New Deliveries / New Livery & Branding Discussion

[Stuharris 6360]

Blimey - any detail given or just 'new buses on order for late 2017'? Or is the entire workforce sworn to secrecy?

probably more like the "tease the enthusiast" game again.

[Dom]

Quote from the WMCA press release this morning...
“National Express West Midlands is spending £10 million on 38 new smart hybrid double deckers for its Platinum service, which boast leather seats, free wi-fi and USB charging points.”

[Tony]

Quote from the WMCA press release this morning...
"National Express West Midlands is spending £10 million on 38 new smart hybrid double deckers for its Platinum service, which boast leather seats, free wi-fi and USB charging points."

You missed the next line out which is sure to wind a couple of people up!

They will run between Harborne in Birmingham and Birmingham city centre from January 2018

[Solo1]

With the new buses due at bc  where will the green ones move to another depot or another service at bc

[V89MOA]

You missed the next line out which is sure to wind a couple of people up!

They will run between Harborne in Birmingham and Birmingham city centre from January 2018

Hopefully that includes the 29 too, single deckers are so impractical at peaks.

[Tony]

Hopefully that includes the 29 too, single deckers are so impractical at peaks.

Yes, complete corridor 22, 23, 24 & 29

[V89MOA]

Yes, complete corridor 22, 23, 24 & 29

Best news I've read all year, I'm looking forward to them arriving!

[BK63 YWP]

Are they the buses due by Christmas to go in service in January or on top of the buses ordered for Christmas?

Hope they are Streetdecks

[MW]

Hmmm

Volvo B5LH / Enviro 400 MMC I wonder ?

Platinum Hybrids eh

[Sayeed]

With the new buses due at bc  where will the green ones move to another depot or another service at bc

Probably will be used on the 60 or 97

[Stuharris 6360]

@Tony is this the bus order for this year or are more buses due?

[Mike K]

Yes, complete corridor 22, 23, 24 & 29

From a completely selfish perspective: magnificent.

(About time Harborne had some new buses  ;))

I guess it remains to be seen how many will be branded, but this could potentially be the largest batch of buses with common branding since the orange 'Network Harborne' branding on BC and YW single deckers in the late 1990s.

[BK63 YWP]

Probably will be used on the 60 or 97

The whole of the harbourne routes 22,23,24 and 29 will be hybrids

[Mike K]

The whole of the harbourne routes 22,23,24 and 29 will be hybrids

He was speculating as to where the existing B5LH hybrids might be used.

[Jack]

Probably will be used on the 60 or 97

I think the 60 would look nice with them. 97 is fine with its Crimsons.
I think they should be used for the 14.