Lothian Group discussion (Lothian City, Lothian Country Bus and East Coast Buses)

[OmniCity999]

i was expecting the 30 to replace 30 on top of the ones already sold/for sale


Will the deckers go back to their old depots afterwards or are these allocations permanent?

30 have been prepared for sale, so in this immediate time, its 40.

We need to keep a strong single deck fleet - just in case.

By the time Covid is 100% clear, Edinburgh will be largely different. Theres no hard yes or no answer to any vehicle movements and changes. On top of that, we regularly shuffle vehicles around.

 

[Bus9120UK]

the new singles are replacing old singles 1 for 1.

B8RLE's will displace 30 X 7900's, ordinarily running on the service 30 - these new singles are primarily for the service 30.

in turn meaning 30 X B7RLE's will be sold, most have been already.

It's said 30 B8RLE's are due - i was led to believe there was 45 due, this may have been reduced to 30, but originally it was 45.

Deckers are being used on single routes to aid social distancing.

Would the buses moving from the 30 go to the 45 moving the Skylink vehicles off it?

 

[takno]

Was out a drive with my girlfriend today in her car and the buses I seen around Penicuik, Edinburgh and the likes of Musselburgh, Seton Sands etc all seemed pretty busy today.

2 crashes on the Edinburgh city bypass pretty much at the same plus but 1 on each side didn't help too much either with traffic. Was a fair distance backed up with traffic from the accidents just at Dreghorn

I reckon general traffic in a lot of Edinburgh is at at least pre-lockdown levels now. Getting some people out of cars and back on buses can't happen soon enough.

 

[CN04NRJ]

Would the buses moving from the 30 go to the 45 moving the Skylink vehicles off it?

21 currently required M-S for the 30. How many are needed for the 45?

 

[Lothiangem22]

Would the buses moving from the 30 go to the 45 moving the Skylink vehicles off it?

I’d imagine the skylink vehicles are largely overkill at the best of times with marine gaining back its original 7900’s

 

[CN04NRJ]

I reckon general traffic in a lot of Edinburgh is at at least pre-lockdown levels now. Getting some people out of cars and back on buses can't happen soon enough.

I'd say its still a long way off normal levels , certainly out towards the west it's dead with all the office workers out of Edinburgh Park.

 

[OmniCity999]

I’d imagine the skylink vehicles are largely overkill at the best of times with marine gaining back its original 7900’s

Nothing is "overkill" right now. we need to maintain social distancing.

Would the buses moving from the 30 go to the 45 moving the Skylink vehicles off it?

no, there's a reason Skylink vehicles are being used on he 45.

 

[CN04NRJ]

no, there's a reason Skylink vehicles are being used on he 45.

Students returning I'd imagine?

 

[OmniCity999]

Students returning I'd imagine?

i only heard it in passing, so might not be true. But apparently, some of these are used as MUDFA vehicles at weekends, gives Marine that little bit extra work. Also with them heading out to Riccarton, their in the right part of the city, should they need to cover either extra Uni workings or Skylink/Airlink duties.

Them being deckers ofcourse, allows social distancing.

 

[overthewater]

When will the new buses be pushed into service?

 

[OmniCity999]

When will the new buses be pushed into service?

I havent got an accurate date unfortunately.

 

[scosutsut]

In all seriousness, its temporary until their painted.

theres still talk of some new stock for East Coast, the decision hasnt been made.

I'd be tempted to adjust the existing livery a bit to make them adverts for Motorcoaches (add some URLs and phone numbers more prominently to existing colours) and use them flexibly across all the fleets as needed.

Help get the word out there.

 

[Graham Alexand]

a decision is still being made.

Ok thank you hopefully LothianCountry keeps a couple of them, the Black colour scheme looks quite sharp it would be a shame if they lost it.

probably until there’s a replacement for them considering those came to replace the B7s

Makes sense.

What was the Enviro400XLB that was evolved in the accident?

 

[OmniCity999]

Ok thank you hopefully LothianCountry keeps a couple of them, the Black colour scheme looks quite sharp it would be a shame if they lost it.


