23 New Buses

[Rob H]

No. I could guess and say they will be for a route with a PVR of 5/6.

And possibly for a garage that already operates the type i.e AG, BC, PE or WN

if it is any of those, I think it would be more likely to be Pensnett or Wolverhampton, with older Single Deckers there.

They me be destined for a garage that operates a route for the Brierley hill better bus area ie Pensnett or Wolverhampton

One of those routes would either be the 255, 276 or X96 then? There wouldn't be enough to convert the 246.

I think the better option would be to send them to PE or WN as AG & BC are near full with Vehicles plus BC expecting Tridents from WN when all the Hybrids have entered service and work on the Metro is finished

[uniquicity]

Confused now.

Tony's list has BX13JRU with a body number of AG345, but the photo shows it as AG362. Plans changed again I assume?

[Tony]

Confused now.

Tony's list has BX13JRU with a body number of AG345, but the photo shows it as AG362. Plans changed again I assume?

Wrights were supposed to paint AG345 red, but painted AG362, so that one will take fleetnumber 2154, looks like registrations may not have swopped though

[uniquicity]

I see. So its basically 2153 and 2154 to another depot, 2155-77 to Coventry along with 10 Enviro400 to replace 15 Scanias and around 16-18 older single decks?

[Ash]

I would think 2153/2154 to AG to replace 7019/7020 to PB.
The 15 scania's at Coventry I heard somewhere could be going to Walsall? which would probably see off the liberators and a few b6le's as well as the omnilinks being able to be used on the 34/38 which the b7rle's cannot be.

[SMK]

The 15 scania's at Coventry I heard somewhere could be going to Walsall? which would probably see off the liberators and a few b6le's as well as the omnilinks being able to be used on the 34/38 which the b7rle's cannot be.

Are the B7LREs too tall for the railway bridge on Bridgeman Street in Walsall?

[6013]

The 15 scania's at Coventry I heard somewhere could be going to Walsall? which would probably see off the liberators and a few b6le's as well as the omnilinks being able to be used on the 34/38 which the b7rle's cannot be.

Are the B7LREs too tall for the railway bridge on Bridgeman Street in Walsall?

Yeah it's 3.0 meters

[uniquicity]

If 2153 ended up at BC it will have been at every Mk2 B7RLE garage within a year.

[6013]

Strange the news! 2154 is NX West Midlands Livery nd 2155 is NX Coventry Livery!


2154 @ NXWM livery :-

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gcbp/8609288757/

2155 @ NXC livery:-

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gcbp/8609288881/in/photostream/

[Sh4318]

Strange the news! 2154 is NX West Midlands Livery nd 2155 is NX Coventry Livery!


2154 @ NXWM livery :-

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gcbp/8609288757/

2155 @ NXC livery:-

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gcbp/8609288881/in/photostream/

This may indicate that 2154 is heading to Birmingham Central, as well as possibly 2153, to keep fleet numbers together

[Gareth]

If 2153/54 move to BC, I'd imagine 2123/24 will go to AG to make up for the move of 7019/20 to PB. Keeping the fleet numbers nice and organised.

[winston]

If 2153/54 move to BC, I'd imagine 2123/24 will go to AG to make up for the move of 7019/20 to PB. Keeping the fleet numbers nice and organised.

It may be 2153/4 to AG, 2122 AG back to BC & 7019 to PB to join 7020 which is already there.

Or an alternative scenario 2153/4 to BC, one replaces 2122 & releases 2123 to AG & 7019 to PB.

[winston]

The 15 scania's at Coventry I heard somewhere could be going to Walsall?

Perry Barr has also been suggested as a possible destination, which would no doubt allow for the withdrawal of all 16 x B10L remaining, that scenario may also tie in with North B'ham review?

[Wolves256]

Tony, I read on the Yahoo site that 23 B7s are due for Coventry. To stop all the confusion can you confirm that from the current build 2153 is in NX red livery (Registration swapped)  and remaining 23 are destined for NX Coventry

[Stu]

2153 is a former demonstrator, in all-white, which has been used at Coventry for type-training, and has now been purchased by NX. It is not one of the new buses being delivered.

The number of B7RLEs for Coventry seems to vary, depending on which Flickr photo you look at  ::), but my understanding from what I have read here and elsewhere, is that National Express Coventry confirmed on their own Facebook page last year that they would be receiving '27 new buses next year' (2013), of which 10 will be new Enviro400s, which has been stated elsewhere, which means that Coventry should get 17 B7RLEs.