A number of Optare Solos and Volvo B7 saloons have been acquired according to UK Buses Fleet List. What are their numbers please?
The B7s may be 66690 descending, but the Solos could be 53016-39 range (except 53028/34/5). Any info greatly appreciated!
sconehead85
Quote from: sconehead85 on November 19, 2012, 10:17:46 PM
A number of Optare Solos and Volvo B7 saloons have been acquired according to UK Buses Fleet List. What are their numbers please?
The B7s may be 66690 descending, but the Solos could be 53016-39 range (except 53028/34/5). Any info greatly appreciated!
sconehead85
Volvo B7 saloons from where?
The Solos are yet to receive fleet numbers, yet one or two are already in service at Adderley Green.
Quote from: Winston on November 19, 2012, 10:24:53 PM
Quote from: sconehead85 on November 19, 2012, 10:17:46 PM
A number of Optare Solos and Volvo B7 saloons have been acquired according to UK Buses Fleet List. What are their numbers please?
The B7s may be 66690 descending, but the Solos could be 53016-39 range (except 53028/34/5). Any info greatly appreciated!
sconehead85
Volvo B7 saloons from where? Found it, its just the last former Veolia Plaxton Centro via Ensign Bus, I seem to recall that CN07HVG was possibly going to be numbered 66691?
Upon further reading I mistook ADL Enviros for Volvo B7s-sorry!
The Enviros look like being 44511-5, but there are 6 Optare Solos MX56 NL?, CN06 BXH, VX57 CYO, CN07 KZK/L/M. These COULD be 53016-21, but it needs confirming. There is another twist to the tale of these exc-Veolia buses. Despite being on a Midland fleet list, the allocation of the CN07s is given as CHELMSFORD, which aint in the Midlands!
sconehead85
Quote from: sconehead85 on November 19, 2012, 11:18:20 PM
Upon further reading I mistook ADL Enviros for Volvo B7s-sorry!
The Enviros look like being 44511-5, but there are 6 Optare Solos MX56 NL?, CN06 BXH, VX57 CYO, CN07 KZK/L/M. These COULD be 53016-21, but it needs confirming. There is another twist to the tale of these exc-Veolia buses. Despite being on a Midland fleet list, the allocation of the CN07s is given as CHELMSFORD, which aint in the Midlands!
sconehead85
Other than the two Enviro's we already know about at Worcester, the rest listed are with First East England @ Lowestoft. Not at Kiddi & unallocated as that that fleetlist states
Quote from: Winston on November 19, 2012, 11:26:53 PM
Quote from: sconehead85 on November 19, 2012, 11:18:20 PM
Upon further reading I mistook ADL Enviros for Volvo B7s-sorry!
The Enviros look like being 44511-5, but there are 6 Optare Solos MX56 NL?, CN06 BXH, VX57 CYO, CN07 KZK/L/M. These COULD be 53016-21, but it needs confirming. There is another twist to the tale of these exc-Veolia buses. Despite being on a Midland fleet list, the allocation of the CN07s is given as CHELMSFORD, which aint in the Midlands!
sconehead85
Other than the two Enviro's we already know about at Worcester, the rest listed are with First East England @ Lowestoft. Not at Kiddi & unallocated as that that fleetlist states
which means that they might well be allocated to the X1?? P'Boro' - Lowestoft/ Great yarmouth?
Quote from: sconehead85 on November 19, 2012, 11:18:20 PM
Upon further reading I mistook ADL Enviros for Volvo B7s-sorry!
The Enviros look like being 44511-5, but there are 6 Optare Solos MX56 NL?, CN06 BXH, VX57 CYO, CN07 KZK/L/M. These COULD be 53016-21, but it needs confirming. There is another twist to the tale of these exc-Veolia buses. Despite being on a Midland fleet list, the allocation of the CN07s is given as CHELMSFORD, which aint in the Midlands!
sconehead85
The Solos were/are being prepped at Chelmsford, hence the allocation. I photographed two of them at Hanley today, both were still lacking fleet numbers.
Quote from: NEL111P on November 21, 2012, 12:18:56 AM
Quote from: sconehead85 on November 19, 2012, 11:18:20 PM
Upon further reading I mistook ADL Enviros for Volvo B7s-sorry!
The Enviros look like being 44511-5, but there are 6 Optare Solos MX56 NL?, CN06 BXH, VX57 CYO, CN07 KZK/L/M. These COULD be 53016-21, but it needs confirming. There is another twist to the tale of these exc-Veolia buses. Despite being on a Midland fleet list, the allocation of the CN07s is given as CHELMSFORD, which aint in the Midlands!
sconehead85
The Solos were/are being prepped at Chelmsford, hence the allocation. I photographed two of them at Hanley today, both were still lacking fleet numbers.
The two I photographed in service yesterday were MX56NLK & VX57CYO. There are 8 due, the others being CN06BXF/H, MX56NLJ, CN07KZK/L/M.
These SHOULD be 53016-23. I wish First would put ALL Optare Solos in the 53xxx range, apart from the 59xxx hybrids.
sconehead85