'Spare Bus' Citaros

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willr7
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Re: 'Spare Bus' Citaros

Post by willr7 » 22:03 Tuesday 13th August 2019

ANDREW wrote:
17:37 Tuesday 13th August 2019
ANDREW wrote:
15:51 Tuesday 6th August 2019
64033 on a 144a earlier. :)
And again this afternoon. :roll:
Don't forget they are 'spare buses' for this route so it is not uncommon to see them used. I do grant you they do seem to be used basically every day which makes the whole spare bus thing a bit silly (They may as well be put into Salt Road livery acting as spares for only the 144/A as that's all they seem to be put on!

Looking at bus times there were 3 Salt Roads that were not on the road today so that will be a contributing factor as to why 64033/5 were required. Backing up the fact that the spares should be in Salt Road livery is that whenever I check the tracker it is very rare to see that all 12 Salt Road's are out on-road or indeed on 144/144A's.

willr7
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Re: 'Spare Bus' Citaros

Post by willr7 » 21:41 Thursday 16th January 2020

First Potteries now have a 'Spare Bus' (In the form of Scania 65032) :roll: :lol:
http://wmbusphotos.com/FirstPotteries/f65032.200116.jpg
I think the livery suits the Scania OmniCity quite well actually - better than the Citaro In my opinion...

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Re: 'Spare Bus' Citaros

Post by ANDREW » 15:45 Thursday 4th November 2021

64033 sneaked up to Birminghamon a 144 earlier this afternoon . . . :)

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Re: 'Spare Bus' Citaros

Post by ANDREW » 11:59 Saturday 20th November 2021

I travelled back from Birmingham yesterday afternoon on 64035 , this bus is a flyer !!

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