I thought this was a possibility but it's taken a while for this scenario to materialise.
Most of those are perfectly normal on Sundays. They will change during the day as the driver takes the bus with him if/when he later does a different route.
Predictably put on the bus graveyard route, the 127.
Interesting to see that all of the ex Yorkshire vehicles that have managed to not completely break themselves to the point of requiring several days out of service within the first week (that being 3 of the six) were the 3 daytime vehicles on the 31A today along with 2 ex Liverpool E400s on the 31 suggesting these routes are not getting the same priority that they once had. At the minute the 84 and 85 seem to be the routes in favour (to the point of regularly seeing electrics whilst the 47/48 and 50/51 have worn out diesels).
Yeah, things seem to have changed a bit. The 127 mainly had MMCs on yesterday.
I wonder why the remaining 4 haven't been swapped over so far.
I would hope that they’ve been rejected given the mechanical state of the original transfers (clearly between half and two thirds of them being off the road each day is not a viable option in the long term).
That's a good deal sooner than I was expecting. Also worth noting that batch is two buses bigger than previously announced (not the first time Arriva Midlands have done that where ZEBRA is concerned)
Does anyone know of the Electroliners are what Arriva are going with going forward and is it likely to be these that arrive in the North East for the Zebra and Levelling Up fund orders?
If we only look at provincial operations it might be too soon to tell, but if we also consider their London operations, there they still only have two models of electric double-decker buses: the BYD D8UR/ADL E400EV, which is no longer in production, and the Wright Streetdeck Electroliner. If they don't find another type of bus that takes their fancy then the Streetdeck Electroliner could well become the standard electric decker type across the group.
Arriva London have new BYD, ADL E400EV and Volvo BZL on order for, so I wouldn't be making any assumptions about what they would buy on the basis of London!
At least three were at Ascot Drive, Derby over the weekend at left monday morning.
2 of the new electric deckers seem to be in service this morning. 8024 and 8030 according to BusTimes. There working the 5/ 5A / 6 so far.
8026 has joined 8024 and 8030 in service today. Two are on the 127s and the third on the 5 / 6s
Was still there yesterday evening.
I remember Derby trying to get 4400/4401 back when they came out of the Aylesbury area. They wanted to put deckers on the X38 as their services were often overcrowded.
Derby could really do with doubles back, singles are on the 1’s as 38s are prioritised with doubles, 4202 appeared (shortly after its smash at Leicester) so that may enter service if it’s been repaired.
Have they ordered anything?
Unlike the other big groups Arriva kept quiet on their ZEBRA2 choice of manufacturer(s). But if Wrightbus were chosen to build all 70+ then it's likely they'd have all been ordered in one go, at least with the 31 January deadline in place.
Really poor? Probably send them to Derby then.
