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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/motoringvideo/8541438/Boris-Johnson-test-drives-new-Routemaster-London-bus.html
They could of at least painted it.
Looks like a 21st century Bristol VR.
I think NCT will buy the ex Reading Transport Scania n94ud Omnidekkas from Nigel Mcree.
2x 54 plates
12x 06 plates
same bodywork , plus they want rid of all the tridents by 2011.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VOLVO-B7-WRIGHT-BODY-BUS-COACH-BREAKING-EXPORT-SPARES-/120724542529?pt=UK_Minibuses_Buses_Coaches&hash=item1c1bbe5441#ht_2564wt_1139
:cry:
17 more coming!
All but the three euro 3 engined ones are to be replaced by next October.
Speaking to fitters down at Trent Bridge depot , saying they are to expensive to keep running.
One of the Gotham ( South Nott's lads) said they borrowed one ,when they were new for Notttingham City Coaches .
He...
Press release
Nottingham City confirms £1.7m order for eight Optare Solo EVs
Nottingham City Council has placed an order with Optare for eight of its Solo EV battery-powered buses as part of a £1.7 million project that includes a £760,000 contribution from the Governments Green Bus Fund...
New Omnidekka's
5 for GO2 Red 43
9 for GO2 Purple 89
6 for GO2 Lilac 27
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Current 43 fleet to be resprayed GO2 Spare and Network Spare
Current 27 fleet to be passed onto 24/25 service with those Tridents sold.
Current 89 fleet to be passed onto 56/59 service with those Tridents sold.
989 to...
MCATEER was the main player north of the border for a heroin smuggling plot centred on Merseyside.
Operation Kingsway would lead to 10 people being jailed.
Both McAteer and Warren Selkirk were also named on the drug smuggling indictment but after the murder it was decided to try the Scot...
any idea when the first new routemaster will come online , must be making a prototype by know , Metroline boy's at Willesden depot told me First at Westbourne will get the first ones .
Any ideas anyone.
I was outside Victoria Centre today and it looks like Premiere know have the Mercedes Citaro demo that was at Yourbus a couple of months ago , it was going to Bingham must have been a red 1 , anyone else seen it?
Also NCT have staff showing people what stops to use after the changes.
More...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jan/13/open-prison-no-holiday-camp
My mates best pal Paul Lowe is the Paul in the article he is doing a 24 year sentance for drug dealing.
6 Days a week the buses drive off with cons driving , taking the lads to work in Boston, Skegness , Spalding and...
So i had a nice drive up the A52 to Boston to pick up a mate from HMP North Sea Camp, he was sent down for growing some plants.
Anyway pull up in the car park, as its a Cat D Open Prison , he does charity work at a shop in Boston.
You should see the prison fleet to take the lads to work...
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