Recent content by Markk1990

My bad - the green I saw was the repainted Streetdeck for Leicester - I assume a transfer imminent?

It’ll solve a number of problems with electric bus procurement, especially within First. If that photo is anything to go by - 2 Bristol streetdecks and an unknown Streetlite (BoS?)

I think it is exactly the reason why - better visibility of the back seats and less likely to vandalise/burn the seat backs. It’s easier to replace seat covers than potentially risk burning the bus down when the “yoof” play with lighters.

Many older Wright models on the rear lost their badging as it wasn’t moulded. It was essentially paint or a vinyl - e.g. Renown’s. Notably some repainted Gemini’s lost their rear grill badging, I am led to believe this was due to the small fixings deteriorating, so they just left a plain grill...

Are we forgetting that a circular defeats the apparent objectives? Up to Muller Rd Top will hardly give any extra capacity to the centre in addition to the 75/76?

Which depot do you know? And also service? Odd choice considering type commonality.

I don’t disagree but it was stated before that the pool of B9’s was interchangeable and no specific “batch” was allocated to a set of services minus branding.

It was stated before a B9 is a B9. Branding excepted, however that will be a challenge at Hengrove.

Whilst I don’t believe they are visually too different to the other fleet as is so they won’t really matter to the average punter, I do believe there is some marketing opportunity to shout about the new cross-city routes - unless their hand was forced by WECA so they aren’t to keen on pushing...

Service 74 rerouted to terminate at Temple Meads, presumably as a replacement for 70/73 from that end of the city. Are there enough gas buses to complete the new PVR of the extended 73 - and will we see the Citylines branding gone or amended? Considering the current theme I think we can say...

I’d imagine given their small bodywork range (only low floor mid-full singles) they want to show how flexible they were with all chassis options, considering how relatively new they were considering their comparisons. Now of course there is no requirement as either their offerings are integral...

I’d imagine it’s a write-off

No E400’s at Doncaster. Likely to replace older B7RLE’s, especially as deckers are required.

There is an updated design is there not?

It’s important to note that although a reduction in frequency is generally not good news if all other service factors remain, that a bus now every 15 mins instead of every 10 mins guaranteed* to show rather than one of every 10 mins not guaranteed to show is more likely to at least stem any...