McColl's Group - Local Bus Services and Private Coach Hire in West Scotland

Fleet News

16th January 2012 - Vehicle Registration R89 EOL (Fleet No 1013) removed from Fleet

Mercedes Mini bus removed from Fleet.

31st October 2011 - Vehicle Registration S690 RWG (Fleet No 4025) Fleet Addition

Plaxton Premier Javelin Coach fleet addition. It should be noted this vehicle became apart of the fleet on 12th October 2011.

30th October 2011 - Vehicle Registration VAZ 4918 (Fleet No 4003) removed from Fleet

Sold to another operator.

26th October 2011 - Vehicle Registration N627 VSS (Fleet No 1016) removed from Fleet

Sold to another operator.

25th October 2011 - Vehicle Registration N764 CAS (Fleet No 4008) removed from Fleet

Coach sold to another operator.

24th October 2011 - Vehicle Registration N639 LGG (Fleet No 1020) Fleet Addition

Mercedes 811D Mini bus fleet addition.

20th October 2011 - Vehicle Registration R941 XVM (Fleet No 2077) Fleet Addition

Volvo B10M Service bus to be utilised on the Arrochar Primary School Service 318 in Argyll & Bute. Fitted with seatbelts.

15th October 2011 - Vehicle Registration S584 ACY (Fleet No 1017), K802 OMW (1018) & SB52 XFF (1019) Fleet Additions

Mercedes 814D, Mercdes 811D and Ford Transit fleet additions. Vehicles have been allocated to the Argyll & Bute Council school contracts as spare vehicles.

4th October 2011 - Vehicle Registration N350 HGK (Fleet No 3049), N849 VHH (Fleet No 3050), N850 HGK (Fleet No 3051) & N856 VHH (3052) Fleet Additions

Volvo Olympian double deckers ex-Stagecoach fleet additions. Vehicles are allocated as spare at present.  N849N

1st October 2011 - Vehicle Registration JIL 8813 (Fleet No 4018), CSU 923 (4019), N887 HSX (4020), WLT 978 (4021), N128 VAO (4022), FSU 331 (4023) & FSU 797 (4024) Fleet Additions

Various Coach fleet additions including Volvo B10Ms and Dennis Javelins.

22nd September 2011 - Vehicle Registration N627 VSS (Fleet No 1016)

Mini bus Mercedes 709D fleet addition.

15th September 2011 - Vehicle Registration R849 CJS (Fleet No 4014), 673 EXA (4015), 540 FFX (4016) & N142 XSA (4017) Fleet Additions

Mixture of Coach fleet additions .

8th September 2011 - Vehicle Registration W692 NST (Fleet No 1014) removed from Fleet

Sold to another operator.

23rd August 2011 - Vehicle Registration OXI 459 (Fleet No 4013) Fleet Addition

Volvo B10 Coach fleet addition.

22nd August 2011 - Vehicle Registration L592 RST (Fleet No 4011) & EAZ 2590 (4012) Fleet Additions

Volvo B10 Coaches. 4011 being used for school work & 4012 being refurbished for private hire fleet.

17th August 2011 - Vehicle Registration R923 SSA (Fleet No 3047) & C158 HBA (3048 Fleet Addition

Volvo Olympian Double Decker (ex Dublin) & Leyland Olympian Double Decker (ex-Stageocach) fleet additions.

16th August 2011 - Vehicle Registration Y356 FJN (Fleet No 2069) & Y353 FJN (2068) removed from Fleet

Dennis Darts removed from fleet.

9th August 2011 - Vehicle Registration Y267 FJN (Fleet No 2070), Y268 FJN (2071), Y281 FJN (2072), Y283 FJN (2073), Y287 FJN (2074), Y289 FJN (2075), LX51 FPE (2076) Fleet Additions

Dennis Darts (Alexander Bodies) purchased for Fleet renewal program. Buses to enter Service between September & October 2011.

7th July 2011 - Vehicle Registration SIB 1998 (Fleet No 1015) Fleet Addition

Volvo Midi Bus (39 Seats) fleet addition.

6th July 2011 - Vehicle Registration N931 RGD (Fleet No 3030) & M395 JGB (3032) removed from Fleet

Volvo Olympians Double Deckers sold to another operator.

