New Arriva 61 reg Pulsar 2s
Arriva NW&W is continuing to purchase more VDL SB200/Wright Pulsar 2s, the latest entering service over the last few days at Green Lane depot. 17 are reportedly due for route 15, numbers 3062-78,...
View ArticleMAN EcoCity Gas Bus at Stagecoach Merseyside
Stagecoach Merseyside currently have a CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) powered MAN EcoCity demonstrator on loan, which has seen use on route 10A (Liverpool City Centre – St Helens). This bus is B39F with...
View ArticleMore Merseytravel Contract Changes!
More Merseytravel route contracts have changed between operators today, amongst the changes inthe Liverpool area being Sunday AM route 161 (Liverpool – Rainhill) moving to ACE Travel from Halton...
View ArticleSpeke’s Geminis take to the roads
As a slight change to the normal this week we have a guest blogger, forum member H101GEV, who has kindly written and taken photographs for this weeks blog about Speke’s new Geminis! A bit thank you to...
View ArticleMore hired in buses, contract changes and new deliveries!
Since the last blog update there have been yet more contract changes resulting in further buses being hired in with some operators, due to the unexpected decision by Supertravel/Homes Hames Travel to...
View ArticleRental buses and Demonstators of 2011
This is the first blog update for a while, but don’t worry all is well I’ve just been busy lately but as the final blog update of the year a little review of 2011 seemed quite apt! This year has...
View ArticleReview of 2011
2011 was quite an important year for bus services on Merseyside, with many new deliveries to various operators, many withdrawals of older buses, the departure of one of the local operators and as...
View ArticleArriva’s gas buses revolutionise Runcorn
It first emerged in October 2012 that Arriva North West had been successful in securing funding for 54 eco-friendly buses to revitalise the fleets of the operator’s Runcorn, Bolton and Birkenhead...
View ArticleElectric hybrids flourishing in Manchester
Nowhere outside London has as many electric hybrid buses as Manchester, and the number continues to grow in 2013. The city is benefiting from two additional orders of eco-friendly hybrids totalling 51...
View ArticleLoanees, repaints and rare workings
With nine of its Alexander Dennis Enviro400s (4402-4410) having departed for a major facelift, Birkenhead depot has received a total of five Wright Pulsars from Green Lane and Runcorn on short-term...
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