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The changes have all been posted for Jan 25 and there is no mention of the 77/77A or X15 changing

see from the jan 2025 changes page,

As I mentioned earlier, I'd hold back from making assumptions just yet as I don't believe that TfWM have updated that page fully yet.

its not complete just yet it seems.

That wouldnt be the whole 77 would it, as previous to the last change Nx were operating Sutton to Streetly in the main.

Need to find out which option they were awarded, IIRC it was either the 77/77A/X15 as currently,

or the 675,676,677,677A,X15 from sutton to minworth/erdington/streetly/castle vale/erdington/birmingham

You'll see the two options in the original tender thing on the first message in the jan 2025 changes thread.

have heard that buslink have won the 77/77A/X15 tender for january. be very nice to see some of their fleet over here.

It would be interesting to know how old these 'second-hand' electric buses are, how many miles they've already done, and of course how much was paid for them.

And of course most interesting to know would be why their previous operator sold them on!

A brand new electric bus should last most of the day on a full charge. Battery life will degrade over time though.

the one in the photo is ex-CT4N BYD K9UR LJ16 NNB, id presume they are pretty low milage since they were used on the very short east mids airport gateway shuttles, CT4N also have LJ16 NNC but they appear to have kept that one for local services.

they were replaced by brand new yutong E12s earlier in the year and didnt see further use so i presume thats why they were sold.

I apologise if this is a stupid question but I've heard it mentioned a lot so I'm wondering, what is E334?

ADL E400EV seed vehicle, kinda like a demo but its built for a specific operator in their spec.
Arriva has AR74 ZEB (Currently at leicester)
Stagecoach has SC74 ZEB (Currently at Dunfermline)
First has FB74 ZEB (Currently at Doncaster)
Go Ahead has GA74 ZEB (Not in service yet, but at GSC.)
then now national express should get NX74 ZEB, to be E334.

Might seem a silly question but does Hydrogen stand a risk of Freezing when we get really cold weather do they store it as a liquid which in the most case would be mostly Water or is it like Vodka which again is mostly water but doesn't freeze. Not suggesting Hydrogen is Vodka asking if it has stuff in it like Vodka to not freeze

Hydrogen is stored at temperatures below -250c due to its boiling point being -252c so i doubt cold weather is going to be any sort of issues

have 3583 & 3584 been in service yet ? and what is tracing on the spare ticket machine ?

Yeah they are tracking as 3582 and 81 it seems, saw 3584 in the city centre earlier tracking as 82

Citaro BJ12 YPK seems to have had a run on the 110 this morning, although seemingly it turned around at spaghetti junction instead of heading into the city, presumably to avoid CAZ charges.

WV2009 seems to be constantly tracking at a random cottage near monmouth in wales.

NX Coaches are ramping up the frequency of certain routes from 4th December, pressume some are in response to Flixbus service increases:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/national-express_national-express-boosts-capacity-on-its-regional-activity-7257773176875577345-O-Vh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android

and also you have megabus ceasing their english services that day as well.

diamond have bought
E400s - SN11 BSV & BRV
B9TL G2 - BJ11 DTY
Omnicity - YR61 RVM
from belle vue for school work.
with the B9TL currently on loan to preston bus doing service work.

noticing omnilinks have started appearing on core DD routes again quite a bit recently, seen them on the X3,4 and 14 and the 16 in the past week.

1828 seen on the X3 to lichfield earlier, havent seen an omnilink on the x3 in ages.

Megabus are to completely cease all english routes from dec 4, only operating cross-border services and scottish services.

https://www.facebook.com/100064289462295/posts/957466929739614/

first bus has now bought out lakeside coaches,

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/firstgroup-expansion-continues-cheshire-based-065411092.html