Why is that happening again?
Yeah, I know, some user made a bunch of fake edits and said people who didn’t agree with them were bigoted.
They are going off lease. Information has been confirmed with National Fleet manager.
Why though? That’s what I’m wondering really.
Pretty much, yeah. It has happened with Glasgow before, with a Fleet of Optare Solos for the 89/90 services being leased, then sold off to other companies (one of them did run with Avondale at one point).
That I do not know. Could possibly be the leasing costs are not justified by the performance of the Lanarkshire local services and it was cheaper to buy/lease 2nd hand ex London stock. Will be interesting to see if the ex London vehicles appear on the Maxim Park 242’s. Always been under the impression that Maxim Park contributed something to First to provide the extension from Holytown and specified that the vehicles used had to be modern.
2009 comes to mind. First made big song and dance about it in newspaper or council media regarding new vehicles for Hamilton for the 226; the small YX09 ADL e200s were the buses. They lasted a very short time before being sent down south.
I too was hoping we would have heard something to replace the ageing B9TLs not add to them!
Yet many of the B9TLs still drive nicer than those E300s.
I doubt you'll be getting any cascades from London.
Yeah, it's true that First Glasgow is a major profit maker and should receive strong vehicle investment. Just at the moment, it's the realisation of the ZEBRA schemes in England with lots of "match funding" to be found by First for fleet as they take advantage of the funding esp regarding infrastructure in depots. Doubtless Glasgow will be back on the new vehicle path soon enough, even if it might be a blend of replacing the oldest B9s and allowing some cascades to be undertaken as we've seen to Berkshire and Essex.
More than likely to be the 68/19 plate diesels as they can balance out the age profile in certain areas.
Not least in Glasgow where there are many more 68/19 plates than 65/66 plates
The LEZ is the only reason…we would’ve most likely still had some B7s in service if this hadn’t been introduced..
And even then many of those 65/66 plates sound and feel clapped out already to travel on and drive.
You wouldn’t have B7s now - First have been purging them ruthlessly
Really? I swear I did see it though.
I thought they were leased?
Maybe Ensign are selling them for the leasing company?
Whatever the physical practice of disposal, if they are leased (?) then they are the property of the leasing company so it's them selling not First.
Perhaps. It just seems sad to see modern euro 6 buses go when there’s E300s in much worse condition.
I remember that rumour. It was either tosh, or that someone had heard about some of the early Streetlites (Sheffield and Leicester) going off lease after a ten year term and got confused? If those YW68s are leased and are going back, it may simply be economics have changed.
