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Post by LD71YLO (BE37054) on Jun 6, 2024 7:16:03 GMT
London United will have placed an order for the new electrics following the recent 33 award. Very likely to be more BYD EV200s I would have thought. Not sure why everyone is so certain on this, the management at RATP has changed since the last orders were placed at the current setup may prefer alternative options. They may not be ADL/BYD fans. Yes, true, but Fulwell does already have a large pool of BYD SDs, with the 33 seeing daily strays of these vehicles. Not just that but also the 33 operated using such vehicles for quite a while as WK awaited electrification. I think that any new ordering strategy will apply from after the 33.
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Post by ilovelondonbuses on Jul 26, 2024 14:59:13 GMT
Update 26/07/2024
Following today's tender results, the Arriva and Transport UK sections have been updated to reflect the expected new buses to be ordered for routes 196, 337 and SL6 by the operators.
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Post by va59 on Aug 1, 2024 13:12:00 GMT
Is the W12 definitely getting ADL E100EV? I noticed that the londonbusroutes.net website which had this confirmed has now been removed and simply states new electric single decks.
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Post by DE20106 on Aug 1, 2024 13:14:17 GMT
Is the W12 definitely getting ADL E100EV? I noticed that the londonbusroutes.net website which had this confirmed has now been removed and simply states new electric single decks. Yes confirmed by an ADL article
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Post by SILENCED on Aug 1, 2024 13:29:03 GMT
Is the W12 definitely getting ADL E100EV? I noticed that the londonbusroutes.net website which had this confirmed has now been removed and simply states new electric single decks. Yes confirmed by an ADL article Lets be careful, did it actually say that? It stated a certain number of E100EVs have been ordered without any routes specified. The number equals what would be expected for the W12 and B14, so we can assume, and pretty safely assume this is the case, but we can't say it has been confirmed.
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Post by vjaska on Aug 1, 2024 14:13:26 GMT
Yes confirmed by an ADL article Lets be careful, did it actually say that? It stated a certain number of E100EVs have been ordered without any routes specified. The number equals what would be expected for the W12 and B14, so we can assume, and pretty safely assume this is the case, but we can't say it has been confirmed. The length of the new buses for the W12 is 8.5m as mentioned by andyc - it wasn't stated they were Enviro 100EV's but reliable source + ADL article with the number matching when throwing in the B14 (their only other route that currently uses buses of a rough similar length) would be pretty safe to assume, as you mention.
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Post by DE20106 on Aug 1, 2024 15:49:03 GMT
Yes confirmed by an ADL article Lets be careful, did it actually say that? It stated a certain number of E100EVs have been ordered without any routes specified. The number equals what would be expected for the W12 and B14, so we can assume, and pretty safely assume this is the case, but we can't say it has been confirmed. Lets be careful, did it actually say that? It stated a certain number of E100EVs have been ordered without any routes specified. The number equals what would be expected for the W12 and B14, so we can assume, and pretty safely assume this is the case, but we can't say it has been confirmed. The length of the new buses for the W12 is 8.5m as mentioned by andyc - it wasn't stated they were Enviro 100EV's but reliable source + ADL article with the number matching when throwing in the B14 (their only other route that currently uses buses of a rough similar length) would be pretty safe to assume, as you mention. Yes fair point ‘pretty safe to assume’ then (and pretty certain)
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Post by ilovelondonbuses on Sept 3, 2024 18:18:28 GMT
Update 03/09/2024
The Transport UK section has been updated to reflect new buses on order stated for routes 270 and G1 following yesterday's tender results.
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Post by thenil on Sept 4, 2024 8:37:08 GMT
Anyone know about Metroline’s order for Uxbridge garage (UX)? It’s supposed to get electric SDs and DDs next month but I can’t find anything about bus type or fleet numbers for this order (but I think the numeric part of the fleet numbers starts from 3135 because the last confirmed order was the GB Kites which stopped at number 3134)
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Post by LK65EBO on Sept 7, 2024 15:18:51 GMT
Anyone know about Metroline’s order for Uxbridge garage (UX)? It’s supposed to get electric SDs and DDs next month but I can’t find anything about bus type or fleet numbers for this order (but I think the numeric part of the fleet numbers starts from 3135 because the last confirmed order was the GB Kites which stopped at number 3134) The last confirmed order was the 210s BDEs and they stopped at 3030.
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Post by YX18KVJ (DLE30221) on Sept 7, 2024 15:59:58 GMT
Anyone know about Metroline’s order for Uxbridge garage (UX)? It’s supposed to get electric SDs and DDs next month but I can’t find anything about bus type or fleet numbers for this order (but I think the numeric part of the fleet numbers starts from 3135 because the last confirmed order was the GB Kites which stopped at number 3134) The last confirmed order was the 210s BDEs and they stopped at 3030. Are there officially allocated fleet codes for the 143/206/210/382 etc yet?
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Post by DE20106 on Sept 8, 2024 7:50:01 GMT
They’re already on the Metroline post on the first page 113 - WDE | 2906-2928 143 - WSE | 2929 - 2944 C11 - WSE | 2945 - 2962 382 - VMSS | 2963 - 2972 206 - VMSL | 2973 - 2984 (SDs) 206 - BDE | 2985 (DD) W8 - BDE | 2986 - 3002 W7 - BDE | 3003 - 3014 210 - BDE | 3015 - 3030 Not sure how it’s going to work after this but this is when the routes were announced: 90 - 13 February 98 - 18 March 4 - 25 March 153 - 28 May 268 - 2 July 266 - 4 July So I think it’ll go something like this 90/98 - BDE | 3031 - 3073 (43 vehicles split 19/24) 4/E2/E8 - WDE | 3074 - 3126 (53 vehicles, split 19/17/17) 153 - WSEL | 3127 - 3136 268 - ?? | 3137 - 3143 266 - ?? | 3144 - 3169 Now the unannounced U routes could throw all of that out, but my guess is an order for these haven’t been made yet as quantities were dependent on the outcome of the consultation. I reckon all the U routes will be 3170+ but that’s complete crystal ball looking, they could come earlier
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Post by ilovelondonbuses on Sept 8, 2024 19:46:06 GMT
Update 08/09/2024 I have updated the thread title to highlight that the detailed lists by LK65EBO and I are on the first page for new (and existing) members who may want to view it. Kind regards, ilovelondonbuses
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Post by thenil on Sept 12, 2024 18:47:11 GMT
I still can't believe that Metroline still haven't announced the details of the order for the U buses, when there are orders with fleet codes with start dates much longer away then in Uxbridge
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Post by vjaska on Sept 12, 2024 20:11:15 GMT
I still can't believe that Metroline still haven't announced the details of the order for the U buses, when there are orders with fleet codes with start dates much longer away then in Uxbridge The orders might not be made public until the buses are delivered - not the first time an operator has done this before
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