Electric vehicles
Electric vehicles
Went on a Voltra from Baltic into Gateshead earlier to save walking back up to the car.
Fare was £1.30 which I thought was reasonable, used tap on/tap off which appears to have worked fine. The scheme could do with some more advertising though, perhaps at bus stops whilst also featuring the fares etc? I only knew about it from this forum, as I seldom use the bus so had to Google how it worked...
Two people alighted when I boarded, leaving me as the only passenger on board until Jackson Street where a group joined the service. A handful of people joined at the interchange too. Perhaps cutting out Sage would be a benefit after all?
On board, I found broken phone holders, USBs completely down and no working stop bells or audio visual announcements. The fittings appeared to rattle quite a lot which isn't really acceptable for a nearly new vehicle, and it was quite noticeable when it's electric...
(28 May 2022, 3:26 pm)omnicity4659 Went on a Voltra from Baltic into Gateshead earlier to save walking back up to the car.I must say i'm not a particular fan of the Yutongs.
Fare was £1.30 which I thought was reasonable, used tap on/tap off which appears to have worked fine. The scheme could do with some more advertising though, perhaps at bus stops whilst also featuring the fares etc? I only knew about it from this forum, as I seldom use the bus so had to Google how it worked...
Two people alighted when I boarded, leaving me as the only passenger on board until Jackson Street where a group joined the service. A handful of people joined at the interchange too. Perhaps cutting out Sage would be a benefit after all?
On board, I found broken phone holders, USBs completely down and no working stop bells or audio visual announcements. The fittings appeared to rattle quite a lot which isn't really acceptable for a nearly new vehicle, and it was quite noticeable when it's electric...
(28 May 2022, 3:26 pm)omnicity4659 Went on a Voltra from Baltic into Gateshead earlier to save walking back up to the car.I must say i'm not a particular fan of the Yutongs.
Fare was £1.30 which I thought was reasonable, used tap on/tap off which appears to have worked fine. The scheme could do with some more advertising though, perhaps at bus stops whilst also featuring the fares etc? I only knew about it from this forum, as I seldom use the bus so had to Google how it worked...
Two people alighted when I boarded, leaving me as the only passenger on board until Jackson Street where a group joined the service. A handful of people joined at the interchange too. Perhaps cutting out Sage would be a benefit after all?
On board, I found broken phone holders, USBs completely down and no working stop bells or audio visual announcements. The fittings appeared to rattle quite a lot which isn't really acceptable for a nearly new vehicle, and it was quite noticeable when it's electric...
(29 May 2022, 7:32 am)Jack Gill While the Voltra branding is nice, they will start to just overdo it probably, and with the quaycity being a new brand and still very nice it'd be nice if they kept it.What a pity CityZap has already been coined...
(29 May 2022, 7:32 am)Jack Gill While the Voltra branding is nice, they will start to just overdo it probably, and with the quaycity being a new brand and still very nice it'd be nice if they kept it.What a pity CityZap has already been coined...
(29 May 2022, 9:00 am)Ianthegoon VoltraQuay?
(29 May 2022, 11:13 am)stagecoachbusdepot ElectriCity?I think that's quite nice and smart tbh, not a mouthful like some other brands.
(29 May 2022, 12:41 pm)ALavery I think that's quite nice and smart tbh, not a mouthful like some other brands.not bad looking. too green tho not gonna lie
I think it would look something like this if they didn't use that horrendous special livery.
(29 May 2022, 12:41 pm)ALavery I think that's quite nice and smart tbh, not a mouthful like some other brands.not bad looking. too green tho not gonna lie
I think it would look something like this if they didn't use that horrendous special livery.