5th July 2011 - Vehicle Registration B24 CGA (Fleet No 3037) & P242 AAP (2025) removed from Fleet

The last Volvo City Bus B10M in the fleet sold for preservation (B24 CGA). Volvo B6 reached end of life (P242 AAP).

4th July 2011 - Vehicle Registration Y265 FJN (Fleet No 2062), Y269 FJN (2063), Y277 FJN (2064), Y282 FJN (2065), Y285 FJN (2066), Y286 FJN (2067), Y353 FJN (2068) & Y356 FJN (2069) Fleet Additions

Dennis Darts (Alexander Bodies) purchased for fleet renewal program (to be announced formally). The ex London Darts features lowering suspension, electronic wheel chair ramps, new flooring/seating, CCTV systems & Euro 4 LEZ Compliance (Low Emissions). Buses will enter Service between July & August 2011.

3rd July 2011 - Vehicle Registration P908 SMR (Fleet No 2061) Fleet Addition

Volvo B6 Low Floor vehicle added to the fleet. Ex Stagecoach.

1st July 2011 - Vehicle Registration M274 JGB (Fleet No 3014) & M381 JGB (3028) removed from Fleet

Volvo Olympian Double Deckers sold to another operator.

30th June 2011 - Vehicle Registration P368 DSA (Fleet No 2043)

Volvo B6 now reached end of life.

28th June 2011 - Vehicle Registration N732 RGD (Fleet No 3020), N883 RGD (3021), N920 RGD (3031) & C612 LFT (3006) removed from Fleet.

3 x Volvo Olympian Double Deckers sold to another operator. Leyland Olympian Double Decker C612 LFT now reached end of life. This marks the last Leyland Olympian to leave the fleet.

27th June 2011 - Vehicle Registration N712 LTN (Fleet No 3046) Fleet Addition

Volvo Olympian Double Decker added to the Fleet. Ex Stagecoach.

22nd June 2011 - Vehicle Registraton TXI 4242 (Fleet No 2029) removed from Fleet

Volvo B6 now reached end of life. Registration TXI 4242 has been held in retention (formely P248 AAP).

22nd June 2011 - Vehicle Registration P367 DSA (Fleet No 2042) removed from Fleet

Volvo B6 now reached end of life.

21st June 2011 - Vehicle Registration P496 BRS (Fleet No 2057), P495 BRS (2058), P494 BRS (2059) & P498 BRS (2060) Fleet Additions

Volvo B6 Low Floor vehicles added to the Fleet. Ex Stagecoach.

18th June 2011 - Vehicle Registration M277 JGB (Fleet No 3016) & M345 JGB (3017) removed from Fleet

Volvo Olympian Double Deckers sold to another operator.

10th June 2011 - Vehicle Registration L585 HSG (Fleet No 4009) & SIL 1895 (4010) Fleet Additions

Volvo B10M Plaxton Premier Coaches temporary addition.

4th May 2011 - Vehicle Registration N764 CAS (Fleet No 4008) Fleet Addition

Volvo B10M Plaxton Premier Coach fleet addition.

29th April 2011 - Vehicle Registration C647 LFT (Fleet No 3036) removed from Fleet

Leyland Double Decker now reached end of life.

26th April 2011 - Vehicle Registration N905 AAS (Fleet No 4007) & L421 ORS (Fleet No 4006) removed from Fleet

A fleet upgrade program has started with our Private Hire vehicles. The above vehicles will be replaced with more modern vehicles in the coming weeks.

25th April 2011 - Vehicle Registration SIW 9154 (Fleet No 1012) removed from Fleet

Vehicle no longer required and sold to another operator.

19th April 2011 - Vehicle Registration W692 NST (Fleet No 1014) Fleet Addition

Mercedes 814D fleet addition. Ex Stagecoach.

16th April 2011 - Vehicle Registrations N715 LTN (Fleet No 3044) & N713 LTN (Fleet No 3045) Fleet Additions

Volvo Olympian Double Deckers fleet addition. Ex Stagecoach.

6th April 2011 - Vehicle Registration G337 KKW (Fleet No 3039) removed from Fleet

Leyland Double Decker now reached end of life.

