Cleveland
Transit News Update : 12th April, 2001
(Update contains information that has not been verified with the operator - and may need to be corrected subsequently)
The
transfer of the Hull fleet to Stagecoach East Midlands is believed to have taken place on 1st April and this is
confirmed by the latest Stagecoach
North
East fleet allocation card dated 1/4/01 which states 'all operations and
vehicles at Hull are transferred to East Midlands', though at the time of
writing Hull vehicles were still displaying Cleveland Transit legal lettering
and operator discs.
Subject
to confirmation the vehicles transferred from Cleveland Transit to Stagecoach
East Midlands on 1st April are:
Volvo
B10M coaches 73/6/7 (K573/6/7 DFS) and 78-80 (P178-80 PRH)
Volvo
B10MA artic coaches 95-7 (T95-7 JHN)
Dennis
Dominators 219-22 (C219-22 WAJ), 232/40 (E132/40 SAT), 242-4/6-51 (F142-4/6-51
BKH)
Mercedes
Benz 811D 321 (F 621 XMS)
Mercedes
Benz 709D 347/8 (N347/8 KKH), 349-54 (P349-54 NKH)
Mercedes
Benz Vario 355-8 (S355-8 KEF)
Volvo
B6BLE 481-3 (P366-8 DSA)
Scania
N112CRB saloons 701-5 (F701-5 BAT), 706 (F706 CAG)
Volvo
B10M 714-8 (M714-8 KRH), 719-26 (R719-26 RPY)
MAN
18.220HOCL 727-35 (T727-35 OEF), 736 (T736 FVN)
Volvo
Olympian 817-9 (M817-9 KRH), 823-7 (M223-7 SVN), 828-30 (P828-30 FEF)
Leyland
Olympian 901/5-12/4/5/7-25/7 (E901/5-12/4/5/7-25/7 KYR), 930-40/2/3
(C630/21/32-7/43/4/9/64/5 LFT), 970/1 (C112/4 CHM), 972/3 (D129/30 FYM)
(118
vehicles in all + ancillary vehicles including Dodge Commando driver trainer 15
(D155 HHN))
Note
the inclusion of Volvo B6BLEs 481-3 (P366-8 DSA). These were recently acquired by Busways from Stagecoach Glasgow
and were only allocated to Hull on 22nd March.
They are the first vehicles for Hull to wear the new corporate livery.
Added
to the Hull fleet are two Alexander-bodied Volvo B6s from Stagecoach North West
(Ribble) in the form of 484 (L279 JAO) and 485 (L239 CCW). These are thought to
have been acquired after 1st April, though it is noted that they are numbered
in the Hull (Transit) series.
In
addition to the above, Volvo B10M 2259 (P315 EFL) is still in Hull on
loan from Busways. Stagecoach East
Midlands Leyland Lynxes 64/5 (E60/1 WDT) were also in use in Hull briefly at
the end of March but had gone again within a week being replaced by 484/5. The
Lynxes were exchanged with the B6s in order to form part of the fleet of
miscellaneous vehicles being transferred to the Blazefield group with some of
Stagecoach Ribble's operations.
The
first vehicle in the new livery was B10M saloon 2268 (P844 GND) which arrived
from Busways. This was followed by the
first repaints in the new corporate livery confirmed as Darlington's B10M coach
83 (R83 SEF) followed by B10M saloons 713 (M713 KRH) from Darlington and 652
(M552 SPY) from Stockton and 712 (M712 KRH) also from Darlington.
83
(R83 SEF) is thought to be the first coach anywhere in the Stagecoach group to
be so treated. It is notable that it
took some 2/3 weeks to complete its repaint.
Two
Plaxton Paramount Volvo B10M coaches from Stagecoach Scotland East (formerly
Bluebird) are being prepared by Busways for the Hartlepool fleet.
They
are identified as 33 (927 GTA - former J909NKP) and 34 (J456 FSR) and will
replace two of Hartlepool's existing coaches.
Further
inter-fleet movements and loans to record are:
Volvo
B10M 2268 (P844 GND) received from Busways and allocated to Darlington in
exchange for similar 2223 (P123 XCN) which has now returned to Busways.
Dennis
Dart 1702 (J702 KCU) received from Busways on loan to Darlington.
Mercedes
Benz 709D 1502 (G281 TSL) transferred from Hull to Stockton in exchange for
reserve Mercedes Benz 811D 321 (F621 XMS).
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