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Post by bigbusdutz on Apr 11, 2016 10:01:27 GMT
As I am from the Midlands I see a bit of variety in the single deck bus market, how come this is not true in the London. All I see in London is the E200 and the odd Mercedes Citaro?
What happened to all the Wright vehicles - is this because they are too big?
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Post by COBO on Apr 11, 2016 10:22:05 GMT
As I am from the Midlands I see a bit of variety in the single deck bus market, how come this is not true in the London. All I see in London is the E200 and the odd Mercedes Citaro? What happened to all the Wright vehicles - is this because they are too big? Well London does have Wright StreetLites, Wright Cadets, Wright Electricitys, Optare Tempos, Optare Versas, Optare Metrocitys, Optare Solos, Marshal Capitals and Plaxton Pointers. But most bus companies in London only go for Enviro 200s because of their reliability. |
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Post by M1104 on Apr 11, 2016 10:26:23 GMT
As I am from the Midlands I see a bit of variety in the single deck bus market, how come this is not true in the London. All I see in London is the E200 and the odd Mercedes Citaro? What happened to all the Wright vehicles - is this because they are too big? Overall there are very few heavy duty single deckers about, due to TfL not really choosing such a spec upon new contracts. As for Wrights vehicles there are quite a few about within the capital as mentioned. The WS class in south west London are usually confined to the the 219 which runs between Wimbledon and Clapham Junction via Tooting. If you are traveling about on tube you can catch those buses from Tooting Bec, Tooting Broadway, Colliers Wood, South Wimbledon and Wimbledon stations. |
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Post by vjaska on Apr 11, 2016 10:29:14 GMT
As I am from the Midlands I see a bit of variety in the single deck bus market, how come this is not true in the London. All I see in London is the E200 and the odd Mercedes Citaro? What happened to all the Wright vehicles - is this because they are too big? Well London does have Wright StreetLites, Wright Cadets, Wright Electricitys, Optare Tempos, Optare Versas, Optare Metrocitys, Optare Solos, Marshal Capitals and Plaxton Pointers. But most bus companies in London only go for Enviro 200s because of their reliability. Don't forget the Omnicity single deckers on the 293 & the Wrightbus Hydrogen Pulsars on the RV1 lol. |
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Post by snoggle on Apr 11, 2016 11:37:32 GMT
The basic issue is that demand in London often requires double deckers on the majority of routes. There is a difference in approach in some deregulated markets. Some operators have decided that single deck vehicles are more suitable for the routes they run - sometimes even where the demand is such that double deckers would be appropriate. Trent Barton is a good example of this. Vehicle policy at NXWM has also varied quite a lot over the last 30 years with a lot of emphasis on single deckers for many years. Only more recently have double deckers made something of a comeback.
Therefore there is rather more of a market for "heavy" single deckers which are more comfortable and offer a reasonable capacity. London also has more "round the corner" local suburban routes that dive down local routes and the smaller versions of the E200 / E20D fits that bill pretty well. Comments made by others about reliability and fleet standardisation in London are also pertinent.
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