New Deliveries / New Livery & Branding Discussion

[Westy]

It could be a candidate

If I was a betting man, I'd stake my money on the Wa 4 group!

[Jack]

If I was a betting man, I'd stake my money on the Wa 4 group!

I'd say the 40 would be a candidate too.

[PB2938]

If I was a betting man, I'd stake my money on the Wa 4 group!

Could be possible last new buses was scanias 1848-1862 1878-1882 back in 2009 which have been branded 3 times.

[DJ]

I'd say the 40 would be a candidate too.

I'm sure someone mentioned that the 40 was next, although that was just a rumour.

[Ian Hardy]

So TfL is able to specify certain requirements to operators looking to bid for tenders, such as vehicle types, livery design, emission specs etc. I may be wrong on this, but TfL might even own the buses and lease them to the operators, I'm not sure on that one.

TfL only own the LTs & maybe the WSHs (on the RV1), the rest are owned or leased by the operators. One of the reasons that Leon Daniels ex TfL Director of Surface Transport gave (at a LOTS meeting) for introducing the LTs / Borismasters / New Bus for London / New Routemaster or whatever they are called; is that as they were owned by TfL, then the contract for those routes would be cheaper as TfL would not be paying the operators for finance for leasing or purchase of new buses, TfL could get a better rate for 1000 buses rather than an operator needing say 20 buses this month and then another operator needing say 21 the next week.

[I love Walsall buses]

I'm sure someone mentioned that the 40 was next, although that was just a rumour.

@Ginger66 mentioned it in West Midlands bus thread

[Ginger66]

@Ginger66 mentioned it in West Midlands bus thread

How i heard it was a diamond driver saying they will be accepting nx tickets in the 40 this month.

[Steve3229vp]

Has the allocations for this years platinums been decided.

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

I've heard rumours that the 50 will go Platinum and 6125-6148 going to AG for the Outer Circle

[2206]

I've heard rumours that the 50 will go Platinum and 6125-6148 going to AG for the Outer Circle

It'd be good if that was true and they'd be a big upgrade over some of the elderly vehicles on the major route at the minute, but 24 wouldn't be enough to completely upgrade the 11 ( I thought the PVR was in the 40's.)
Unless the 9 also went platinum and 6101 - 24 were to join them on the 11?
There were 35 Gemini branded for the 11 and that wasn't enough to completly operate the 11, pleanty of B7TL ALX400 and Crimson Gemini appeared on there alongside the Branded Gemini.

[don]

They could replace any non compliant B7TL ALX at AG?

I would have thought Coventry would have some new vehicles to replace their remaining Y Reg Tridents.

The other vehicles likely to be replaced are non emission compliant Tridents and B7TL ALX (WB; PN; WA; WN), suggesting either new buses at any of those, or cascades required. Would the converted Tridents and B7TL ALX become reserve vehicles (usable in the emission controlled areas?)

I recall Tony said the new Dundee vehicles are due around October - not sure about the West Midlands ones... 

[2206]

They could replace any non compliant B7TL ALX at AG?

I would have thought Coventry would have some new vehicles to replace their remaining Y Reg Tridents.

The other vehicles likely to be replaced are non emission compliant Tridents and B7TL ALX (WB; PN; WA; WN), suggesting either new buses at any of those, or cascades required. Would the converted Tridents and B7TL ALX become reserve vehicles (usable in the emission controlled areas?)

I recall Tony said the new Dundee vehicles are due around October - not sure about the West Midlands ones...

Soneone did say on the Dundee forum that there MMC will arrive in November.

November ,I,ve been told .

[Tony]

Soneone did say on the Dundee forum that there MMC will arrive in November.

It is likely deliveries for both Dundee and the West Midlands will start in November.
I have another meeting tomorrow over allocations. Still not decided yet.

[don]

It is likely deliveries for both Dundee and the West Midlands will start in November.
I have another meeting tomorrow over allocations. Still not decided yet.

Thanks Tony.

[Steve3229vp]

It is likely deliveries for both Dundee and the West Midlands will start in November.
I have another meeting tomorrow over allocations. Still not decided yet.

Will the Dundee "Emeralds" be in the Platinum series of fleet numbers or will they have a series of there own ?

[2206]

Will the Dundee "Emeralds" be in the Platinum series of fleet numbers or will they have a series of there own ?

6687 - 6700.