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LATEST: March 2025 |
New are 33 (BK25 ECC) Mercedes Tourismo M/2 / Mercedes Tourismo Access C53FLt; 56/7 (YX/Y25 ELD) Scania K410EB6x2*4 / Plaxton Panorama CH61/18Dt; and 63 (YF25 YLM) Yutong ZK6938HQ / Yutong TC9 C32FLt. The Tourismo is in East Cheshire livery and the Panoramas are the first of the type to be built on Scania rather than Volvo chassis. A further ex Arden Forest Scania K250UB/ ADL Enviro 300 B43F to be acquired is 234 (BJ14FFG) ex Arden Forest 37. As with 233 (see September 2024), it has entered service still in Arden Forest livery with East Cheshire fleet names and Eldorado legal lettering. Also from Arden Forest is 130 (BF14 DNU), an ADL E40D / ADL Enviro 400 H45/31F, ex Arden Forest 8, and again has been given East Cheshire fleet names but this time with East Cheshire legal lettering. Other acquisitions are 49 (YN18 NXD), Scania LK410EB4 / Scania OmniExpress 3.60 C51FLt, and 72 (WS18 YJM), Scania K410EB6x2*4 / Irizar i6 14-3.7 C59FLt. 75-7 (DA/DB/DC08 ELD), Scania K420EB / Van Hool Alizee C49Ft, and 58 (FJ17 ELD), Mercedes Atego 1223L / Plaxton Cheetah XL C36F are withdrawn. |
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December 2024 |
Recently withdrawn Bova FHD12.340 Futura C49Ft 67 (DX05 HAV), new in 2005 and acquired with the Haven Coaches business in 2017, has been reprieved, thanks to its manual gearbox, and is now driver training vehicle T2. It has been given the cherished plate P6
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Acquired for the fleet of tour feeders are 304/5 (MK20 ARW/X), LEVC TX Vista Comfort 6-seater taxis new in 2020. They replace 2012 LTI TX4 taxis 311/2 (MT12 LJY/MB61 VYV) which were acquired in 2015 and are now withdrawn. Engineering & Recovery Dept acquisitions are E46 (MT22 YSX), an Isuzu NPR-XD Tyre Service pick-up new in 2022, and E47 (MK69 PJP), a Ford Ranger P375 PX MkII pick-up new in 2019, for general use. |
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September 2024 |
Acquired is 233 (BF64 FFH), a Scania K250UB / ADL Enviro 300 B43F, new in 2014 as Arden Forest 38. It has entered service still in Arden Forest livery, and has been given East Cheshire fleetnames, purely because they are more suited to its green livery, but it has Eldorado legal lettering. A more unusual addition is 902 (MF23 MNP) a 2023 Isuzu NPR-HD mobile sales promotion vehicle. |
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March 2024 |
New coaches are as follows: 25/6 (YL/M24 ELD) are Scania K450EB6 with Irizar i6s 14-3.7 C53FLt-d bodywork, 27-9 (YN/O/P 24ELD) are Scania K450EB6 with Irizar i6 14- 3.7 C57FLt-d bodywork, and 30-2 (YA/B24 ELD, YB24 ECC) are VDL FHD2-129.367 with VDL Futura 2 C49FLt-d bodywork. The Scanias are all fitted with the BioDiesel version of the DC13 engine. Scanias 27 and 28 carry joint Eldorado / Cruiseconnect branding and Futura 32 is in East Cheshire Coaches livery. Additions to the Tours Support fleet (feeder minibuses) are 3 new Mercedes Sprinters, 317-9 (DF24 HUJ/K/L). 317/8 are short wheelbase 216CDI 8-seaters, and 319 is a long wheelbase 316CDI 10-seater. Withdrawn are the last of the Bova (as opposed to VDL) Futuras, 67/72 (DX05 HAV & YD56 CGE) and Scania / Van Hool Alizees 73/4/8 (DG07 ELD, DH07 ELD, YN57 JAO) which were originally 25/26/30. 78 has passed to Southwestbus. New for the bus fleet is 242 (YA24 VZS), an Optare Solo M7900SE / Optare B19F. New for the Engineering Division are E43 (MK24 NFU), an Isuzu NPR-HD Incident Control Unit for use at major accident sites, E44 (YR24 ELD), a Scania-Vlastuin 770ST A6x4NB Articulated Tractor Unit, and E45 (MF24 UAV), a Mazda Titan LPR88YN Pick-up. |