Low Emissions Bus Scheme

[the trainbasher]

It has been announced the NXWM have gained £3074620 to invest in 10 Hybrid buses and 19 Electric Bures. They have also been given funding to purchase equipment to charge said electric buses

[GeminiFan1991]

I believe this was mentioned earlier in the year about the possibility of Solihull routes acquiring these buses.

[winston]

Birmingham City Council & Tfl have also jointly won £3.814 million funding for 42 x Hydrogen Fuel Cell buses & Infrastructure.

Not sure how that joint bid will work or what they're to be used for?

Interestingly nothing for First Bristol or Wessex in Bristol who both bid for funds I believe

[Tony]

Birmingham City Council & Tfl have also jointly won £3.814 million funding for 42 x Hydrogen Fuel Cell buses & Infrastructure.

Not sure how that joint bid will work or what they're to be used for?

London Liner restarting?


Only joking

[Stuharris 6360]

http://www.route-one.net/articles/Bus%20routes/OLEV_winners_announced___at_last

[Tony]

I presume the joint bid will be so all the vehicles come from one manufacturer, thus reducing development costs meaning extra vehicles

[winston]

Would Birmingham City Council be supplying buses for Sprint?

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/540423/low-emission-bus-scheme-winning-bidders.csv/preview

[Stuharris 6360]

Would Birmingham City Council by supplying buses for Sprint?

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/540423/low-emission-bus-scheme-winning-bidders.csv/preview

More to the point is Sprint still going ahead, seems to have gone very quiet about it?

[monkeyjoe]

It will probably be the 37 , Harborne or Perry Barr area routes that will get the investment as per usual i suspect.

[MW]

It will probably be the 37 , Harborne or Perry Barr area routes that will get the investment as per usual i suspect.

Sorry which Harborne area? Prior to the hybrids, the Spectras/Plaxtons/Tridents were used on the Harborne services weren't they?

Perry Barr area? The 33 springs to mind. It received new buses in 2011/2012 after having 2003 Geminis?

[B.C Driver]

The 22, 23, 24 and 29 could do with more Hybrid buses. The current ones arnt enough, there's plenty of Tridents appearing on there daily and 21xx single deckers, not to mention E400, it has become a bit of a mixed bag. I know originally the Hybrids were just for the 22 and 23, but it would  be good to 'standardise'  the Harborne routes as a whole.

[Ashley 60171]

Birmingham City Council & Tfl have also jointly won £3.814 million funding for 42 x Hydrogen Fuel Cell buses & Infrastructure.

Not sure how that joint bid will work or what they're to be used for?

Interestingly nothing for First Bristol or Wessex in Bristol who both bid for funds I believe

My phone won't let me copy the URL but seen an article that Sheffield have received funding for 44 hybrid buses which First and Stagecoach are expected to share.

[John]

It will probably be the 37 , Harborne or Perry Barr area routes that will get the investment as per usual i suspect.

Sorry which Harborne area? Prior to the hybrids, the Spectras/Plaxtons/Tridents were used on the Harborne services weren't they?

Perry Barr area? The 33 springs to mind. It received new buses in 2011/2012 after having 2003 Geminis?

The 33 has just received its investment, repaints and 'rebranding. Dought it will get new buses for a while yet

[monkeyjoe]

The 33 has just received its investment, repaints and 'rebranding. Dought it will get new buses for a while yet

It has indeed but nxwm are not exactly good at spreading resources and investment across the region so buses in these areas will probably get more  .

[Dom]

It has indeed but nxwm are not exactly good at spreading resources and investment across the region so buses in these areas will probably get more  .

So the MMC's for the 9?
The Hybrids that Wolverhampton recieved?
Walsalls MMCs?
The vast amount of E400s and E200s that have been dropped around the fleet?