Average fleet age

[MW]

Just looking at the average fleet ages, it's bloody impressive. It's all excluding the Mercs (as they'll be gone soon).

Unless I've worked it out wrong, it's the following.


Average operational fleet age: 2007.53 (8 years old)


Pensnett: 2009.19 (6 years old)

Walsall: 2008.48 (7 years old)

Birmingham Central: 2008.43 (7 years old)

West Bromwich: 2008.24 (7 years old)

Perry Barr: 2007.59 (8 years old)

Coventry: 2007.44 (8 years old)

Bordesley: 2007.08 (8 years old)

Wolverhampton: 2007.01 (8 years old)

Yardley Wood: 2006.81 (9 years old)

Acocks Green: 2006.58 (9 years old)

Dundee: 2005.35 (10 years old)


This is based on the current fleet as mentioned, excluding all the O405Ns, 3225, withdrawn, reserve and driver trainer fleets, and is based on when vehicles were "New to" each respective garage (i.e. 4060 was new in Jan 2000, whilst 4061 was new in Dec 1999).

Pensnett is the most transformed. From being one of the oldest, if not the oldest, it's now the newest!

[Bryan]

I think it is perhaps more a case of NXWM catching up or keeping up with other operators on the average age as the following link indicates for the year to March 2015.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/464292/annual-bus-statistics-year-ending-march-2015.pdf (see page 11)

This average age is slightly misleading in the report as it includes all operators including London. However for anyone able to open to open Excel spreadsheets, the following link provides average ages over the last 10 years in more detail and was used in the above report.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/bus06-vehicle-stocks-technology-and-equipment (select Table BUS0605)