Withdrawn Vehicles

[cris 99]

4583 YW - Withdrawn 

[Ronnoc]

4583 YW - Withdrawn

That one was the best by far, sad to see it go.

[busboy31]

4240 WB - Withdrawn

4417 is now the last B7 ALX400 standing.

[Trident 4194]

Got a withdrawal date for 4417? @Tony 

[BN]

4311, 4428, 4429, 4435, 4440, 4442 WN-withdrawn.

[paulb1973]

4311, 4428, 4429, 4435, 4440, 4442 WN-withdrawn.

BN, I make that 178 at Wolves, taking into account those withdrawals:

WN [102 DD/76 SD]
2 Wright StreetLite (433/5)
9 E200 (753; 845-52)
65 B7RLE (2001-29/59-90/92-95)
1 MCW Metrobus (2957)
24 Trident (4427/41/43/45/49/64; 4535-39/41/58/61/77/94-99; 4619/27/32)
8 E400 (4983/86-91/95)
30 E400H (5401-30)
39 E400MMC (6759-65/67-95; 6955-57)
 ___
 178

[The Real 4778]

That looks like 20% of WN's residual Tridents culled at a stroke; ex-service in the main. 

Quite a proportion and I reckon leaving only 100 ALX400s nominally in service including B7 sole survivor 4417.

[BN]

BN, I make that 178 at Wolves, taking into account those withdrawals:

WN [102 DD/76 SD]
2 Wright StreetLite (433/5)
9 E200 (753; 845-52)
65 B7RLE (2001-29/59-90/92-95)
1 MCW Metrobus (2957)
24 Trident (4427/41/43/45/49/64; 4535-39/41/58/61/77/94-99; 4619/27/32)
8 E400 (4983/86-91/95)
30 E400H (5401-30)
39 E400MMC (6759-65/67-95; 6955-57)
 ___
 178

Very close Paul.
431 WN
4464 withdrawn
E400H is 5411, 5413-30
E400 5401-10, 12
It will change quite a bit this week.

[paulb1973]

Very close Paul.
431 WN
4464 withdrawn
E400H is 5411, 5413-30
E400 5401-10, 12
It will change quite a bit this week.

Thanks for that. Am I right in saying 431 is a PN bus loaned back to Wolverhampton?

[Rachvince53]

Yes. It's there until the PN drivers have received training on it.

Incidentally 4535 is the Trident in Wolverhampton Corporation livery so hopefully will be preserved. It was on the 79 yesterday.

[Westy]

Yes. It's there until the PN drivers have received training on it.

Incidentally 4535 is the Trident in Wolverhampton Corporation livery so hopefully will be preserved. It was on the 79 yesterday.

Thought that was the ultimate point for painting current in service vehicles in heritage livery, they would eventually join the heritage fleet full time?

I suppose eventually a red & white bus & a crimson bus will eventually be part of the heritage fleet?

(I suppose no later than the end of the decade or whenever they said diesel vehicles would be out of the picture?)

[BBS]

Not much tridents left now at WN

[Rachvince53]

4537 is not yet withdrawn as its on the 16 to Stourbridge today.

[The Real 4778]

4537 is not yet withdrawn as its on the 16 to Stourbridge today.

You say 'not yet' as though we're expecting these Tridents to end en masse - have I missed the withdrawal edict? 

[Rachvince53]

The batch of Tridents 4535-4539 were listed as withdrawn in an earlier post. However ALL are in use today.  
That said, I do expect the number in service to continue to fall over the next few months as newer buses are cascaded from other depots.