Good news. I was hoping that 466-468 would move to Lothian Country as well for service expansion but it makes sense to move them back to Marine to release buses for Longstone. There will be plenty of spare green buses once all have been completed if they aren't sold immediately.
464 could still move across, but I wouldn’t be certain of it. The numbers don’t balance out with it. 465 shouldn’t as the charity bus, while 466-468 are obviously the Zoo Wraps - which I believe are part of an arranged contract?
They could always leave the zoo wraps and put them on the X18 and just paint the madder to green.
Definitely an interesting thought, but one I can’t see happening.
Some BZL’s are due to Marine once enough charging ports are completed and ready.
Though you would expect Marine’s to come from the next batch rather than this current one or moves away from Central.
Seen that earlier looks a bad one too. A lorry into the rear at speed might cause more damage than meets the eye
East coast does have the longbow bus though, so not an impossibility?
No, but the Zoo wraps are part of a contract so something would need to give on that part. The contract for the Strongbow bus will be a different type.
oh yikes, that could indeed take a long time to repair.
good to see! looks like we might actually see all of 701-750 in service before the 2 year anniversary of them being initially ordered. and then hopefully the rumoured 751-798 will be delivered in a shorter timeframe.
Indeed. Hopefully that is the case.
If it is repaired, it may well become the second XLB to be written off if the damage is severe.
It is pretty bad. Wrote off? I’m not so sure. Until there are images of the rear it would be difficult to suggest anything.
Its depends how much damage there is to the engine and its components and also the chasis. Its probably a year out of service but a write off although slim could be possible depending on the price of repairs
With the exception of the upper deck rear, the rest of the rear is pretty much mangled with the power pack ending up in the lower saloon.
Ouch. It’ll all depend on if the structure has been compromised or not then. Clearly this is a massive job if it’s even possible. Possibly the biggest I’ve seen from Lothian if it doesn’t happen. What won’t help is the uncertainty with ADL at the moment either.
Here’s a couple photos of it arriving back at central
That is bad. The rear is a complete mess.
Certainly a potential structural compromise on that nearside lower rear corner.
That's easily repairable, it's pretty simple when you take away all the panels, engine out, repair box section of frame and back together.
Yeah thats what i thought at first look that the engine etc.. were all done from it. It looks structurally damaged aswell at the lower deck too
That’s good. It’ll be very Labour intensive and time consuming. I’d be amazed if it’s back out this year.
Added the details from this thread that were posted by ecb124 previously.
1076, engine fire in October 2020. It became an XSB - its front end is now with The Risk Factory.
you made me laugh there!
So that leaves a further 8 if I've calculated correctly after those that are left to be delivered.
