Tuesday 20 March 2012

G-oing G-oing G-one!

A-Line Coaches' G registered Volvo B10M is now up for sale on Ebay, as the depot space it currently assumes will be needed to accommodate the expansion of the fleet before the new services commence on Monday 2nd April. The old Mercedes 709D, M152 LPL, along with E920 EAY another Plaxton bodied Volvo B10M, and JIL 3755 the Scania Van Hool will all be going for scrap, as they've been out out use for some years now, and likely would need work doing to make them roadworthy once more. G526 LWU was new to Wallace Arnold in 1989, and later passed to Roselyn before A-Line took her on around 2-3 years ago now. Due to the school contract now requiring a double decker, coaches will no longer be needed for this work, although A182 MNE will be kept on for various private hire work, certainly the better of the two even though she's another 5 years older. She has been put on Ebay with no reserve on, and a starting price of 100 quid, so you can't go to wrong, certainly a bargain for what has been a sturdy enough coach over the years, still has a good few years left in her. If no one bids then she will follow a similar fate to the rest of the aforementioned stock, and be sent to the scrapheap! 

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

A-Lines first decker. any idea what it will be?, can see DC coming back to them!!!!

Tom said...

^ It'll be a Volvo Olympian.

Laurence Mayhew said...

Indeed the new decker will be Volvo Olympian M698 HPF from Tees Valley Coach Travel. As to Derrick returning, no not at the moment, but two new drivers are being taken on.

Anonymous said...

Here is a photo of it with Tees Travel - http://www.flickr.com/photos/27204054@N07/6797323626/ -

Anonymous said...

This i believe to be an ex-Arriva example

Laurence Mayhew said...

Indeed it was new to Arriva London before passing to Arriva West Yorkshire I believe, then onto Tees Valley.