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Post by westhamgeezer on Feb 8, 2014 18:00:20 GMT
Apparently 10 due for conversion on the 26th Feb (seems strange being a Wednesday?) 15 to be converted later this year. Source TFL Bus Alerts Twitter
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Post by DT 11 on Feb 8, 2014 18:04:38 GMT
Apparently 10 due for conversion on the 26th Feb (seems strange being a Wednesday?) 15 to be converted later this year. Source TFL Bus Alerts Twitter 26th April, Not February. |
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Post by westhamgeezer on Feb 8, 2014 18:06:20 GMT
Apparently 10 due for conversion on the 26th Feb (seems strange being a Wednesday?) 15 to be converted later this year. Source TFL Bus Alerts Twitter 26th April, Not February. That makes much more sense! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2014 18:23:18 GMT
Nobody would be more surprised than me if the 15 was converted this year........
The 8 is being done at the end of June,
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Post by ilovelondonbuses on Feb 8, 2014 18:27:12 GMT
Nobody would be more surprised than me if the 15 was converted this year........ The 8 is being done at the end of June, Not trying to push on your thoughts but why would 15 LT conversion be a surprise to you? I would of thought route 15 would be a sure bet to be a LT route. Is it because 15 already has hybrids working on the route? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2014 18:35:49 GMT
Nothing to do with the current allocation but for other reasons I can't divulge. I am not saying it won't, I am saying I would surprised if we manage to achieve that route conversion this year.
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Post by vjaska on Feb 8, 2014 19:56:49 GMT
Apparently 10 due for conversion on the 26th Feb (seems strange being a Wednesday?) 15 to be converted later this year. Source TFL Bus Alerts Twitter 'MrEdd' - what's this above post all about then - I'm confused? |
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Post by snoggle on Feb 8, 2014 20:00:57 GMT
Apparently 10 due for conversion on the 26th Feb (seems strange being a Wednesday?) 15 to be converted later this year. Source TFL Bus Alerts Twitter I can't find the tweet. I wonder if they've deleted it having been rapped over the knuckles by someone high up? |
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Post by snoggle on Feb 8, 2014 20:05:52 GMT
Not trying to push on your thoughts but why would 15 LT conversion be a surprise to you? I would of thought route 15 would be a sure bet to be a LT route. Is it because 15 already has hybrids working on the route? Leon Daniels has said they have no plans to convert the route. I know he's said there are "no plans" but we all know what that means. It's on a par with "I am not resigning" and "I have full confidence in "x"".  I am not saying anyone is lying just that plans can and do change. |
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Post by westhamgeezer on Feb 8, 2014 21:12:29 GMT
Apparently 10 due for conversion on the 26th Feb (seems strange being a Wednesday?) 15 to be converted later this year. Source TFL Bus Alerts Twitter I can't find the tweet. I wonder if they've deleted it having been rapped over the knuckles by someone high up? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2014 21:21:46 GMT
Is it me or do these buses seem to be being built really quick. Is it really going to take until 2016 to get all 600? If the 10 is converting in Feb I am surprised how quick the buses are rolling off the production line....
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Post by ilovelondonbuses on Feb 8, 2014 21:30:15 GMT
Is it me or do these buses seem to be being built really quick. Is it really going to take until 2016 to get all 600? If the 10 is converting in Feb I am surprised how quick the buses are rolling off the production line.... 10 is converting in April not February. So it is not that quick . It seems though that the NB4L is Wrightbus' number one priority. |
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Post by vjaska on Feb 8, 2014 21:43:17 GMT
Is it me or do these buses seem to be being built really quick. Is it really going to take until 2016 to get all 600? If the 10 is converting in Feb I am surprised how quick the buses are rolling off the production line.... 10 is converting in April not February. So it is not that quick . It seems though that the NB4L is Wrightbus' number one priority. Either that or the build quality is crap lol. |
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Post by M1104 on Feb 9, 2014 2:11:08 GMT
Is it me or do these buses seem to be being built really quick. Is it really going to take until 2016 to get all 600? If the 10 is converting in Feb I am surprised how quick the buses are rolling off the production line.... Basically by the time routes are announced for conversion the buses due for it are already in the process of being built. |
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Post by snowman on Feb 9, 2014 7:44:01 GMT
Is it me or do these buses seem to be being built really quick. Is it really going to take until 2016 to get all 600? If the 10 is converting in Feb I am surprised how quick the buses are rolling off the production line.... Between 5 and 6 per week (excluding factory shutdowns : 3 weeks in summer and 2 weeks Christmas) The official delivery schedule envisages 127 delivered in 2013 270 delivered in 2014 184 delivered in 2015 19 delivered in 2016 another 400 need to be ordered to allow dual sourcing (Wrightbus have exclusivity for first 1000) It would be possible to order about another 150 for delivery by the mayor election in May 2016 if they were ordered by this Autumn as production tails off from Spring 2015 (unless another Operator orders some and takes up production capacity). As it stands 608 LTs (including prototypes) will be about 7% of the London bus fleet. |
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I am not saying anyone is lying just that plans can and do change.
