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E268 & Z4001 YW-BC

Strange how you said it was a transfer but @Tony didn't say anything?...

Yes, 6944 is a transfer, The fleetnumber isn't in the ticket machine on NXWM vehicles, hence why it's extremely rare for buses to track as incorrect fleetnumbers, so even if the ticket machine is removed and replaced at the new garage like 4609 was when it moved to Walsall it still tracks correctly

The Q&A suggested they cannot use the 730s on the SHL, but no mention of the 196

It does mention bringing other stock in general though saying driver training would take time and also take drivers away from operating the existing services which is why the 196s can't be used immediately

explains why one cardiff e200 mmc had 3 new engines in 2 years haha, they are unreliable af over here how reliable are they in the west mids?

fair enough though

the most recent reason for limp mode i heard was the filters and to ensure the bus stayed within euro 6 emissions requirements.

not rlly relevant to yardley wood so i shall stop mentioning abt cardiff before admin police get onto me

None of what you are posting is correct.

cowboys would also generally ignore limp mode

does it move, yes so lets send it out!

Not even a cowboy operator wants to buy a replacement engine.

Limp mode, or engine derate, is different on different makes, but no driver of any company would take an MMC out of garage.

yea i do, but your definition is exactly correct. but some companies ignore it and wait for the breakdown before they fix it

You don't send a bus out of garage in limp mode.

Not only is it so stupidly slow, you are likely to cause a very expensive failure.

I guess the query relates to the pvr of 3 versus Arriva having only 3 coaches - get a 4th coach or pay out some fines!

It's the 'service' that has been classed as a coach service for the electric city, so still the same as now with a bus covering if need be. I don't know of any 'fines' for not using correct vehicles

With coventry requiring all buses that run into the city to be zero emission by the end of the year will the x6 still use single deckers when there's no coaches available or will they use double deckers

Coaches as now. It's a coach service, not a bus service, so is not included.

It seems a hell of a lot of time for these brand new buses to sit around without turning a wheel in service

Is it 12 months now? This would have been unheard of in recent years and further back

Not 12 months, but many buses have sat around for months before entering service. All the 19xx Scanias for YW & AG sat at Walsall for months. There used to be a huge yard at MCW full of fully built buses waiting for the operators to take them as they were required for service

Are there any other train companies that travel New St to Derby so i don't have to use this woefully inadequate company? Every single time ive used them the overcrowding and under capacity is horrific. Trains are pretty minging too

No

A 20 year old bus kept clean and maintained well can look far better than a 2 year old bus covered in grime. Take the Gemini deckers, they still look modern even today and most passengers wouldn't be able to tell that they are 20+ years old.

Also, your argument about buses being an attractive proposition versus the car doesn't make sense as, comparing today's passenger numbers to the 1980s they are far lower now despite passengers only having 'dirty diesels' to catch back then. No matter what bus is used modern or old, it will NEVER beat the car for convenience for most people these days. A whole fleet of brand new buses may attract a few new casual passengers but it certainly won't attract enough to justify the massive costs involved in buying new buses.

The fact that even in the regulated London market there are buses over 10 years old still being used shows that it is totally uneconomical in any area to only use new buses.

Some of the New Bus for London (Borismasters) are 12 years old next year. TfL are still doing refurbishments on these, so the argument about old buses in big cities seems a bit strange. There's also 15 year old Enviro 200s running in London see this for an example  SE26 - SN57DWO – Go Ahead London – bustimes.org

Not a comparable operating environment, you are comparing a market town and a city.

The people are the same, they are travelling on a bus, on a road, but you reckon people of Mansfield deserve old buses, but those in Birmingham don't?

The reason I chose Mansfield was that was the town my Step Father drove in before moving to Birmingham. Ironically when he moved to Birmingham he drove at Sutton Coldfield garage which was operating older buses than those he drove in Mansfield

Think you need to double check who's spouting the usual nonsense, I think it is a fair observation that there aren't any big PLCs running buses from 2003-2004 in a large city comparable to Birmingham.

Since we are all clearly so inferior to you, do enlighten us on your experience in transport engineering or maintenance.

Why are people more important in Birmingham than Mansfield for example?

https://youtube.com/shorts/2OG-O3vt0YE?feature=shared

before anyone is sad about 4626 going, this is how it sounded like before withdrawal

There was nothing wrong with 4626's engine or gearbox, both have been reused and it was one of YW's most reliable tridents, just the chassis had rotted beyond economic repair

E259 is today's delivery to Yardley Wood, already inspected, so should be in service quite quickly