Arriva Midlands

[aswilliamsuk]

The group has now announced the very large investment over the next year or so (including a number of recent deliveries), but right at the bottom it confirms Tamworth is being electrified.

The deckers for Tamworth appear to be BYDs - there are 39 coming, and 28 of those are known to be for the North East, so it looks logical that the rest are for Tamworth.

Arriva to introduce 809 new buses to regional and London fleets - routeone

Arriva has announced a £340 million fleet investment that will see 809 new buses join its fleet and 150 existing examples refurbished.

www.route-one.net

 

[Russel]

The group has now announced the very large investment over the next year or so (including a number of recent deliveries), but right at the bottom it confirms Tamworth is being electrified.

The deckers for Tamworth appear to be BYDs - there are 39 coming, and 28 of those are known to be for the North East, so it looks logical that the rest are for Tamworth.

Arriva to introduce 809 new buses to regional and London fleets - routeone

Arriva has announced a £340 million fleet investment that will see 809 new buses join its fleet and 150 existing examples refurbished.

www.route-one.net

Long overdue, but very good news!

 

[BuhSnarf]

Really good news for the regional areas, great to see!

 

[isaac27]

3234 now in service at Shrewsbury

 

[Russel]

Not sure what fleet number it was, but I caught one of Tamworth's newly received Versas yesterday, it sounded like it needed putting out of it's misery, shame Tamworth didn't receive a few extra Pulsars instead..

 

[E B]

The deckers for Tamworth appear to be BYDs - there are 39 coming, and 28 of those are known to be for the North East, so it looks logical that the rest are for Tamworth.

Would these replace E400s?

 

[ferry58]

Not sure what fleet number it was, but I caught one of Tamworth's newly received Versas yesterday, it sounded like it needed putting out of it's misery, shame Tamworth didn't receive a few extra Pulsars instead..

Shrewsbury didn't have any Pulsars allocated... just plenty of old Versas.

 

[isaac27]

Would these replace E400s?

Yes they most likely would as the double deckers are used on the 110 and sometimes a couple of local routes. The 110 is supposed to have 10 busses at the moment with most of them being the e400 and the rest made up with euro 6 pulsars.

 

[DS25]

Not sure what fleet number it was, but I caught one of Tamworth's newly received Versas yesterday, it sounded like it needed putting out of it's misery, shame Tamworth didn't receive a few extra Pulsars instead..

You might get some pulsars from telford when the MMC’s arrive later this year

 

[E B]

Yes they most likely would as the double deckers are used on the 110 and sometimes a couple of local routes. The 110 is supposed to have 10 busses at the moment with most of them being the e400 and the rest made up with euro 6 pulsars.

Hopefully we will see one on the 6 at some point, however that would be quite unlikely

 

[BusLink61]

You might get some pulsars from telford when the MMC’s arrive later this year

Some Pulsars may arrive from Derby too when they receive new buses

 

[Trainman40083]

Some Pulsars may arrive from Derby too when they receive new buses

Some might even need painting. Some of the Derby ones look like they were last painted when they were new

 

[BusLink61]

Some might even need painting. Some of the Derby ones look like they were last painted when they were new

Yes and apparently some of the interiors are in need of a refurb, I’ve known it with Arriva where the seats get a refurb but doesn’t get painted or vice versa, both should be refurbed together ideally.

 

[Trainman40083]

Yes and apparently some of the interiors are in need of a refurb, I’ve known it with Arriva where the seats get a refurb but doesn’t get painted or vice versa, both should be refurbed together ideally.

More rebuild than refurbishment. Very tired.

 

[isaac27]

Hopefully we will see one on the 6 at some point, however that would be quite unlikely

I was told by a driver that when the route changed double deckers can no longer be used on the main part of route 6 due to tight roads and the hill in baddesley. Plus the 6 isn’t usually busy enough to warrant a double decker. They do sometimes use double deckers on the Tamworth part of the route though.

 

[E B]

I was told by a driver that when the route changed double deckers can no longer be used on the main part of route 6 due to tight roads and the hill in baddesley. Plus the 6 isn’t usually busy enough to warrant a double decker. They do sometimes use double deckers on the Tamworth part of the route though.

Thanks for clarifying about the roads in Baddesley.

Yeah, I have only been on the 6 once (in Nuneaton) and I was the only one on the bus. Hope Tamworth gets some new single deckers as part of this order

 

[Simon75]

What material seating are they using 'e leather ' or moquette ?

 

[derbyveg]

Noticed the old 'arriva' symbol has been removed from majority of Derbys fleet,

 

[isaac27]

Tamworth’s 2155 (gn10kwh) has now run out of mot which means it will most likely be withdrawn and replaced with another versa.

 

[sharpley]

I was told by a driver that when the route changed double deckers can no longer be used on the main part of route 6 due to tight roads and the hill in baddesley. Plus the 6 isn’t usually busy enough to warrant a double decker. They do sometimes use double deckers on the Tamworth part of the route though.

I use the 6 quite frequently, as you say the problem is at the top of the hill in Baddesley Ensor. Very tight roads, plus very low trees when you turn right off the main road at the top. Been on a couple of early services where the driver has had to get out and knock on doors to get cars moved.

 

[SSmith2009]

I use the 6 quite frequently, as you say the problem is at the top of the hill in Baddesley Ensor. Very tight roads, plus very low trees when you turn right off the main road at the top. Been on a couple of early services where the driver has had to get out and knock on doors to get cars moved.

A good long beep of the horn usually gets them moving

 

[Russel]

Lifted from social media, but as of this morning, Tamworth has one less Max Citaro.

 

[SSmith2009]

Lifted from social media, but as of this morning, Tamworth has one less Max Citaro.

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a post I've seen on facebook confirms it was 3920 (BK58 URN) involved.

 

[isaac27]

I went on 3920 last week and it was in a right state, most of the dashboard was missing and the brake pedal kept squeaking as well as mismatched seats of about 5 different types and a rather uncomfortable ride. The driver did say it only had a couple of weeks left on the road.

 

[Trainman40083]

Looks like Arriva Derby Enviro 400 MMC started tracking on the 38 at 16.03 today. I saw it in service around 13.15.

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Looks like Arriva Derby Enviro 400 MMC started tracking on the 38 at 16.03 today. I saw it in service around 13.15.

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[SSmith2009]

Looks like Arriva Derby Enviro 400 MMC started tracking on the 38 at 16.03 today. I saw it in service around 13.15.

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that one had temperamental tracking when in Leicester.

 

[Trainman40083]

that one had temperamental tracking when in Leicester.

One of my friends asked "how am I to get a picture of it is not tracking?". At the time it was right in front of me.

 

[Russel]

I went on 3920 last week and it was in a right state, most of the dashboard was missing and the brake pedal kept squeaking as well as mismatched seats of about 5 different types and a rather uncomfortable ride. The driver did say it only had a couple of weeks left on the road.

All of the Max Citaros were total sheds, honestly I'm surprised it's took this long for something like this to happen.

 

[E B]

Lifted from social media, but as of this morning, Tamworth has one less Max Citaro.

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I think that’s the last one, as another one was withdrawn a few weeks ago

 

[BusLink61]

Lifted from social media, but as of this morning, Tamworth has one less Max Citaro.

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They had the chance to replace this given that most of the Versas have now moved over from Shrewsbury...