Electric Buses

[BBS]

That's the best news ever, bye bye Scanias

I never understood the hate with scania's, their great buses

[Tony]

I never understood the hate with scania's, their great buses

Try 43 seats on a journey needed 73, and a lot of those 43 seats mean knees are against the seat in front.

[TGZac]

That's the best news ever, bye bye Scanias

I'd imagine PB keeping some for the 28, 71 and 96 because they go under low bridges that the electrics can't go under.

[BBS]

Try 43 seats on a journey needed 73, and a lot of those 43 seats mean knees are against the seat in front.

Other than comfort wise their pretty good 

[Tony]

Other than comfort wise their pretty good

Comfort is one of the most important things if you want passengers!

They also rotted quite quickly an parts are expensive

[Steve3229vp]

Other than comfort wise their pretty good

They're rubbish, they are uncomfortable, they're noisy and they're  cramped

[EK40]

Other than comfort wise their pretty good

basically the whole passenger experience on them is just not up to standard tbh, cramped,leaking roofs,often smell like oil and fuel in the back, would take a B7RLE over one any day of the week. only a streetlite is worse from my experience tbh.

[markcf83]

I never understood the hate with scania's, their great buses

They're virtually bombproof. Never been on a Scania that's broken down subsequently when I've been on one.

[Ronnoc]

It was about time for a bit of change on the inner circle. The omnilinks were faithful, but were always rammed during peak hours.

[Tony]

They're virtually bombproof. Never been on a Scania that's broken down subsequently when I've been on one.

They're not, they are the lower end of the reliability stakes, all the withdrawals in the last two years have been due do breakdowns needing expensive repairs.

[Ingleboro261F]

They're not, they are the lower end of the reliability stakes, all the withdrawals in the last two years have been due do breakdowns needing expensive repairs.

Like 1920,1914 etc...

[Westy]

I suppose the 'best' examples will be kept until they drop?

[Jack]

I would happily take a Scania over a B7 anyday. The constant moaning about Scania's is very tiresome. I don't hear the same notion with garages that have way too many B7's on Decker routes. The B7's legroom is hardly an improvement either.

Also the Urban 2's must be the most have the most boring sound. Nothing compared to the Urban 1's. The E200MMC's aren't anything of an improvement either!

[Tony]

I would happily take a Scania over a B7 anyday. The constant moaning about Scania's is very tiresome. I don't hear the same notion with garages that have way too many B7's on Decker routes. The B7's legroom is hardly an improvement either.

Also the Urban 2's must be the most have the most boring sound. Nothing compared to the Urban 1's. The E200MMC's aren't anything of an improvement either!

The B7s are the most reliable diesel bus in the fleet and when a major unit fails it's a surprise, not expected like a Scania. Both the Volvo chassis and the Wrights body have very little rot on them. Even simple things like a skirt panel for an eclipse can be made at West Bromwich's sheet metal shop in house cheaply where a Scania skirt panel is a complicated design that has to be bought in and is expensive.

[Lukeee]

basically the whole passenger experience on them is just not up to standard tbh, cramped,leaking roofs,often smell like oil and fuel in the back, would take a B7RLE over one any day of the week. only a streetlite is worse from my experience tbh.

Streetlite is nicer to drive than an omnilink, a shame really as scania make some decent coaches compared to the buses