It is three years ago since I last visited the ‘Capital of The North’ and at that time I thought the future of transport there was settled for years to come.
Little did I know.
The ‘Go-Ahead’ group took over some of ‘First’ groups operations in the City, ‘Rotala’ took over ‘First’ group’s operation out of Bolton, ‘Transdev’ seems to be much the same,’Arriva’ seems to have gone into decline whilst ‘Stagecoach’ has blossomed.
Every other bus seems to carry ‘Stagecoach’ colours and the variety of liveries that the company uses helps make Manchester the colourful city it is.
MX09 ATV ‘Stagecoach Manchester’ No.19505. Alexander Dennis Ltd. Trident / ‘ADL’ Enviro400
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
This being the oldest livery in use and now being phased out.
MX12 ENL ‘Stagecoach Manchester’ No.12115 ‘electric hybrid’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40H / ‘ADL’ Enviro400
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The electric hybrid livery using green on the standard livery layout to highlight the buses ‘green’ credentials.
As these buses come up for re-paint, I have noticed many re appearing in fleet livery or as pictured below in ‘magic bus’ livery.
MX08 GOH ‘Stagecoach Manchester’ No.19263 ‘magic bus’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. Trident / ‘ADL’ Enviro400
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The old ‘magic bus’ livery now being phased out.
The ‘magic bus’ brand used older, financially written down buses where the fares charged were lower than on premium routes where lower fares might be of benefit to the communities they served.
For example, routes serving the University or when a competitor might be trying to attract custom.
MX62 GWE ‘Stagecoach Manchester’ No.12204 ‘magic bus’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40H / ‘ADL’ Enviro400
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The ‘new’ (2020) ‘magic bus’ livery.
New in the green livery as worn by by MX12 ENL (above).
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