Lothian Buses open day
Lothian Buses open day
(26 Sep 2015, 6:19 pm)Malarkey Volvo Electricity at Lothian Open Doors this afternoon - https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalark...ed-public/
(26 Sep 2015, 6:19 pm)Malarkey Volvo Electricity at Lothian Open Doors this afternoon - https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalark...ed-public/
(26 Sep 2015, 8:01 am)Jimmi Who on earth is camping next to the East Coast Mainline! Die hard rail enthusiasts maybe?
(26 Sep 2015, 8:49 pm)BusLoverMum V shiny.
GNE wouldn't like it. There's hardly anywhere to put any branding.
What's the range of these things, btw? They'd probably need a pretty extensive network of charging points or swappable batteries for most of the routes they have up here, wouldn't they?
(26 Sep 2015, 8:49 pm)BusLoverMum V shiny.
GNE wouldn't like it. There's hardly anywhere to put any branding.
What's the range of these things, btw? They'd probably need a pretty extensive network of charging points or swappable batteries for most of the routes they have up here, wouldn't they?
Route 30 according to this article:
http://www.route-one.net/technology/loth...ic-future/
(27 Sep 2015, 7:39 am)S813 FVK Route 30 according to this article:
http://www.route-one.net/technology/loth...ic-future/
(27 Sep 2015, 7:39 am)S813 FVK Route 30 according to this article:
http://www.route-one.net/technology/loth...ic-future/
(27 Sep 2015, 4:55 am)Dan They're electric-hybrids.
Lothian are to introduce 20 new electric-hybrids by 2017 and they will carry a similar livery to the Volvo 7900 Hybrids. I'm not sure how publicly known it is which route is being upgraded, so I'll keep schtum for now.
When at a terminus, they will be 'plugged in' to charge the bus for the journey to the next terminus. There has been a few instances over the last week whereby the demonstration vehicle which Malarkey pictured broke down owing to the failure of one of the batteries, meaning it had to be towed back to the depot.
It is merely a prototype model, so the Volvo representative would not disclose information to me regarding the vehicle and infrastructure price.
(27 Sep 2015, 4:55 am)Dan They're electric-hybrids.
Lothian are to introduce 20 new electric-hybrids by 2017 and they will carry a similar livery to the Volvo 7900 Hybrids. I'm not sure how publicly known it is which route is being upgraded, so I'll keep schtum for now.
When at a terminus, they will be 'plugged in' to charge the bus for the journey to the next terminus. There has been a few instances over the last week whereby the demonstration vehicle which Malarkey pictured broke down owing to the failure of one of the batteries, meaning it had to be towed back to the depot.
It is merely a prototype model, so the Volvo representative would not disclose information to me regarding the vehicle and infrastructure price.
Photos from the Lothian Open Doors Event - https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalark...8752398410
This year, Lothian Buses Open Doors Day will be held on Saturday 24th September 2016.
Unfortunately, for those of us travelling from the North East, it would appear that services along the East Coast Mainline towards Edinburgh will be diverting via Carlisle between Newcastle and Edinburgh Waverly that day. Sadly for this reason I think I'm going to give it a miss this year as I don't want to spend anywhere between 3 hours, 27 minutes and 4 hours, 17 minutes each way! on the train from Darlington.
(22 Jul 2016, 7:11 pm)Jimmi This year, Lothian Buses Open Doors Day will be held on Saturday 24th September 2016.
Unfortunately, for those of us travelling from the North East, it would appear that services along the East Coast Mainline towards Edinburgh will be diverting via Carlisle between Newcastle and Edinburgh Waverly that day. Sadly for this reason I think I'm going to give it a miss this year as I don't want to spend anywhere between 3 hours, 27 minutes and 4 hours, 17 minutes each way! on the train from Darlington.
(22 Jul 2016, 7:11 pm)Jimmi This year, Lothian Buses Open Doors Day will be held on Saturday 24th September 2016.
Unfortunately, for those of us travelling from the North East, it would appear that services along the East Coast Mainline towards Edinburgh will be diverting via Carlisle between Newcastle and Edinburgh Waverly that day. Sadly for this reason I think I'm going to give it a miss this year as I don't want to spend anywhere between 3 hours, 27 minutes and 4 hours, 17 minutes each way! on the train from Darlington.
(22 Jul 2016, 7:45 pm)Tom No idea if I will be going here but I doubt it if the trains are diverted. Only way I will be going if my dad can take me up in the car.I was looking forward to going, as soon as I saw the event appear on Facebook I was checking train times/fares and I made the unfortunate discovery. I'm not prepared to put myself through journeys with a minimum travel time of three hours and a half hours (each way) when it normally takes between two - two and a half hours from Darlington.
(22 Jul 2016, 7:45 pm)Tom No idea if I will be going here but I doubt it if the trains are diverted. Only way I will be going if my dad can take me up in the car.I was looking forward to going, as soon as I saw the event appear on Facebook I was checking train times/fares and I made the unfortunate discovery. I'm not prepared to put myself through journeys with a minimum travel time of three hours and a half hours (each way) when it normally takes between two - two and a half hours from Darlington.
(22 Jul 2016, 8:29 pm)Adrian I might go, even with the diversion. It'll make an interesting journey.
(22 Jul 2016, 8:29 pm)Adrian I might go, even with the diversion. It'll make an interesting journey.
I might go to this one. I was quite impressed with Lothian's fleet when I last visited Edinburgh.
(22 Jul 2016, 7:11 pm)Jimmi This year, Lothian Buses Open Doors Day will be held on Saturday 24th September 2016.
Unfortunately, for those of us travelling from the North East, it would appear that services along the East Coast Mainline towards Edinburgh will be diverting via Carlisle between Newcastle and Edinburgh Waverly that day. Sadly for this reason I think I'm going to give it a miss this year as I don't want to spend anywhere between 3 hours, 27 minutes and 4 hours, 17 minutes each way! on the train from Darlington.
(22 Jul 2016, 7:11 pm)Jimmi This year, Lothian Buses Open Doors Day will be held on Saturday 24th September 2016.
Unfortunately, for those of us travelling from the North East, it would appear that services along the East Coast Mainline towards Edinburgh will be diverting via Carlisle between Newcastle and Edinburgh Waverly that day. Sadly for this reason I think I'm going to give it a miss this year as I don't want to spend anywhere between 3 hours, 27 minutes and 4 hours, 17 minutes each way! on the train from Darlington.
(22 Jul 2016, 8:45 pm)citaro5284 And it will probably be a HST unless they do a drag which very rarely happens.
(22 Jul 2016, 8:45 pm)citaro5284 And it will probably be a HST unless they do a drag which very rarely happens.
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