Tidying First's fleet numbers

[sconehead85]

I have long thought that First's Sema Voyager (yuk) fleet numbering scheme was a mess and half way through they opted for a type based system.  This is what I would do.

10000-19999     COACHES AND BESPOKE SCHOOL BUSES

Allocated to articulated buses, this series is excessive for the type which is now diminishing in
numbers.  So Mercedes Citaros would become 649xx, Scanias 65980-97, and Volvo B7LAs 68885-68999.

Coaches would move in -Volvos 13xxx, other types 14xxx.

Bespoke school buses to move from 68xxx to 18xxx, 61135/6 becomes 18007/8 in this scheme.

20000-29999   HYBRID DOUBLE DECKERS

This is a GROWING aspect of First's fleet and therefore needs to be moved out of the cramped 39xxx series.   20xxx could be ADL E400H, 21xxx Volvo B5LH, 22xxx Wrightbus Gemini (so far only nine).

30000-39999  DOUBLE DECK

30000-31999  To be cleared
32xxx             Volvo B7 only  -Dennis Tridents to move to 33xxx gaps
33xxx             Dennis/Transbus/ADL Tridents and E400s
34xxx             All step entry double decks to move here
35xxx             To be cleared
36xxx             Scania (000-099), Volvo B9 (100 up)
37xxx             VOLVO B7 and B9
38xxx             ADL Enviro 500s 38201-25 only so far.
39xxx             Open-Tops and Heritage.

40000-49999  LIGHTWEIGHT SINGLE DECK

40xxx            To be cleared
41xxx/42xxx  Dennis/Transbus/ADL  Dart concentrated here
43xxx            To be cleared
44xxx            ADL Enviro Darts
45xxx            ADL Enviro Dart reserve
46xxx            Dennis Dart step-entrance to be concentrated here.
47xxx            Wrightbus Streetlite
48xxx            Volvo B6LE to be concentrated here
49xxx            Optare Versa (499xx heritage sd)

50000-59999  MINIBUS/MIDIBUS

50/51xxx      To be cleared
52xxx           Plaxton Primo (0xx), Ford Transit (1xx), Renault Master (2xx), VW (3xx), Fiat (4xx)
                    Mercedes Vario (5xx)  Mercedes Vito/Sprinter (9xx)
53xxx           ALL diesel Optare Solos
54000-58999  Spare
59xxx           Hybrid Optare Solo

60000-69999   FULL SIZE SINGLE DECKS and ARTICULATED

60xxx/61xxx/most 62xxx  To be cleared - Volvo B10Ms to become 627xx, no change to DAF 62901-3, Optare Excel 62949 and London fuel-cell buses 62991-8.

63xxx                              Spare
64xxx                              Mercedes Citaro (artics 9xx)
65xxx                              Scanias (artics 980-997)
66xxx                              Volvo B10BLE/B10L/B7L/B7RLE
67xxx                              Dennis Lance (2xx/3xx), ADL  Enviro (6xx/7xx)
68xxx                              Volvo B7LA (885-999)
                                       Schoolbuses move to 18xxx
69xxx                              Volvo B7RLE


Many buses will not need to  be renumbered, this is a PARTIAL scheme to end the anomalies in the
2002 scheme, eg 46268-74 were SLF Darts in a step series, and the Optare Solos in the 40xxx range.

HOWZAT!

sconehead85