Hydrogen vehicles

frostjay974 · March 09, 2024, 12:01:20 PM

Do BCC still own these buses given the situation they are in right now?

windy miller · March 15, 2024, 03:56:30 PM

so in order to learn from my question on the present state of the Hydrogen vehs
I am told to 'view' the 'hydrogen' page .... So where is the current information? as of March 2024? or is there more than one Hydrogen page???

Tony · March 15, 2024, 04:15:46 PM

Current position is all 20 are parked in Walsall garage waiting for ITM to finally fix their fuelling facilities. H1009, is currently in the Hydrogen maintenance bay with Wrights trying to fix the problem that kept it off the road before the fuelling problem

Mayfield · March 15, 2024, 06:21:13 PM

Am I right in thinking it been of the road since August, if so I worry about Wrights technical abilities.

Tony · March 15, 2024, 06:25:42 PM

Quote from: Mayfield on March 15, 2024, 06:21:13 PMAm I right in thinking it been of the road since August, if so I worry about Wrights technical abilities.

No, a quick look on Bustimes will show you they were in use up to January

Mayfield · March 15, 2024, 09:39:21 PM

I've just had a look and Bustimes says H1008/9 both last used in August unless I don't know how to use it correctly, please advise.

windy miller · March 16, 2024, 02:08:18 AM

The last H bus I saw was H1004 in use on a 51 service in early February
are there any other hydrogen buses currently in use in the UK?

Tony · March 16, 2024, 07:31:07 AM

Quote from: windy miller on March 16, 2024, 02:08:18 AMThe last H bus I saw was H1004 in use on a 51 service in early February
are there any other hydrogen buses currently in use in the UK?

London's are running OK, Crawley ones are running but not fully due to short supply of Hydrogen. Liverpool's aren't running. Aberdeen's are not fully running

Abluhwleh · March 17, 2024, 06:54:11 PM

Are NX still planning on buying another hundred of these?

jasmine · March 17, 2024, 08:36:50 PM

i thought they were buying electroliners

Jay71 · March 17, 2024, 09:39:07 PM

Quote from: jasmine on March 17, 2024, 08:36:50 PMi thought they were buying electroliners

I thought NX had stopped buying new buses.

winston · March 17, 2024, 09:53:24 PM

Quote from: Jay71 on March 17, 2024, 09:39:07 PMI thought NX had stopped buying new buses.

They haven't stopped buying new buses, just stopped buying new diesel buses

Gareth · March 17, 2024, 09:59:45 PM

Quote from: winston on March 17, 2024, 09:53:24 PMThey haven't stopped buying new buses, just stopped buying new diesel buses

They haven't bought anything for a while have they? Everything new seems to be leased.

winston · March 17, 2024, 10:46:49 PM

Quote from: Gareth on March 17, 2024, 09:59:45 PMThey haven't bought anything for a while have they? Everything new seems to be leased.

No, everything's leased these days.

Although they still like announce how much they're investing in new fleet orders etc...

cardew · March 20, 2024, 07:32:14 AM

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/walsall/2024/03/18/walsalls-bus-depot-sold-to-pave-way-for-future-franchise-bus-system-and-hydrogen-powered-buses/

I haven't seen this mentioned on here so for those who want to avoid pop-ups, videos and answering a survey for the privilege of reading the article, here is a summary

Hydrogen buses will be introduced with a hydrogen generation system sourcing water from the nearby canal.

News:

Hydrogen vehicles