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Accounts.

Also, updated company profile.

you may add £242900 to your route income on next weeks accounts on top of your other route income

LMT are pleased to announce the establishment of a new operation on the Isle of Man, which will shortly be named.

The company will operated with 12 Wright StreetLites from Douglas' Banks Circus depot. A route network will be announced shortly.

My accounts for this week.

A backdated Operator of the Week award for LMT for week ending October 22 2011. Please add £200,000 to your accounts.

This award was granted for providing continued investment in low-floor vehicles for their services across all three divisions. Congratulations.

As a 4-way joint winner of the Operator of the Week award, your company is awarded 25% (£87,500) of the Operator of the Month prize.

Congratulations.

LMT are pleased to announce that their new livery will be rolled out across all three divisions very soon. A test vehicle, a Volvo B10B, has been fully repainted and will be showcased at the unveiling next week.

Newer vehicles in the fleet will be repainted gradually, with Green Lane vehicles first on the list for repainting.

This week's accounts

LMT Merseyside and LMT Manchester to benefit from ECWVTA compliant vehicles

LMT have recently placed an order for a further 51 brand new VDL SB200CS (Wright Pulsar 2) vehicles to replace older and non standard vehicles in the fleet at Green Lane, Manchester and Wythenshawe depots. These vehicles will be the first vehicles in the fleet to be delivered as ECWVTA compliant.

Green Lane depot will benefit from 23 brand new vehicles, whilst Manchester get 15 and Wythenshawe get 13. These vehicles will commence delivery in December, with the final vehicle arriving in January 2012. This comes on the back of Gillmoss depot receiving 18 Pulsar 2s.

LMT chairman James Grundy said:
"LMT are very impressed with the Pulsar 2 and what it offers our customers. It is popular with our passengers, drivers and engineering teams. We hope to continue purchasing these vehicles because they're just what we need. They're comfortable, modern and very economical. We're dedicated to providing a top class service to our customers, and this order just goes to show that we're taking it very seriously. When this order arrives, we'll have 103 Pulsar 2s in service across our divisions. I would certainly say we're considering buying more next year."

LMT are due to receive more "StreetLite" midibuses in the near future for Green Lane depot. Green Lane's 23 Pulsars will arrive first, replacing older low floor vehicles which will be scrapped due to their age deeming them unsuitable for re-sale.

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Press Release: LMT to rebrand and expand for 2012
Liverpool Metropolitan Transport have a major announcement to make this evening. The news is listed below in categories.

Rebranding
The current divisions of LMT Merseyside and LMT Manchester will be combined into one division, named LMT North Western. The two former divisions will operate as normal (branded as LMT Merseyside and LMT Manchester). LMT Ellan Vannin will become the company's second division, and continue operations out of it's sole depot at Banks Circus, Douglas.

Expanding services
LMT Merseyside will be opening Garston depot in the south of Liverpool in March 2012 to operate a small number of services around Speke and Garston. The depot will operate a fleet of refurbished single deckers and brand new double deckers on services that will be registered shortly. Also due for some new routes is Skelmersdale depot, which will operate some routes in partnership with Liver Travel's Southport depot and some independently.

A further press release will be announced shortly.

Up to date company profile. Now includes non-PSVs such as staff buses, buses in storage waiting for deployment, buses for disposal and preserved buses.

EDIT: I forgot to update Isle of Man page, I have now done so - Apologies

Cheers,

Accounts for this week.

Please add £200,000 to your accounts for Operator of the Week backdated from 12/11/11.

Liverpool Metropolitan Transport Press Release
Liverpool Metropolitan Transport have now put the finishing touches to their new fleet-wide renumbering scheme, where number series will now correspond to a particular type or class of vehicle.

In other news, LMT have joined forces with the Department for Transport and will now pay £300,000 a week off their orders, which will be done for 15 weeks, paying £4.5M off orders. The DfT have funded the remaining £4.5M of the order, and any further orders will be funded 50/50 with the DfT.

LMT have now also signed a deal with Volvo and VDL, which shows the company's intent to continue buying Volvo and VDL vehicles.

As the joint winner of the Operator of the Month award (4 way again), you are awarded £87,500.

Congratulations.

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LMT Press Release - Skelmersdale Services Boost

LMT North Western's Skelmersdale depot have recently accepted delivery of 14 Volvo B7RLE (Wright Eclipse 2) for use on services 47/48A (QBP with Liver Travel's Southport Depot) and 12 Volvo B9TL (Wright Eclipse Gemini 2) vehicles for use on services 375/385 from Southport to Wigan.

LMT Press Release - Christmas and New Year Services

Here is the LMT North Western and LMT Ellan Vannin service information for the Christmas and New Year period:

LMT North Western
December 24 - Normal service until 21:00
December 25 - Services 12X and 20X only
December 26 - Bank Holiday service
December 27 - Normal service
December 28 - Normal service
December 29 - Normal service
December 30 - Normal service
December 31 - Bank Holiday service until 21:00
January 01 - Bank Holiday service

LMT Ellan Vannin
December 24 - Normal service until 21:00
December 25 - No service
December 26 - Bank Holiday service
December 27 - Normal service
December 28 - Normal service
December 29 - Normal service
December 30 - Normal service
December 31 - Bank Holiday service until 21:00
January 01 - Bank Holiday service

If you have any further questions or would like a more detailed explanation, please contact our reservations team who will help you to the best of their abilities.

A very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year to all of our valued customers from everybody at LMT.

James Grundy
Chairman and CEO
Liverpool Metropolitan Transport

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My accounts for this week.

Snow problem for LMT!

LMT had very few problems to report due to the weather conditions this evening, with our services largely running to schedule, however extra buses were put into service to cover for the slight delays owing to our drivers being instructed to take extra caution due to the conditions.

Tomorrow, LMT's Green Lane depot will be assisting Liver Travel on their 1 and 2 Huyton circulars, with LMT operating four vehicles on their behalf. All profits will go to Liver Travel.

In other news, Green Lane is soon to receive a fleet of double deck vehicles for services 12/13 and 26/27, displacing articulated vehicles to Manchester. More news on this as it comes.

Accounts for LMT for this week.

Note, I am in the process of moving house and will be busy this week. I am hoping to get some temporary internet sorted out prior to moving so I should still be online, albeit not as much until the internet in my new house gets connected in mid January.