Go North East: 2014/15 Financial Year Order Predictions
Go North East: 2014/15 Financial Year Order Predictions
Well it will, think about it:
- Pronto needs new buses
- Angel modern Gemini PVR is short of 2
- TEN modern Gemini PVR is short of 1
- Riverside needs more good spares for the TTX and TEN
- Fab 56 might need a PVR increase owing to reliability issues
- Cobalt Clipper needs another good spare
- 6001 to 6007 and 6050 to Crook for the Pronto
- 6049 to Riverside for TTX
- 6051 to Riverside for TEN
- 6054 and 6055 to CLS for Angel (perhaps fitted with Flybrid technology)
- 6052 to Percy Main as Cobalt Clipper spare
- 6053 to Deptford to allow PVR increase and reliability improvement on the Fab 56
- 3943 to Crook as a spare for the Pronto
- 3941 and 3942 as TEN / TTX spares
- 3963 and 3964 to Percy Main for DFDS work
(26 Oct 2014, 10:47 am)Michael Why would the Red Arrows need new buses, the buses on the their are only from 2011/2012...
(26 Oct 2014, 10:47 am)Michael Why would the Red Arrows need new buses, the buses on the their are only from 2011/2012...
(26 Oct 2014, 10:59 am)Drifter60 I don't thinks it's a too bad idea, the main point would be investing in red arrows allowing other routes, who maybe can't justify brand new vehicles, to have updated allocations. However think they'll wait til next year earliest yet.
(26 Oct 2014, 10:59 am)Drifter60 I don't thinks it's a too bad idea, the main point would be investing in red arrows allowing other routes, who maybe can't justify brand new vehicles, to have updated allocations. However think they'll wait til next year earliest yet.
And I know it sounds very petty but, before power sockets became standard on most new double deck orders, 6001 - 6007 and 6049 - 6055 didn't have them fitted. And with regards to the Pronto, would you be happy if GNE bought new Euro 6 buses that aren't designed for such work?
I would love it to be true, if only for the effort Davey Bowyer puts into his fleet rejigs!
Keep singing that song of his in my head... Davey Bowter, Davey Bowyer, Davey Davey Bowyer. He gets the fleet and swaps it about a bit. Davey, Davey Bowyer.
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Well I can see GNE going down 2 ways with future orders:
Route 1: Minibus = Solo, Midi/Full Size= Versa, Full Size Single Deck = Citaro, Double Deck = Metrodecker
Route 2: Mini / Midi = ADL E200, Full Size Single Deck = Cummins E300, Heavyweight Full Size Single Deck = Scania E300, Lightweight Double Deck = Cummins E400, Heavyweight Double Deck = Scania E400.
Well the exact reason why I ignored Wrightbus for is becuase they don't have a suitable heavyweight double deck option on the market. I must say that I seem very impressed with the Metrodecker and the Merc engine combination. I don't know about the TTX but for other B9TL routes and routes like the Pronto, it would cope OK.
I still don't get why GNE didn't do a like for like comparison on the TEN with a B5TL and compare it with a B9TL.
