New Deliveries / New Livery & Branding Discussion

[Sh4318]

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.

I wonder what will happen to these Enviros. The 907 feels like it's just been left to its own devices and forgotten about, let's not forget this route is express between Birmingham & Perry Barr

they might both get combined into one route and the 9 getting extended to Merry Hill

I'm assuming this is an attempt at humour

Gemini's potentially for the 48 then. That wouldn't be a first.

This would be a dream, I've missed them ever since they returned to AG

[SK68MEV]

The new generic emerald brand for Dundee looks very smart
http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/5001-9959/6687.html

[cardew]

The new deliveries will be sufficient to see off all the Y Reg Tridents - with maybe BC's Euro4 ones forming a reserve fleet - and the untrapped Volvo ALX400s. WB have 22 of them so ex AG Geminis would be an option there. As a wildcard maybe PB's four Omnicities might get Gemini replacements. We will see soon enough

[2206]

4276-91 Will be staying at AG for the time being. The next target is to get every bus in Birmingham Euro 6 for 2020, so no rush to remove Euro 6 vehicles

Thanks for the info.

Please no. Wasn't there a rumour about there being more streetdecks on order?

If it happened would some Gemini come back the other way for use in the Midlands maybe, as the emeralds should see off the presidents and possibly 7067.
So I can't see what they'd displace, unless Dundee needed more buses, or some Gemini came back the other way?

[SK68MEV]

Thanks for the info.If it happened would some Gemini come back the other way for use in the Midlands maybe, as the emeralds should see off the presidents and possibly 7067.
So I can't see what they'd displace, unless Dundee needed more buses, or some Gemini came back the other way?

or some of our germinis going to Coventry if they r short of buses

[Mike K]

The new generic emerald brand for Dundee looks very smart
http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/5001-9959/6687.html

The vinyls applied to that completely cover the design of the livery at the front of the upper deck, which is strange. And part of the design will be covered as soon as adverts are fitted in the T frame.

[CL]

The vinyls applied to that completely cover the design of the livery at the front of the upper deck, which is strange. And part of the design will be covered as soon as adverts are fitted in the T frame.

On the other hand, it looks fitting and complements the angular design on the lower half of the livery, albeit alienating itself to the now familiar curves of the new livery.

Can't argue with you there re: the adverts once fitted

[Kevin]

Not completely coirrect. 6101-6110 are staying at Pensnett

What happened to garages only having one type of MMC for engineering purposes then?

[SK68MEV]

What happened to garages only having one type of MMC for engineering purposes then?

no they will stay because they are normall mmc not platinum mmc

[Trident 4194]

How much more is a plat spec mmc to a normal mmc? Not much I presume?

[John]

no they will stay because they are normall mmc not platinum mmc

It was nothing to do with interior spwc, it was gearbox differnce and hub difference I believe

[Tony]

It was nothing to do with interior spwc, it was gearbox differnce and hub difference I believe

The interior spec is one reason for keeping them apart. The seat cushions are a different size on 6701-58 and would cause problems if swapped between vehicles

[Jack D]

IM guessing if X70 is going platinum, route branding will be involved??

[2206]

https://nxbus.co.uk/platinum/?utm_source=homebanner&utm_campaign=welcome-to-platinum&utm_medium=image
This page is looking very outdated now and will be looking even more outdated in a few weeks time. Do NX plan to update it at anypoint?

[Stu]

https://nxbus.co.uk/platinum/?utm_source=homebanner&utm_campaign=welcome-to-platinum&utm_medium=image
This page is looking very outdated now and will be looking even more outdated in a few weeks time. Do NX plan to update it at anypoint?

Probably after the latest Platinum routes are launched.