The Mercs whereabouts

well,I wasn't expecting this news. Its been said that the Ex-Stagecoach Mercedes 709D have been moved to Scotland for further service. I'm very glad to hear this as they are too good to scrap. Already,Stagecoach devon are having problems witht he Optares they brought to replace them.

FGW 142 Pacers coming to an end!

This is an update of a post I previously did. It appears that the whole fleet of FGW Class 142s are being repainted and as a result of this, returned to northern Rail. Myself and many others are sad to see these great trains go and will not enjoy the 150/1s they are replaced with.

The Mercs have gone

Im very sad to say that all of the Stagecoach Devon Mercedes 709d/Alexanders have gone. they will be much missed and the optares are horrible. They are like being shut in a box and shaken lol. Country Bus and Devonian still have a nice strong fleet of them, so south Devon haven't lost them all yet!

Devon bus news Video April 2011

I have done another episode of the highly demanded "Devon bus news". I had quite a bit of intersting news so i decided to do one.

Dartmouth extention for route X81

Hi, sorry I haven't posted for a while, just haven't had time. But anyway, some very exiting news from First Devon&Cornwall that their Service X81 will now extend to Dartmouth in competition with Stagecoaches route 111 that goes from Torquay to Totnes then Dartmouth. The X81 will still serve Torquay-Paignton-Totnes then it will go to Dartmouth.Also, as there is a FDC outstation in Dartmouth, the buses will not have to travel all the way from Plymouth, the buses needed will be stored in Dartmouth. I hope this service does well and looking forward to it!!!

Sorry about the rubbish picture,its the only one i could find on me PC that a FDC bus, taken at Showbus 2010


 

The re-rise of the "Mayflower Link"

Yep, the striking Mayflower link 93 branding is back, just more "trendy". This time it is on the LR02LY* Dennis Trident/Plaxton Presidents. I much prefer the T8**LLC or HIG15** tridents but the LR02s are just as good! I have so far seen LR02LYV in the new livery! Sorry no picture

Stagecoach SW Volvo Olympian/NC

Bit of a random post but woo hoo i have finally ridden on all of the batches of stagecoach sw Volvo olympian/Nc palatine1s. They are among my favourite buses and after a long day out to Barnstaple I managed to catch the last batch i needed to ride on on the way back. This is all of the ones scd have:

P919RYO
P923RYO
P816GMU
P817GMU
R164HHK
R275LGH
R252LGH and thats all that i know of.The ones in green are the ones i have been on. But at least i got a sample of each batch!