Certainly on the core commercial routes, singles are generally fine. They still have a requirement for DDs on many of the Falkirk and Stirling Council school contract routes, so likely be doubles around for a while yet.
McGill's were advertising on Facebook to use them to get to Murrayfield Stadium, and the advert said "direct buses from Falkirk and Stirling to Edinburgh" (or words to that effect): I looked on their website but, as I had thought, there does not appear to be any direct service from McGill's from Stirling to Edinburgh. Is this an oversight on their advert or am I missing something obvious?
X38?
That would be an awful idea.
The X38 only runs between Falkirk and Edinburgh.
They have reduced from four to three Streetlites. 0449 was on the service but was replaced.
Thank you. Can anyone with better eyes or knowledge confirm if the wing mirrors are physical or just cameras? I can't quite tell in the picture.
If only it would be the StreetLites but the fact that they have been getting painted into the new livery it seems they want to keep them going for at least a few more years.
2230-2239 will probably go into can imagine as they are 11 plate and I can't see them replacing anything elsewhere in the McGill's network unless they get rid of the older deckers but they will need them for the school work.
If there are 30 due they could possibly do a reshuffle of buses around the depots and replace some of the E300s, B7RLEs and older B7TLs.
I’m surprised they aren’t replacing the E200MMCs on the X38, I heard a driver on the Bright Bus Airport Express that they were getting new buses & assumed that they’d shift the MMCs onto the AirX & use Yutongs on the X38.
Most likely because the Falkirk local routes are making sufficient financial returns to support the investment. Another reason could be the height of the canal bridge east of Linlithgow given that EV single decks have their Battery compartment mounted onto the roof.
Exactly. You’ve just booked a no frills 4hr flight with Ryanair, EasyJet etc but you want a top quality bus to make the 30 min trip between the airport and the city centre! Many of the Lothian lovers just don’t get that bit.
The initial plan might be to use the Yutongs on routes that don't go too far from the depot in case they break down.
More likely - he canal bridge would be a very tight squeeze at best if not impossible.
I agree with this and something I've done post flight. It isn't massively cheaper than Lothian however.
I doubt McGill's have much concern there given experience with them over 3 depots.
Bridge is marked 10' 9", so about 3,277mm. E10s are 3,285mm and E12s are 3,330mm, from the Pelican website. The chord markings are also very narrow. Special low height ones would probably be do-able, but seems quite high risk to have non-standard height single decks.
Comes down to frequency for me. The Lothian fare is not much dearer and I have used much dearer airport buses.
The Yutong is a very reliable product. Much more so than anything BYD/ADL has come up with lately.
And that's it in a nutshell. For some, they will go for a cheaper/cheapest option, whereas others will pay a bit extra for convenience.
The naysayers won't have access to the bigger picture and just use selective evidence to support their biased views. It happens with the trams as well.
