First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

[Private Baxter]

At least one of the ex Manchester E400s has also been painted. I think 2 more are also away to be done.

First West of England, SN12 AKJ 33719

ADL Enviro 400 E40D

flic.kr

66882 of course is heading ‘home’ to Southampton having been swapped with E200s in 2015.

Ahhh, in that case I think it must have been one of those ones I saw. I have actually lost track of what now works in Bath, and what plans to go whrer!

And yes, of course, 66881-6 did originally come from Southampton.

So of the original 55 reg B7RLEs, that just leaves 66935/40/43 still in service right?

 

[carlberry]

Ahhh, in that case I think it must have been one of those ones I saw. I have actually lost track of what now works in Bath, and what plans to go whrer!

And yes, of course, 66881-6 did originally come from Southampton.

So of the original 55 reg B7RLEs, that just leaves 66935/40/43 still in service right?

According to the ticket machine tracker 39141 spent yesterday on the 19.

 

[freetoview33]

69437 is now in Bath City Livery

 

[Tommy Walters]

I was pleasantly surprised to see that ABUS have recently acquired ex Arriva London Gemini DAF LJ04 LFK. I assume this has replaced one of the Spectras that's gone pop?

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

I was pleasantly surprised to see that ABUS have recently acquired ex Arriva London Gemini DAF LF04 LFK. I assume this has replaced one of the Spectras that's gone pop?

Nearly - It's LJ04LFK.

 

[Tommy Walters]

Nearly - It's LJ04LFK.

That'd be my brain being frazzled late at night! Many ex-Arriva London vehicles are of course registered LJ!

 

[Citistar]

I was pleasantly surprised to see that ABUS have recently acquired ex Arriva London Gemini DAF LJ04 LFK. I assume this has replaced one of the Spectras that's gone pop?

I believe the victim was YG02FWB which suffered an engine failure.

 

[freetoview33]

The Wells - Shepton Mallet shorts are back after about 2 weeks, for vaccination shuttles to the Bath & Weston showground.

 

[Citistar]

The Wells - Shepton Mallet shorts are back after about 2 weeks, for vaccination shuttles to the Bath & Weston showground.

*When Wells has enough working vehicles to operate them.

 

[carlberry]

*When Wells has enough working vehicles to operate them.

The Pilton VR running week** isn't happening this year, they could be licensed early and ride in like the cavalry to save the day!


** Glastobury Festival in case people miss the reference.

 

[Kremlin Stooge]

The Pilton VR running week** isn't happening this year, they could be licensed early and ride in like the cavalry to save the day!


** Glastobury Festival in case people miss the reference.

Nope, there’s not enough mud yet!!

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

The Pilton VR running week** isn't happening this year, they could be licensed early and ride in like the cavalry to save the day!


** Glastobury Festival in case people miss the reference.

A load of elderly, wheezing individuals heading to Shepton Mallet..... make your own joke!!

 

[Kremlin Stooge]

A load of elderly, wheezing individuals heading to Shepton Mallet..... make your own joke!!

That could be the Sunday evening Pyramid Stage headline act...

 

[Private Baxter]

The Wells - Shepton Mallet shorts are back after about 2 weeks, for vaccination shuttles to the Bath & Weston showground.

Twenty years ago, a shuttle did run during the Bath and West Show in May. The X60 ran between Wells bus station and the showground, and usually used the R reg B10BLEs.

That could be the Sunday evening Pyramid Stage headline act...

Very good.

 

[freetoview33]

Twenty years ago, a shuttle did run during the Bath and West Show in May. The X60 ran between Wells bus station and the showground, and usually used the R reg B10BLEs.

Very good.

I think if there are free resources in future it might be work running the service when events are on (and the 32 in Bath)

 

[Tommy Walters]

I think if there are free resources in future it might be work running the service when events are on (and the 32 in Bath)

There have been racecourse shuttles in the past in Bath, although they've never been numbered nor have I ever found a timetable of them anywhere. I just vaguely recall seeing an ALX400 B7 or two on a Friday night shuttling up there from the bus station.

It's not the only special service that has operated up that way. On certain Uni event days (most commonly on Wednesdays between February & April) , a dedicated service 33 shuttled between Lansdown P&R and the Campus, usually using two deckers on a 30 minute frequency. I'm lead to believe there has also been a shuttle from Odd Down P&R to the Uni in the past, not sure if this carried a number, but 43 would make sense.

 

[Kremlin Stooge]

There have been racecourse shuttles in the past in Bath, although they've never been numbered nor have I ever found a timetable of them anywhere. I just vaguely recall seeing an ALX400 B7 or two on a Friday night shuttling up there from the bus station.

From my recollection the Bath racecourse shuttles were some kind of private hire arrangement, paid for by the racecourse owners. Timetables and publicity came under their purview, as these were not commercially registered services.

 

[freetoview33]

Some tracker oddities if anyone could help clear up! Im sure some bits I have missed.

