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September-December |
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December 29th 2005 |
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| WRIGHT
VOLVO No. 210
WRIGHT VOLVO B1BLE No. 210 is now back in service.
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December 20th 2005 |
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| GREENWAYS
SOLD
NATIONAL GREENWAYS No.'s 427 (TOF 694S) and 428 (TJN 505R)
have been sold.
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December 19th 2005 |
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UPDATES
WRIGHT VOLVO 210 arrived back at Intack today having been
the latest vehicle to receive a re-paint.
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December 14th 2005 |
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| DISRUPTED
SERVICES
SSERVIES ON TRACK 1 were severely disrupted today.....
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December 8th 2005 |
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| VOLVO
No. 208
WRIGHT VOLVO B10BLE No. 208 has now received it's repaint
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November 25th 2005 |
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| OLYMPIAN
No.83 DUE BACK IN SERVICE
THE RE-PAINTING of Leyland OLYMPIAN No. 83 is now complete. |
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November 21st 2005 |
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| VOLVO
No.'s 206 and 533
VOLVO B6R No.533 re-entered service on Saturday operating
services on the Guide route...
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November 18th 2005 |
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| VEHICLE
MAINTENANCE/REPAINT UPDATE
SEVERAL VEHICLES are in the process of re-painting and/or
maintenance at present.....
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November 8th 2005 |
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| VOLVO
No. 206
Wright Volvo No. 206 arrived back at Intack today.
The vehicle has been at North West Bus & Coach Repair
Centre for re-painting into the current Low Floor livery.
The livery now matches that applied to 201-205 and 211 &
212. New style fleet numerals and EasiAccess logos have also
been applied.
Images will be posted just as soon as I have them......
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November 2nd 2005 |
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| RE-PAINTS
LEYLAND OLYMPIAN No. 82 has now been re-painted in Schools+
livery |
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October 12th 2005 |
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| RE-PAINT
UPDATE
OPTARE METRORIDER No. 631 emerged from the paintshop yesterday. |
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October 3rd 2005 |
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| VOLVO
B6R No. 533
VOLVO B6R No. 533 is now resplendent in it's new livery.... |
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September 22nd 2005 |
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| BUS
SELL OFF
THE LANCASHIRE EVENING TELEGRAPH has reported on the proposed
sell-off of Blackburn Transport by Blackburn with Darwen Council. |
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September 20th 2005 |
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| NEW
WEB SITE
A new website has been set-up to campaign against the proposed
sell-off of Blackburn Transport.
The dontsellbbt website has been set-up in conjunction with
the Transport & General Workers Union and is full of info
on how you can help and articles and news relevant to the
campaign.
Please visit the website at www.dontsellbbt.co.uk
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September 18th 2005 |
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| TRAINING
VEHICLE 2
Leyland OLYMPIAN No. 54 has joined fellow Olympian No. 47
in becoming a Training Vehicle
Both vehicles will be fitted out with all the relevant equipment
required for on-board monitoring for driver training purposes.
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September 16th 2005 |
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| TRAINING
VEHICLE
A slight change in plans from those reported on 1st September
means that No. 47 will now be the sole training vehicle and
No.'s 57 and 58 will continue with their normal duties.
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September 8th 2005 |
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WRIGHT/VOLVO No.211 ENTERS SERVICE
WRIGHT/VOLVO B10BLE No. 211 entered service this afternoon... |
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September 1st 2005 |
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VOLVO B6R No. 533
VOLVO B6R No. 533 is currently in the paint shop. |
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September 1st 2005 |
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TRAINING VEHICLES
EAST LANCS VOLVO B10M No.'s 420 and 422 have now been sold.....
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