Coventry electric buses

[cardew]

I didn't know where else to put this, or indeed what can be done to fix it, but the X1 has disappeared from Google Maps. I stumbled across this today when looking for times. The X2 is still on there but if you ask for directions from Digbeth to the airport it sends you to New Street for the train.

[BBS]

I didn't know where else to put this, or indeed what can be done to fix it, but the X1 has disappeared from Google Maps. I stumbled across this today when looking for times. The X2 is still on there but if you ask for directions from Digbeth to the airport it sends you to New Street for the train.

Believe it's a timetable issue, as on bustimes and Apple Maps, the timetables do not show on running buses 

[Tony]

Coventry garage, by the end of today, should be in the enviable position of not having a single defective bus in the garage. 842 & E073 are the only two at the moment and both are being fixed today. In 47 years with the company I have never known any garage ever get anywhere near close to that, and it shows the effect of having new buses, but the electrics being far from unreliable people have commented above allows the diesels to be looked after more as well.

So far today the only bus that has had to be changed is 874 and that wasn't an actual breakdown, it was exchanged for 843 with no lost mileage.

[Mayfield]

Let hope you haven't cursed it

[Tony]

E276 has gone to Coventry for service until YW has full charging available

[BBS]

E276 has gone to Coventry for service until YW has full charging available

Another reindeer to the collection!

[Danthebusman]

E276 has gone to Coventry for service until YW has full charging available

Thanks for this info, will be keeping an eye out for it on Saturday.

[ellspurs]

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/fleet-electric-buses-set-hit-30886830

If I've read that correctly, it seems that Warwickshire Council will be providing the electric bus funding/buses for a number of routes, including the 24/25/85.

[Stu]

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/fleet-electric-buses-set-hit-30886830

If I've read that correctly, it seems that Warwickshire Council will be providing the electric bus funding/buses for a number of routes, including the 24/25/85.

I'm pretty sure that is referring to the existing funding that is already in place, and Stagecoach already have electric buses waiting to enter service at Nuneaton and Rugby that have used this funding.

The exception of course is the 24 and 25/A which are operated by NX Coventry and I'm pretty sure that they already have electric single decks on order for delivery before the end of this year.

It sounds to me that this is an 'announcement of old news' and the 'journalist' has just found a list of bus routes that operate to/from Coventry without knowing who runs them.

Happy to be corrected or proved wrong of course!

[2206]

I'm pretty sure that is referring to the existing funding that is already in place, and Stagecoach already have electric buses waiting to enter service at Nuneaton and Rugby that have used this funding.

The exception of course is the 24 and 25/A which are operated by NX Coventry and I'm pretty sure that they already have electric single decks on order for delivery before the end of this year.

It sounds to me that this is an 'announcement of old news' and the 'journalist' has just found a list of bus routes that operate to/from Coventry without knowing who runs them.

Happy to be corrected or proved wrong of course!

The other services on that list are Arriva services. Operated from Hinckley I believe?
& the 735 is operated by Coventry Minibuses.

All Warwickshire County Council tendered services.

[BBS]

The other services on that list are Arriva services. Operated from Hinckley I believe?
& the 735 is operated by Coventry Minibuses.

All Warwickshire County Council tendered services.

That doesn't count the X6 does it?

[Coventrybususer95]

That doesn't count the X6 does it?

Isn't the x6 excluded as it's normally ran by a coach?