The discussion about what fleet numbers the new Lothian BZLs would receive was pure speculation (especially as they've only just been ordered) and it was moved into this thread for that reason.
We regularly get reports about speculative posts in the main Lothian thread because people want to read about stuff that's actually happening.
Appreciate that, but from my perspective this thread was set up specifically for the route discussion across the area (any operator) and not really for nothing else. The subject of which was overwhelming the main thread significantly. Especially with the complete fantasy ideas.
Fleet numbers and other general fleet speculation I think would be a tricky one to accommodate in this thread; and from my view not having anything speculative at all in the main Lothian thread makes it absolutely pointless. News and other general discussion in a bus environment is likely to always involve some element of speculation. Eg if a batch of buses go for repaint I would say it’s reasonable to suggest which livery buses are going into. It’s for the same reason I think suggesting fleet numbers (and other closely related things) should belong in the normal thread and not here, or in its own tiny thread, so long as it doesn’t drag on. What I would define as logical suggestive posts. Ie things that could happen should be permitted in the main thread, while things that probably won’t absolutely shouldn’t.
If you really look around you’ll probably find the news before it reaches the main Lothian thread, which for me is now essentially just a delayed compilation section for everything. From speaking to others, it doesn’t serve any benefit to a good few readers of that thread. The Edinburgh Buses and Trams Facebook page is usually much faster than the forum is these days, which never used to be the case. It’s like anything though, some will prefer it that way, but I am one of those who doesn’t.
Just my take on things. I’m sure others will agree and disagree with many or all of my points.
