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#1
Quote from: Tony on March 25, 2024, 12:24:15 PMIt will be interesting to see what London General orders for the 22 & 88 as apparently the current London General order is the last one Alexander Dennis are going to build on BYD chassis.
I know they've been using a Wright electric decker as a demo. I've seen it in Camberwell. Plus they've got another demo at Sutton too. 
#2
National Express Coventry / Re: Coventry Garage
March 25, 2024, 12:21:39 PM
Quote from: Stu on March 14, 2024, 08:17:39 PMYou're being fed rubbish again by the sound of it.

Insurers are hardly likely to write-off a vehicle worth nearly half a million pounds, not unless it had been completely destroyed!



...... especially when it's virtually brand new.....
#3
Another Monday, another series of route tender results.

All of the routes announced today were retained by their current operators which allows for a bit of continuity.

Metroline have retained route 4 and will be running new electric buses. 

Go Ahead London have retained routes 22,88 and 176. The first two,both of which have Night services too,are to gain new electric buses too. The 176 keeps its current buses.

London United have retained routes 117,281 and 419. All will retain their current buses which includes the relatively recent electric buses on the 281.

All are due to commence their latest contracts in stages throughout the second half of the year with the 281 being first among them in July. The rest of them are to begin theirs in the autumn and into December.
#4
Other Operators / Re: Chaserider
March 21, 2024, 03:59:10 PM
Quote from: Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer on March 20, 2024, 11:20:56 PMTalking of shortage of buses. New arrivals are ex uno Enviro 200 YX67 UYB &  YX67 UYA which are apparently new purchases for Chaserider and won't be transfered
Ex Uno as they have shut their Northampton operations down. 
#5
National Express West Midlands / Re: Electric Buses
March 20, 2024, 01:36:57 PM
Quote from: Rachvince53 on March 19, 2024, 03:32:41 PMI agree, I think certain routes should be operated by branded vehicles but local routes such as the 3/4 in Wolverhampton perhaps not.
If,at the time electric buses are allocated to Wolverhampton what they could do is have some branding bespoke for the City but not necessarily for any routes. 
#6
National Express West Midlands / Re: Electric Buses
March 19, 2024, 03:24:33 PM
Quote from: Steve3229vp on March 18, 2024, 05:12:23 PMI'm led to believe that the new electrics at PB will not be route branded due to them going onto different routes on a working day.
Are we going to see route branding becoming a thing of the past ?
Obviously high profile routes like the Sutton corridor,the 33 and selected others should have some branded in an ideal world. 
#7
If it's a Monday, then it clearly must be tender news update time. 

Five busy, Inner London routes have had their futures secured today. 

At Metroline, routes 6 and 98 have been retained. The 6 keeps its current Volvo hybrids while the 98 is to get electric buses. The N98 however will use hybrids. The latest contracts start in December. 

At Go Ahead London,they have retained the 188,355 and 360-all to get new electric buses. In the case of the 360,they will replace the old Red Arrow buses that have been on the route for a few years now. The other two will also get new electric buses too, which involves yet more charging points to be fitted at Camberwell. The contract for the 188 starts in November,the other two in December.
#8
More good news for the operators of seven routes in London today.

Arriva London has held the 150 and 175, which ensures the future of their Barking Garage until at least 2027. Both will gain Hybrid buses when their contracts start in October. 

Also to start in October are the new contracts for Uxbridge routes U1/2/3, which are to gain new electric buses in time. The U3 gets double deckers and the other two single deckers,and incidentally the U4, recently retendered and held by Metroline,all start on October 26.

Finally London United have retained the 406 and 418, which is run from Tolworth. Their next contracts start in June.
#9
Quote from: BrumKev86 on March 14, 2024, 11:50:45 AMI really hope nobody is seriously injured, but honestly nothing surprises me about the standard of driving not just in Birmingham but Small Heath in particular. Gotta be thousands without valid licences or disqualified, as there's no driving schools that would teach the standard of driving round there.
If they're like where I once lived, they've won driving licences as Christmas Cracker prizes......
#10
Quote from: suavegarv on March 13, 2024, 02:57:52 PMBBC News - Five taken to hospital after bus crashes into Paisley flats
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-68556721


I doubt it will be kept. The damage is very substanstial. 
#11
Arriva / Re: Arriva Leicester
March 13, 2024, 03:08:41 PM
Quote from: SSmith09 on March 12, 2024, 06:58:20 PM8000 was parked up at St Margaret's Bus Station today

I understand the electric deckers are due to be launched into service on the 47/48 & 50/51 from early April
Interesting news. 
#12
Go Ahead London have retained the following routes,all of which are to get new electric buses. They will,in all likelihood,replace the majority of the Enviro midibuses delivered from 2010 onwards to Orpington.

The routes concerned are these;

R1
R2
R3
R4
R8
R11

All the new contracts are to begin in late March of next year. 
#13
Garage threads / Re: Perry Barr Garage
March 10, 2024, 05:04:27 PM
Quote from: Steve3229vp on February 27, 2024, 08:25:59 AMNice to see 2104 on loan, mainly used on the FD service and also a short stint on the 28. I hope PB gets some if these in the future to replace those horrible Scanias
Have PB operated any of the newer single deck Volvos before in number? I have no idea if they have......
#14
Stagecoach London LT255 was involved in an incident on New Oxford Street this morning when it crashed into a pub. A couple of people including I assume the driver were injured though not seriously. 
#15
First / Re: First Bus - Leicester
March 05, 2024, 02:58:33 PM
Perhaps the electric double deckers are there for type training,if they're different to the single deckers in any way.
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