(25 Jan 2019, 9:17 am)RBZ 5459 wrote Streetlites for the 4 does seem to be the motion from what I hear. 

On another note, also hearing that the first Cobalt Clipper B9s have now left for Blackburn for their refurbishment programme.

(26 Jan 2019, 9:33 am)Andreos1 wrote Painful. 
For what is a stop/start route and has a high turnover of passengers, those Mercs have more than proven themselves from a passenger perspective since they arrived in October 13. 
They're in the main; sturdy, solid and provide a comfortable ride. 
I can't honestly see a Streetlite doing the same over any intervening 5 year period. 
I'd be more than happy for a cascade of Omni's on to the 4, rather than a newer Streetlite.

(26 Jan 2019, 9:33 am)Andreos1 wrote Painful. 
For what is a stop/start route and has a high turnover of passengers, those Mercs have more than proven themselves from a passenger perspective since they arrived in October 13. 
They're in the main; sturdy, solid and provide a comfortable ride. 
I can't honestly see a Streetlite doing the same over any intervening 5 year period. 
I'd be more than happy for a cascade of Omni's on to the 4, rather than a newer Streetlite.

(26 Jan 2019, 9:33 am)Andreos1 wrote Painful. 
For what is a stop/start route and has a high turnover of passengers, those Mercs have more than proven themselves from a passenger perspective since they arrived in October 13. 
They're in the main; sturdy, solid and provide a comfortable ride. 
I can't honestly see a Streetlite doing the same over any intervening 5 year period. 
I'd be more than happy for a cascade of Omni's on to the 4, rather than a newer Streetlite.

(26 Jan 2019, 7:08 am)GNE6312 wrote My guess is omnidekkas or b7s

(26 Jan 2019, 11:51 am)Jamie M wrote I think the 4 red kite B9s should also get the internal refurb. They're the newest but also below spec.

(26 Jan 2019, 11:53 am)JM03 wrote Aren't they lothian interior as they were bought on batch?

(26 Jan 2019, 11:53 am)JM03 wrote Aren't they lothian interior as they were bought on batch?

(26 Jan 2019, 9:41 am)Jamie M wrote I still find it funny that I've always liked streetlites as a passenger and nothing has changed with driving them fairly frequently now. I think the main problem I have is the emergency exit rattles but I've seen bempacks fix them up. The disabled bay pole is also a nightmare, but other than those two caveats no issues at all from me. Fast, reliably warm and fairly comfortable.

(26 Jan 2019, 9:46 am)Swiny1 wrote Totally agree.  Heavy duty bus for heavy duty route. Don't think streetlights would cut it. A driver I spoke to the other day referred to them as the modern Dennis darts . Have to agree

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(26 Jan 2019, 10:57 am)Michael wrote Aye 100% agree, Streetlites would be rubbish on the 4, should stick to the Merc's... however, it'll get to a point where they'll need replacing, hopefully at that time, they choose something wisely.

(26 Jan 2019, 1:37 pm)Venturego wrote Martijn Gilbert's (MD) post has photos of ex/interior of trial Versa on loan for Connections4:

https://twitter.com/MartijnGNE

(26 Jan 2019, 6:34 pm)Malarkey wrote I remember when 9092 was at Washington in November 2017 for two weeks on demonstration it could not keep to time and the two times I seen it out in service it was running 20 minutes late, if these were purchased for the 4 the timetable would need overhauling to build in more recovery time which would increase the PVR. I certainly wouldn't say they are fast either, personally would rather keep the mercs and refurb them to the current fleet specification for new vehicles than buy streetlites.

(26 Jan 2019, 8:38 pm)Dan wrote The Streetlites are nippy little things. Dare say they'd give a Merc a good run for its money.

They've an awful reputation amongst enthusiasts but really aren't bad buses.

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(26 Jan 2019, 8:38 pm)Dan wrote The Streetlites are nippy little things. Dare say they'd give a Merc a good run for its money.

They've an awful reputation amongst enthusiasts but really aren't bad buses.

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(26 Jan 2019, 8:38 pm)Dan wrote The Streetlites are nippy little things. Dare say they'd give a Merc a good run for its money.

