Repaints / retrims 2015

[Ashley 60171]

What's with pages and pages in numerous threads about the new livery?

[danny]

Well if my memory serves the first tridents that went too WN for the 529 and BC for the 96/97 21/29 was back in 2001 making them 14, the newest tridents are 11, with an average life expectancy going by the mercs/B6s and B10s being arround 18 years at the most surely we will see withingwithin the next 5 year's the beginning of the withdrawals for the tridents... Don't personally think we will ever see a day where a bus is in active service for longer than 20 years as with the London Routmaster or closer to home our old Metrobuses, as nice as it would be to see them in crimson I can't see it being viable, of course this is all just off top of my head and pure opinion .

[Trident 4609]

Well if my memory serves the first tridents that went too WN for the 529 and BC for the 96/97 21/29 was back in 2001 making them 14, the newest tridents are 11, with an average life expectancy going by the mercs/B6s and B10s being arround 18 years at the most surely we will see withingwithin the next 5 year's the beginning of the withdrawals for the tridents... Don't personally think we will ever see a day where a bus is in active service for longer than 20 years as with the London Routmaster or closer to home our old Metrobuses, as nice as it would be to see them in crimson I can't see it being viable, of course this is all just off top of my head and pure opinion .

Sorry to be pedantic ;)  But 4125-4141 were new to WA for the 529 not WN (529 transferred to WN in July 2011).

WN did have a batch new in May 2001 for the 559/560 services (4162-4179)

[danny]

As I said @Nathan off the top of my head... But thank you for the correction.  :)

[winston]

Well if my memory serves the first tridents that went too WN for the 529 and BC for the 96/97 21/29 was back in 2001 making them 14, the newest tridents are 11, with an average life expectancy going by the mercs/B6s and B10s being arround 18 years at the most surely we will see withingwithin the next 5 year's the beginning of the withdrawals for the tridents... Don't personally think we will ever see a day where a bus is in active service for longer than 20 years as with the London Routmaster or closer to home our old Metrobuses, as nice as it would be to see them in crimson I can't see it being viable, of course this is all just off top of my head and pure opinion .

I think you'll be seeing Trident withdrawals much sooner than that i.e. like next year if current NX investment levels are being maintained.

[2900]

In my assumption every thing from 57  plate double deckers will be treated to the Crimson refurb, as mentioned here some where to many gems have been refurbed into red and white to warrant the Crimson treatment. As for single deckers I,d say 08 onwards will be done in Crimson. Most of the early scanias have already been refurbed so I can't see those being done any time soon.
Who knows any thing is possible.

[Ronnoc]

The WB 47XX Gemini's are in a tatty state and deserve a repaint, there is a chance that they might go in to Crimson but it is just a thought.

[wembley86]

would love to see 3225 in the new livery rather then B.C C livery

[John]

Anything newer than and including the 17** Volvos and 47** Geminis should get Crimson, it is sensible to assume

[Liberator9]

Walsall's Scania need doing badly - in any of the two liveries - exteriors on most looking a mess. I can certainly see AG's (well some soon to be WB) and YW's being done in Crimson.

[Sh4318]

Anything newer than and including the 17** Volvos and 47** Geminis should get Crimson, it is sensible to assume

Neither will be allowed to enter the City Centre in two years

[Trident 4609]

4686 is back out in service on the X51/997 etc today.

[lynx1103]

4686 is back out in service on the X51/997 etc today.

That's a quick repaint back in 3 weeks

[Tony]

That's a quick repaint back in 3 weeks

Geminis & Scanias are normally less than 3 weeks, sometime 2!

The paintshop has to have a mix that is why it is not 17 Enviro 400s in now for crimsoning

[CL]

Neither will be allowed to enter the City Centre in two years

Though, that aside, some could receive a repaint into crimson before then? I mean, some buses were scrapped before the red/white repaint, too... Then again, I guess Enviros are a priority?