New Deliveries / New Livery & Branding Discussion

[BU07 LGO]

Peaks. Have a look at the Birmingham stop at around 4-5pm on a weekday evening.

The x51 is bad I hate driving that route during rush hour now, you get hammered

[Kevin]

The x51 is bad I hate driving that route during rush hour now, you get hammered

Needs more time. If they're on time into town they wouldn't be too bad but that's never the case in the peaks

[BU07 LGO]

Needs more time. If they're on time into town they wouldn't be too bad but that's never the case in the peaks

Definitely, I've got to town on time and it can take 4 or 5 mins just to load up then you're usually too full to pickup by the courts

[MW]

Does anyone know when the ADL exclusive deal is over? About time NX got some Volvos!

[2206]

Does anyone know when the ADL exclusive deal is over? About time NX got some Volvos!

Its been said hundreds of times, it wasn't an exclusive deal, it was just a deal that guaranteed 500 buses over 5 years from ADL.

NX got Streetlites for Dundee in 2015 and Streetdecks for Pensnett last year.

Though the deal was for 5 years so would end after 2018.
I think that once the new hybrids arrive we'll have seen 382 of the 500.

[MW]

NX got Streetlites for Dundee in 2015 and Streetdecks for Pensnett last year.

Though the deal was for 5 years so would end after 2018.

We need some more Volvo Wrights dude. B5TLs and B8RLEs please!

[DJ]

We need some more Volvo Wrights dude. B5TLs and B8RLEs please!

I don't like the look of the new Wright bodies on the B8RLEs though, it just looks like a weird, squished ALX 300 to me.

[karl724223]

Would like to see a batch with o/s glass stair window and glass roof

[MW]

I don't like the look of the new Wright bodies on the B8RLEs though, it just looks like a weird, squished ALX 300 to me.

I reckon overall, the Volvo/Wright combo is far superior to ADL. They drive a lot better & they're more reliable but they're more expensive (from what I know).

All the previous Volvo/Wright in the fleet has been much better than the ADL/Dennis/Transbus equivalent. Plus it'd add more diversity.

I'd like to see more Volvo & Mercedes vehicles in general, but I suspect the price is what attracts everyone to ADL.

[Jack]

I would like to see a batch of Citaro's, not the articulated types. Just the standard ones.

[Tony]

This weeks staff bulletin confirms that this years order is for Enviro 400MMCs in Platinum livery and delivery will commence 'in a few days'

Fleetnumber are going to be 6855-6892

[MasterPlan]

This weeks staff bulletin confirms that this years order is for Enviro 400MMCs in Platinum livery and delivery will commence 'in a few days'

Fleetnumber are going to be 6855-6892

Which garages / services will they be for?

[winston]

Which garages / services will they be for?

BC / the Harborne corridor as previously confirmed.

[Tony]

Which garages / services will they be for?

You know what routes they are for as you have previously commented about it, see you comment on the 11th October when you posted 

Personally I can see them finding an excuse to exclude the 29 anyway.

[paulb1973]

This weeks staff bulletin confirms that this years order is for Enviro 400MMCs in Platinum livery and delivery will commence 'in a few days'

Fleetnumber are going to be 6855-6892

I assume, these being ADL products, they will count towards the 500 ordered. I think 367 have been delivered to-date (details below) - so that takes it to 405. One more big order for 2018/19 and the total will be reached.

2016: 96 buses; No's 6759-6854 E400 MMC (Platinum spec). 

2015: 171 buses; x15 E200 (10.2m) No's 861-875, x50 E200 MMC (11.8m) No's 2201-50, x58 E400 MMC (platinum spec) No's 6701-58 and x48 E400 MMC (standard spec) No's 6101-6148.

2014: 100 buses; x56 Enviro 400 (4940-95), x14 Enviro 200 (751-764) and x30 Enviro 200 (831-60).