North East Buses

Stagecoach have begun a major renumbering exercise with its existing electric vehicles plus the examples due for delivery which have already been allocated fleet numbers. This is reportedly due to a lack of gaps within the present fleet numbering scheme and for the first time, sees the use of 7xxxx numbers.

The new scheme goes as followed:

Inverness-based Yutong E10 30101-25 are renumbered 63101-63125
West Scotland's BYD/E200evMMC 30001-15/33/34 are renumbered 64001-15/33/34
East Midlands' Nottinghamshire County Council-owned BYD/E200evMMC 30017 is renumbered 640017
East Scotland's BYD/E200evMMC 30018-32 are renumbered 64018-32
London's West Ham-based BYD/E200evMMC 29201-5 are renumbered 64201-5
West Scotland's on-delivered Volvo BZL/MCV 31001-25 are renumbered 66001-25 - although only 31002/3 have entered service with their originally allocated numbers

South's Guilford-based BYD/E200evMMC 29101-9 are renumbered 74001-9
East Scotland's Perth-based BYD/E200evMMC 29110-25 are renumbered 74010-25
West Scotland's Volvo 7900Es 29301-6 are renumbered 76001-6

Oxford's new E400EVs will be numbered 80001-55
The BYD/E400EVs are renumbered 84xxx - for example, Perth's 14070 will now be 84070
The Volvo BZL/MCV deckers due for Cambridge will be 86001-30 - originally booked to be 13201-30
The Hydrogen-powered E400FCs for Merseyside (owned by Merseytravel) will be numbered 89001-10 - they were originally booked to be numbered 16001-10

I know its early but any idea what the NE's electric bus fleet numbers are going to be?

I believe some of the 7xxxx numbers were used during the 2012 Olympics and were allocated to Translink (Northern Ireland) vehicles on loan to Stagecoach.

80101-4/6 & 81772-4/6-86 were the Northern Ireland Olympic loans

8xxxx has previously been used just for loan vehicles and demonstrators with main series up to around 80082 noted so far plus 80112-36 and the above mentioned Olympic loans

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7xxxx was previously used a while ago for a small number of short-term leased vans

while 6xxxx was used as follows:
60001-14 (Merc Vito taxibus - 14th acquired second hand with Rennies)
61001-10 (Newcastle's Designline Olymbus)
61239-463* (New Routemasters)




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to expand on the 7xxxx series - known numbers used as follows, all used by Stagecoach Merseyside:

70005 (YY54MFV) Volkwagen Caddy van - renumbered 91903
70007 (PK54LYA) Vauxhall Astravan - renumbered 91527
70008 (MV05KCZ) Vauxhall Combo van - renumbered 91634

2 more buses not on above list:

Yutong E10 39890 to 63000, plus 30016 (fire damaged sister to 30017) should be 64016 on paper

Additional orders: more Volvo BZL/MCV 66026-44, Switch Metrocity EV 67001-12, Wrightbus Electroliner 82001-48

(19 Apr 2023, 11:52 am)stagecoachfan wrote [ -> ]Additional orders: more Volvo BZL/MCV 66026-44, Switch Metrocity EV 67001-12, Wrightbus Electroliner 82001-48

Where for?

Metrocity and Electroliner for London

(20 Apr 2023, 9:51 am)stagecoachfan wrote [ -> ]Metrocity and Electroliner for London

Ah, not surprised, thank you

Arguably, the New Routemasters in London should be renumbered too from 61xxx to eg 81xxx since 6xxxx is now for midibuses

East Scotland's autonomous E200MMC 26326-30 have been renumbered 62001-5