Electric Buses

[don]

Indeed - I suspect there are issues with this. Notwithstanding the fact YW is leased, no doubt TfWM's recent stated intention to buy all the bus garages in the region over a four year period (and Simon Dunn having stated in another thread they have been approached re Tividale), the potential complexities of charging facilities provided by a third party for lease by NXWM, in a leased facility that yet another party wants to buy at some stage boggles the mind!

I wouldn't expect this subject to be one for which any official info might be forthcoming, if, indeed this is the source of the delay.

Let's hope the situation can be freed up asap so the whole 170 batch of electrics (minus those placed into the Zenobe spare fleet) can enter service and replace most of the old deckers remaining.

[Wibble]

As there is both the Zenobe fleet with 'Z' prefixes & the NX fleet with 'E' prefixes that are allocated to the Zenobe spares pool, is there actually any difference between the future use of each set of vehicles?

Cheers ... Richard

[LiamsTransport1]

As there is both the Zenobe fleet with 'Z' prefixes & the NX fleet with 'E' prefixes that are allocated to the Zenobe spares pool, is there actually any difference between the future use of each set of vehicles?

Cheers ... Richard

I believe they are all the same, zenobe will switch them out with ones in the NX fleet as when they need too as per the contract between the two companies, Alongs as Zenobe provides the correct amount of buses, it doesn't matter which ones get used I think? 

[windy miller]

    I am still waiting for more YW vehicles to emerge   I would also like to know
  where the listed Zenobe spare vehicles are currently kept? .. several  weeks ago Z4003/009/010 were at the back of the employees car park at central and clearly 
 visible from the road..as Pics from Tony had shown. in addition Z4008 was parked under the road overbridge at Coventry a few weeks ago ...personally I just wish they would change the regular YW vehicles  001/006/007 currently in use on the 6 services  and replace them with a few of the others?   pref  Z002/004/005 ..which I have not seen. where are they stored? are they visible without trespass???

[filbus1]

I am still waiting for more YW vehicles to emerge  I would also like to know
  where the listed Zenobe spare vehicles are currently kept? .. several  weeks ago Z4003/009/010 were at the back of the employees car park at central and clearly
 visible from the road..as Pics from Tony had shown. in addition Z4008 was parked under the road overbridge at Coventry a few weeks ago ...personally I just wish they would change the regular YW vehicles  001/006/007 currently in use on the 6 services  and replace them with a few of the others?  pref  Z002/004/005 ..which I have not seen. where are they stored? are they visible without trespass???

Tony has answered your question in the Yardley Wood thread

[BBS]

Saw a price branded E400EV on Stratford road with no front number plate. Anyone know who it was?

[Tony]

Saw a price branded E400EV on Stratford road with no front number plate. Anyone know who it was?

It did have a number plate, it was in the front windscreen, no idea which one you saw, but one of two going to YW for first inspection, surely if you were close enough to see where the registration should be you could see the fleet number?

[BBS]

It did have a number plate, it was in the front windscreen, no idea which one you saw, but one of two going to YW for first inspection, surely if you were close enough to see where the registration should be you could see the fleet number?

Nope, it passed by pretty quick while I was on a bus 

[don]

It did have a number plate, it was in the front windscreen, no idea which one you saw, but one of two going to YW for first inspection, surely if you were close enough to see where the registration should be you could see the fleet number?

He should've gone to Specsavers 😀🤣 I would have said Barnard Castle but as well as being an elderly political joke, the A66 was closed owing to snow last time I looked 😲

[darthdc]

Any updates on E004/E017/E018? Last I heard was that they were awaiting MOTs.

[Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer]

Any updates on E004/E017/E018? Last I heard was that they were awaiting MOTs.

Not a lot going on with them at the moment. All 3 are still at cov

[Tony]

The 10 selected to go into service next are

E244; E245; E248; E249; E254; E262; E268; E274; E276 & E279

[Mayfield]

Any updates on E004/E017/E018? Last I heard was that they were awaiting MOTs.

EO18 MOT June 25 the other 2 expired  

[Ingleboro261F]

Apparently from what I heard on discord NX may be considering purchasing Volvo 7900Es, can someone give any info if they're allowed?

[Tony]

Apparently from what I heard on discord NX may be considering purchasing Volvo 7900Es, can someone give any info if they're allowed?

Which is strange as Volvo don't even offer the 7900E