Trivia - which depot has gone the longest without receiving new buses?

[JamesC357]

First Hadleigh depot in Essex didn’t receive any brand new buses between a batch of R reg Darts in 1997 and some 64 plate Streetlites in late 2014. There have also been no brand new buses since a further batch of Streetlites delivered in mid 2015.

 

[swifty]

"I think the only new vehicles to Yeovil in the First era were 66956/58/60 B7rles for the 54 in 2005."

They were new to Bath depot, only heading down in 2007 for the 54. Best vehicles that route has seen but sadly not brand new.

In 2006

December bus imagery - 2006

Despite only being about a year old, the winter traffic film on 23rd December 2006 made First Bath 66958 WX55TZV look older than its years in Frome Market Place. Since then, the 234 to Chippenham has come under sustained competition from Faresaver, culminating in First coming off the route.

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In 2007

First 66958 (WX 55 TZV)

First Somerset & Avon Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Yeovil Bus Station 4th June 2007

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A few similar aged 10.7m Darts went down from Bath to Taunton at the same time, I seem to recall they were used on town services?

 

[Bristol LH]

I'll stick my neck out and suggest that First Cymru's Haverfordwest hasn't received a new vehicle for nearly 30 years, which was Reeve Burgess Beaver-bodied Mercedes 814D 382 (H382 TTH), delivered in July 1991. This was in South Wales Transport days when the company was owned by the Badgerline Group, and First Cymru Buses is SWT renamed.

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

A few similar aged 10.7m Darts went down from Bath to Taunton at the same time, I seem to recall they were used on town services?

Indeed, 42912-6 were sent down to work the cross town route 4 in Taunton. The first two were soon spirited off to Wales though.

I'll stick my neck out and suggest that First Cymru's Haverfordwest hasn't received a new vehicle for nearly 30 years. This was Reeve Burgess Beaver-bodied Mercedes 814D 382 (H382 TTH), delivered in July 1991. This was in South Wales Transport days when the company was owned by the Badgerline Group, and First Cymru Buses is SWT renamed.

Good call.

 

[mic]

i would say first Oldham depot last batch of new ones they got where the E400s 12 regs from new

 

[cnjb8]

Possibly Skegness last vehicles were the Volvo B7TL Wright Eclipse Geminis ordered by RoadCar but delivered to Stagecoach.

 

[Simon75]

Arriva Winsford/Macclesfield last new buses 17 plate Mellor Strata
Before that possible the the 61 plate Gemini's fir the Sapphire 38 Crewe to Macclesfield

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

Arriva Winsford/Macclesfield last new buses 17 plate Mellor Strata
Before that possible the the 61 plate Gemini's fir the Sapphire 38 Crewe to Macclesfield

In the past, they have had fairly regular (if not mind blowing) investment until recent times (as per much of Arriva); remember them getting the Centros in 2006 and they had some Cadets that were new to Crewe and were 12 months old when that depot closed with ops moved to Winsford. Didn't they also receive the 12 plate Solo SRs from new?

Across Arriva, there will be quite a few depots that haven't received a new bus for quite some time; 2017 is actually quite good!

 

[Statto]

I think the last new deckers for Taunton and Bridgwater may well have been the FDV-V batch of VRs delivered in 1979/80. The LFJ-W ones all went to either DG or into WN's Plymouth operations with a few for the Cornish depots. North Devon did get the new Olympians with short lived 1818/9 (which quickly went to Wilts and Dorset) and then the later 1815-7 that went to Tiverton.

Rock Ferry similar situation, last deckers delivered new was the ECW Olympians in the early 80s under NBC ownership they've had deckers transferred from elsewhere, until 2017 when Stagecoach brought in MMCs to Gold standard for the 471/472, also some of the Cambridge P&R fleet was new to Rock Ferry too, they were loaned to Rock Ferry before heading South in order to boost capacity during the Merseyrail loop shutdown in 2018

 

[Eyersey468]

Of the East Yorkshire depots, Elloughton last got new buses in 2015, a pair of E200s for Goole Towns and a pair of MCV/Volvo B8RLEs which only stayed less than 18 months. Withernsea last got new vehicles 2016, the others have had new vehicles since the GA takeover. Elloughton is the least likely to get new buses these days purely because they don't take enough cash to justify them

 

[Strathclyder]

In regards to First Glasgow, Dumbarton would presently be the best contender for this title, it's last new vehicles being 'The One'-branded E300s delivered from November 2012 into early 2013 (some of which have either been transferred to other FiG depots or transferred out to another First division in the years since). All the other depots have had intakes of new vehicles in the last 18-24 months.

To flip this subject somewhat on it's head, what's the shortest time between a depot receiving new vehicles and that depot subsequently being closed? Sticking with First Glasgow, Parkhead may be a strong contender in this regard, with a batch of E200MMCs (67065-67083) arriving there starting in December 2015 and the depot closing less than a month later (at the end of service on 16th January 2016).

 

[Eyersey468]

In regards to First Glasgow, Dumbarton would presently be the best contender for this title, it's last new vehicles being 'The One'-branded E300s delivered from November 2012 into early 2013 (some of which have either been transferred to other FiG depots or transferred out to another First division in the years since). All the other depots have had intakes of new vehicles in the last 18-24 months.

To flip this subject somewhat on it's head, what's the shortest time between a depot receiving new vehicles and that depot subsequently being closed? Sticking with First Glasgow, Parkhead may be a strong contender in this regard, with a batch of E200MMCs (67065-67083) arriving there starting in December 2015 and the depot closing less than a month later (at the end of service on 16th January 2016).

What was the point of allocating new buses to the depot when it was closing?

 

[Strathclyder]

What was the point of allocating new buses to the depot when it was closing?

Beats me. My best guess (as a outsider) would be that it was to balance the books/fleet, as the MMCs displaced a number of older E300s from Parkhead, which went off to Midland Bluebird/Scotland East/Borders.