Stagecoach Manchester - Fleet

Fleet

As of April 2012 (see below), Stagecoach Manchester had 639 operational buses, of which over half are Alexander Dennis Enviro400s which are used on all the main high-freqency commercial services terminating/beginning in Manchester city centre such as 42/43, 50, 76, 85/86, 101, 104/105, 111, 192, 197, 201/203, 204/205/206, 216, 219, 231, 250/X50, 255/256, X41 and X57. Enviro 400 hybrid buses are used on services 42/43, 192, 197 and 219.

Magic Bus vehicles, on Dennis Trident 2 and Volvo Olympian chassis, constitute around a tenth of the entire fleet and are used primarily on services 142 and 143 although some are seen on services 86 and 216 at peak hours. The fleet list is as follows:

Image Chassis Body Seats Built Allocation
Alexander Dennis Enviro400H (hybrid) Alexander Dennis Enviro400 78 or 75 2010-2013 Sharston (30)
Hyde Road (20)
Total: 50
Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 80 or 81 2006-12 Ashton (49)
Hyde Road (142)
Sharston (92)
Stockport (53)
Total: 336
Dennis Trident 2 Alexander ALX400 79 1999–2000 Hyde Road (15)
Sharston (28)
Total: 43
Dennis Trident 2 East Lancs Lolyne 81 1999–2003 Sharston (15)
Total: 15
Dennis Trident 2 Plaxton President 78 2003 Sharston (2)
Total: 2
Volvo Olympian Alexander RL 87 1996-8 Hyde Road (9)
Sharston (2)
Stockport (3)
Total: 14
Volvo Olympian Northern Counties Palatine 72 1997 Sharston (1)
Total: 1
MAN 18.220 HOCL-NR Alexander ALX300 42 1998–2006 Ashton (10)
Hyde Road (14)
Sharston (4)
Stockport (45)
Total: 73
Scania N94UB East Lancs Myllennium 35 2004 Ashton (2)
Total: 2
TransBus Enviro300 TransBus Enviro300 45 2002 Sharston (1)
Total: 1
Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart Alexander Dennis Enviro200 38 2009-2011-2012 Ashton (15)
Stockport (25)
Total: 40
Dennis Dart SLF or MPD Plaxton (or Transbus) Pointer 29, 35 or 37 1999 / 2004 Ashton (2)
Stockport (7)
Total: 9
Dennis Dart SLF Alexander ALX200 29 1998-9 Ashton (2)
Stockport (1)
Total: 3
Optare Solo M850 or M880 Optare Solo 27-29 2001, 2007-9 Ashton (1)
Stockport (25)
Total: 26

Stagecoach have recently acquired a range of buses from their purchase of the Wigan Depot including: Volvo B9TL's and Volvo B6BLE. These will be painted in the Stagecoach livery over the 'changeover' period.

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