North East Buses

(11 Jan 2024, 11:42 am)Rob44 wrote [ -> ]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67944657

Electric bus catches fire -

They've taken the rest off the road now.

Interesting, they don't seem to take the rest of the fleet off the road if it's a diesel bus that catches fire!

(13 Jan 2024, 8:16 pm)streetdeckfan wrote [ -> ]Interesting, they don't seem to take the rest of the fleet off the road if it's a diesel bus that catches fire!

I guess it depends on whether there's a suspicion of some kind of inherent problem with the type.  Diesels are well known, so the cause of a fire is likely to be understood, whereas the new technology of an electric vehicle may indicate a hitherto hidden design problem.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67955990

Anyone been on this with rodger>

https://cbwmagazine.com/wrightbus-secure...DVtxUBoPjo

New buses for London.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/T4imPs2N1g4NooLp/

Nowt worse than a bus that doesn't stop.

Don't suppose anyone knows where I can find the total number of buses that TfL operate? Latest figure I can find was last March (8,643)

(10 May 2024, 6:52 pm)idiot wrote [ -> ]Don't suppose anyone knows where I can find the total number of buses that TfL operate? Latest figure I can find was last March (8,643)

I always think londonbusroutes.net is a pretty good site as they have a breakdown of buses per garage and operator, and a page all about Operational Details of each service

http://www.londonbusroutes.net/

Thanks

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-69033322

Single storey bus catches fire in London

Been down to smoke at weekend. I know it's well subsidised but I think it would half the car use up her I'd the motor ran as often as underground and the buses like down there. Only thing bad is the cost of the tube isntbhalf shootingnup and they use the same stupid zonal.systme the metro does! Brilliant aervice

I was once again down London this past weekend and caught up with some of GAL's BYD BD11's on Services 129/474/SL4 (Canary Wharf-Grove Park) at various locations such as North Gteenwich, Stratford, Blackheath, East India Quay and Canary Wharf, they are also now on the 151 replacing the last DOE's but did not get as far as going over to Sutton for these - https://flickr.com/photos/adammalarkey/a...0325133761.

Whilst in Stratford I caught up with the new Wright Streetdeck Electroliners for Stagecoach East London which have replaced a mix allocation of Volvo B9TL's/Wright Streetdeck Micro-Hybrid on Service 257.

Finally I went to Brooklands Spring Gathering in Weybridge where Stagecoach London brought along an ADL Enviro 100EV (46033/YX25 NZA) & Superloop SL3 (Thamesmead - Bromley North Station) Enviro 400EV (80403/SK25 AOC) .

All of Stagecoach London's latest EV's can been seen here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalark...323021503/