They've an awful reputation amongst enthusiasts but really aren't bad buses.

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(26 Jan 2019, 9:41 am)Jamie M wrote I still find it funny that I've always liked streetlites as a passenger and nothing has changed with driving them fairly frequently now. I think the main problem I have is the emergency exit rattles but I've seen bempacks fix them up. The disabled bay pole is also a nightmare, but other than those two caveats no issues at all from me. Fast, reliably warm and fairly comfortable.

(26 Jan 2019, 9:41 am)Jamie M wrote I still find it funny that I've always liked streetlites as a passenger and nothing has changed with driving them fairly frequently now. I think the main problem I have is the emergency exit rattles but I've seen bempacks fix them up. The disabled bay pole is also a nightmare, but other than those two caveats no issues at all from me. Fast, reliably warm and fairly comfortable.

(27 Jan 2019, 1:05 am)BusLoverMum wrote The gne syreetlites might be warm but, unlike the ane 22 syreetlites, they have heating. The ane ones are hot in summer and 3ven colder than park Lane interchange in winter. The gne ones have overhead blowers that boil your brains into gelatine.

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The gne syreetlites might be warm but, unlike the ane 22 syreetlites, they have heating. The ane ones are hot in summer and 3ven colder than park Lane interchange in winter. The gne ones have overhead blowers that boil your brains into gelatine.

(26 Jan 2019, 9:41 am)Jamie M wrote I still find it funny that I've always liked streetlites as a passenger and nothing has changed with driving them fairly frequently now. I think the main problem I have is the emergency exit rattles but I've seen bempacks fix them up. The disabled bay pole is also a nightmare, but other than those two caveats no issues at all from me. Fast, reliably warm and fairly comfortable.

(27 Jan 2019, 10:19 am)Stanleyone wrote Being that most of the streetlites at Riverside are 66 plate (49s) except the 4 on the X66 are different engined, these as the same with the Durham Diamond examples at Stanley are fast, warm and fairly comfortable, which i would expect for their age. However the Diamond examples on the X30 when they appear they struggle with gear choice on Dunston Bank which the red Kite examples don't. I have experience in driving the earlier Streetlites from the C & C and Red Kites, which i find are very uncomfortable, cab rattles, cab window rattles, heating is on some examples intermittent (turn some off after 2 hours driving and the heating goes completely cold, taking 30-45 mins to return), slow on the hills and the reversing is nothing short of embarrassing.

(27 Jan 2019, 3:00 pm)N1cholas wrote Some of the prince bishops streetlites gear selection really is shocking, not only on hills but also on the flat they over rev and clunk into gear, another thing about the streetlites which is annoying is when you switch the ignition off some of them automatically switch the batteries off shutting down the whole bus, the rest give 2 mins before having to hit the battery reset switch, which when you have a 5-10 min layover, is really annoying having to restart the bus just to turn the lights back on if you have passengers on board and defeats the purpose of turning the engine off to save fuel

(27 Jan 2019, 3:08 pm)Jamie M wrote The battery protect system is universally in place to stop buses running flat. Batteries are really quite terrible. Take it from someone who has to cold start old london deckers every morning that it's a lot better to have to press a button than get engineers to charge it back up. Stops it running flat.

(27 Jan 2019, 3:12 pm)N1cholas wrote it certainly is but 2 mins is a bit short, why not 5 mins it wouldn't be as annoying

(27 Jan 2019, 3:54 pm)Michael wrote Any truth in, that rest of the Brighton Omnidekka's will start to come up next month?


They'll Probables see:

6010, 6017, 6033, 6935 - 6941 all withdrawn, as they're the oldest deckers in the fleet.

(27 Jan 2019, 7:28 pm)TEN 6083 wrote Seen on Facebook some OmniCitys have arrived from London and are parked at Riverside Depot

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(27 Jan 2019, 7:30 pm)Dan wrote Former Metrobus Scania OmniCitys:
- 564 (YN08 OAW)
- 566 (YN08 OAY)
- 567 (YN08 OAZ)

No plans for these to enter service in the region.