Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Discussion

[Ronnoc]

I wonder if 4782-4798 will ever be given some buses as a fleetnumber.

[Alex]

I wonder if 4782-4798 will ever be given some buses as a fleetnumber.

Is there any reason those were omitted?

[CL]

When will you know the fleet numbers for the MMC's?

I hear you ask too many questions. Please, just be patient.  ;)

6101 onwards on tony's fleet list.

I wondered when someone would notice!

Of course, when they get to PN/PE - it'll give me a reason to catch Hagley Road services to school more often... And given the first of Platinum arrives mid-2015, will give me another great excuse for a day out in Coventry, Solihull, or Walsall...

[979]

When will you know the fleet numbers for the MMC's?

I hear you ask too many questions. Please, just be patient.  ;)

6101 onwards on tony's fleet list.

I wondered when someone would notice!

Of course, when they get to PN/PE - it'll give me a reason to catch Hagley Road services to school more often... And given the first of Platinum arrives mid-2015, will give me another great excuse for a day out in Coventry, Solihull, or Walsall...

Need to revise more often try early 2015.

[CL]

When will you know the fleet numbers for the MMC's?

I hear you ask too many questions. Please, just be patient.  ;)

6101 onwards on tony's fleet list.

I wondered when someone would notice!

Of course, when they get to PN/PE - it'll give me a reason to catch Hagley Road services to school more often... And given the first of Platinum arrives mid-2015, will give me another great excuse for a day out in Coventry, Solihull, or Walsall...

Need to revise more often try early 2015.

My bad... :-\ I'm sure I've heard somewhere the last of the deliveries this year were around Summertime, for the Platinum services. Or am I making up my own stories again?

[winston]

My bad... :-\ I'm sure I've heard somewhere the last of the deliveries this year were around Summertime, for the Platinum services. Or am I making up my own stories again?

In the NX press release it was stated that all 171 new buses would be delivered/on the road by September

[CL]

My bad... :-\ I'm sure I've heard somewhere the last of the deliveries this year were around Summertime, for the Platinum services. Or am I making up my own stories again?

In the NX press release it was stated that all 171 new buses would be delivered/on the road by September

Alright. Thanks for the clarity, Winston. :) I appreciate it.

[monkeyjoe]

I don't see why the 9 gets to go first to be honest. Surely the 50 should be priority.

[Gareth]

Within a few years we should be in classic Fleetline fleetnumber territory 😃

[paulb1973]

Within a few years we should be in classic Fleetline fleetnumber territory 😃

If it wasn't for the bendies - they could have started at a round 6001. Will No's 4996-5400 ever be used?

[arrifirststage]

Within a few years we should be in classic Fleetline fleetnumber territory 😃

You must be quite a young member..........we ARE in fleet line territory,most of these numbers were used from 1973 With the transfer of Midland Red fleet lines in Birmingham and the Black Country.
Actually it would be fascinating to know the reason for the 61xx series,perhaps if he knows,Tony could explain,although to be fair,the NXWM numbering has often been somewhat haphazard.

[Stuharris 6360]

Within a few years we should be in classic Fleetline fleetnumber territory 😃

You must be quite a young member..........we ARE in fleet line territory,most of these numbers were used from 1973 With the transfer of Midland Red fleet lines in Birmingham and the Black Country.
Actually it would be fascinating to know the reason for the 61xx series,perhaps if he knows,Tony could explain,although to be fair,the NXWM numbering has often been somewhat haphazard.

6101 etc were Daimler Fleetlines back in the early 1970s. 6101/2/3/5/8/9/10/11/13 were all operated by either Stourbridge, Harts Hill or Dudley garage, so these numbers are not strangers to this area. Maybe it is appropriate that the new buses are allocated numbers in the 61xx range.

[paulb1973]

Within a few years we should be in classic Fleetline fleetnumber territory 😃

You must be quite a young member..........we ARE in fleet line territory,most of these numbers were used from 1973 With the transfer of Midland Red fleet lines in Birmingham and the Black Country.
Actually it would be fascinating to know the reason for the 61xx series,perhaps if he knows,Tony could explain,although to be fair,the NXWM numbering has often been somewhat haphazard.

There has been some rather large jumps in the numbering series; 1954-2000 have been left unused - and the vast 3xxx series was left largely untouched after the last Metrobus numerically speaking (the 32xx Scania's and the vehicles transferred to the West Mids within the NX group, aside). I presume the remaining numbers in the 54xx & 55xx range (and beyond) are for further Hybrids, if any more are ever ordered, but a huge collection of 5xxx numbers may go unused seemingly. The same applies to 6033-6100 for articulated buses, although I don't think NX are going to order any more Bendibuses any time soon!

I assume Gareth meant the standard PTE Fleetlines from 6301 onwards. 

[Gareth]

'Quite a young member', I like that! 😃 I'm 35. So as a child growing up in the 80s it's the 6301 onwards batch that I know of the most. I have vague memories of the 45** batch that lasted until 1987, but late BCT, early WMPTE and ex Midland Red are a bit too early for me.

[Stevo]

WMPTE introduced some logic into its fleet numbering in 1984 or so - minibuses from 501 up and single deckers from 1001 up. Metrobuses were already numbered from 2001 up and WMT started low-floor double deckers from 4001 up, artics from 6001 up. So the B7RLEs 2001-2177 should clearly have been numbered 1001 - 1077. This would have let the E400 MMCs be numbered 2001 up in the older double-deck series and not in the artic series.