New Stagecoach Hants & Surrey Tridents

Good afternoon all, Liam here, my local Stagecoach Depots, Aldershot & Peasmarsh (Guildford) depots have both received a batch of ALX400 Dennis Tridents to replace the ageing Volvo Olympians currently in place at the depot. This post will give you all the knowledge you need about these Tridents and which routes they will be working on, enjoy!

©Andy Crawley - 18438 (VU06 JCO) at Alton, working a 65 to the Town Centre

As stated earlier, these Tridents were delivered to Aldershot & Guildford depots from Gloucester depot, in order to replace the existing Volvo Olympians.

Below is a list of Tridents delivered to Aldershot and Guildford depots:

Aldershot Depot, info from November 2015

18082 (VX04 GHF)
18376 (MX55 KRG)
18379 (MX55 KRN)
18386 (MX55 KSK)
18387 (MX55 KSN)
18443 (VU06 JDF)

Peasmarsh (Guildford) Depot, info from November 2015

18438 (VU06 JCO)
18439 (VU06 JCV)

©Dave Elliott - 18379 (MX55 KRN) serving Route 1 to Camberley Station, seen at Farnborough Kingsmead Centre

A list of Volvo Olympians to be replaced are as follows:

Aldershot Depot, info from November 2015

16261 (P261 WPN) In Service at Chichester
16282 (P282 VPN) Reserve Vehicle
16302 (S302 CCD) In Service at Aldershot
16305 (S305 CCD) In Service at Aldershot
16468 (S168 RET) In Service at Aldershot
16624 (P224 VCK) In Service at Aldershot
16625 (P225 VCK) In Service at Aldershot
16627 (P227 VCK) In Service at Aldershot
16628 (P228 VCK) In Service at Aldershot
16629 (P229 VCK) Reserve Vehicle
16631 (P231 VCK) Reserve Vehicle
16632 (P232 VCK) Reserve Vehicle
16633 (P233 VCK) In Service at Andover
16748 (R768 DRJ) In Service at Aldershot
16756 (R756 DRJ) Reserve Vehicle

Guildford Depot, info from October 2015

16291 (R291 HCD) Reserve Vehicle
16295 (R295 HCD) Reserve Vehicle

The two tridents delivered to Guildford (18438 & 18439) are currently used predominantly on Route 65 between Guildford and Alton. The tridents are also used less commonly on Routes 71/72 (Guildford - Haslemere (71) Guildford - Eashing Lane Estate (72)). As well as the Park and Ride routes in Guildford.

©Andy Crawley - 18439 (VU06 JCV) serving Route 72 to Eashing Lane Estate from Guildford, seen at Godalming High Street.

The 6 tridents delivered to Aldershot are currently in use on a variety of routes around Aldershot. They are predominantly seen on Route 1 (Aldershot - Camberley (Old Dean) via Farnborough). Rumour has it, this is because Aldershot depot are considering increasing capacity, on what is a Gold specification route. Rumour has it the depot are considering ordering Scania Enviro 400 MMCs (Gold Spec) for the route.

As well as the Route 1, the Tridents can also be seen operating services on Routes 4 & 5 (Aldershot - Farnham & North Town), Routes 17/18/19 (Aldershot - Rowledge (17) Haslemere (18/19)), 7 (Aldershot - Reading), 10 (Farnborough - Fleet), KITE (Aldershot - Guildford via Normandy) and school college routes.

This blog will keep you all updated in the coming weeks and months of any more Tridents due to be delivered to Aldershot/Guildford depots. Thank you for viewing this post, please share with your friends!