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H1013 is another now fuelled and available when required. Two a day next week will be done, but probably not used

Any update on when Yardley wood getting the next chargers or are the electric buses all going to Perry Barr first

Both garages should be running more electric buses from August 

With a diesel bus when it's refuelled the tank will stay full until it's used, is that the same with hydrogen buses or does hydrogen deplete if not used? And does the hydrogen actually power the bus like diesel does with an engine or is it more to power a battery/cell?

There's virtually no loss while they are not used.

The buses work exactly the same way as a battery electric but the batteries are charged while in use through generation by a fuel cell

I take it these will be back in service from Monday once the kids are back at school. Any ideas on how many they planning on using in a day?

Because the refuelling isn't into the running board again yet they will only be used if needed

Noting the ex Coventry DD still in Walsall, with Coventry fleetnames & livery, is there any reason why the red stickers with the Nx fleetnames are not being used now, as presumbly there are no diesel DD's in Coventry now?

Along with at Walsall they have been struggling for doubles while the hydrogens are off which is the whole reason it ended up there so don't want it off the road for some stickers.

It will be going into paint soon.

H1006 currently on the way to Tyseley for fuel

I'm surprised considering BC still have half a dozen Coventry blue ones to be done. As always I'm sure there are reasons.

The blue ones are still reasonable although the wrong colour and only have 4 year old trim in. 4943 was in awful condition with worn trim. The choice to take last night was between 4888 & 4943 and 4943 was far more in need

Where has he posted these, please?

I haven't 

45 new electric buses coming on the weekend, 30 diesel buses leaving, they are gonna have extra 15 buses, wonder where they will fit them🤔🤣

This weekend it's hopefully 14 in, 14 out, and the same the following two weekends. Total 42, not 45, and 42 leaving 

4943 saw not in service going through Walsall Town Centre on it's way for paint or an MOT?

Refurbishment 

Probably best to just wait. Obviously something didn't go to plan today, so if the plan has had to change it may be different on Monday.

Weather this week has delayed the final fitting of the first batch of chargers. Another update from the company due on Friday 

Now Monday for the Perry Barr electrics

Sample model of 4722 is on it's way to me, should arrive in the next few days. I'll put photos of it on the main site when it arrives for any critisisms, so as many as possible can be corrected before the production run

The best thing to do is ask the driver as I did when I went to Lichfield and he said an Nbus would get me there it did I travelled there and back using it

You don't need to ask the driver, you just tap your nBus card on the scanner and it will accept it. The driver will not query any pass the machine accepts.

It's that sentence again, that's ambigious.

It suggests you have to buy another ticket, to travel outside the Nbus area, even if you already have a valid ticket bought inside the area.

I know you don't have to, but as we're discussing it yet again, there's obviously an issue with the wording!

Nothing ambiguous at all