Fleet Changes
Fleet Changes
Why? I think versas are much worse than Streetlites.
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A few changes for the Clean Air Zone, some surprises in there too. I'll not spoil them though personally.
(14 Jun 2021, 5:03 pm)V514DFT Wouldnt surprise me tbh,its what they did with the buses from what is now Little CoastersSilver lining, older they are, sooner they'll be replaced.
(14 Jun 2021, 5:03 pm)V514DFT Wouldnt surprise me tbh,its what they did with the buses from what is now Little CoastersSilver lining, older they are, sooner they'll be replaced.
Riverside appears to have exchanged 6901-05 with 5264,5266-68 and 5271 from Percy Main. 5264 and 5271 have already been there for a few days by the looks of things though. 6139 also appeared to have been transferred recently too.
(14 Jun 2021, 5:51 pm)cbma06 I would take it as a pinch of salt until it gets officially announced, rather than say soStaff notice gone out today. As deanmachine quotes, some interesting fleet moves to come. Consett are loosing the diamond streetlites, good move in my opinion.
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(14 Jun 2021, 5:51 pm)cbma06 I would take it as a pinch of salt until it gets officially announced, rather than say soStaff notice gone out today. As deanmachine quotes, some interesting fleet moves to come. Consett are loosing the diamond streetlites, good move in my opinion.
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(14 Jun 2021, 6:00 pm)Stanleyone Staff notice gone out today. As deanmachine quotes, some interesting fleet moves to come. Consett are loosing the diamond streetlites, good move in my opinion.
(14 Jun 2021, 6:00 pm)Stanleyone Staff notice gone out today. As deanmachine quotes, some interesting fleet moves to come. Consett are loosing the diamond streetlites, good move in my opinion.
I do think some passengers will notice that the numberplate of their bus being older than currently, I'm not sure how bothered they'll be unless it effects reliability too much. They might be bothered, however if they find out it's to give Newcastle "cleaner" emission buses, I don't think many will notice that though.
(14 Jun 2021, 6:06 pm)Michael Wonder how many passengers will notice the downgrade, as they'll be used to the perks and how many passengers will be put off using the bus because they've lost them.Seems like Eclipses going on X66 might be true to swap out euro 5 streetlites for euro 6
Time for GNE to order lots of paint..... get a % in the shares.
What was the date for the zone to go ahead in Newcastle?
(14 Jun 2021, 6:06 pm)Michael Wonder how many passengers will notice the downgrade, as they'll be used to the perks and how many passengers will be put off using the bus because they've lost them.Seems like Eclipses going on X66 might be true to swap out euro 5 streetlites for euro 6
Time for GNE to order lots of paint..... get a % in the shares.
What was the date for the zone to go ahead in Newcastle?
The Black Cats is no stranger to downgrades. Having previously went from brand-new Citaros to well-used Solars.
This is one of the issues having a CAZ/LEZ in such a confined area of Newcastle... you're complying with it by literally moving the problem 14 miles down the road...
(14 Jun 2021, 7:13 pm)Adrian The Black Cats is no stranger to downgrades. Having previously went from brand-new Citaros to well-used Solars.
This is one of the issues having a CAZ/LEZ in such a confined area of Newcastle... you're complying with it by literally moving the problem 14 miles down the road...
(14 Jun 2021, 7:13 pm)Adrian The Black Cats is no stranger to downgrades. Having previously went from brand-new Citaros to well-used Solars.
This is one of the issues having a CAZ/LEZ in such a confined area of Newcastle... you're complying with it by literally moving the problem 14 miles down the road...
(14 Jun 2021, 8:05 pm)IRHardy This has happened where all the CAZ/LEZ have been introduced:
Birmingham
Leicester
Leeds then the city council cancelled the zone
London - e.g. Putney High Street where Go Ahead temporarily swapped Volvo B5LHs from Peckham with Optare E400s from Sutton as they weren't Euro6 so could not operate the route 93.
York
When all councils wake up to this fact, they better be worried as the bus companies won't be able to afford to buy Euro 6 buses for everywhere and suddenly services will disappear as they don't make enough to fund new buses.
(14 Jun 2021, 8:05 pm)IRHardy This has happened where all the CAZ/LEZ have been introduced:
Birmingham
Leicester
Leeds then the city council cancelled the zone
London - e.g. Putney High Street where Go Ahead temporarily swapped Volvo B5LHs from Peckham with Optare E400s from Sutton as they weren't Euro6 so could not operate the route 93.
York
When all councils wake up to this fact, they better be worried as the bus companies won't be able to afford to buy Euro 6 buses for everywhere and suddenly services will disappear as they don't make enough to fund new buses.
Might explain why 6901 was operating 12 dupes at byker today
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(14 Jun 2021, 5:13 pm)JP6004 Silver lining, older they are, sooner they'll be replaced.
Wont let me quote however since versas and 17 plate streetlites are both euro 6, presumably this is for capacity issues....?
(14 Jun 2021, 8:36 pm)ne14ne1 When councils wake up to what fact?
Did any of those places suffer from services disappearing or did they actually experience better greener vehicles as per their local council’s ambitions?
Newcastle previously lost (Arriva) hybrids to Leeds for their then proposed CAZ. It’s Newcastle’s turn now and as we’ve seen already a lot of work has gone on behind the scenes to make buses greener so our city is a cleaner greener place to live work and visit…. as per the local council’s aspirations.
(14 Jun 2021, 5:13 pm)JP6004 Silver lining, older they are, sooner they'll be replaced.
Wont let me quote however since versas and 17 plate streetlites are both euro 6, presumably this is for capacity issues....?
(14 Jun 2021, 8:36 pm)ne14ne1 When councils wake up to what fact?
Did any of those places suffer from services disappearing or did they actually experience better greener vehicles as per their local council’s ambitions?
Newcastle previously lost (Arriva) hybrids to Leeds for their then proposed CAZ. It’s Newcastle’s turn now and as we’ve seen already a lot of work has gone on behind the scenes to make buses greener so our city is a cleaner greener place to live work and visit…. as per the local council’s aspirations.