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Post by ThinLizzy on Jan 31, 2018 16:39:11 GMT
Further to my post last week about Lothian purchasing ex London B9TLs, this has appeared on the Lothian enthusiast Facebook page: Here's the internal statement they are going to put out... We have acquired 50 ex London Wrightbus Gemini E5 Deckers for our business, these will help in removing E3 Plaxton President Dennis Tridents and Wrightbus Gemini 1 Volvo B7TLs from the fleet during 2018, along with additional new vehicle deliveries through the year and meeting our BUS2020 strategy and target of a fleet operating only at E5 or above including diesel hybrid and pure electric. As you might expect they will be refurbished to Lothian’s exacting standards including the removal of centre doors, air chill units and associated equipment. High back Lazzerini seats will be fitted along with USB’s, wood effect flooring as seen on our recent new buses, along with replacement energy efficient LED internal lighting, white LED Destination displays and front wheelchair ramps. Some people on the page are having a bit of a "wibble" at Lothian buying 2nd hand... Maybe those having a wibble should cough up the money for 50 new vehicles instead then - absolutely nothing wrong with going secondhand. On a separate note, I presume the Gemini's in question are the entire ex 18 allocation that went off lease when it was lost by Metroline? I think it was all of them plus some ex-TT ones? I'm not exactly sure how many ex Metroline ones there are, but there's already at least one refurbished vehicle up with Lothian now. |
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Post by ThinLizzy on Jan 31, 2018 16:40:44 GMT
Further to my post last week about Lothian purchasing ex London B9TLs, this has appeared on the Lothian enthusiast Facebook page: Here's the internal statement they are going to put out... We have acquired 50 ex London Wrightbus Gemini E5 Deckers for our business, these will help in removing E3 Plaxton President Dennis Tridents and Wrightbus Gemini 1 Volvo B7TLs from the fleet during 2018, along with additional new vehicle deliveries through the year and meeting our BUS2020 strategy and target of a fleet operating only at E5 or above including diesel hybrid and pure electric. As you might expect they will be refurbished to Lothian’s exacting standards including the removal of centre doors, air chill units and associated equipment. High back Lazzerini seats will be fitted along with USB’s, wood effect flooring as seen on our recent new buses, along with replacement energy efficient LED internal lighting, white LED Destination displays and front wheelchair ramps.
Some people on the page are having a bit of a "wibble" at Lothian buying 2nd hand... I suspect once they've been refurbished most people will think they're new buses anyway...........maybe TfL could learn a thing or two here? 
I've only seen a photo of the rear or one but even that looked good with a full-width rear route/destination display |
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Post by snowman on Jan 31, 2018 19:21:48 GMT
Maybe those having a wibble should cough up the money for 50 new vehicles instead then - absolutely nothing wrong with going secondhand. On a separate note, I presume the Gemini's in question are the entire ex 18 allocation that went off lease when it was lost by Metroline? I think it was all of them plus some ex-TT ones? I'm not exactly sure how many ex Metroline ones there are, but there's already at least one refurbished vehicle up with Lothian now. Metroline withdrew 49 buses VW1846-1894. The first 4 of the batch VW1842-1845 have been retained, 44 and 45 are at Brentford as top ups, not sure on plans for other two as LVF shows them not used for 11 days |
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Post by 6HP502C on Jan 31, 2018 21:32:05 GMT
Yes, it was a beast! Pity that a fair few of the better Euro 2 Tridents are getting the razor blade treatment round about now, but they served their useful purpose. They will live on on Youtube! |
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Post by planesandtrains on Jan 31, 2018 23:26:02 GMT
Further to my post last week about Lothian purchasing ex London B9TLs, this has appeared on the Lothian enthusiast Facebook page: Here's the internal statement they are going to put out... We have acquired 50 ex London Wrightbus Gemini E5 Deckers for our business, these will help in removing E3 Plaxton President Dennis Tridents and Wrightbus Gemini 1 Volvo B7TLs from the fleet during 2018, along with additional new vehicle deliveries through the year and meeting our BUS2020 strategy and target of a fleet operating only at E5 or above including diesel hybrid and pure electric. As you might expect they will be refurbished to Lothian’s exacting standards including the removal of centre doors, air chill units and associated equipment. High back Lazzerini seats will be fitted along with USB’s, wood effect flooring as seen on our recent new buses, along with replacement energy efficient LED internal lighting, white LED Destination displays and front wheelchair ramps.
Some people on the page are having a bit of a "wibble" at Lothian buying 2nd hand... I suspect once they've been refurbished most people will think they're new buses anyway...........maybe TfL could learn a thing or two here?
Surely the cost of fitting high back seats can't be that much higher. I wish this was part of the TFL specification, not just the odd Citaro (which for some reason often have high back seating, even in London) |
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Post by ThinLizzy on Feb 1, 2018 1:02:43 GMT
News story from the Edinburgh Evening News, although some of the facts (like enjoying 2 doors) are incorrect. bit.ly/2BFvvGqThe article says 40 rather than 50, so the original post I made may have been *slightly* wrong |
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Post by vjaska on Feb 1, 2018 1:25:36 GMT
News story from the Edinburgh Evening News, although some of the facts (like enjoying 2 doors) are incorrect. bit.ly/2BFvvGqThe article says 40 rather than 50, so the original post I made may have been *slightly* wrong Love how the Conservative councillor hasn't even bothered to speak to Lothian at all about the incoming buses as he'd then know how fuel efficient & 'greener' they are. I get that he probably wouldn't know details on buses but some research would of also told him that Lothian already operate near identical B9TL's  |
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Post by M1104 on Feb 3, 2018 16:03:39 GMT
WVL191, WVL192, WVL193 and WVL194 reported departing BX today for their new life at Konectbus in Norfolk.
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Post by VWH1414 on Feb 3, 2018 22:20:44 GMT
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Post by londontravel on Feb 4, 2018 21:53:39 GMT
Has work begun on restoring RT 44 and RT 54 ?
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Post by M1104 on Feb 9, 2018 18:59:50 GMT
DP199 and DP204 reported at Seaford & District, apparently to be for spare parts.
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Post by VWH1414 on Feb 9, 2018 21:17:04 GMT
DP199 and DP204 reported at Seaford & District, apparently to be for spare parts. Considering they lost all their service work, and have a lot of surplus vehicles these definitely will not go into service with them and are probably only for spares like you said  |
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Post by busoccultation on Feb 11, 2018 14:19:35 GMT
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Post by snowman on Feb 11, 2018 14:53:44 GMT
The VW might be going for Ballymena for modification to Lothian spec Not sure which direction other one is going, it is one of 6 that left London (10 of 16 went to Epsom bus after modifications), but appears to be still in full London spec, so has someone taken these on? |
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Post by redexpress on Feb 11, 2018 15:33:04 GMT
The VW might be going for Ballymena for modification to Lothian spec Not sure which direction other one is going, it is one of 6 that left London (10 of 16 went to Epsom bus after modifications), but appears to be still in full London spec, so has someone taken these on? Some of those 6 have returned to Go-Ahead London for the Here East shuttle. The one in the picture is one of the few that doesn't seem to have found a long-term home. |
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