(05 Jan 2014, 10:21 am)tyresmoke wrote First York add to versatile fleet
First York are about to take delivery of 6 brand new Optare Versa EV (electric) buses, which will be used on the new Park & Ride service to Poppleton. They are in silver base livery with lime green applied in current First livery style, and they also feature the current standard First interior with leather seats, wi-fi etc.
The 6 Optare Versa EV's are 11 metre examples and have 34 seats.
Registrations are as follows:
YD63VCM
YD63VCN
YD63VCO
YD63VCP
YD63VCT
YD63VCU
Not aware of fleet numbers being allocated yet.
Photos are available here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10110677@N07/11677501703/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10110677@N07/11677018065/ (Interior Shot)
The new service is expected to start running in the spring.
The Versa EVs have now arrived in York and have been re-registered as followed:
49901 YD63VCM is now YJ14BHA
49902 YD63VCN is now YJ14BHD
49903 YD63VCO is now YJ14BHE
49904 YD63VCP is now YJ14BHF
49905 YD63VCT is now YJ14BHK
49906 YD63VCU is now YJ14BHL
The new Park & Ride site at Poppleton is destined to open on the 1st June which will also see the start of the service which, oddly for York, is numbered 59.