Sunday 21 February 2016

Lincolnshire Inependent Operators News - Feb 2016

Amvale, Grimsby
Acquired is YN11AXY a Volvo B13BT Plaxton Elite ex Logans of Dunloy via Plaxton Coach Sales.
Minibuses noted here include:
BG61LUT Citroen Relay
YT65WCO Ford Transit
YT65YBT Ford Transit

YN11AXY is the new Grimsby Town FC Coach replacing YN56DZH.

Grayscroft, Mablethorpe
Acquired is YU52XVK Scania N94UD East Lancs Omnidekka ex Metrobus London.

HXZ1698 (FH06EBN) Volvo B12B Caetano Levante is now in fleet livery

2 Way Transport, Scunthorpe
Acquired is W162RFX DAF DB250 Optare Spectra ex Bluestar, Southampton.
Withdrawn is H118SAO Leyland Olympian Alexander with Engine Failure. W162RFX is acquired as a replacement for H118SAO.

Dents Coaches, Holton Le Moor
Acquired is VKZ6212 a Mercedes Benz 0816 with Unvi Body  ex Cultra, Antrim originally BXI553.

Phil Haines Coaches, Frampton
Here are:
T808TGP Dennis Javelin Berkhof Axial and V116DBL Dennis Javelin Berkhof Axial.

Barnards Coaches, Kirton Lindsey
Acquired is FJ04ESY Volvo B12B Sunsidegi Sideral ex Enfieldian, Enfield.


Friday 19 February 2016

Stagecoach Lincolnshire Fleet News - Feb 2016

Lincoln
18025 MX53FLE Transbus Trident II Plaxton President has transferred here from Hull as a replacement for Volvo Olympian 16131.
16131 R131EVX Volvo Olympian Alexander is now withdrawn.
Lincoln tour Volvo B7TL Wright 16943 FX06AOE has been reregistered PIW4457.

The withdrawal of Olympian 16131 now leaves only four Olympians at Lincoln, these being 16133, 16151, 16169 and 16066.

Skegness
17674 TIL7901 Dennis Trident Alexander aka Rocky the seasider has been reregistered to T374FUG and withdrawn.
19169 SF57BFP ADL Trident II ADL Enviro 400 has been converted to open top format and has been reregistered TIL7901. 19169 has moved from Head Office to reserve fleet here.

Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse Urban 21216 saw brief service at Grimsby for a few days before returning to reserve here. Its place was taken by fellow B7RLE 21214. These were covering gaps in Grimsbys allocation due to two enviro 200's being repaired.

Volvo Olympian 16314 aka Hattie the seasider has moved from withdrawn to Skegness reserve

Grimsby
Skegness seasonal reserve Volvo B7RLE 21216 saw brief service here before returning to the reserve fleet at Skegness, with fellow B7RLE 21214 moving to Grimsby. These were covering gaps in Grimsbys allocation due to two Enviro 200's being repaired.

37206 YY64GVK  one of the Enviro 200s mentioned above has returned to service at Grimsby following repairs.
Leyland Olympian open topper 14667 PIW4457 has been reregistered to H667BNL and is now for disposal even though it is part of Stagecoaches Heritage fleet.

Driver Trainer 22491 T491BNL has moved from here from the reserve fleet.