11th March 2011 - Vehicle Registration R89 EOL (Fleet No 1013) Fleet Addition

Mercedes 814D to be utilised on Gartocharn Primary School. Ex Stagecoach.

10th March 2011 - Vehicle Registration T858 EGD (Fleet No 3043) Fleet Addition

Volvo Olympian Double Decker (ex Dublin Bus).

2nd March 2011 - Vehicle Registration R985 EWU (Fleet No 2022) removed from Fleet

Optare Excel reached end of life.

28th February 2011- Vehicle Registration L407 BBC (Fleet No 1002) removed from Fleet

Mercedes 814D reached end of life.

10th February 2011 - Vehicle Registration E326 BVO (Fleet No 3011) removed from Fleet

Volvo Decker reached end of life.

8th February 2011 - Vehicle Registration S471 NSB (Fleet No 3042) Fleet Addition

Volvo Olympian Double Decker (ex Dublin Bus).

 4th February 2011 - Vehicle Registration NIL 8646 (Fleet No 4004)

Volvo B10 Coach being replaced by newer vehicles.

4th February 2011 - Vehicle Registrations K571 LTS (Fleet No 2008), K718 DAO (2009), K578 LTS (2010), K715 DAO (2011), K577 LTS (2012) removed from Fleet

Volvo B10Ms have now been replaced by Low Floor vehicles.

3rd February 2011 - Vehicle Registration C462 SSO (Fleet No 3025) removed from Fleet

Leyland Olympian now reached end of life.

31st January 2011 - Vehicle Registration YX10 ECA - Demonstrator - removed from Fleet

Following the previous post, the Demonstrator is now removed from Fleet.

24th January 2011 - Vehicle Registration YX10 ECA - Demonstrator

Enviro 200 Dart added to the fleet as a Demonstrator. Economy and style are the hallmarks of the Envrio200 - a versatile bus that defines the midibus standard, from world leaders in midibus technology. The vehicle will be trialled on our Glasgow Services monitoring maintenance and fuel comsumption. In fleet from 25/01/2011 until 31/01/2011.

24th January 2011 - Vehicle Registration P362 DSA (Fleet No 2054), P365 DSA (2055) & P361 DSA (2056) Fleet Additions

Low Floor buses added to the fleet. Former Stagecoach buses to be used on local services

17th January 2011 - Vehicle Registration P377 DSA (Fleet No 2053) Fleet Addition

Low Floor bus added to the fleet. Former Stagecoach bus to be used on local services

10th November 2010 - Vehicle Registration C650 LFT (Fleet No 3026) removed from Fleet

Leyland Olympian Double Decker now reached end of life.

2nd November 2010 - Vehicle Registration Number Change

TXI 4242 (Fleet No 4001) is now 719 CEL

P248 AAP (Fleet No 2029) is now TXI 4242

2nd November 2010 - Vehicle Registration M772 BCS (Fleet No 2005) removed from Fleet

Volvo B6 now reached end of life.

26th October 2010 - Vehicle Registration T875 EGD (Fleet No 3041) Fleet Addition

Volvo Oympian Double Decker (ex Dublin Bus).

11th October 2010 - Vehicle Registration R984 SSA (Fleet No 2014), R993 SSA (2015), R985 SSA (2016), R986 SSA (2017) removed from Fleet

Vehicles have now been sold.

1st October 2010 - Vehicle Registraton P366 DSA (Fleet No 2041), P367 DSA (2042), P368 DSA (2043), P369 DSA (2044), P371 DSA (2045), P372 DSA (2046), P374 DSA (2047), P375 DSA (2048), P378 DSA (2049), P380 DSA (2050), P382 DSA (2051), P384 DSA (2052) Fleet Additions.

Purchase of 12 Volvo B6 BLE (Alexander 200 Body) for fleet renewal. We will soon see the departure of 3 x K regs (2 being held for School work) & others to be confirmed. The buses have been purchased from Stagecoach Western with a modern interior. 4 of the vehicles will be rolled out on Mon 4th Oct 2010 and the rest will follow over the coming weeks.

29th September 2010 - Vehicle Registration T874 EGD (Fleet No 3040) Fleet Addition.

