35012 YN51VHX, 39601 FY52PLX and 39606 FY52PMX all to Wigley (Breaker) Carlton.

Former Lincs Roadcar Man 14.220 East Lancs Myllenium FY52PLX & PLZ have moved to Mike Lawrenson, Preston whilst sisters FY52PMU & PMV have moved to Lodges Coaches High Easter all via Ensign Purfleet.

ADL Dart ADL Pointer 35139 - 45 YN56HBH,J,K,LO,P & U have moved from Grimsby to Scunthorpe to replace the former Roadcar Darts. 35133-8 YN56HBA,B,C,D,F & G have moved from Scunthorpe to Worksop. 35146 - 50 YN56GZV,W,X,Y & Z have moved from Grimsby to Hull.

The movement of the ex Grimsby ADL Darts is as a result of Grimsbys batch of new ADL Enviro 200 Darts 37187 - 35209 YY64GUC - H, J,K,O,U,W,X,GVA, C - G, J - N entering service.

ADL Dart 34849 FX06AEE has returned to Gainsborough from reserve following accident repairs.

Volvo B7TL East Lancs Vyking 16916 FX54AOF has been repainted into the new Interconnect livery and is the first Volvo to recieve this livery. 16907 FX53TXA has recieved a repaint into standard Beachball livery.

Volvo Olympians 16880 R923JMV, 16131,3 & 48 R131,3 & 48EVX and 16582 R582JVA are now in service at Lincoln.