(24 May 2022, 1:27 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Following the fire at Potters Bar depot, First York have grounded their fleet of Metrodecker EVs. As such a number of vehicles from within the West Yorkshire fleet are now on-loan to York until such a time that the Metrodeckers can be reinstated.
Confirmed so far are:
Leeds Streetdecks 35203 and 35510 plus B7RLE 66743
Halifax E400 33875/6 and B9TL 37500TL
A further 10 vehicles are on-loan - these are mainly tracking as Metrodeckers on Bus Times apart from one vehicle which is tracking as Wright Hybrid 39004. In addition, the Citaros are seeing increased usage - 11101 is tracking on 8s today while 11103-5 are making up the entire allocation on the 2 (recently, the 2 has been allocated 2 B7RLEs alongside a single Citaro).
4 years on from this - the Metrodeckers have once again been recalled and grounded following a fire in a similar example in London. This time however, loans are from far and wide and almost exclusively electrics, with a number of diesel vehicles on-loan to the two Leeds depots to cover for some of their electrics being on-loan to York.
At York as of today (9th July) there is:
- Hunslet Park's Yutong E10 68803/7 - these are exclusively being used on the 8 (Grimston Bar Park & Ride service) as they aren't fitted with radios and the 8 passes the depot
- Leeds Bramley-based Wright Electroliner 36593 36602 and 36608
- Leeds Bramley-based Wright Kite EV 63570 and 63572
- Leeds-Bramley-based Wight Streetdeck Repower 71028 (formerly 35202) 71029 (35236) and 71030 (35205)
- Leicester Wright Streetdeck Repower 71005 (formerly 35188)
- Bath-bound Wright Streetdeck Repower 71090 (formerly 35178) and 71092 (35311) - both of which have entered service as electric vehicles in York
Meanwhile, Leeds presently have:
- Glasgow E400MMC 33409, E400 33909 and B9TL 37739 - the B9 has yet to enter service, while the two ADLs are in use at Bramley
- Great Yarmouth 'Coastal Reds' B9TL 36283
- South Yorkshire B7RLE 69507 (previously a West Yorkshire vehicle at Bradford until last summer) and ex-Bristol B9TL 37588 (the only one of the ex-Bristol examples yet to enter service in South Yorkshire)
- Halifax's B7RLE 69557 at Bramley
- Huddersfield's Streetlite 69437 at Hunslet Park