Xplore Dundee

[Tony]

Two more 17xx should have arrived today

[ChrisF7165]

1776 and 1782

[Tony]

Two more Presidents heading up in the next couple of weeks as a paintfloat to get more of the native fleet into green

[2206]

Two more Presidents heading up in the next couple of weeks as a paintfloat to get more of the native fleet into green

Is 7002 currently being repainted into the Xplore Dundee livery @Tony

[Tony]

Is 7002 currently being repainted into the Xplore Dundee livery @Tony

Dundee's native fleet will be done by outside contractors in Scotland and I don't know what order they will be done in

[2206]

Dundee's native fleet will be done by outside contractors in Scotland and I don't know what order they will be done in

Thanks @Tony read that one was being done on another website.

[JIM C]

Tony any idea of the reg Nos of the new streetlites .ive noticed in the past you have known on order plates well before they arrive?

[Tony]

Tony any idea of the reg Nos of the new streetlites .ive noticed in the past you have known on order plates well before they arrive?

Not yet I'm afraid

[DavieDD2]

SP65 ...

[JIM C]

Davie they might not be registered in dundee .look at birmingham they have glasgow and yorkshire registrations .

[T840MAK]

Being from Wrights, most likely be SN65 ***.

[Stu]

Being from Wrights, most likely be SN65 ***.

Do Wrightbus have a dealer in Scotland? If not, and they're registered by Wrightbus, wouldn't they have Northern Ireland plates?

[tank90]

Do Wrightbus have a dealer in Scotland? If not, and they're registered by Wrightbus, wouldn't they have Northern Ireland plates?

In Short no not NI plates the only reason TFL has LTZ is because thats what they are using for the Boris buses. Wright tend to use Scotland for its buses.

[Mike K]

In Short no not NI plates the only reason TFL has LTZ is because thats what they are using for the Boris buses. Wright tend to use Scotland for its buses.

I find the new system post local DVLA office closure confusing. I understand why most ADL vehicles have Scottish or Yorkshire plates, and many Volvos carry Birmingham plates, but some deliveries including some Arriva, Go North East and the new yellow E400s for Plymouth Citybus carry local plates. How do they do that with no local DVLA offices? And why do Brigton's Wright Streetdecks carry Birmingham plates?

[Stu]

I find the new system post local DVLA office closure confusing. I understand why most ADL vehicles have Scottish or Yorkshire plates, and many Volvos carry Birmingham plates, but some deliveries including some Arriva, Go North East and the new yellow E400s for Plymouth Citybus carry local plates. How do they do that with no local DVLA offices? And why do Brigton's Wright Streetdecks carry Birmingham plates?

As I understand it, with the closure of local DVLA offices, vehicles are now registered from where they are supplied, so yes Volvo Bus have a dealership in Warwick, so those would have Birmingham Bx plates, and ADL have factories supplying direct in Falkirk and Scarborough so those have either Sx or Yx plates.

Wrightbus don't show any dealers on their website, so if they sell their own buses (eg Streetlites) direct from factory, my presumption would have been that they would have NI plates. And yes, 'LTZ' does appear to be an exclusive NI prefix for buses built for TFL.