OPERATIONS PROFILE
as at 15 April 2018
Stagecoach in Newcastle operate from two depots in the city; Slatyford in the West and Walkergate in the East. On the public facing side, these two divisions form a cohesive operation under the common name Stagecoach in Newcastle. From an operational point of view, there is also cross-over between the two depots, an obvious example being the joint operation of flagship services 62 & 63.
Walkergate operates a PVR of 86, covered by a network of ten regular services. In addition to regular stage carriage services, Walkergate also operate occassional Services 991 & 995 (neither of which attract an increase to the overall PVR) and also house the North East Megabus fleet.
Slatyford operates a PVR of 83, covered by a network of 22 regular services, including Metrocentre Shuttle Service 100. In addition to the regular services, Slatyford also operates occassional Services 8, 68 & X79 (none of which attract an increase to the overall PVR) and operates the City Sightseeing NewcastleGateshead Tours under franchise to City Sightseeing (see separate Operations Profile for City Sightseeing).
The combined Stagecoach in Newcastle operation (excluding the Megabus and City Sightseeing operations) therefore involves a PVR of 169, covered by a network of 32 regular services.
The
Stagecoach in Newcastle network serves the majority of the city's suburbs from
Wallsend and Walker in the East to Throckley and Leazes in the West and further
afield to Ponteland and Newcastle Airport in the North and Gateshead Metrocentre
to the South.
Fleet
Profile
The
Walkergate fleet comprises 99 vehicles (excluding Megabus). The total of 99 is made up of 26 Enviro400H hybrid deckers, 69 Enviro400 deckers (seven of which are the new MMC variant) and four ALX300 bodied MAN saloons. Walkergate also have one Driver Training Vehicle; MAN 18.220 22076.
The Slatyford fleet comprises 99 vehicles (excluding City Sightseeing). The total of 99 is comprised of 24 Enviro400 deckers (of which 17 are the new MMC variant), 24 ALX300 bodied MAN saloons, seven ELC Kinetic bodied MAN saloons, 18 new MMC Enviro200s, seven Enviro300 bodied single decks and 19 Enviro200 midis.
In addition, Slatyford has two Driver Training Vehicles; Volvo B10Ms 20550 & 20553.
Meet the Walkergate Fleet
Walkergate operate eight Euro 6 engined Enviro400s, one of which is on the original design 10000 and came to Newcastle via Manchester, while the remainder, 10631, 10632, 10633, 10634, 10635, 10636 and 10637 are the new MMC variant, new to Walkergate.
A batch of 26 Hybrid electric Enviro400H decekers were purchased in 2011 for Services 39 & 40: 12061, 12062, 12063, 12064, 12065, 12066, 12067, 12068, 12069, 12070, 12071, 12072, 12073, 12074, 12075, 12076, 12077, 12078, 12079, 12080, 12081, 12082, 12083, 12084, 12085 and 12086.
A total of 61 Euro 5 engined Enviro400 operate from Walkergate, spread across five batches: 19204, 19205, 19206, 19207,19208, 19209, 19210, 19211, 19212, 19213, 19214, 19215, 19216, 19217, 19218, 19219, 19379, 19380, 19381, 19382, 19383, 19384, 19385, 19386, 19387, 19388, 19389, 19430, 19431, 19432, 19433, 19434, 19435, 19436, 19437, 19438, 19439, 19440, 19441, 19442, 19443, 19444, 19445, 19446, 19645, 19646, 19647, 19670, 19671, 19672, 19673, 19674, 19675, 19676, 19677, 19678, 19679, 19680, 19681, 19682 and 19683.
Two ALX300 bodied MAN 18.220s which were new to Walkergate in 2005 continue to operate from the depot: 22341 and 22342. In addition, Walkergate also continue to operate active reserves 22022 and 22024.
All of the standard Enviro400s and ALX300 bodied MAN 18.220s carry Stagecoach corporate livery. Two of the Enviro400's (19385/87) additionally retain route branding for Club 22. The Enviro400H fleet, with the exception of 12063/72/77/86, carry a modified green and white version of the Stagecoach in Newcastle livery. Most (10633-37) of the MMC variant Enviro400s carry #BUSPEOPLE branding.
All of Walkergate's standard Enviro400's and MAN 18.220s were delivered complete with the new style interior. The hybrids carry a green variation on the corporate interior. The Enviro400 MMCs carry high spec e-leather interiors.
All of the Walkergate fleet carry scrolling orange Sentence Case digital destination displays, with the exception of 22024 which retains a yellow non-scrolling destination display.