Ember: Electric coach service

[Buzby]

Is there any evidence that old/young people with free passes use Ember in preference because of the superior service?

I’m one of many who have abandoned CityLink for all journeys (except to Edinburgh). When Ember introduce this from Glasgow, I’ll be a happy bunny.

 

[Strathtay 260]

The E17 is now primarily using TCe12s (the 12m coaches) instead of the GTe14s which probably tells you how "well" the E17 has picked up over 6 months

It isn't due to demand. It's that the E17 uses the least amount of battery of the Aberdeen routes therefore it makes the most sense to use the TCe12s taking some off the E7, which GTe14s are suited to purely because it requires significantly more luggage space as it serves Aberdeen Airport. However both routes will still have a mixture of 12s and 14s.

Ember don't really do advertising I have noticed

They don't due to advertising and never have done because they think the bus is an advert itself.

They keep saying they are a tech company that just so happens to run coach services

I'm not convinced they "keep" saying that. They just aren't a traditional bus operator which is true.

 

[johncrossley]

Flixbus are regularly criticised for not doing advertising but they seem to have conquered nearly all of Europe's coach market. Traditional advertising (TV, radio, billboards etc.) maybe isn't as effective for the likes of Ember and Flixbus.

 

[RomeoCharlie71]

It isn't due to demand. It's that the E17 uses the least amount of battery of the Aberdeen routes therefore it makes the most sense to use the TCe12s taking some off the E7, which GTe14s are suited to purely because it requires significantly more luggage space as it serves Aberdeen Airport. However both routes will still have a mixture of 12s and 14s

Ok, but whatever way you look at it, it's obviously not busy enough to justify the GTe14s all the time

 

[Strathtay 260]

Ok, but whatever way you look at it, it's obviously not busy enough to justify the GTe14s all the time

Yes I'd agree with that, I'm just going off what's been said. And even if it was due to demand I doubt it'd be admitted - they like having a technical reason for most things it seems.

 

[Jordan Adam]

The E7 gets very busy, the use of GTe14s on the service instead of the TCe12s is long overdue.

 

[AndrewTaylor95]

AIR is going stop at newhouse from October change

New timetables are on Traveline, Won't be stopping at Newhouse so was a rumour as I thought