Hydrogen vehicles

[Stu]

From the recent photos of the hydrogen vehicles that Tony has taken, can I presume that their return into service is now imminent?

[Tony]

From the recent photos of the hydrogen vehicles that Tony has taken, can I presume that their return into service is now imminent?

Hopefully, I have been fuelling them up on the car pump which is a bit of a pain as the tank supplying it only can fill up to about 80% of the buses capacity in one go, the commercial pumps will hopefully be back up and running the week after next.

[windy miller]

  Jolly good! the last recorded (tracked) veh appears to have been in mid
 February? is there any likely hood of a re fueling option in the walsall area?
  I seem to remember a large (bus)storage facility on the north side of walsall
  town centre back in the 1980's? often referred to as 'moon base alpha'
  Is it still there?   Thanks

[Stu]

Jolly good! the last recorded (tracked) veh appears to have been in mid
 February? is there any likely hood of a re fueling option in the walsall area?
  I seem to remember a large (bus)storage facility on the north side of walsall
  town centre back in the 1980's? often referred to as 'moon base alpha'
  Is it still there?  Thanks

Garages will eventually have their own refuelling facility.

[Stevo]

When Walsall had the gas B10Ls back in the 1990s on were the gas tanks at the garage? I get the impression the gas for those was easier to handle than hydrogen.

[Tony]

When Walsall had the gas B10Ls back in the 1990s on were the gas tanks at the garage? I get the impression the gas for those was easier to handle than hydrogen.

The gas for the B10Ls came from the normal household mains supply which was why it was easier, no tanks required.

[Wumpty]

The gas for the B10Ls came from the normal household mains supply which was why it was easier, no tanks required.

I remember them popping into British Gas at Dudley to fill up when they were first used as it was outside my office window!

[Twiney]

Travelling to the West Mids in a couple of weeks - any news on when the Hydros might re-appear

[PB50]

Just wondering when the hydrogen buses will be back on the road again. Thanks.

[Tony]

Just wondering when the hydrogen buses will be back on the road again. Thanks.

Tomorrow

[Solo1]

Just wondering when the hydrogen buses will be back on the road again. Thanks.

A post I read said 5 will be out tomorrow 

[PB50]

A post I read said 5 will be out tomorrow

Yes thanks for that. I've just noticed bustimes is showing 3 out this morning so I'll look out for them when I'm in town.

[BK63 YWP]

Can a hydrogen bus theoretically do a full days service if it started at 6am and finished at midnight on one tank?

[Tony]

Can a hydrogen bus theoretically do a full days service if it started at 6am and finished at midnight on one tank?

Yes

[PB50]

With these buses being out of service since February you would have thought that National Express would have trained all the new drivers that have recently started on the 51 service. Woman driver this morning hadn't driven one before nor been trained up on one. Luckily an inspector took the bus out of service and trained the woman up. Nice to see them back out on the road again.