Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Discussion

[lauren1993]

Send the 37 branded scanias to either pensnett or Coventry allowing more mercs to be withdrawn assuming the new buses are for the 37.

Thus introducing yet another type of vehicle into the fleet of said depot. I have the feeling WA will be getting these so they can withdraw the B10L and cascade some the YxxxTOHs that they have to Dundee

Coventry have already had scanias before and I'm sure they will again. There is going to be a shortage of single deckers once the new enviros come in September to replace the mercs so makes sense for Coventry to get some scanias. If pensnett got them, it would be good and give them a more varies fleet.

[Tony]

Send the 37 branded scanias to either pensnett or Coventry allowing more mercs to be withdrawn assuming the new buses are for the 37.

Thus introducing yet another type of vehicle into the fleet of said depot. I have the feeling WA will be getting these so they can withdraw the B10L and cascade some the YxxxTOHs that they have to Dundee

Coventry have already had scanias before and I'm sure they will again. There is going to be a shortage of single deckers once the new enviros come in September to replace the mercs so makes sense for Coventry to get some scanias. If pensnett got them, it would be good and give them a more varies fleet.

Why will there be a shortage of Single decks, I think you may find some new single decks may arrive before the E400s even get to Birmingham

[winston]

Send the 37 branded scanias to either pensnett or Coventry allowing more mercs to be withdrawn assuming the new buses are for the 37.

Thus introducing yet another type of vehicle into the fleet of said depot. I have the feeling WA will be getting these so they can withdraw the B10L and cascade some the YxxxTOHs that they have to Dundee

Coventry have already had scanias before and I'm sure they will again. There is going to be a shortage of single deckers once the new enviros come in September to replace the mercs so makes sense for Coventry to get some scanias. If pensnett got them, it would be good and give them a more varies fleet.

Why will there be a shortage of Single decks, I think you may find some new single decks may arrive before the E400s even get to Birmingham

Plus NXWM are actively increasing the proportion of double deckers within their fleet and standardising vehicle types at various garages, not increase the number of variations

[966]

Apologies if this has already been confirmed, but what makes people so sure that these enviros that Tony has posted pics of are for West Midlands. It would appear that they've been registered in Scotland judging by the registrations, so maybe these are for Dundee?? Again apologies if this has already been confirmed!

Secondly, I think the 11 would be due an upgrade more than the 37!!

[Tony]

Apologies if this has already been confirmed, but what makes people so sure that these enviros that Tony has posted pics of are for West Midlands. It would appear that they've been registered in Scotland judging by the registrations, so maybe these are for Dundee?? Again apologies if this has already been confirmed!

Secondly, I think the 11 would be due an upgrade more than the 37!!

It is likely that all the buses delivered from ADL in the current order will have either Scottish or Yorkshire registrations depending on which plant they are built in due to the closure of the Birmingham LVLO office making it more difficult to register them locally, so ADL will be registering them. These 20 are due to be delivered to the West Midlands in August.

[966]

Thanks for the reply Tony!

[s94]

It looks as though the 276 has lost it's Tridents to convert the 140/141 & 241 all to double decker at present.

The 140/241 was mostly singles today & Monday

I can only go on what's posted, I'm 250 miles away in Western Greyhound land at present, I suspect that come July that the 276 may revert to single deckers daily until cascades can be sourced

My thoughts exactly. A shame for the 276 as for a busy route it deserves better than the Mercs. Some passengers may feel things have gone a step back. But hopefully it won't be too long before better buses are back.

[Tony]

First new buses of this year's order to arrive are not expected to be 4940-4959, but 751-764 which are expected to be delivered between 8th & 21st of July. No registrations for them yet, but will probably be Yx nn xxx and not Birmingham registrations again

[Stuharris 6360]

First new buses of this year's order to arrive are not expected to be 4940-4959, but 751-764 which are expected to be delivered between 8th & 21st of July. No registrations for them yet, but will probably be Yx nn xxx and not Birmingham registrations again

Why 751 & not 831 Tony?

[uniquicity]

751-64 will be the shorter version. Presumably.

[Tony]

751-64 will be the shorter version. Presumably.

correct, 831 will arrive at some point

[Stuharris 6360]

@Tony @uniquicity Thanks for the info.

[Tony]

What a lot of brand new buses!

[Cheese]

Is that the new First Glasgow depot?  Guess thats being used as a base for Commonwealth Games buses.

[Tony]

Is that the new First Glasgow depot?  Guess thats being used as a base for Commonwealth Games buses.

Yes it is Gusset Folds or something like that! Largest bus depot in the UK with room for 450 buses