Coventry electric buses

[Ben]

"Electric bus driver training" x2 (times 2)
Does anybody know anything?

[cris 99]

E003 was on driver training yesterday

[Stu]

"Electric bus driver training" x2 (times 2)
Does anybody know anything?

Coventry garage are due to receive some new electric buses, probably later this year.

See main topic on this subject for more info:
http://wmbusphotos.com/forum/index.php?topic=5676.0

Some of Yardley Wood's already delivered vehicles are being used for training purposes.

[Dylanbusboy45]

Not sure where to put this, but seems a lot of fleet changes could happen this year with this announcement. Both Oxford and Coventry are set to be the UK's first all electric bus cities

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/coventry-and-oxford-set-to-be-uks-first-all-electric-bus-cities

[ellspurs]

Posting in here, as it has more relevance to Coventry than NX.

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-set-millions-become-one-19574476

Coventry City Council has been selected (along with Oxford) to receive funding to replace buses running in the city with all-electric buses, along with electrical grid and infrastructure upgrades.

I assume that NX, Stagecoach and Arriva were part of the application for this from Coventry.

[Sandy Lane]

Posting in here, as it has more relevance to Coventry than NX.

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-set-millions-become-one-19574476

Coventry City Council has been selected (along with Oxford) to receive funding to replace buses running in the city with all-electric buses, along with electrical grid and infrastructure upgrades.

I assume that NX, Stagecoach and Arriva were part of the application for this from Coventry.

I dont think its in the bag yet! To me it says Coventry could get funding if a good business case is made?

Do you see the other operators coming into Coventry using electric buses or will it just be NXC?

[ellspurs]

I dont think its in the bag yet! To me it says Coventry could get funding if a good business case is made?

Do you see the other operators coming into Coventry using electric buses or will it just be NXC?

It'd depend on how it is ran.

If they decide to run everything under the "West Midlands Buses" banner, then it ultimately wouldn't matter who ran the services, so Stagecoach/Rotala could put their foot in. If not, then the other companies would have to consider the cost of opening up over in Coventry, which given the current setup would be a hard call to make.

Note: if they did run under the "West Midlands Buses" banner and make the buses crimson red, I would laugh quite a lot at it.

[mesub]

If (and it looks likely from the Instagram post that nxwestmidlands reposted) NXC do have their fleet upgraded, what would happen to the current vehicles?

[stephen ford]

They would be transferred to Birmingham and back country

[Stu]

If (and it looks likely from the Instagram post that nxwestmidlands reposted) NXC do have their fleet upgraded, what would happen to the current vehicles?

In the case of NXC, I would guess that the non-electric vehicles would be absorbed into the NXWM fleet helping to see off some older vehicles.

This isn't going to happen overnight though, how many buses are we talking at NXC? These vehicles take time to be built.

[DJ]

Note: if they did run under the "West Midlands Buses" banner and make the buses crimson red, I would laugh quite a lot at it.

There's a page in the branding guidelines with a version of the livery for Coventry.

[Tony]

In the case of NXC, I would guess that the non-electric vehicles would be absorbed into the NXWM fleet helping to see off some older vehicles.

This isn't going to happen overnight though, how many buses are we talking at NXC? These vehicles take time to be built.

If NXWM is to meet its zero emission pledge by 2030 then they need to replace an average of 150 buses per year so this would cover this years!

[2206]

It'd depend on how it is ran.

If they decide to run everything under the "West Midlands Buses" banner, then it ultimately wouldn't matter who ran the services, so Stagecoach/Rotala could put their foot in.

Would they run the services to Stratford and Warwick under the "West Midlands Buses" name though? As they're in Warwickshire.

[Stu]

If NXWM is to meet its zero emission pledge by 2030 then they need to replace an average of 150 buses per year so this would cover this years!

That is indeed true, I don't doubt that.

My point was about how long it would realistically take to replace the entire NXC fleet with all-electric vehicles. Could it happen within the space of one year?

Will certainly keep the bus-builders busy and in work for a while!

[2206]

That is indeed true, I don't doubt that.

My point was about how long it would realistically take to replace the entire NXC fleet with all-electric vehicles. Could it happen within the space of one year?

Will certainly keep the bus-builders busy and in work for a while!

Coventry currently have 34 B7RLE currently according to the main site, wander what will happen to them?
Would they replace older B7RLE/Omnilinks elsewhere for withdrawal?


Or single decker coversions of other routes in Birmingham/Black Country?

Will Coventry get all this years new buses moving the diesel fleet out? How many buses does NXC have?

I doubt it will be all of them as there's supposed to be new hydrogen buses for Birmingham. @SL 16 YPN