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Dare I say that I don't think the Wales fleet is actually that bad? Aside from one or two ropey Scania E300's I've noticed on the X24, the fleet is in pretty good condition. The older Solo's that are left are fine, and repaints are progressing quite quickly. The E200's are also progressively...

Madley to Weston Super Mare would be my suggestion. 448 Madley to Hereford (Operated by Newport bus from 30th August.) 66 Hereford to Monmouth (Newport bus) 65 or 69 Monmouth to Chepstow (Newport Bus) T7 Chepstow to Bristol (Newport Bus) X1 Bristol to Western Super Mare (First WofE) Granted...

I disagree. All of the biggest groups have purchased quality second hand vehicles at some point in time (apart from maybe Stagecoach, but they still keep second hand vehicles acquired though purchasing other operators right through to the end of their service lives). I mean, look at Go Ahead...

The interior of that U15 is not dissimilar from the premium spec of the Yutong E12's as used on the Transcymru T1 which I mentioned upthread. I'm fairly certain that if a UK operator wanted to place an order for the U15, Yutong would be more than happy to supply it. After all, the E9L only...

There's some really interesting comments in this thread, but it feels like the biggest fundamental problem to better buses on long distance services is being missed.. cost. The truth is, overseas there are much higher bus subsidies and tighter government control that allow better and more...

This might sound like a strange question, but what is behind Lothian's obsession with Volvo? First was the ADL bodies on BZL electrics, and now essentially getting ADL to pretty much revive the 400XLB on a Volvo chassis just for them. And obviously there's the MCV Evora's that were purchased...

I thought it was a mistrack but repower 71069 is indeed out on X39's today. Quite a pleasant ride, but you'd think given how extensive the refurbishment was they'd have cleaned the sticky residue from the remains of adverts on the cove panels. Didn't look the tidiest inside. Also, having...

Interesting, thanks!

This is going to sound like a stupid question, but how do larger buses turn around at the Old Coastguard Hotel? Do they turn in to Parkryn Road and reverse back to the stop, or is there another solution I am missing? A quick look at Google Maps doesn't make it look like there is much space...

As far as I knew, after Mellor's owners went in to administration last year, the "Sigma" branded EV range was completely dropped, and this seems to be backed up by what was published online at the time. However; completely by chance today I came across this post from Mistral showing that they...

Aren't the York Versa's not on their third set of batteries now though? That must have cost First some serious money. Battery tech has come on light-years in the last decade or so; if you look at the electric buses being sold now, they're practically completely different vehicles to what was...

I rode a London spec BD11 for the first time at Imber on Saturday. I have to say, I was really impressed by the ride quality and the interior. Certainly one of the nicest (if not the nicest) modern London spec vehicles I have ever been on. The exterior look may not be everyone's cup of tea...

I've never understood why they don't add a couple of daytime departures at normal hours to attract regular passengers. Plenty of people from quite some distance drive specifically to Gloucester Services just for the farm shop; you'd think it would have enough draw to justify at least a couple...

The only thing holding back faster adoption of electric buses now is acquisition and infrastructure cost. It's obvious that once operational, electric fleets are so much cheaper to operate and maintain than diesel buses. Even medium size operators are now starting to grasp that and Newport Bus...

Is there any word as to what will happen with the T14? This is Interworked with the T4 at present and I can't imagine Stagecoach will have much interest in continuing to run that without the T4, it will be even more of an operational headache than it is now. Likewise the 40A/40B/43/X43...

Given a lot of still relatively young hybrid electric vehicles have either been scrapped or converted to diesel, I do worry how feesilble it will be to do battery swaps on fully electric buses when the batteries have degraded to a point where it is absolutely needed. Are battery swaps something...

Fundimientaly, I think the arguments in favour of heavy route branding and localised liveries are overblown. The ultimate driver that makes people switch on to public transport is not the colour of the bus, or a strong brand, but other factors such as speed, frequency (including services running...

The oldest Yutong EV in UK service, YK66 CBC, is already nearing it's 10th birthday and has held up absolutely fine. It still must have decent range too, as today it did a full 12 hour shift on Newport city routes, including a 35 mile plus round trip on the X74 to Chepstow and back. As with...

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't the new Yutong coaches have seats in the wheelchair area that slide back and fold up to accommodate a wheelchair rather than needing to be fully removed? As I recall it's a similar system to that fitted to certain Tourismo's. If that's so, given the amount of...

Edwards Coaches of Llantrisant also have four 10.8m examples, along with older full length evolutions. I think there's a decent argument to be made that the Evora is the best diesel single deck bus made in recent years. Especially when you consider that a lot of the above operators would...