(27 Jan 2016, 11:41 pm)Kuyoyo wrote The 66 is instead due 6 new Optare Versas, along with 4 Solos for the town network.
Also due in terms of new vehicles for the Yorkshire half of Transdev Blazefield are 11 new deckers for Coastliner, along with the already delivered 14 B5TLs for Harrogate. The rest of the 50 vehicle order is for Lancashire.
The West Yorkshire Information Service (WYIS) is reporting the following:
- The Solos are M995SR Models and will be numbered 150-3 and for a June delivery. 3 of the displaced MPDs (Lancashire United-livered 706/7 and accident-damaged 714) are to transfer to York
- The 6 Versas are to be 237-243 and are V1170 examples. These are joined by 220-37 for Blackburn. These are also due in June.
- Coastliner's B5TLs will follow the tradition of their vehicles being numbered in the 4xx series - being 430-7/41/2 (gap due to the first low floor deckers used - B7TL/Plaxton Presidents 438-40, 438 is now at Keighley and 439/40 are now at Blackburn) and these are for delivery in September (on 66 plates). 2763/4 are to return to Malton for the summer 2016 season
- Keighley depot are to receive ex-Coastliner B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 402-4 once repainted
(17 Apr 2016, 8:13 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Further details:
- South Yorkshire are due 22 Streetlites - 14 for Doncaster and 8 for Rotherham.
- West Yorkshire are reported to be due 37 Streetdecks - also reported to be split between Leeds Hunslet Park, Leeds Bramley and Bradford depots, with Huddersfield and Halifax gaining older Volvo B7TL/Geminis to replace the oldest ALX400-bodied examples by the end of the year and Olympians by the summer
The First 2016-2017 Fleetbook has confirmed the following (please note, some of these are slightly incorrect):
- Doncaster are, in addition to their 14 Streetlites (63374-63388), are listed as taking 10 11.8m Enviro200MMCs, however Sheffield Olive Grove, who as reportedly due 10 vehicles, are listed in the book as taking 63384-63388 so they are possibly both incorrect
- Rotherham are due to take 63369-63373 (6, not 8). They are likely to be used on services 13 (to be taken over from TM Travel later this month), 27, 29 and 74.
- Leeds Hunslet Park are due to receive 12 Streetdecks (35202-35213), 8 Enviro400MMCs (33480-33487) and the 8 Flywheel-fitted Enviro400MMCs (39314-39321)
- Leeds Bramley are due to receive 15 Streetdecks (35214-35228)
- Bradford depot are due to receive 10 Streetdecks (35229-35238) reported to be in the express version of the Olympia livery