Because the Enviro 300s which Cwmbran had in the autumn have cascaded 56 plate Darts to Caerphilly making them surplus to requirements. I suspect that they will have been offered within the group before selling on. One of the batch has already made the final trip to Barnsley.
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Peter Relf <[email protected]> wrote: > Which, of course, raises the inevitable question: if these buses are fit > for further service with EST, why is Stagecoach disposing of them ? > > Peter R. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Barrie Gilbert <[email protected]> > *To:* Welsh Bus Photographs <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, February 19, 2011 9:27 PM > *Subject:* Stagecoach 33608 (R608 SWO) > > Stagecoach 33608 is another of the Alexander ALX200-bodied Darts to > recently pass to Fleetlink, and has also been sold to EST. > > During its last year with Stagecoach, it operated from the former Islwyn > depot at Blackwood, having replaced a 'step entrance' Optare Vecta-bodied > MAN. It also carried an allover advert for thehouseibuilt.com. > > Here it is seen leaving Nelson Bus Station in September 2010 operating > Service 7 (Pontypridd-Treharris-Ystrad Mynach-Blackwood). > > (c) Barrie Gilbert > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Welsh Bus Photographs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/welsh-bus-photographs?hl=en.
