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Latest fleet card shows Oldham’s new ones allocated with the following numbers/regs MANCHESTER P02 on order 82451 MF26EBN 82452 MF26EBO 82453 MF26EBP 82454 MF26EBU 82455 MF26EBV 82456 MF26EBX 82457 MF26EBZ 82458 MF26ECA 82459 MF26ECC 82460 MF26ECD 82461 MF26ECE 82462 MF26ECJ...

Latest bus orders confirmed https://news.tfgm.com/press-releases/7d3c3b52-5cc8-4361-a34e-0d8027b1fa90/new-electric-bee-network-buses-coming-to-greater-manchester-as-125-more-ordered

A bit of interesting detail from the agenda for this weeks clean air committee at the GMCA. V1/V2 going electric from May along with the 8 and 10 plus a few more bits. Link below and screenshot attached for ease. Don’t suppose anyone has an idea of what they have ordered? I assume...

No specifics confirmed publicly I don’t think but I’d guess E400EVs to stick to type. Older stuff will be moved to other depots if needed but I actually think over the coming years a lot of the diesels will be sold to other combined authorities (Liverpool, West Yorks for example) as they role...

A quick query for anyone who might be in the know. Is there an ambition for depots to have standardised fleets? Obviously there are BYDs, Electroliners, E400EVs and BZLs with more orders on the way and I was just wondering if it would make sense to have a move around and try and put all types...

GMCA Bee Network Committee will be asked to approve the latest funding round for zero emission buses next week. Extract and link to the agenda below. “Next Phase of Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) Investment 2.15. The Committee is requested to approve, in line with the current plan for the deployment...

Yes. In fact in today’s Combined Authority meeting while discussing bus franchising costs it was mentioned that some vehicles expected this year now won’t be delivered until the first quarter of next year. Quote below with the link to the report. “The current forecast for 2025/26 is £51.6m...

If memory serves just before COVID the government awarded some funding to TFGM to upgrade Vantage but the pandemic put the breaks on the whole thing. Someone will correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t there an issue with finding an electric vehicle which worked on the busway at the time as well?

Interesting little nugget from a TFGM press release issued yesterday: “Due to practical challenges and it being a listed building, electrification of the Queens Road bus depot will take longer than originally planned. Instead, GM will be seeking to adjust the agreed plan to include 38 further...

Quite a few military sites being used according to this: https://news.tfgm.com/press-releases/c97e4e9c-6f2c-493f-a0c1-67dc6decbf5b/army-of-bee-network-buses-assembled-as-greater-manchester-prepares-to-take-control-of-full-network

I wonder if they’ll end up at Sharston, given it appears the BYD electrics there might not be staying… https://www.flickr.com/photos/ps_bus_driver/54107938031/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGRU8VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRd1zcjAp3F7D9sP92K2Zh3iV6iyXJocAdEEi3zrXD5Oxhs49JnjHQIpQg_aem_W1ps9-c5D2rLpPQJoxVb7A

It’s been confirmed by Paul Turner from Transdev that the X41 Red Express will have two deckers allocated along with two singles once the B9s move to Blackburn in the upcoming reshuffle. After six years, 1868 is getting a repaint and will be going blue. It’ll be a spare.

Weren’t some of these converted to run on full Diesel or am I mixing them up with something else?

472/74 and 163 will be moving back to Bolton as far as I know once they go electric leaving Heywood as a schools only depot.

The full report quoted in this article is here - https://democracy.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/documents/g5677/Public reports pack 26th-Sep-2024 10.00 Greater Manchester Joint Clean Air Scrutiny Committee.pdf?T=10 There's a very interesting table setting out which routes are being upgraded to...