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Post by Connor on Jul 25, 2024 7:06:43 GMT
Its very curious and surprising to see an non-standard type introduced at an different garage engineering wise. I wonder if more will appear at different garages, more so the 58 reg TEs on the training fleet. If I recall TEH1225 was one of the alright ones at W/EW. Also, TEH1227 was at PB today. Would this be the first batch of hybrid training buses at a London bus garage?
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Post by COBO on Jul 25, 2024 12:59:22 GMT
Does the E1’s destination blindset have Osterley?
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Post by LondonNorthern on Jul 25, 2024 14:34:17 GMT
DE999, 1011 and 1641 have now been withdrawn and some more 10 plates are due to transfer over to Uxbridge. Leaves 995 and 1023 for now!
I wonder whether 1023 will move back to W to reunite with the 59 plates.
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Jul 25, 2024 16:27:14 GMT
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Post by mrhk on Jul 25, 2024 16:27:14 GMT
Anyone know which hybrids the 282 will be retained with? The 13 plate TEHs are over 10 years old now so it seems unlikely itll be those
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Post by southlondonbus on Jul 25, 2024 16:37:58 GMT
Anyone know which hybrids the 282 will be retained with? The 13 plate TEHs are over 10 years old now so it seems unlikely itll be those Not necessarily. The contract is only 3 years so 12 year old buses would be sufficient.
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Jul 25, 2024 16:45:04 GMT
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Post by mrhk on Jul 25, 2024 16:45:04 GMT
Anyone know which hybrids the 282 will be retained with? The 13 plate TEHs are over 10 years old now so it seems unlikely itll be those Not necessarily. The contract is only 3 years so 12 year old buses would be sufficient. Oh. Why not the usual 5?
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Jul 25, 2024 17:11:07 GMT
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Post by Busboy105 on Jul 25, 2024 17:11:07 GMT
Not necessarily. The contract is only 3 years so 12 year old buses would be sufficient. Oh. Why not the usual 5? Because of its vehicles
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Post by TB123 on Jul 25, 2024 17:15:21 GMT
I believe it's namely to even out the electrification programme rather than the age of the vehicles. There are gonna be a lot more batches of buses reaching a full 15 year service life than in years gone by!
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Jul 25, 2024 17:15:22 GMT
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Post by mrhk on Jul 25, 2024 17:15:22 GMT
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Jul 25, 2024 17:16:44 GMT
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Post by mrhk on Jul 25, 2024 17:16:44 GMT
I believe it's namely to even out the electrification programme rather than the age of the vehicles. There are gonna be a lot more batches of buses reaching a full 15 year service life than in years gone by! Thank you for telling me. I just thought that wouldnt be the case due to ML prematurely (imo) withdrawing the 12 reg TEs 92 used. Although the latter replacement isnt too bad
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Post by ADH45258 on Jul 25, 2024 18:38:00 GMT
Anyone know which hybrids the 282 will be retained with? The 13 plate TEHs are over 10 years old now so it seems unlikely itll be those Not necessarily. The contract is only 3 years so 12 year old buses would be sufficient. The older E40Hs at all operators haven't always been the most reliable, so while the TEHs would be compliant for the new contract, I wouldn't be surprised if they do get replaced. Plenty of hybrids due to become available from the 4/90/98/113 once new electrics enter service.
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Post by vjaska on Jul 25, 2024 21:56:24 GMT
I believe it's namely to even out the electrification programme rather than the age of the vehicles. There are gonna be a lot more batches of buses reaching a full 15 year service life than in years gone by! Thank you for telling me. I just thought that wouldnt be the case due to ML prematurely (imo) withdrawing the 12 reg TEs 92 used. Although the latter replacement isnt too bad The 92’s TE’s were leased IIRC so made perfect sense for those to be disposed of rather than owned vehicles. Metroline have also, where possible, removed ex First vehicles over their own native examples
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Post by eal1ngvolvo483 on Jul 26, 2024 7:36:06 GMT
Does the E1’s destination blindset have Osterley? With Metroline I’m not too sure, I’ll ask one day but with RATP I do remember seeing it on the ADH and SP blindset.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Jul 27, 2024 6:22:54 GMT
Is anyone able to confirm if the new tender for the 17 is fully LT? as we know some early LTs have moved into HT but not in use yet. LOTS has it still down as mix LT / Electric but that could be a mistake.
The new tender started yesterday but the route is a mix of BDE, WMH and LT today.
Even with enough LTs now at HT, I expect the 17 will still continue to use some BDEs until they get reallocated. I'm surprised none of the recent electric tenders at Metroline got awarded with a mix of new and existing, particularly since more BDEs have been ordered. Maybe the spare 19reg BDEs could move to route 4 to form part of the new allocation? They could indeed move to route 4, due to the late arrival of the final VMHs - now probably not needed for route 4 - and assist the VWH conversion of route 237.
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Post by eal1ngvolvo483 on Jul 27, 2024 11:05:20 GMT
Even with enough LTs now at HT, I expect the 17 will still continue to use some BDEs until they get reallocated. I'm surprised none of the recent electric tenders at Metroline got awarded with a mix of new and existing, particularly since more BDEs have been ordered. Maybe the spare 19reg BDEs could move to route 4 to form part of the new allocation? They could indeed move to route 4, due to the late arrival of the final VMHs - now probably not needed for route 4 - and assist the VWH conversion of route 237. I was thinking some of the BDEs could go on W7 to type train them for its own batch when it arrives, or are they too long?
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