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Post by cc2005 on May 17, 2021 19:41:40 GMT
I believe they should have roughly 11-12 - 8 Enviro 400’s that are permanent acquisitions. There is then meant to be some WN’s & VN’s as well which are just for school extras so would imagine they’re temporary although interestingly, two WN’s gained actual RATP fleet numbers An example can be seen in the below photo from David. RATP London WN40903 - LK58EDR and ADE40477 - SN11BPK by David Smith, on Flickr I know it's extremely unlikely to happen, but would be very ironic if RATP put the WNs out on the 28
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Post by busoccultation on May 17, 2021 20:14:59 GMT
I know it's extremely unlikely to happen, but would be very ironic if RATP put the WNs out on the 28 Funnily enough, all 3 routes that Tower Transit lost at the beginning of the month have some sort of their previous allocation also with their new operator with few WN's from the 28 going on loan to RATP as extras, the DN's on the 69 are the same SN11 batch which Go-Ahead had acquired for the 51 and the 328 VH's came with the route to Metroline on loan plus the older ex TT VH's from the 212 which is now bought by Metroline for the 306.
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Post by Jack on May 17, 2021 20:39:33 GMT
The end of most Scanias I think is in sight, the 56/08 reg will be gone when the extras finish. Half of 09 reg are kept for the H32 however the other half and Scanias from the 65/71/281 should be withdrawn when the 65/281 fully convert to electric operation. The few 59 reg at AV are likely to be withdrawn following the conversion of route 696 and 697 and potentially 635 to E400 operation upon their transfer to WK on 29 May. Leaving the 183s batch of Scanias to be withdrawn once the route converts to electric operation. This leaves a batch of 09 reg for route H32, and the batch of 10 reg for route H98 and 111. Route 111s tender results are due soon as well so will likely see the end of another big batch of Scanias. Per LVF, SP 40003, 4, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21 haven’t been used today Not sure if that is the end for them, now some ex-Tower Transit buses are available, or if they will reappear over next 9 school days Wouldn't read into the 56 reg's too much just yet. A lot of the V extras do not show correctly in countdown and thus LVF. The V698 is usually worked by 2 of these and 7s iBus seems to show as and when it chooses
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Post by Busboy105 on May 17, 2021 20:52:21 GMT
Do RATP still have the Wright SRMs? And if they do, will they continue to run alongside the electrics when the 183 gets retendered this year?
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Post by vjaska on May 17, 2021 21:21:34 GMT
Do RATP still have the Wright SRMs? And if they do, will they continue to run alongside the electrics when the 183 gets retendered this year? Yes, the 6 VHR's are still with RATP and they will move to the 698 from SO so rare appearances on the 183 from that date onwards would still be possible.
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Post by Volvo on May 18, 2021 9:05:24 GMT
Do RATP still have the Wright SRMs? And if they do, will they continue to run alongside the electrics when the 183 gets retendered this year? Yes, the 6 VHR's are still with RATP and they will move to the 698 from SO so rare appearances on the 183 from that date onwards would still be possible. The 698 is actually being operated from BT, with what buses I do not know.
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Post by vjaska on May 18, 2021 9:20:50 GMT
Yes, the 6 VHR's are still with RATP and they will move to the 698 from SO so rare appearances on the 183 from that date onwards would still be possible. The 698 is actually being operated from BT, with what buses I do not know. When did that change?
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Post by Volvo on May 18, 2021 10:09:03 GMT
The 698 is actually being operated from BT, with what buses I do not know. When did that change? No idea but we have had the notices up about 3 weeks now and the route learning starts this week. Also N5 is due to go to SO in preparation for the 125s.
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Post by kmkcheng on May 18, 2021 10:16:21 GMT
The 698 is actually being operated from BT, with what buses I do not know. When did that change? I thought that was the original plan anyway as LOTS reported last month that 698 was going to CP which is technically is BT
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Post by vjaska on May 18, 2021 11:05:24 GMT
I thought that was the original plan anyway as LOTS reported last month that 698 was going to CP which is technically is BT I thought that was only a temporary move and it would eventually move into SO
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Post by kmkcheng on May 18, 2021 11:09:07 GMT
I thought that was the original plan anyway as LOTS reported last month that 698 was going to CP which is technically is BT I thought that was only a temporary move and it would eventually move into SO You could be right. Guess we will find out what the next move is once they finish the electric works at SO
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Post by Volvo on May 18, 2021 11:46:31 GMT
I thought that was the original plan anyway as LOTS reported last month that 698 was going to CP which is technically is BT I thought that was only a temporary move and it would eventually move into SO I have been told the 698 could potentially go to SO next year, at what point we don't know yet.
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Post by COBO on May 20, 2021 6:55:52 GMT
Ahh London Bus Net have now seperated the extention of the E1 to Osterley from the awarding of the route to London United and have left it undated.
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Post by Londontransport3 on May 20, 2021 12:41:34 GMT
E200EV 10.9m (rather than 10.8m) 41-61 for FW & 62-84 for the 235. E400EV 10.9m are: BCE47030-83 FW, 84-99 S, 100-137 SO, 138-156 BT
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Post by BusesInLondon on May 20, 2021 18:55:26 GMT
Ahh London Bus Net have now seperated the extention of the E1 to Osterley from the awarding of the route to London United and have left it undated. This was my understanding. Has the E1's rumoured extension to Osterley been confirmed at all? The new contract was awarded with a higher PVR, but it's still possible that this might be a frequency increase instead? Meanwhile, route E10 was announced to be extended to Osterley in its tender result - is this plan cancelled now? The E1 was won with the understanding to extend the route to Osterley in 2022 (when Crossrail fully opens).
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