30 Jul 2017, 7:18 pm
#260
(30 Jul 2017, 5:52 pm)Michael Have the last 3 B10's been withdrawn yet?
No, not yet. Though I'm bound to have missed something, the news/fleet lists have now been updated.
Main points of note:
- Various repaints (5210 and 6132 into fleet livery; 6072, 6078 and 6083 join 6071 in Tyne Valley TEN livery; and 6085 into two-tone black/orange for a promotional livery to advertise the N56 service)
- Several vehicles are in a float/reserve capacity over the summer due to higher PVR for Metro Replacement which begins tomorrow (6011, 6013, 6029, 6032, 6036 and 6038, as well as 4898 and 4922*).
- Acquisition of 5x new coaches for National Express core fleet to displace the 5 remaining ex-Yourbus coaches (two to National Express duplicate fleet to replace 7095/97 which will be withdrawn; two to a newly-created Special Events/Private Hire fleet; and one to Driver Training which will allow 7077, 7092 and 7093 to be sold).
* 4922 MOT expires early next month, but should be used next week on a Misc Works board which does not need to be allocated a double-deck vehicle during the school holidays.
Now that we are nearing the completion of the original batch of 36x Mercedes Citaro refurbishments, it is likely that we will now start to see some Scania L94s withdrawn (replaced one by one, with the return of Citaros) and the creation of a new float/reserve refurbishment fleet which will consist of younger Scania L94s, in line with the next batch of 28x Mercedes Citaro being released for refurbishment.
