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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2009 18:32:20 GMT
Thamesdown are selling off 4 of there Pointer SLF Darts. These were the first Low Floor buses bought by Thamesdown, and now are the first Low Floor buses to be sold. These were introduced on my local route 17 Park north-Penhill in 1996. I presume these are being sold because of the upcoming delivery of 6 more Scania K230 Solars for route 17, making route 17 the 3rd Scania operated route, god i'll miss the SPD's on it now  This is quite odd as Thamesdown still have 6 Step floor darts in service, cant see why these have not been sold before the SLF's. Most likely because the SLF's were worked very hard on high frequency routes. Here is the advert from their website. "DUE TO BE RELEASED IN FEBRUARY Four Plaxton Pointer SLF bodied Dennis Darts Euro one engines, three with S2000 gearbox conversion 41 seats with 5-camera digital CCTV system Good trim and bodywork On offer for £17,500 per bus, plus tyres and vat" Link www.thamesdown-transport.co.uk/sale.html |
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Post by vjaska on Jan 25, 2009 18:43:07 GMT
Thamesdown are selling off 4 of there Pointer SLF Darts. These were the first Low Floor buses bought by Thamesdown, and now are the first Low Floor buses to be sold. These were introduced on my local route 17 Park north-Penhill in 1996. I presume these are being sold because of the upcoming delivery of 6 more Scania K230 Solars for route 17, making route 17 the 3rd Scania operated route, god i'll miss the SPD's on it now This is quite odd as Thamesdown still have 6 Step floor darts in service, cant see why these have not been sold before the SLF's. Most likely because the SLF's were worked very hard on high frequency routes. Here is the advert from their website. "DUE TO BE RELEASED IN FEBRUARY Four Plaxton Pointer SLF bodied Dennis Darts Euro one engines, three with S2000 gearbox conversion 41 seats with 5-camera digital CCTV system Good trim and bodywork On offer for £17,500 per bus, plus tyres and vat" A euro 1 SLF, I thought all SLFs were euro 2 onwards? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2009 20:31:00 GMT
Really ? Odd, i'll try to find out  |
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Post by M1104 on Jan 25, 2009 23:44:01 GMT
Low floor Darts are; * euro_2 (1996 to 2001) * euro_3 (2001 to 2006) * euro_4 (2006 to 2009) * euro_5 (2009 to  ?) |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2009 23:47:55 GMT
Well Thamesdown somehow got it wrong then lol ;D typicaly Swindon.
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Post by vjaska on Jan 26, 2009 14:03:48 GMT
Well Thamesdown somehow got it wrong then lol ;D typicaly Swindon. Lol, but it is strange to be selling SLFs when there are SE Darts still in service. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2009 15:18:40 GMT
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Post by john on Jan 26, 2009 15:59:43 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2009 16:02:40 GMT
Other way round John  Arriva must have had these before Thamesdown bought them - I'm sure that's what you meant anyway. Don't know if anyone else had these in between Arriva and Thamesdown. AFAIK these were brand new to Limebourne back in '97. |
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Post by john on Jan 26, 2009 16:04:57 GMT
Other way round John Arriva must have had these before Thamesdown bought them - I'm sure that's what you meant anyway. Don't know if anyone else had these in between Arriva and Thamesdown. AFAIK these were brand new to Limebourne back in '97. Ah, that would be how Arriva got their hands on them then lol. I think they've moved from GY to Southend now though since the 370 got its E200's and the other services were withdrawn |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2009 16:14:00 GMT
Other way round John Arriva must have had these before Thamesdown bought them - I'm sure that's what you meant anyway. Don't know if anyone else had these in between Arriva and Thamesdown. AFAIK these were brand new to Limebourne back in '97. Ah, that would be how Arriva got their hands on them then lol. I think they've moved from GY to Southend now though since the 370 got its E200's and the other services were withdrawn I've only just realised your question was about R310-3 NGM only and not the entire batch  But yes Arriva would have got these from Limebourne anyway. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2009 16:30:45 GMT
Thamesdown got them in 2000.
141 – 144 ex The King’s Ferry via Ensign (dealer),
I think it still has safety/no smoking stickers on the inside that Arriva or someone must of put on.
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Post by greeny253 on Jan 26, 2009 17:06:51 GMT
I could have sworn they had that too |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2009 12:03:50 GMT
16th Feb changes seem to have been the reason for these SLF sales.
Service 1/1A is being cut in half creating new route 2 operating at every 15 mins which most likely will still run Scanias.
I knew last year that increasing 1/1A to every 10 mins was a bad idea, this route serves nothing but expensive non council housing estates, i.e people who all have cars.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2009 9:22:32 GMT
More info on them R-Reg SLFs from the showbus website.
"Another secondhand bus. 143 (R317NGM) is a Dennis Dart SLF acquired via Ensignbus from Kent operator King's Ferry. The bus however had been intended for London tendered operations when new and had been ordered by Q-Drive, the parent company of Limebourne. At the time of delivery, Limebourne went out of business and their operatiosn passed to Connex, though the batch of new Plaxton Pointer bodied SLF Darts did not."
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Arriva must have had these before Thamesdown bought them - I'm sure that's what you meant anyway. Don't know if anyone else had these in between Arriva and Thamesdown. AFAIK these were brand new to Limebourne back in '97.