Following our succesful tender of 5 Volvo Olympian Deckers from Dublin Bus, this is one of the buses now on the road. It will replace an older Olympian on Service which will now do school work.

23rd September 2010 - Vehicle Registration B183 FFS (Fleet No 3038) removed from Fleet.

Volvo City Bus has now reached end of life.

17th August 2010 - Vehicle Registration B806 AOP (Fleet No 3004) & F46 XOF (Fleet No 3012) removed from Fleet.

The last 2 x MCW Metro Bus Mark 2 have now reached end of life. End of an Era for McColl's when not too long ago, most of the fleet was made up of MCW Metrobuses. They will be missed.

16th August 2010 - Vehicle Registration B858 AOP (Fleet No 3027) removed from Fleet.

MCW Metrobus reached end of life.

13th August 2010 - Vehicle Registration P373 DSA (Fleet No 2040) Fleet Addition.

Low Floor bus added to the fleet. Former Stagecoach bus to be used on local services.

5th August 2010 - Vehicle Registration R477 UAK (Fleet No 1008) Variation.

This vehicle has been removed from the fleet list as it now serves as a staff vehicle.

26th July 2010 - Vehicle Registration A703 UOE (Fleet No 3001) removed from Fleet.

MCW Metrobus removed from Fleet.

26th July 2010 - Vehicle Registration D954 NDA (Fleet No 3010) removed from Fleet.

MCW Metrobus has now reached end of life. This vehicle was scheduled on St. Benedict's High in Renfrewshire before it's final days.

11th June 2010 - 5 Volvo Olympians aquired from Dublin Bus (Bus Atha Cliath)

We have been successful in a recent tender to purchase 5 Volvo Olympians from Dublin Bus. The Dublin Bus registration/fleet numbers are listed below:

RV408 (Reg 98D20408), RV504 (Reg 99D504), RV519 (Reg 99D519), RV541 (99D541) & RV544 (99D544)

The buses will replace older Volvo Olympians currently used and will begin Service in August 2010.

7th June 2010 - Vehicle Registration L404 BBC (Fleet No 1001) removed from Fleet.

Mercedes 814D Mini bus has now reached end of life. This vehicle was held in the reserve fleet and was last used on school work.

2nd June 2010 - Vehicle Registration NUI 1247 (Fleet No 3023) removed from Fleet.

Leyland Olympian Double Decker has been sold for preservation. This Decker was the last ex Lothian Bus in the fleet and will now be fully restored to it's original Lothian routes.

24th May 2010 - Vehicle Registration C785 SFS (Fleet No 3008) removed from Fleet.

Leyland Olympian Double Decker bus now reached end of life. The was the last bus in the fleet with the "Rainbow" Fleet colours from 2005 until late 2007.

22nd May 2010 - Vehicle Registrations P250 AAP (Fleet No 2039), R514 KNJ (Fleet No 2038) & T505 TOL (Fleet No 2037).

Volvo B6 BLE Low Floor buses added to the fleet. Former National Express buses to be used on Local Bus Services.  

12th May 2010 - Vehicle Registration DAZ 1566 changed to L421 ORS (Fleet No 4006).

Private registration removed and registered to original registration number.

12th May 2010 - Vehicle Registration N905 AAS (Fleet No 4007) Fleet Addition.

Volvo B10 Plaxton Bodied Coach addition to the fleet. To be used for Private Hire.

6th May 2010 - Vehicle Registration K577 LTS (Fleet No 2012) Fleet Addition.

Volvo B10M is a Single Deck addition to the fleet. Although not low floor, the vehicle replaced former fleet number 2012 (also a Volvo B10M Single Deck) which gained significant damage and was removed from the Fleet back in 2nd December 2009.

3rd May 2010 - Vehicle Registration B768 GSC (Fleet No 3002) removed from Fleet.

Leyland Olympian Double Decker bus now reached end of life.

25th March 2010 - Vehicle Registration SIW 9154 (Fleet No 1012) fleet addition.

This 34 Seater vehicle is an addition for our Private Hires. We have more & more requests from our customers looking to hire smaller buses, we will be looking towards the future of including mid size coaches including new vehicles.