Coventry Garage

[Stu]

You only have to click on 'track this bus' and you will see they are all just moving around in depot, so it is just a quirk of the information.

This has been asked about before here, and I speculated that perhaps "T1" is some kind of 'testing' or 'training' mode that the Init unit is in, which seems plausible if new drivers are being trained in-garage on how to use the equipment, is that the explanation somehow?

[bususer28]

Not sure if this is the most suitable place to put this but I was just looking through the nx bus Coventry website and it seems like in Coventry you have the chance to pay for any ticket by contactless rather than being restricted to an adult daysaver as is the case in the rest of the West Midlands. Is this new, and why doesn't the West Midlands have the same thing?

https://nxbus.co.uk/coventry/contactless

[Tony]

Not sure if this is the most suitable place to put this but I was just looking through the nx bus Coventry website and it seems like in Coventry you have the chance to pay for any ticket by contactless rather than being restricted to an adult daysaver as is the case in the rest of the West Midlands. Is this new, and why doesn't the West Midlands have the same thing?

https://nxbus.co.uk/coventry/contactless

Yes it is new, started this week, and Coventry is testing it works for the whole West Midlands

[Coventrybususer95]

Just seen a Facebook post saying that the ADL E400FCEV is coming to coventry as a demonstrator 

[Danthebusman]

Managed to take a quick picture of the Enviro 400 FCEV outside Transport MuseumYou cannot view this attachment.

[Coventrybususer95]

Some bizarre allocations today for sunday service with E023 and 6966 making an appearance on the 18 with 4413 and 4450 also enjoying their time out in the sun on the 8 and 16

There was a post in the bus photo group saying the Evs will be used on any routes every Sunday from today 

[Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer]

There was a post in the bus photo group saying the Evs will be used on any routes every Sunday from today

Correct. There is 1 EV on the 20 at the moment

[mesub]

Yes it is new, started this week, and Coventry is testing it works for the whole West Midlands

Looks like it's been launched across the whole West Midlands now

[BNH2004]

6958 has now been debranded from the University routes and rebranded with NXWM generic platinum branding ready  to be transferred to the West Midlands fleet

[cvbususer]

6958 has now been debranded from the University routes and rebranded with NXWM generic platinum branding ready  to be transferred to the West Midlands fleet

Does this perhaps indicate the University routes may become some of the first to go electric? Interesting if true given the length of the routes...

[BK63 YWP]

Does this perhaps indicate the University routes may become some of the first to go electric? Interesting if true given the length of the routes...

Stop, start uses more energy than a consistent running 

[Tony]

Stop, start uses more energy than a consistent running

No it doesn't that's the whole point of it. It uses less fuel, so less emissions 

[BNH2004]

Stop, start uses more energy than a consistent running

Stop/start only uses more Diesel than a consistent running bus

[Tony]

Stop/start only uses more Diesel than a consistent running bus

Not sure where you get that from, but stop start is reckoned to use around 7% less fuel 
https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/car-technology/a22994303/automatic-start-stop-useful-fuel-savings/#:~:text=Most%20people%20think%20the%20amount,eight%20percent%20in%20heavy%20traffic.

[BBS]

Stop/start only uses more Diesel than a consistent running bus

It doesn't, the stop and start feature reduces emissions and the amount of diesel used because a bus like the e200mmc doesn't have the stop and start feature and that mean the engine is still on which is using fuel, so stop and start is technically using less fuel. Might not be alot but its saving at least some fuel