Temporary Trident Takeover

In response to the sudden Halton Transport demise, most Merseyside operators took over contracts on emergency contracts. For Stagecoach this meant 5 Tridents and 5 Darts were brought into action at Gillmoss, the latter having been stored out of use there. The Tridents all came from Manchester, where the type had made a 6 month return to, when some routes were enhanced due to student growth. Above we see 18365 with 18326, outnumbering modern successor 10820 at Kirkby Civic Centre.

 

Brief histories of the 5 Tridents, which have all since been taken out of use at Gillmoss:

18325 had been at Barrow before use at Sharston, being new to Manchester in 2005

18326 had been at Carlisle before use at Stockport, being new to Manchester in 2005

18365 had been at Carlisle before use at Stockport, being new to Manchester in 2005

18372 had been stored in Merseyside at Rock Ferry, before initial use at Wigan, passing to Sharston in its last few months in Manchester, being new to Manchester in 2005

18442 had been stored in Merseyside at Rock Ferry before use at Stockport, being new to Gloucester in 2006

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