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Post by mb171 on Oct 3, 2024 16:53:48 GMT
Interesting to see what the R2 and R11 will get now Plus outstanding SD orders still for the 355, 360, 444, B16. Maybe the R2 and R11 will match those. Volvo BZL maybe? Apparently the E200EV is not in the market iirc. |
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Post by mb171 on Oct 3, 2024 17:00:57 GMT
Do you know if this is right on Wikipedia it says that Route 51 will also transfer to Morden Wharf along with 244,486,625,625 and 658 in October 2024. Not sure but could be true cos space is needed at BX plus the 108 & 188 are moving out of MG. I believe it was mentioned that 244, 486 and the school routes were to move out of Bexleyheath to Morden Wharf. Not sure where the 51 came from. |
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Post by ADH45258 on Oct 3, 2024 17:06:27 GMT
Plus outstanding SD orders still for the 355, 360, 444, B16. Maybe the R2 and R11 will match those. Volvo BZL maybe? Apparently the E200EV is not in the market iirc. I think it was mentioned that Stagecoach (outside of London) have ordered some integral E200EVs? |
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Post by TB123 on Oct 3, 2024 17:16:45 GMT
Volvo BZL maybe? Apparently the E200EV is not in the market iirc. I think it was mentioned that Stagecoach (outside of London) have ordered some integral E200EVs? Yes they have, 54 of them, they aren’t due until later in 2025 and into 2026. |
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Post by matthieu1221 on Oct 3, 2024 20:33:21 GMT
Hope so the alternative is the single decker variant of that ghastly BD11 on which I hope is a stop gap between the City & ADLs new E400 EVs but time will tell. The single deck BYD (B11) is looks very different to the BYD BD11 decker, and is actually a very nice looking vehicle it has to be said  The image on their website is likely not the one that we'll be getting here (if ever)! That seems to be the RHD design only manufactured by BYD Europe (seen at Amsterdam Airport, Beauvais in France, etc...). None of their Chinese plants seem to make it and it hasn't been seen in LHD before. And the UK tends to get things made in China -- which also heads to the Macau/SG/HK/JP markets. Also doesn't look like it'd be compliant with the TfL safety requirements. |
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Post by london23 on Oct 3, 2024 21:16:08 GMT
Do you know when the 320 and 321 will receive there electrics will it be late this year or next year.
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Post by YX18KVJ (DLE30221) on Oct 4, 2024 6:02:46 GMT
Do you know when the 320 and 321 will receive there electrics will it be late this year or next year. Would be surprised to see buses enter service this year. 320s order hasn’t even been confirmed yet (though it is rumoured to be the E400EV), so I’m assuming sometime next year the buses will come for both routes |
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Post by YY13VKP on Oct 4, 2024 6:45:32 GMT
If Go-Ahead won again for my local bus 162 then I will be happy to have that E100. They are narrower than your existing buses. Not ideal. They are ideal for the R8 though, given how tight the roads on that route are! |
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Post by YY13VKP on Oct 4, 2024 6:47:24 GMT
I think it was mentioned that Stagecoach (outside of London) have ordered some integral E200EVs? Yes they have, 54 of them, they aren’t due until later in 2025 and into 2026. If Go-Ahead were to order some E200EV’s for the R2 and R11, surely the R2 and R11’s existing allocation would be perfectly adequate to continue on until those become available? |
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Post by cl54 on Oct 4, 2024 7:24:45 GMT
They are narrower than your existing buses. Not ideal. They are ideal for the R8 though, given how tight the roads on that route are! My reply was about the 162 not the R8. |
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Post by Green Kitten on Oct 4, 2024 7:36:13 GMT
What is the limitation that prevents the 162 from getting longer buses?
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Post by bustavane on Oct 4, 2024 7:56:27 GMT
What is the limitation that prevents the 162 from getting longer buses? I believe it's Albany Road in Chislehurst. |
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Post by M1104 on Oct 4, 2024 10:21:35 GMT
Do you know when the 320 and 321 will receive there electrics will it be late this year or next year. Would be surprised to see buses enter service this year. 320s order hasn’t even been confirmed yet (though it is rumoured to be the E400EV), so I’m assuming sometime next year the buses will come for both routes Do you know when the 320 and 321 will receive there electrics will it be late this year or next year. Would be surprised to see buses enter service this year. 320s order hasn’t even been confirmed yet (though it is rumoured to be the E400EV), so I’m assuming sometime next year the buses will come for both routes One of the new BYD BD11 models (bonnet EBD2) was reported in Southampton late September, said to be part of the 321 batch. Three photos of it are shown on the Friends of the PSV Circle group on Facebook, this being the same bus seen on a dual carriageway in a brief Ticktok video. Whether any enter service this year mind you could be hit-and-miss depending on various factors such as depot infrastructure progress, pre-depot checks, engineering/driver training, potential new bus teeting problems, etc |
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Post by southlondon413 on Oct 4, 2024 10:24:26 GMT
Would be surprised to see buses enter service this year. 320s order hasn’t even been confirmed yet (though it is rumoured to be the E400EV), so I’m assuming sometime next year the buses will come for both routes Would be surprised to see buses enter service this year. 320s order hasn’t even been confirmed yet (though it is rumoured to be the E400EV), so I’m assuming sometime next year the buses will come for both routes One of the new BYD BD11 models (bonnet EBD2) was reported in Southampton late September, said to be part of the 321 batch. Three photos of it are shown on the Friends of the PSV Circle group on Facebook, this being the same bus seen on a dual carriageway in a brief Ticktok video. Whether any enter service this year mind you could be hit-and-miss, depending on various factors such as depot infrastructure progress, pre-depot checks, engineering/driver training, potential new bus teeting problems, etc There are four, including EBD2, at BYD in Iver. |
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Post by M1104 on Oct 4, 2024 10:29:53 GMT
One of the new BYD BD11 models (bonnet EBD2) was reported in Southampton late September, said to be part of the 321 batch. Three photos of it are shown on the Friends of the PSV Circle group on Facebook, this being the same bus seen on a dual carriageway in a brief Ticktok video. Whether any enter service this year mind you could be hit-and-miss, depending on various factors such as depot infrastructure progress, pre-depot checks, engineering/driver training, potential new bus teeting problems, etc There are four, including EBD2, at BYD in Iver. Any idea on the other bonnet numbers? I seem to recall the mention of EBD18 which could be one of them |
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