Arriva Tamworth

[Stu]

Arriva's 110 service to receive new electric buses thanks to ZEBRA funding:
https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Newsroom/Articles/2024/03-March/Staffordshire-receives-electric-bus-boost-for-county-towns.aspx

[Jay71]

We  can now look forward to having super slow buses on the 110. This is great(not)

[Lukeee]

We  can now look forward to having super slow buses on the 110. This is great(not)

Have you drove an electric bus?

[Stu]

We  can now look forward to having super slow buses on the 110. This is great(not)

Have you drove an electric bus?

Or even travelled on one?

They can be quite nippy when they need to be!

Generally drivers are specially trained to drive 'defensively', in order to best maintain battery charge.

[Tony]

We  can now look forward to having super slow buses on the 110. This is great(not)

What a weird comment, electric buses accelerate faster than most diesels, an electric car would always be at a petrol car in a drag race due to much higher torque. Top speed is what ever you set the limiter at.

[Jay71]

Or even travelled on one?

They can be quite nippy when they need to be!

Generally drivers are specially trained to drive 'defensively', in order to best maintain battery charge.

Yes, I have travelled on these buses before. Thanks for asking 

[Tony]

Yes, I have travelled on these buses before. Thanks for asking

So that makes your post even dafter

[Jay71]

So that makes your post even dafter

Tony,  you've forgotten one thing. Not everybody wants to have electric buses on all routes. 

[Tony]

Your first post was about them being slow which is just complete rubbish

Your new post is just as stupid. 

No one cares whether spotters wants them on every route. With the current finances in the industry you'll be lucky to have an buses at all unless operators modernise to attract passengers with cheaper to operate vehicles 

[Stu]

Tony,  you've forgotten one thing. Not everybody wants to have electric buses on all routes.

Tell that to TfWM then, they're the ones insisting that all buses in the West Midlands should be zero-emission by 2030.

You're just making some baseless claim about electric buses being "super-slow" when they're not.

[Jay71]

Tell that to TfWM then, they're the ones insisting that all buses in the West Midlands should be zero-emission by 2030.

You're just making some baseless claim about electric buses being "super-slow" when they're not.

Stuart,  me & you never agree on anything. Fact!

[spacecowboy150]

I prefer slow bus that sound good

[Wba_lad]

I looked on bustimes randomly, I seen 4411 tracking as AV1 for the Aston Villa game, I thought it was only stagecoach who did this as the AV82, do arriva also do some Villa shuttles. 

[Stu]

I looked on bustimes randomly, I seen 4411 tracking as AV1 for the Aston Villa game, I thought it was only stagecoach who did this as the AV82, do arriva also do some Villa shuttles.

Clearly they do.

Stagecoach's AV82 runs between Birmingham city centre and Aston, completely different route.

[ellspurs]

https://www.avfc.co.uk/villa-park/special-bus-service/

I'm sure Chaserider used to run the AV1 service, a Google search brings up the Football Specials thread where it's mentioned that Arriva took it over in 2023.