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Looks like the electric double deckers are now arriving at abbey Lane according to the facebook

According to a comment on Facebook on a first enthusiasts page it looks like the land owner at thurmaston has now approved the chargers and should be getting finished soon. However this may not be true as its Facebook at the end of the day 

As far as I'm aware.. they aren't going anywhere. 910 is under maintenance (the same thing that happened with 909 last year!).. I believe that's what was written above.

Also, yes the Deckers are coming to Leicester. 902 is a larger bus and is expected to be used on the uni service.
Will be nice to see a Gemini decker in use on the 22!
They did purchase the 2 B8's for 22 though, so unsure if they'll just retain running the 2 DD's on 22! Or if a full DD output could be run! (Like back in the First bus days).

Although.. I did also think that perhaps they've won a new contract which could need Double deckers (hence the what seems sudden move).

All the deckers will be coming to Leicester by the sounds of it

Possibly on delivery to first south at Hoeford and stopped for a charge at Abbey lane

Was that one of the kites or a decker bus?

910 is a bit of a strange one. 909 spent several months off the road at the end of the last year, until 1st December when 910 was taken back to the depot and swapped out for 909, and 910 hasn't been used since. It doesn't seem like a breakdown to me, because tracking data at the time indicated it was driven back. My guess is that those 2 vehicles needed extended periods of maintenance, but they staggered it so that only one decker is off the road at once, which would explain why one left when the other came back.


In other news looks like Grantham is losing all 3 of its deckers, which will be transferring elsewhere. Any ideas where the might be headed? My guess is Leicester because no other operations currently use deckers, but then again they might be transferring because elsewhere needs some deckers.
(Source: https://flic.kr/p/2pzu2jz)

Damon confirmed in the centrebus Facebook enthusiasts group that the deckers will be going to Leicester as Leicester uses them for the Evington runs but could also be useful for the uni route and school runs.

When driving today I seen a Sheffield branded streetdeck in Leicester with special on the display. Anyone know anything?

Bustimes mix-ups again, unfortunately - it's actually 4547.

I had a feeling it was to good to be true, 8013 has started tracking as well.

8001 has started tracking on bustimes. Unsure if this is true or not. 

Looks like 2528 is back out today, it's on the 6A passes close to the depot, let's see how long it lasts this time

Looks like engineer was with it about 5:15pm at St Margaret's bus station.

Ha ha no room, there's a minibus, versa, db250, 2526 and a single decker training

Jesus christ all the buses are falling apart. 3807 is going back to depot after a part of the front bumper came off on the 56.

2528 didn't last long, just seen it on the back of a Crouch recovery truck

So much for it lasting. I have feeling it will go back to the bottom of the yard again 

2528 back on the road now.

If the damage is that bad wouldn't it make sense to send it back to Wrights for repair

That's what I would thought but it's being kept at depot for now.

I've seen pictures of 63523, the damage is pretty bad and according to my friend who is a mechanic for first leicester it is possible it could be a while as all the panels on one side need replacing and new windows as well.

Speculation, or confirmed?

If your on about 2528 it was confirmed by another post on here. About the chargers it seems to be a gray area at the moment. Some people saying it's confirmed but have got no sources to back up the claim.