Electric Buses

[Celestial Toymaker]

AG doesn't have any electric vehicles

This is true, but eventually they will BC / YW / AG being best placed to run on the X1 with least dead mileage

[2206]

This is true, but eventually they will BC / YW / AG being best placed to run on the X1 with least dead mileage

I think most of the running boards start and finish at Pool Meadow. And the garage is right next to it.

In comparison to that there would be more dead mileage running dead from Pool Meadow or even from the other end at Moor Street to Yardley Wood.

[GoldenSquid]

take the X1 as a point, running empty from from Coventry to Birmingham to start a duty

Since Coventry took over the working of the X1 dead millage has been reduced to near 0.

The twilight (overnight duty) does the 00:04 from Coventry then the short journeys and returns as the 3am (4am on Sundays) back to Coventry.

The only dead millage is the 2 services that start from Birmingham Airport in the evening peaks (14:56 and 16:07 iirc) and coming back when the 23:45 service terminates at Birmingham Airport. The morning peak services (07:00/20) are ran by BC.

Obviously there has been a lot of dead millage over Sunday and football match days but that's just to readjust the service and regulate it so there isn't a large gap. But BC used to do this a lot with the X1 and still do with other routes.

[Lynx1103]

Since Coventry took over the working of the X1 dead millage has been reduced to near 0.

The twilight (overnight duty) does the 00:04 from Coventry then the short journeys and returns as the 3am (4am on Sundays) back to Coventry.

The only dead millage is the 2 services that start from Birmingham Airport in the evening peaks (14:56 and 16:07 iirc) and coming back when the 23:45 service terminates at Birmingham Airport. The morning peak services (07:00/20) are ran by BC.

Obviously there has been a lot of dead millage over Sunday and football match days but that's just to readjust the service and regulate it so there isn't a large gap. But BC used to do this a lot with the X1 and still do with other routes.

Coventry only lost the 900/X1 back In 2000 due to severe driver shortage. Coventry was the most suitable place to run it. It passed to Acocks Green 4 boards October 1999 then the remaining 5 September 2000. AG would pass 900 to Walsall October 2001 due to driver shortage. highest drad mileage then Coventry to Walsall. 

[Rachvince53]

Oil can in a way be recycled, as Coal is now banned (except imported) oil can be reused to power that which is powered by Coal, Steam has been around longer than anything if its coal powered it can be converted to run on waste oil, which, is then obviously burned...

Im not against Electric vehicles but its old technology, milk trucks were / are ? powered by electric since the war, back in the 70's a knew a guy that worked for Bedford he used to bring home electric Bedford CF Vans capable of 70mph, but its the range, take the X1 as a point, running empty from from Coventry to Birmingham to start a duty, i dont know if the same happens in reverse but it probably does, these journeys could be covered by BC /AG /YW, start from Coventry with no dead mileage and use Birmingham garage / garages for journeys starting in Birmingham

Although many milk floats were indeed battery powered, many were also petrol powered. My family's milkman used a variety of diesel or petrol powered milk vans as did his independent rival. 

[Ingleboro261F]

E005 now has price branding and electric 6 branding removed 

[RW]

So where is E334 surely not still lurking in the shadows at Falkirk Coach Works? Surely has to come into the light at some point in time!

[BBS]

So where is E334 surely not still lurking in the shadows at Falkirk Coach Works? Surely has to come into the light at some point in time!

There been pictures of it parked up, Nothing after that though 

[darthdc]

Where's E254? Bustimes.org last shows it on the 5 at AG back in Novemmber, but she must be elsewhere now.

[BBS]

Where's E254? Bustimes.org last shows it on the 5 at AG back in Novemmber, but she must be elsewhere now.

That's the tracker either reset or a new tracker it's reset to AG it hasnt done the 5

[cardew]

Where's E254? Bustimes.org last shows it on the 5 at AG back in Novemmber, but she must be elsewhere now.

The answers in tony's vehicles away from home garage thread - in storage at miller street still waiting to go to yw

[BBS]

What's the hold up on yardley wood electrics? They been sitting in storage for a while now havent they 

[Squiz1971]

What's the hold up on yardley wood electrics? They been sitting in storage for a while now havent they

Isn't something to do with the chargers not enough fitted yet? Unless I have missed something?

[cardew]

Isn't something to do with the chargers not enough fitted yet? Unless I have missed something

Beginning of November Tony said chargers were installed but waiting for the legalities for the power supply. Quite some legalities there (not apportioning blame).

[Gareth]

Beginning of November Tony said chargers were installed but waiting for the legalities for the power supply. Quite some legalities there (not apportioning blame).

It'll turn into a similar thing to the Hydrogen fleet. Where people get shut down for asking what's happening and no one is allowed to blame anyone.