Stagecoach 15654
I had a wander down in the direction of Lincoln depot on 15.7.21, where I saw a few buses returning and the roofs of two E400 MMCs from Hull for the F1 shuttle. Then I had a quick look at Bustimes to see if there was anything good out this late in the evening and, well, there was this, so I hot-footed it over to the bus station! LY0627 was there too, so we had a catch up while we waited for the Scania to leave.
Recently repainted into InterConnect purple and white is Scania 15654 - part of the same batch as Lincoln's 15651/3/6 - departing with a 56 to Horncastle and Skegness. It looks immaculate in its fresh coat of paint on what must be one of the first, if not the very first, run in service after repaint.
Unlike most of the other purple E400s which are unbranded, this does have a Stagecoach logo on the front and rear, plus all the fleet numbers except the rear one are in the conventional location for Beachball livery. As ever, they've held off with a full application of InterConnect branding, but it's nice to see the livery is alive and well. The reluctance to brand up the rest of the purple E400s might be because a revision to the branding is coming in the future, or perhaps it's something Stagecoach will get round to once more repaints into Local have been completed.
Stagecoach 15654
I had a wander down in the direction of Lincoln depot on 15.7.21, where I saw a few buses returning and the roofs of two E400 MMCs from Hull for the F1 shuttle. Then I had a quick look at Bustimes to see if there was anything good out this late in the evening and, well, there was this, so I hot-footed it over to the bus station! LY0627 was there too, so we had a catch up while we waited for the Scania to leave.
Recently repainted into InterConnect purple and white is Scania 15654 - part of the same batch as Lincoln's 15651/3/6 - departing with a 56 to Horncastle and Skegness. It looks immaculate in its fresh coat of paint on what must be one of the first, if not the very first, run in service after repaint.
Unlike most of the other purple E400s which are unbranded, this does have a Stagecoach logo on the front and rear, plus all the fleet numbers except the rear one are in the conventional location for Beachball livery. As ever, they've held off with a full application of InterConnect branding, but it's nice to see the livery is alive and well. The reluctance to brand up the rest of the purple E400s might be because a revision to the branding is coming in the future, or perhaps it's something Stagecoach will get round to once more repaints into Local have been completed.