The Bus Station at ‘MIA’ is part of a tri-mode transport interchange serving buses and coaches, the tramway system and the wider railway network.
Although I was there in the middle of the day and there was a reasonable throughput of buses, the passenger loadings were poor. Apart from ‘National Express’ services, there were seldom more than a handful of passengers on any bus.
The facilities are excellent. It seems a shame that they do not see more use.
MX12 EMV
An Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) Enviro400 in ‘Stagecoach’s dedicated Hybrid livery. Working for ‘Stagecoach Manchester’ (SM).
DK09 ENW
A ‘baby’ Optare Solo operated by GHA Coaches who are based at Ruabon in North Wales.
Working on the Cheshire East Council funded service 200 to and from Wilmslow.
MX58 FTT
A Dennis Trident 2 with ‘ADL’ Enviro 400 bodywork again working for ‘SM’.
FN04 HSL
A Scania L94UB with Wright Solar Urban bodywork working from Buxton in the service of ‘High Peak Buses’ (HPB).
Originally a member of the ‘trentbarton’ (tb) fleet that moved to ‘HPB’ when ‘tb’ transferred its Buxton depot to ‘HPB’ which is jointly owned by ‘tb’ and ‘Centrebus’.
MX62 AWG
A ‘ADL’ Enviro 200 working for ‘Manchester Community Transport’ (MCT).
YJ13HLO
Another ‘MCT’ bus. This time an Optare Eco-Hybrid Solo SR.
FJ58 AJV
A Scania K340EB4 with Caetano Levante bodywork working a ‘Selwyns of Runcorn’ (SoR) on a ‘National Express’ (NE) service to Liverpool.
At the time of the image, it was un branded but it had previously worked for ‘SoR’ in full ‘NE’ branding.
MX61 AVD
A VDL SB200 with Wright Pulsar bodywork working for ‘Arriva North West Ltd’.
LSK 502
A Volvo B9R with Plaxton Elite bodywork owned by ‘Parks of Hamilton’ but working on a ‘NE’ contract that will take it to Plymouth.
The registration is a ‘cherished’ one to Parks which has appeared on other vehicles previously.
FJ59 APX
Another Scania/Caetano Levante combination. Again owned by ‘SoR’ of but working in full ‘NE’ livery this time and going to Leeds.
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