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Post by wirewiper on Nov 29, 2018 10:16:47 GMT
Going slightly off-topic, there is a report in November's Buses Magazine that San Francisco Bay Area operator AC Transit is taking 15 78-seater tri-axle ADL Enviro500 for "Transbay" services from Oakland into San Francisco. They will replace 57-seater single deckers.
Fans of accessible transport might be interested to know that these buses will have no less than SIX wheelchair spaces. They also appear to have a rack for two bicycles on the front.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2018 10:04:01 GMT
Six wheelchair spaces!!? Goodness, and Lothian are still ordering buses with just one wheelchair and buggy space!
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Post by snowman on Oct 18, 2019 18:18:26 GMT
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Post by sla27 on Oct 7, 2020 21:18:17 GMT
BVG, the transport company in Berlin, has today confirmed an order for 13.8m ADL E500s. Two will enter service in 2020 with a further 70 to follow subject to satisfactory performance. Minimum total of buses projected at 200. This allows BVG to select an all-electric option. Further details on omnibuz.news (in German) or alexander-dennis.com, Omnibus.news reported on 6 October that the first pair of E500s are due to be displayed in Berlin in a couple of weeks. They have Mercedes engines.
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Post by TB123 on Oct 7, 2020 21:46:15 GMT
BVG, the transport company in Berlin, has today confirmed an order for 13.8m ADL E500s. Two will enter service in 2020 with a further 70 to follow subject to satisfactory performance. Minimum total of buses projected at 200. This allows BVG to select an all-electric option. Further details on omnibuz.news (in German) or alexander-dennis.com, Omnibus.news reported on 6 October that the first pair of E500s are due to be displayed in Berlin in a couple of weeks. They have Mercedes engines. omnibus.news/grosse-gelbe-in-sicht
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Post by sla27 on Oct 12, 2020 18:12:03 GMT
Omnibus.news reported on 6 October that the first pair of E500s are due to be displayed in Berlin in a couple of weeks. They have Mercedes engines. omnibus.news/grosse-gelbe-in-sichtIf they time it right, the E500s might be displayed at the opening of the new Berlin airport. Only a guess as I have not seen confirmation. Hoping for photos from someone I know in Berlin.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2020 22:25:06 GMT
If they time it right, the E500s might be displayed at the opening of the new Berlin airport. Only a guess as I have not seen confirmation. Hoping for photos from someone I know in Berlin. God has that still not opened, so much for German efficiency.
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Post by galwhv69 on Oct 21, 2020 15:29:57 GMT
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Post by busman on Oct 21, 2020 16:43:02 GMT
If they time it right, the E500s might be displayed at the opening of the new Berlin airport. Only a guess as I have not seen confirmation. Hoping for photos from someone I know in Berlin. God has that still not opened, so much for German efficiency. Berlin is the least German place in Germany you could ever visit!
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Post by sla27 on Apr 5, 2021 17:55:05 GMT
Almost Stop Press! BVG has confirmed the successful trials of the 2 pre-production E500s and has confirmed the order for a further 198. More to follow.
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Post by sla27 on Apr 5, 2021 18:03:56 GMT
According to press reports, some minor changes will be made but otherwise the vehicles did well.
One report suggests that they can be converted to electric. Probably a misunderstanding of follow-on possibilities.
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Post by snowman on Apr 5, 2021 19:04:12 GMT
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Post by wirewiper on Jan 12, 2022 8:58:25 GMT
The delivery of 198 production ADL Enviro500s to Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) has begun. They will be produced in Scarborough at the rate of around five a week through much of 2022. The vehicles were ordered in March 2021, following the successful operation of two prototypes "Alexandra" and "Dennis" which entered service in 2020. The vehicles are dual-staircase and three-door, and carry up to 112 passengers, 80 seated. The production models incorporate a few modifications but they are very similar to the two prototypes. ADL is setting up an office, workshop and spares store in Berlin to support the introduction of the new vehicles. More here: www.focustransport.org/2022/01/adl-begins-delivery-of-enviro-500s.html
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Post by ServerKing on Jan 17, 2022 4:15:23 GMT
The delivery of 198 production ADL Enviro500s to Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) has begun. They will be produced in Scarborough at the rate of around five a week through much of 2022. The vehicles were ordered in March 2021, following the successful operation of two prototypes "Alexandra" and "Dennis" which entered service in 2020. The vehicles are dual-staircase and three-door, and carry up to 112 passengers, 80 seated. The production models incorporate a few modifications but they are very similar to the two prototypes. ADL is setting up an office, workshop and spares store in Berlin to support the introduction of the new vehicles. More here: www.focustransport.org/2022/01/adl-begins-delivery-of-enviro-500s.htmlInteresting that the buses have Daimler 6 cylinder engines, rather than the usual Cummins. I wonder if ADL will fit and Daimler engines to regular E400s as an option? Arriva could order new DLA's
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Post by twobellstogo on Jan 24, 2022 7:42:55 GMT
The delivery of 198 production ADL Enviro500s to Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) has begun. They will be produced in Scarborough at the rate of around five a week through much of 2022. The vehicles were ordered in March 2021, following the successful operation of two prototypes "Alexandra" and "Dennis" which entered service in 2020. The vehicles are dual-staircase and three-door, and carry up to 112 passengers, 80 seated. The production models incorporate a few modifications but they are very similar to the two prototypes. ADL is setting up an office, workshop and spares store in Berlin to support the introduction of the new vehicles. More here: www.focustransport.org/2022/01/adl-begins-delivery-of-enviro-500s.htmlInteresting that the buses have Daimler 6 cylinder engines, rather than the usual Cummins. I wonder if ADL will fit and Daimler engines to regular E400s as an option? Arriva could order new DLA's As a committed Francophile, I’d love to see some of these in some of the big French cities and towns. A few of these in Ile de France Mobilités blue/white/black would look great on Paris routes 38 and 91 😃 I’d also say they’d look great on the 73 down the Champs Elysées, but unfortunately on that route they would all suddenly become single deck in short order...
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