So successful was the concept of Magic Bus that the opportunity was taken to repatriate the three
axle Dennis Dragon/Duple Metsec from Stagecoach Kenya when those operations were disposed of.
The buses now seat 88 and that capacity is often needed to cope with the passengers generated.
The Kenyan buses were at the vanguard of the recent trend to transfer buses from overseas operations
for work in the UK, with Metroline using parent company SBS' Olympian, Stagecoach adding Hong Kong
Darts and B6s to its UK fleets and First importing Olympians and Darts from New World First in HK.
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The 143's central Manchester terminus is in a relatively obscure side street, but its main passenger
loadings are waiting a few blocks away in the student area.
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696 (M696TDM) is seen in that area, followed by an Olympian Magic Bus and a competing Derwent
bodied Finglands singledecker.
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