NORTHCORD MODEL COMPANY - PRESS RELEASE
 
ADL Enviro400 - GMS Buses
 
ukbus 6207B
 
Northcord Model Company is proud to release its sixth model of the ukbus 6200 range on the former CMNL long wheelbase Enviro400 tooling.
 
This is ukbus 6207B, carrying the livery of GMS Buses.
 
ukbus 6207B represents Stagecoach Manchester 19532 (MX09 KTT) on route 256 to Flixton with ‘via Hulme’ carried in the front destination.
 
19532 was new to Stagecoach in 2009. Stagecoach Manchester had painted 19532 in the orange, white and brown livery with dark grey window surrounds on both decks and blue GMS Buses fleetnames in the third quarter in 2024.
 
Greater Manchester Buses South Limited was incorporated on 12th May 1993 to acquire the bus operations in South and East Manchester which had been part of GM Buses since 1986, and it adopted the fleet name GMS Buses. GMS was one of two companies formed to prepare for privatisation following the 1985 Transport Act.
 
GMS was sold to a partnership of employees from 1st April 1994 and continued as such until 29th February 1996 when it was acquired by the Stagecoach Group and became Stagecoach Manchester. The livery on 19532 commemorates the short period of employee ownership.
 
Stagecoach continues to operate as a provider within the fully-franchised Greater Manchester bus system, taking on the yellow livery of the Bee Network. Alongside buses in other commemorative liveries, 19532 was used on 4th January 2025 from Hyde Road depot in the hours leading to the handover, and thereafter became a training vehicle based at Little Hulton then.
 
19532 carries full GMS Buses livery, including ‘HE’ code at the front and the rear for Hyde Road depot, together with the circle showing ‘HYDE  ROAD DEPOT’ on the first window in the nearside and below the cab window in the offside. The blue ‘GMS Buses’ with ‘A STAGECOACH SUBSIDIARY” is carried on both sides, on the front panel below the drivers’ windscreen, on the upper front screen and on the rear, upper emergency exit.
 
ukbus 6207B features excellent detailing, inside and out, such as realistic-looking handpoles and handrails. The Enviro400 model is a one-piece casting whose clean lines accentuate the windows and livery application on which all logos and lettering are clearly legible.
 
Another main feature on the ukbus 6207B model is its dual individual tree protectors at the front. The front dome on the model is significant, with its curved windscreens on both upper and lower deck. The headlights at the front are made of individual components to look more realistic.