Arriva Leicester

Mayfield · February 04, 2024, 01:26:43 PM

Could be that the electric power needed to charge the buses is not sufficient to the site and a sub station needs to be build at someone's cost.

SSmith09 · February 04, 2024, 01:52:56 PM

Quote from: Mayfield on February 04, 2024, 01:26:43 PMCould be that the electric power needed to charge the buses is not sufficient to the site and a sub station needs to be build at someone's cost.

Centrebus have had this too issue - a look on google street view at their Leicester depot (37 Wenlock Way) shows that a substation is now in situ at the front of the depot.

Mayfield · February 04, 2024, 03:53:21 PM

That's been there since I believe they took the orbital and hopper services

Mayfield · February 04, 2024, 06:29:16 PM

Nice to see every 72 plate except 1 (not used for a couple of weeks) in service today

Glenfieldmathk1 · February 04, 2024, 10:13:20 PM

Quote from: Mayfield on February 04, 2024, 06:29:16 PMNice to see every 72 plate except 1 (not used for a couple of weeks) in service today

There was 1 vehicle not tracking when I saw it on the 44 today. (Interworks with 85, 47 on Sundays).. could this be the one that's not tracked on bus times?

Mayfield · February 05, 2024, 09:05:53 AM

Looks like 2528 is back out today, it's on the 6A passes close to the depot, let's see how long it lasts this time

Pscar05 · February 05, 2024, 06:13:24 PM

Quote from: Mayfield on February 05, 2024, 09:05:53 AMLooks like 2528 is back out today, it's on the 6A passes close to the depot, let's see how long it lasts this time

Looks like engineer was with it about 5:15pm at St Margaret's bus station.

Mayfield · February 05, 2024, 08:19:22 PM

Nearly lasted the day then and everyone slags of Chaserider about breakdowns

Pscar05 · February 08, 2024, 08:57:29 AM

8001 has started tracking on bustimes. Unsure if this is true or not.

joieman · February 08, 2024, 10:46:31 AM

Quote from: Pscar05 on February 08, 2024, 08:57:29 AM8001 has started tracking on bustimes. Unsure if this is true or not.

Bustimes mix-ups again, unfortunately - it's actually 4547.

Pscar05 · February 08, 2024, 01:51:08 PM

Quote from: joieman on February 08, 2024, 10:46:31 AMBustimes mix-ups again, unfortunately - it's actually 4547.

I had a feeling it was to good to be true, 8013 has started tracking as well.

Glenfieldmathk1 · February 08, 2024, 04:50:51 PM

Quote from: Pscar05 on February 08, 2024, 01:51:08 PMI had a feeling it was to good to be true, 8013 has started tracking as well.

Could it be these ticket machines might move into the new vehicles?

Fin W · February 08, 2024, 09:18:09 PM

Quote from: Glenfieldmathk1 on February 08, 2024, 04:50:51 PMCould it be these ticket machines might move into the new vehicles?

4424 & 4425 were tracking as ex merseyside e400s in their last few days here so that seems likely

AlexS · February 09, 2024, 10:27:32 AM

Quote from: Glenfieldmathk1 on February 08, 2024, 04:50:51 PMCould it be these ticket machines might move into the new vehicles?

Would be a logical guess but why would the machine in 4547 be the one going into 8001 unless the plan is now for that batch to be leaving?

Magikrabby · February 09, 2024, 02:44:13 PM

Quote from: AlexS on February 09, 2024, 10:27:32 AMWould be a logical guess but why would the machine in 4547 be the one going into 8001 unless the plan is now for that batch to be leaving?

Maybe the ticket machine in 4547 was having issues, so they decided to borrow the one from 8001 as a spare while it was being sorted, and they didn't bother updating the vehicle ref on the machine? I think 4547 was the one that tracked as T70 back in november, so it wouldn't be the first time it's tracked as an unusual vehicle.

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