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Post by LK65EBO on Aug 18, 2024 15:44:27 GMT
I would know because all new electric buses need their own chargers Not true in all scenarios. If a garage has both an electric day route and an electric night route then a charger could be shared. ie the electric bus for a day route would be charged during the night and once the electric bus for the night route has finished for the night it can then utilise the same chargers and charge in the morning. |
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Post by DT 11 on Aug 18, 2024 15:53:22 GMT
I would know because all new electric buses need their own chargers Not true in all scenarios. If a garage has both an electric day route and an electric night route then a charger could be shared. ie the electric bus for a day route would be charged during the night and once the electric bus for the night route has finished for the night it can then utilise the same chargers and charge in the morning. Brixton has been pretty much doing this for nearly a year. Charging spare buses with the same chargers. TL was doing the same for the 124 when the Optare were there. |
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Post by DE20106 on Aug 19, 2024 10:51:10 GMT
As I type this, all the ones that were at BN are on the road. Probably to do with them sitting idle for a year (Copied from Arriva) If that’s what it’s doing to them then Metroline really need to get the 8 remaining 2023 WDEs in service that have now been in storage for nearly a year and a half!! |
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Aug 19, 2024 11:16:07 GMT
Probably to do with them sitting idle for a year (Copied from Arriva) If that’s what it’s doing to them then Metroline really need to get the 8 remaining 2023 WDEs in service that have now been in storage for nearly a year and a half!! Would storage cause a bus' suspension to go? Wright have often had multiple quality issues so I'd not be too surprised to see it linked to that. |
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Post by lj61nwc on Aug 19, 2024 11:18:30 GMT
(Copied from Arriva) If that’s what it’s doing to them then Metroline really need to get the 8 remaining 2023 WDEs in service that have now been in storage for nearly a year and a half!! Would storage cause a bus' suspension to go? Wright have often had multiple quality issues so I'd not be too surprised to see it linked to that. I was more referring to the unfit statement as a general |
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Post by abellion on Aug 20, 2024 6:22:05 GMT
Metroline’s service on the 28 is looking pretty good to me, I am yet to run into or observe unscheduled long waits and there are consistently a good number of buses at Wandsworth. Maybe a bit of bunching but seeing how non stop the 28 and 220 have been doing that over the years it is probably inevitable, and it’s also not been as frequent bunching as when RATP were running it
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Post by exbox on Aug 20, 2024 15:17:49 GMT
I would know because all new electric buses need their own chargers Depending on garage layout, the aim would be to have more buses than chargers. It would need a bit of shunting but it should be possible to charge two buses per night on one charger at some locations. Also if you look at EV time schedules you see some weird (to an old salt like me) weekday running numbers starting about 1000 and finishing about 2400, and other buses starting at 1400 and running through to 0600. This is all to maximise use of the chargers so you could probably get away with 6-7 chargers for every 10 buses.** **This is a complete guess and I don't actually know how many chargers each garage has got because I am very much an ex staff member, but the principle is right. You won't be spending thousands of pounds a piece on chargers to have them idle for 75% of the day. |
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Post by LK65EBO on Aug 20, 2024 21:09:44 GMT
Apparently, Edgware is to gain 2x SN09 TE from Uxbridge. Presumably for the ex Sullivan school routes.
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Post by mrhk on Aug 20, 2024 21:29:21 GMT
Apparently, Edgware is to gain 2x SN09 TE from Uxbridge. Presumably for the ex Sullivan school routes. Ironic considering UX are to soon operate the 697. |
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Post by vjaska on Aug 20, 2024 23:05:02 GMT
Apparently, Edgware is to gain 2x SN09 TE from Uxbridge. Presumably for the ex Sullivan school routes. Ironic considering UX are to soon operate the 697. The two school routes at Edgware are the two on 1 year contracts so I imagine any diesel bus available will do unlike the 697 which would be on a longer contract (I presume three years) so something younger would be needed which I imagine will be VW's if I was to guess. |
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Post by LK65EBO on Aug 21, 2024 15:00:27 GMT
VWH2700 has moved back to AH leaving just 2 of the ex TT VWHs to not be at AH. I wonder if Metroline are trying to unite all of them at AH?
Could the 635s allocation be changed from LK65s to BL64s I wonder.
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Post by ADH45258 on Aug 21, 2024 16:15:01 GMT
VWH2700 has moved back to AH leaving just 2 of the ex TT VWHs to not be at AH. I wonder if Metroline are trying to unite all of them at AH? Could the 635s allocation be changed from LK65s to BL64s I wonder. If this does happen, maybe the LK65s will go to the 640? |
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Post by metrolinewest on Aug 21, 2024 17:55:38 GMT
I still don't understand why some LK65s left G for the 15 reg! Breaking up the LK65 allocation. Does anyone know the reason?
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Post by COBO on Aug 21, 2024 18:23:15 GMT
I still don't understand why some LK65s left G for the 15 reg! Breaking up the LK65 allocation. Does anyone know the reason? So that they can go to PB for the 263, go to PV to make up the rest of the hybrid allocation for the 483 and to go to HD for the 182 for some reason. |
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Post by YX18KVJ (DLE30221) on Aug 21, 2024 19:36:52 GMT
I still don't understand why some LK65s left G for the 15 reg! Breaking up the LK65 allocation. Does anyone know the reason? So that they can go to PB for the 263, go to PV to make up the rest of the hybrid allocation for the 483 and to go to HD for the 182 for some reason. The 65 reg transferred in before the 295 was lost. I believe 295 had a PVR cut and they were sent for the new 182 contract. |
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