(19 Mar 2014, 4:36 pm)Robert wrote Couldn't of taken much repairing then
My thoughts exactly.
Was waiting to pull out of a junction and got a surprise when it was coming along the road - after what you had said about VOSA pulling it.
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(19 Mar 2014, 7:22 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote My thoughts exactly.
Was waiting to pull out of a junction and got a surprise when it was coming along the road - after what you had said about VOSA pulling it.
(19 Mar 2014, 7:45 pm)Robert wrote I am actually surprised still. I would of thought that VOSA would have to come back out after the repair job to check it over before sending it back out again. Although this is Stanley Travel we are talking about here so probably didn't do anything. Im surprised K2 STX (P823 SGP) hasn't been pulled off the road by VOSA because of its speed gauge not working. I guess that just shows you how much they care about their vehicles.
(20 Mar 2014, 7:08 pm)Robert wrote The 2 Solo SR demos have been returned to Optare or whoever they loaned them off and ON02 STX (MX05 OTJ) has been placed onto the Cathedral Bus while Y40 STX has replaced ON02 on the 706/707/708.
(25 Mar 2014, 4:58 pm)Robert wrote ON02 STX is allocated to the Cathedral Bus. I however don't know why you are seeing the SRs on there since they have both been returned.
(25 Mar 2014, 5:09 pm)Dan wrote The SRs were only loans until the Solo came back fully converted to electric, weren't they?
(25 Mar 2014, 5:08 pm)Tom wrote They are on loan to Phoenix at the moment. They've got the electric solos too, not sure why they aren't using them though.
(25 Mar 2014, 5:14 pm)Dan wrote Says something on the rear along the lines of "I'm electric!" iirc.
Sure I got a photo on Saturday.
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(25 Mar 2014, 8:06 pm)tyresmoke wrote The 3 electric Solos are meant to be used but they're not the most reliable machines. They've been off the road for months having engineering work done I believe (hence the loan of the 2 SRs from Dawsons Rentals for the first few months... These have now been returned, they were in the yard on Sunday, one has now turned up at Phoenix!).
Yourbus also used 1604 YJ60KFP as their diesel spare, which was used the majority of the time, so ON02STX will be Stanley's dedicated spare I presume.
(25 Mar 2014, 9:14 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote Just over a year ago, was heading to the station one night and there was an electric solo being towed back to Hetton.
Never saw another one being given a lift home, but if they are that unreliable, it may have happened more than once.
(25 Mar 2014, 9:39 pm)Robert wrote Those electric solos can not survive a whole day on the road. It has to be swapped over at some point which im suggesting is the point of the 3rd electric solo and ON02 STX. I think it may of been a case where the charge just ran out as it doesn't last that many hours.
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(25 Mar 2014, 9:44 pm)tyresmoke wrote Yeah I saw in the tender documents that there was one diagram that was too long for one bus to complete so that got swapped over at lunchtime, the other one was out for a shorter time and therefore could be completed within the battery life of one vehicle. The dead mileage from Oxhill should be fairly similar so they've probably got a similar timetable in place, with the diesel one as backup.
(05 Apr 2014, 10:42 pm)James Moss Mccrossan wrote Hi everyone been a while I was wondering does anyone know the fleet list for Stanley travel coz am lost on how many solo they have
(05 Apr 2014, 10:42 pm)James Moss Mccrossan wrote Hi everyone been a while I was wondering does anyone know the fleet list for Stanley travel coz am lost on how many solo they have