Chaserider

[Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer]

ah ok lol bit of a issue then    guess not viable to sort it out then. They do need to invest in some more upto dateish full size capacity heavyweight buses though for the interurban 74/828 work ,  the old end of life solos and lightweight suff aint up to it. I travelled on that radio ad streetlite last week [63 plate one] and it struggged to get going and if it did 10mph up hill that was it could of done with a 6 pot in them from new give it a bit more umph lol. The 16 plate mcv volvo seemed a nice bit of kit mind that took me on the outward journey on the 828 deffo a tool for the job! Them 16 plate MCV would look nice in the new red/yellow/blue livery too :-)

Buses are due to be delivered in December for the 74 & 828

[Bob]

Buses are due to be delivered in December for the 74 & 828

Electric ones arent they?

[Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer]

Electric ones arent they?

Nope they're getting I think 9 evoras

[solonightrider]

Nope they're getting I think 9 evoras

oh that would be a massive improvement for sure if it comes off then. Had the odd journey on the 73 plate evoras and they very are nice vehicles

[Bob]

oh that would be a massive improvement for sure if it comes off then. Had the odd journey on the 73 plate evoras and they very are nice vehicles

They are. Only poor point qbout them i think is the floor covering, it looks really hard to keep clean

[Bob]

Nope they're getting I think 9 evoras

Was the plan originally funding to upgrade the 74 and 875 to electric buses?

[Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer]

Was the plan originally funding to upgrade the 74 and 875 to electric buses?

The agreement was in the funding that it would either have to be electric or the newest deisel buses

[Capitalpotter]

Was the plan originally funding to upgrade the 74 and 875 to electric buses?

I'm led to believe they're getting 2 electric buses for the 74 and the rest will be Evoras. Also the 74 will run alone and not be with 828

[solonightrider]

I'm led to believe they're getting 2 electric buses for the 74 and the rest will be Evoras. Also the 74 will run alone and not be with 828

828 possible link back to the 60 then to get the drivers back to cannock for rest swaps etc like in arriva days.

[RobertJ21a]

I'm led to believe they're getting 2 electric buses for the 74 and the rest will be Evoras. Also the 74 will run alone and not be with 828

Have they now put the electrical infrastructure in the depot ??. It often has a long lead time.

[TheSecretOne]

Have they now put the electrical infrastructure in the depot ??. It often has a long lead time.

Not as of yet and probably not in the current depo as it's not owned by them word is they are looking at buying land ( or have on the a5) to build new so will probably be implementing it there. 

[Bob]

Not as of yet and probably not in the current depo as it's not owned by them word is they are looking at buying land ( or have on the a5) to build new so will probably be implementing it there.

Doubt theyd have it ready for December though

[TheSecretOne]

Doubt theyd have it ready for December though

Nah this is is for late next year 2026 these new ones due in December aren't electric as far as I'm aware and no Charging points have been installed on site new evoras same as 640  iv been told