New Deliveries / New Livery & Branding Discussion

[winston]

In regards to the news on the first arrivals at Yardley Wood I will suggest this-the displaced Enviros go onto the 2/3 replacing older Tridents which in turn can remove the oldest Tridents at YW.

That's not likely to happen, especially when YW & WN have only very recently swapped a large number of Tridents, thus YW now have the majority of the 53 / 04 plate Tridents with Euro 6 exhaust upgrades to be compliant

[2206]

Its not going to happen but they could stay at YW and upgrade the 35, the 11 is favourite.

The 11 is a major corridor presently using vehicles up to 17 years old as well (eg 4231) and a main allocation of 14/15 year old vehicles.

In regards to the news on the first arrivals at Yardley Wood I will suggest this-the displaced Enviros go onto the 2/3 replacing older Tridents which in turn can remove the oldest Tridents at YW.

They'e just recieved trapped Euro 6 Tridents to replace the older 43XX Tridents.
They don't have many left now and the ones they do have left are also trapped.
The majority are now at WN.

[Sh4318]

Are there even enough MMCs (48) for the 11? I genuinely don't know the PVR of the outer circle

[BK63 YWP]

I would love to see some Gemini's at pensnett

[Mike K]

Are there even enough MMCs (48) for the 11? I genuinely don't know the PVR of the outer circle

I don't know either but it's been mentioned in the past on here that it's low forties.

[2206]

6692, 6693 and 6694 have been sighted  by Gordon Scott -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/122507681@N02/44831535604/in/photostream/

[Trident 4609]

The allocation of the new bus order has been confirmed in todays business brief according to a driver i know.

-Coventry for the 11/12X
-Yardley Wood for the 50
-Pensnett for the 9 (and presumably X10)
-Birmingham Central for the X70.

6111-24 from PN and 6125-48 from YW are going to Acocks Green for the 11A/C.

[winston]

That seems a better spread of routes than the original suggested allocation.

[Tony]

The allocation of the new bus order has been confirmed in todays business brief according to a driver i know.

-Coventry for the 11/12X
-Yardley Wood for the 50
-Pensnett for the 9 (and presumably X10)
-Birmingham Central for the X70.

The current E400MMC's at PN (6101-24) and AG (6125-48) on the 9 & 50 are going to Acocks Green for the 11A/C.

Not completely coirrect. 6101-6110 are staying at Pensnett

[Trident 4609]

Not completely coirrect. 6101-6110 are staying at Pensnett

Ok, thanks for the info.

[Tony]

allocations to vehicles are now on
http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/fleetlist/5001-9959.html

[winston]

Not completely coirrect. 6101-6110 are staying at Pensnett

I assume they'll be for the 126?

[2206]

I assume they'll be for the 126?

Are 3301 - 3305 going to remain at PN or are these going to go elsewhere?

Presumably there will still be a few Gemini on the 11 then operating alongside the E400 MMC?
Like the B7TL ALX400 do at the minute, operating alongside the Gemini?

[winston]

allocations to vehicles are now on
http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/fleetlist/5001-9959.html

Are 6943/4 correct showing as allocated to YW after PN's batch of 28?

[Tony]

Are 6943/4 correct showing as allocated to YW after PN's batch of 28?

Yes