New Deliveries / New Livery & Branding Discussion

[DavieDD2]

There's no fleet number for the Wright StreetAir at Dundee, tbh, I doubt the service will last long enough to warrant giving it one, the bus is only on lease so it will be easy enough to return.

[winston]

There's no fleet number for the Wright StreetAir at Dundee, tbh, I doubt the service will last long enough to warrant giving it one, the bus is only on lease so it will be easy enough to return.

The current Streetair is a demo branded up in vinyl in the interim, a brand new electric bus is due later this year to replace it.

[Tony]

According to the main site NXWM have gain a 66 plate Mercedes for training does this mean there are also some minibuses on the way on top of the 89 platinums (14 Emeralds) has the new electric bus that XD have, does it have a fleet number

No, It is on loan for driving assessments which can only be done in small buses

[BN]

According to the main site NXWM have gain a 66 plate Mercedes for training does this mean there are also some minibuses on the way on top of the 89 platinums (14 Emeralds) has the new electric bus that XD have, does it have a fleet number

The electric bus isn't new, it's Wright's trial vehicle and has been with Arriva Milton Keynes for a good while now.

[Dom]

No, It is on loan for driving assessments which can only be done in small buses

I went through at the wrong time then. I had the Iveco, horrible van to drive!

[Dom]

X7 and X8 starting to receive purple branding.

[Steve3229vp]

X7 and X8 starting to receive purple branding.

Not the back windows please !

[Dom]

Just seen 6778 on the X8. Branding looks smart, similar to Harborne services, but bit plain however.

[Mike K]

Just seen 6778 on the X8. Branding looks smart, similar to Harborne services, but bit plain however.

I see that these have also gained the black lower deck window / stair area applications. Very much in the style of the Harborne and QE branding, with a blend of bits of the old, promoting Platinum features (USB etc). No front or rear window branding either (yet) other than parts of the previous branding that remains.

Starting to wonder whether the windows will stay as windows - the fact that 3 sets of routes are now like this, and the 23/24 ones have been done a while now gives me hope.

[BK63 YWP]

Has the allocations for this years platinums been decided.

I'm still placing my bets on the 50 and perhaps the 9

[karl724223]

Has the allocations for this years platinums been decided.

I'm still placing my bets on the 50 and perhaps the 9

you might be loosing money on brand new buses on the 9 then

[RW]

Can anyone explain how the TfWM branding is going to 'work'? About half a dozen vehicles painted by NXWM and Diamond into 'West Midlands Bus' livery. With NXWM continuing to paint their vehicles into the crimson livery the 'one network' initiative simply seems to have introduced yet another livery onto the roads of the West Midlands, surely a step back from 'one' anything? On the face of it a lot of fuss about very little!

[PB2938]

Can anyone explain how the TfWM branding is going to 'work'? About half a dozen vehicles painted by NXWM and Diamond into 'West Midlands Bus' livery. With NXWM continuing to paint their vehicles into the crimson livery the 'one network' initiative simply seems to have introduced yet another livery onto the roads of the West Midlands, surely a step back from 'one' anything? On the face of it a lot of fuss about very little!

At Walsall I'm sure it was stated 2124-2132 will be painted WM bus for 31/32 9 buses for 9 daytime boards.
1 PM peak board is trident operated.
Not sure how many buses are diamond but majority are wm bus liveried.

2112-2119 have WM bus logos but don't think these are being repainted into wm bus livery probably just a back up spares.

I've seen wm bus liveried 2125/2132 being used on a 10 pm peak board off route so far and 2130 recently had a day on the 7

[Westy]

Well, according to one of the Diamond threads, they're introducing yet another livery.

How many more do they want?

[winston]

Well, according to one of the Diamond threads, they're introducing yet another livery.

How many more do they want?

Most of the livery variations at Rotala is as a result of acquired businesses or group cascades. The standard Diamond Bus livery has been around sometime & the latest version will be a refreshed version predominantly for new deliveries......

There's no point re-painting any more of the remaining Darts / early E200's with 27 new buses due, until they know exactly what is being kept/withdrawn.