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The delay is out of NX's control, I've been interested in buses for nearly fifty years, in most of that time period there were delays with new bus deliveries, we had it with the fleetlines in the 1970's, the Mk 2A Metrobuses in the late 1980's and there were other occasions as well. It is not an unusual occurrence.

Ah I see. It's just that I haven't really seen much conformation the 130 buses are electroliners, so was curious what replaces the wolverhampton garage buses. Thanks tho

Why can't you just be patient and just wait ?

I am, just curious when they'll come as it's quite a significant delay. Since some garages have VERY old buses

Jan 2023 was a long time ago now, lets just say that things didn't go to plan, and situations and circumstances have caused delays.

So 130 electroliners are definitely ordered and should be seeing some soon. Nice

"National Express West Midlands invests record £150 million in 300 UK-made electric zero emission buses
We are investing £150 million in 300 UK-made electric zero emission buses, for delivery by the end of December 2024. The buses will be deployed across the West Midlands"
This was a order from around Jan 2023. I heard 170 were E400EV's and 130 were Electroliners. With not even 1 Electroliner delivered, the target is surely missed right?

You haven't seen even one electric there yet because the current order was for CV, PB and YW and any future orders haven't even been built yet.

Are the electroliners confirmed tho? At least there'll be hope for the future.

would you believe it, 130 buses takes time to build

I know that. I was referring to not even the e400ev's not being here either. They've got loads of them.

The Eclipse single decks will be around for a few more years.

There will be electric buses there eventually, sometime next year. In the meantime, Tridents will probably be replaced by cascades from other garages.

I heard that when they had ordered the 300 electric buses last year, 170 were e400ev and 130 (unannounced) were electroliners for wolverhampton and one other garage, not sure if it's true though. Haven't seen even 1 electric here

What are the plans for this garage? Will it see any Electric Buses? They seem to have quite old buses here. Also if anyone could let me know what NXWM plan to replace their Wrightbus eclipse and Tridents with.