The first of the cascaded Solos has now entered service on Line 2. 286 made its debut on Wednesday and 287 has now been outshopped and should enter service soon. Both buses have been transfered from Line 16. They have replaced 279 and 281 which are now receiving pool livery in the paint shop.
Metroriders 511 and 512 were both noted on Line 2 on Tuesday, though presumably not for much longer as repaints progress. The last of the long term stored examples (585 and 595) have now returned to Rigby Road for component recovery and eventual scrapping. This would leave the following Metroriders:
Service: 506, 511, 512, 513, 515, 517, 518 (7)
Store: 502, 503, 505, 507, 593 (5)
