Presumably the 35 new Yutong that were driven off the ship at Portbury few days ago, allow some sort of cascade around the fleet
These are some of the former Olympic shuttle buses, now over 14 years old.
Not that much of a surge. Remember that most of the 2011 intake went to London and was sold. Even 2012 was only 100 e400 and 100 B9TLs.
Some longer EV single deckers (43001 er seq) have put in an appearance this week.
Yes but those were expected. If more the Streetdeck refurbs that are needed, especially with uni around the corner.
I spent a bit of time in Bath yesterday (07-Sep-2026) and saw some of the E100EVs and E200EVs out and about. Among the ones I saw was 43001 which was in the bus station with its displays showing for the next D2x departure to Frome: I believe it made an appearance on a D1 earlier this week on which route I heard on a FB group it gave a good run.
I think the new E100s are excellent. Air conditioning is good and they don't feel as cramped as the Optares. The only issue is that I think they should have ordered more to completely replace the Optares.
The plan is to replace the Optares AFAIK - just waiting for the e200ev to arrive.
I don't think the white Optare is going. There's no way the 5 E100s can cover the 6/6a/7/8 with no hiccups.
The PVR is 4 so that is the plan, as I understood it. The 1 and 2 that see e100ev/Solos on occasion will be e200ev.
But if 2 E100s are out of service then you'll need that spare Optare. That's why the White one is staying?
So I see though I think the Citylines East red ones have worn the worst. That said, judging by the photo on bustimes, there might be one of those getting painted soon!
That's true - I was just thinking of the dull redI'd trump the Citylines East ones with the few that are left in what was Citylines 73 green. The miscoloured panels are rife...
I was very surprised to see that there's 2 enviro200 evs on the 2 today. What's their length compared to the 67xxx buses.
Not sure, they look similar in length I think. Turning circle is probably a lot better. The 67xxx are interesting to say the least on that front. I have seen one venture on the 1 once which I thought was very brave!
Well turns out 67093 has ventured out onto the 1!
43003 was on the D1 to Trowbridge this evening, spotted it in Bradford on Avon, so seems they are happy to operate further afield
43001 has already visited Warminster, and one board does the early Frome run
There was one occasion (about 35 years ago, mind) when an NX coach strayed onto the 2 and managed not to hit anything!
In Bath today ex Keynsham.
I have no clue why they are swapping, I'm guessing 39133-5 will be next to go over or have probably gone over today. 33791 and 33960 haven't been out so maybe they might be going over to Bath.
They do seem to appear on random routes, today 43007 is on D1 to Warminster
They’re commonly on D1 and D2. More oddly, a pair were working the 2 to Foxhill on Thursday.
I've seen it happen 3 or 4 times, I hope the smaller buses don’t end up leaving people behind. I was on an X39 with upstairs shut and we barely fit everyone