BCT 2926 YN68 EUV - Hasn't tracked since 20th December
32001/02/11/12/13 - Are these being scraped?
32003 - Randomly has popped up again on a few Bath 1 trips yesterday
All the remaining ALX400's except 32289 haven't shown up a few weeks (32283 not since last year)
32553 - Nothing since 9th Jan
33691 - Nothing since 9th Jan
33722 - Nothing since November
33826 - Nothing since December
33833 - Nothing since 11th Jan
33958 - Nothing since 30th December
35107/08 - Nothing since December
35112 - Nothing since 7th Jan
36825-29 - Nothing since December (But guess these are being stored)
37611 - Nothing since December
37771 - Nothing since December
39191/2 - Are these still just sat in Lawrence Hill?
47440 - Nothing since December

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

From my recollection the Bath racecourse shuttles were some kind of private hire arrangement, paid for by the racecourse owners. Timetables and publicity came under their purview, as these were not commercially registered services.

Think you're right. They've been done on race days but don't think they were registered.

The only services that I can recall being registered on a short term shuttle basis were the Bath Uni - Bath seasonal P&R and, I think, was there one from UWE into Centre.

32001/02/11/12/13 - Are these being scraped?
32003 - Randomly has popped up again on a few Bath 1 trips yesterday

32001 etc are stored under cover IIRC - ready for next summer

32003 - suspect it's the ticket machine on another vehicle.

As for the others, suspect most are long term VOR with the odd repaint in there.

 

[Whiteway215]

32003 off the road by 16 November, believed still parked up 10 January but shown on First fleet changes dated 28 Jan as disposed of to ??????
32283 reported withdrawn.

 

[cnjb8]

Think you're right. They've been done on race days but don't think they were registered.

The only services that I can recall being registered on a short term shuttle basis were the Bath Uni - Bath seasonal P&R and, I think, was there one from UWE into Centre.


32001 etc are stored under cover IIRC - ready for next summer

32003 - suspect it's the ticket machine on another vehicle.

As for the others, suspect most are long term VOR with the odd repaint in there.

Yes, all but two of the North Somerset Coaster ALXs are stored at Lawrence Hill

 

[Whiteway215]

There have been racecourse shuttles in the past in Bath, although they've never been numbered nor have I ever found a timetable of them anywhere. I just vaguely recall seeing an ALX400 B7 or two on a Friday night shuttling up there from the bus station.

It's not the only special service that has operated up that way. On certain Uni event days (most commonly on Wednesdays between February & April) , a dedicated service 33 shuttled between Lansdown P&R and the Campus, usually using two deckers on a 30 minute frequency. I'm lead to believe there has also been a shuttle from Odd Down P&R to the Uni in the past, not sure if this carried a number, but 43 would make sense.

There definitely was a service from Odd Down P&R on certain days. I remember seeing 66992 or 93 on it when it was an open day.
Not sure if they really needed a two door bus on it though!

 

[spw24]

All of Weston's open tops currently stored in Lawrence Hill are now back to their W-PAE registrations.

*Mod note* Define abbreviations please, as required by forum rules.

 

[freetoview33]

Some tracker oddities if anyone could help clear up! Im sure some bits I have missed.

BCT 2926 YN68 EUV - Hasn't tracked since 20th December
32001/02/11/12/13 - Are these being scraped?
32003 - Randomly has popped up again on a few Bath 1 trips yesterday
All the remaining ALX400's except 32289 haven't shown up a few weeks (32283 not since last year)
32553 - Nothing since 9th Jan
33691 - Nothing since 9th Jan
33722 - Nothing since November
33826 - Nothing since December
33833 - Nothing since 11th Jan
33958 - Nothing since 30th December
35107/08 - Nothing since December
35112 - Nothing since 7th Jan
36825-29 - Nothing since December (But guess these are being stored)
37611 - Nothing since December
37771 - Nothing since December
39191/2 - Are these still just sat in Lawrence Hill?
47440 - Nothing since December

33722 - Has started tracking again today, first time since 25th November
33958 - Said it had a little trip across the depot this morning.

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

All of westons open tops currently stored in lh are now back to their w pae registrations

Wonder why the return to their original plates?

 

[ValleyLines142]

Not sure if this has been mentioned but is there a reason for the anomalies in the fleet numbers of the gas buses? There isn't a 39405, 39428, 39442, 39467, 39473-39480, 39486 or 39490!

 

[Marcus Fryer]

Not sure if this has been mentioned but is there a reason for the anomalies in the fleet numbers of the gas buses? There isn't a 39405, 39428, 39442, 39467, 39473-39480, 39486 or 39490!

I think it’s been stated on here previously that these numbers weren’t used as they had previously been allocated to London Routemasters and First doesn’t reuse numbers due to their computing system?

 

[Volvodart]

Numbers for Routemasters previously in the system.

 

[stait.john]

All of Weston's open tops currently stored in Lawrence Hill are now back to their W-PAE registrations.

*Mod note* Define abbreviations please, as required by forum rules.

the abbreviation that is actually a UK registration plate?

 

[spw24]

the abbreviation that is actually a UK registration plate?

no I originally put LH as i was putting it short hand as i was on my phone at the time.

The number of Barbie buses left is now done to 5 Bath has 32291 which I'm guessing is hanging on until the final Streetdeck arrives from Leicester and Hengrove have 66723/4/32 & 69253 which are used on the 72/72a.
There are 2 others but these are withdrawn at present 32283 & 66723.