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Post by LondonNorthern on Jan 7, 2022 20:22:12 GMT
Ex Go-Ahead London E128 now with Konnect buses Dereham
That livery looks excellent. It's great to see provincial operators try new things, whilst London stays quite samey.
For anyone interested I believe these will phase out the ex 257 Geminis from the P&R.
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Post by LondonNorthern on Jan 7, 2022 21:32:17 GMT
From a reliable source: [First Eastern Counties] "There's a clearout of unrefurbished Presidents in Norwich, five of the six remaining Tridents ([TN]33055, 33060, 33245, 33246 and 33247) and B7TL [VNL]32204 will be stood down imminently. No replacements expected, so guessing it's COVID service reductions which have swung the axe, and in turn finally renders Barbie extinct in Norwich. 33154 is the sole unrefurbished Trident to survive these cuts apparently." It really is sad seeing Trident numbers diminish across the UK, with the introduction of Excel E400s at Essex that'll get rid of the Essex batch of Tridents. Truly sad times we live in, hopefully some of these get preserved in some way. I think this year the number will really start to diminish, the only ones I imagine will remain are those working on the NetworkNorwich routes & the two Open Top TNLs that were ex Tower Transit & ex Bristol City Tour. Thought I'd mention here, but TNL33072, TN33144, TN33158 & TN33182 sadly saw the scrap heap a few weeks ago when towed to Wigley's
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Jan 8, 2022 6:39:00 GMT
From a reliable source: [First Eastern Counties] "There's a clearout of unrefurbished Presidents in Norwich, five of the six remaining Tridents ([TN]33055, 33060, 33245, 33246 and 33247) and B7TL [VNL]32204 will be stood down imminently. No replacements expected, so guessing it's COVID service reductions which have swung the axe, and in turn finally renders Barbie extinct in Norwich. 33154 is the sole unrefurbished Trident to survive these cuts apparently." It really is sad seeing Trident numbers diminish across the UK, with the introduction of Excel E400s at Essex that'll get rid of the Essex batch of Tridents. Truly sad times we live in, hopefully some of these get preserved in some way. I think this year the number will really start to diminish, the only ones I imagine will remain are those working on the NetworkNorwich routes & the two Open Top TNLs that were ex Tower Transit & ex Bristol City Tour. Thought I'd mention here, but TNL33072, TN33144, TN33158 & TN33182 sadly saw the scrap heap a few weeks ago when towed to Wigley's I rode a TN in Norwich in July 2020, which seems likely to have been my final President. I did however ride a Trident-ALX400 with National Express West Midlands last October.
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Post by ianhardy on Jan 8, 2022 13:48:36 GMT
From a reliable source: [First Eastern Counties] "There's a clearout of unrefurbished Presidents in Norwich, five of the six remaining Tridents ([TN]33055, 33060, 33245, 33246 and 33247) and B7TL [VNL]32204 will be stood down imminently. No replacements expected, so guessing it's COVID service reductions which have swung the axe, and in turn finally renders Barbie extinct in Norwich. 33154 is the sole unrefurbished Trident to survive these cuts apparently." It really is sad seeing Trident numbers diminish across the UK, with the introduction of Excel E400s at Essex that'll get rid of the Essex batch of Tridents. Truly sad times we live in, hopefully some of these get preserved in some way. I think this year the number will really start to diminish, the only ones I imagine will remain are those working on the NetworkNorwich routes & the two Open Top TNLs that were ex Tower Transit & ex Bristol City Tour. Thought I'd mention here, but TNL33072, TN33144, TN33158 & TN33182 sadly saw the scrap heap a few weeks ago when towed to Wigley's I rode a TN in Norwich in July 2020, which seems likely to have been my final President. I did however ride a Trident-ALX400 with National Express West Midlands last October. There are still 12 refurbished Tridents with President bodies operating in Norwich (& 10 Volvo B7TLs with President bodies as well) so the end is not quire nigh:-)
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Post by LondonNorthern on Jan 8, 2022 13:56:31 GMT
I rode a TN in Norwich in July 2020, which seems likely to have been my final President. I did however ride a Trident-ALX400 with National Express West Midlands last October. There are still 12 refurbished Tridents with President bodies operating in Norwich (& 10 Volvo B7TLs with President bodies as well) so the end is not quire nigh:-) Yes and I believe there's also 1 OT at Great Yarmouth so in the First Group there will be 16 Tridents once the axe swings (First Norfolk & Suffolk: 32905, 33003, 33150, 33152, 33154, 33157, 33159-33163, 33166, 33167, 33169 & First SW: 33036, 33085).
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Post by snowman on Jan 8, 2022 14:09:37 GMT
I rode a TN in Norwich in July 2020, which seems likely to have been my final President. I did however ride a Trident-ALX400 with National Express West Midlands last October. There are still 12 refurbished Tridents with President bodies operating in Norwich (& 10 Volvo B7TLs with President bodies as well) so the end is not quire nigh:-) The ALX400 and President bodies, went out of production 16 or 17 years ago, so not surprising that the remainder are thinning out quickly.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Jan 8, 2022 17:56:57 GMT
I rode a TN in Norwich in July 2020, which seems likely to have been my final President. I did however ride a Trident-ALX400 with National Express West Midlands last October. There are still 12 refurbished Tridents with President bodies operating in Norwich (& 10 Volvo B7TLs with President bodies as well) so the end is not quire nigh:-) Mine was refurbished and even had light grey leather seating.
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Post by LondonNorthern on Jan 9, 2022 10:45:26 GMT
There are still 12 refurbished Tridents with President bodies operating in Norwich (& 10 Volvo B7TLs with President bodies as well) so the end is not quire nigh:-) Mine was refurbished and even had light grey leather seating. Those ones are staying long term, don't worry
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2022 16:27:27 GMT
Former Go Ahead PVL296 (PJ02 RFE) has changed ownership from Red Routemaster to Lianne Coaches in the last month or so. It still wears its former London red with grey skirt and yellow coach line livery.
Former Stagecoach 17536 (LY02 OAB) changed ownership from Cardinal Buses to Candy Coaches in (I think) the second half of last year. It still wears overall London red and carries Cardinal's fleet number TA536.
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Post by M1104 on Jan 14, 2022 11:40:34 GMT
A former RATP Scania N94 is now with the London Bus Museum, fleet number SP1.
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Post by LondonNorthern on Jan 14, 2022 17:41:51 GMT
WN35002 now with Vision Bus Bolton 9432 now with Chalkwell (same company as SN11BPV)
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Post by LondonNorthern on Jan 14, 2022 18:31:10 GMT
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Post by COBO on Jan 14, 2022 23:29:17 GMT
Are those ex 83/483 VW’s?
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Post by LondonNorthern on Jan 14, 2022 23:40:53 GMT
Are those ex 83/483 VW’s? Yes they are. Not sure how many are being bought thou. I believe they will withdraw some of the ex 61 VNs/83 VNLs/45 AVL used on the Lands End Coaster.
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Post by LondonNorthern on Jan 15, 2022 20:10:04 GMT
COBO All of these will be entering service with FSW:
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