Makes sense.

Lothian Country still have a number of them, they've just been repainted into their colours. Which is preferred over the grey for service work.

 

[Graham Alexand]

Lothian Country still have a number of them, they've just been repainted into their colours. Which is preferred over the grey for service work.

True people know the Green and Cream over the black colour scheme.

Edit at 22:21 17/09/2020

East Coast Buses 102 (RIG 6492) is with E&M Horsburgh.

RIG6492 (GN06EVJ)

Parked in the yard of Horsburgh, Pumpherston awaiting repaint is former East Coast Buses Wright Eclipse Urban bodied Volvo B7RLE RIG6492.

www.flickr.com

 

[OmniCity999]

True people know the Green and Cream over the black colour scheme.

Edit at 22:21 17/09/2020

East Coast Buses 102 (RIG 6492) is with E&M Horsburgh.

RIG6492 (GN06EVJ)

Parked in the yard of Horsburgh, Pumpherston awaiting repaint is former East Coast Buses Wright Eclipse Urban bodied Volvo B7RLE RIG6492.

www.flickr.com

Yeah they've taken quite a few vehicles off us now, modernising there fleet and doing a great job.

 

[Graham Alexand]

Yeah they've taken quite a few vehicles off us now, modernising there fleet and doing a great job.

Do you know where 101 (RIG 6491) has beeb sold to.

 

[Graeme Duncan]

Currently on holiday in Sandbanks near Bournemouth. Stumbled across old Lothian open top Alexander bodied 502 and 504 what where the chances in that.

 

[Graham Alexand]

Currently on holiday in Sandbanks near Bournemouth. Stumbled across old Lothian open top Alexander bodied 502 and 504 what where the chances in that.

Are Lothian buses getting rid of all the Heritage fleet, if so does that mean the end of Open Days?

 

[ScotRail158725]

Yeah they've taken quite a few vehicles off us now, modernising there fleet and doing a great job.

they’ve got 15 B7TLs aswell. Not as big as Green Bus who have 22 of them

 

[CN04NRJ]

they’ve got 15 B7TLs aswell. Not as big as Green Bus who have 22 of them

Does anybody have a list of how many B7TLs are left?

 

[ScotRail158725]

Does anybody have a list of how many B7TLs are left?

are left at Lothian? ive not seen or been told of 701-708, 714, 717, 718, 763, 767, 786-788, 791, 792, 810, 813, 815 or 816s new operators. only 22 of them all the rest are at new operators

 

[Lothian285]

Lothian are running a virtual Doors Open Day this year: https://twitter.com/on_lothianbuses/status/1306867580947312640

As sad as we are that our annual #DoorsOpenDay can't go ahead as normal, we're excited to announce that we're moving the event online! Keep your eyes peeled on our website and social media channel for further info... #LothianBuses #LoveLocal #Edinburgh

 

[OmniCity999]

Are Lothian buses getting rid of all the Heritage fleet, if so does that mean the end of Open Days?

No and no.

 

[Graham Alexand]

No and no.

Thanks

 

[OmniCity999]

Lothian are running a virtual Doors Open Day this year: https://twitter.com/on_lothianbuses/status/1306867580947312640

Its likely this will be where the nee B8RLE's will be revealed.

 

[CN04NRJ]

Its likely this will be where the nee B8RLE's will be revealed.

Is there a date for this planned, I'm not familiar with what weekend it would normally be?

 

[Lothian285]

Is there a date for this planned, I'm not familiar with what weekend it would normally be?

Should be the 26th of September

 

[scosutsut]

Should we start the ADL versus MCV pool now, surprised we hadn't already tbh.

I know what I want it to be, and I think I know I'll be disappointed.

 

[overthewater]

I havent got an accurate date unfortunately.

Cheers, hoping the open day gives us some clues.

RBS has now closed down the South gyle building, and its not planned until next Spring before Gogarburn fully reopening, which means the x12 or The x18 will not need to go back in for a while yet.