22nd January 2021
Arriva Midlands
It has been reported to us that Derby allocated Enviro 400 4400 has received accident damage, and is currently out of service.
Arriva Kent & Surrey
Recent transfers here, from Arriva Midlands, are Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse-Geminis 6139/44/46/49. They have been allocated to Gillingham.
Brighton & Hove
Now on loan at Go Ahead Thames Travel from this fleet are Scania OmniDekkas 657, 663 and 666.
Now on loan at Go Ahead Thames Travel, Scania OmniDekka 657 is pictured on 20th January 2021. © Daniel Harwood.
Brighton Horizon Coaches
Purchased from Johnson Coaches of Caistor, Mercedes-Benz Vario/Plaxton Cheetah X186DNT has joined this fleet. This becomes the third of its type in this fleet, alongside Y222BUS (Y259NAK) and YN55WTK.
Pictured departing its former depot of Johnson Coaches of Caistor on 21st January 2021, X186DNT is now part of the Brighton Horizon Coaches. © Paul Green.
First Hampshire & Dorset
An additional vehicle to gain ‘Portland Coaster’ livery is Volvo B7TL/ALX400 32036.
First South West
Reported by us at the start of this week was the transfer of two Volvo B7TL/ALX400s (32265/269) here from First South Yorkshire. Further to this report, 32269 has arrived here and entered traffic. However, 32265 suffered a fault and has been rejected by First South West.
There was to be further transfers of Volvo B7TL/ALX400s from First South Yorkshire, all in the 32267-276 series but this has been cancelled. Not Wright Eclipse-Gemini bodies B7TLs as we previously reported.
First West of England
Recent repaints here have seen Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse-Gemini 37334 receiving a teal based livery, and Wright Streelite 47551 gaining ‘Badgerline’ livery.
Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse-Geminis 37615/616 have moved on loan to Bath, with similar 37623 moving on loan to Weston-Super-Mare. All three are normally based at Lawrence Hill. A swap has seen Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse-Gemini 37332 moving from Lawrence Hill to Hengrove, with similar 37602 moving in the opposite direction.
Currently on loan to Bath, Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse-Gemini 37616 is pictured in Midsomer Norton on 17th January 2021. © Tim Jennings.
Stagecoach East Midlands
Now on loan at Skegness, from Lincoln, is Enviro 200 36712. This has swapped places with Enviro 400 19318 which is now back at Lincoln. Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse-Urban 21263 is also no longer on loan here, and has returned to Grimsby.
Next vehicle due to be repainted here is Hull allocated MAN/Enviro 300 24161, which has been sighted at an external painting site in North Yorkshire.
Service reductions due to the current COVID-19 ‘Lockdown’ has seen a number of the Hull allocated MAN/Enviro 300s parked up, these are 22571/573/575/576, 22755-760/764/772-778/797-799/800/831/877, 24162-164/192/193. The other vehicles that were released (19181, 27198/199/594) have been sent on loan to Skegness as previously reported.
Stagecoach West
Transferred from Cheltenham to Stroud is Enviro 200 36392, which is in preparation for the Bath Low Emissions Zone (LEZ) coming into force in March. Also sighted at Stroud, is Cheltenham allocated Optare Solo 47686.
Enviro 200 37620 is currently at ADL Falkirk following an road traffic collision in early December 2020.
