First Bristol News March 2009

Repaints

32013(former Nokia advert)  32638, 42553/4/6/7, 42844 (Get Somerset  moving ad removed), 42895, 42906, 42909, 51212

recent repaints 42556 & 42895

32013

66716 is now in for repaint leaving just 66721 of this batch to be painted.

The ex York Bendies 10035-7 W118/9/22CWR are now in Bath being prepared for service.

10035/6 now on the road in Bath

Former Hengrove Dart 46644

now working in Bath

42730/1 are both now @ MH

and can usually be found on the 357 to Portishead where 42730 is shown.

First Coaches livery update.

23208 is now in new Nat EX livery, 20459 has been repainted plain white from Bristol Airport Flyer livery and joins 20458/60.

still havent seen 23301 in new colours any one seen it recently ?

Ive asked in the first coaches office and they didnt have 23301 on their board of vehicles working  then i found a site which lists 23301 as being written off in 2007 http://www.busworld.co.uk/1-wessex/fleet/2008fleet.htm  although this has never been reported any where and this coach still appears on first group lists dated 2008/9.

Now confirmed 23301 was written off in 2007. The DVLA site gives its tax date as still outstanding from Dec 2007.

20459 parked in foggy LH.

As from 6th April First Coaches will be run as part of First Bristol at the moment this fleet is run as part of First Rail,  this will also include the operations at Luton Airport and the 4 FTRs used there details below.

2 Former Truronian Solo,s have been acquired and 2 BH ones have gone to Cornwall.

53204 & 53401

According to the new First Handbook we are due Gemini,s 37757-72 for Bristol and Somerset are expecting Darts 45121-31.

Allocation changes

10035/6   York - BH

10037  York - BHu

19030-2/4  Luton

32291 is  now @ WM

32292  WM - BH

39920  LHu - WM (now out of winter storage and being prepared for summer service).

46195  TN - w for scrap

46644 HE - BH

51348  BH - w

53204  Truro - BH,

53401  Truro - BH

53802/3  BH - Cornwall

60965  MH - LH

SPW29/03/09