The current livery is fine but they could do with resprays with the current application if they do end up staying and maybe pad the interior seats again. I'm under the impression that the reason why 1128-1130 were wrapped is so when they do end up being painted they can just add the madder inside Seafield Works during a heavy refurbishment to standardise the interior.
I guess that’s the issue though. If they intend on replacing them within 2 years (I still have my doubts on 2025), then is it really worthwhile to refurbish them? Given the fact they’ll have to be changed to city spec they come off Airlink anyway, it doesn’t seem the most financially viable thing to do. I love the idea of a tri-axle BZL though and hope that it does happen. Wouldn’t it be really heavy though?
There’s a quite easy solution to that. Charge a 1 or 2 zone single. A bit like what Lothian Country have recently done to the 43. If you just had a simple ‘1 or 2 zones’ set at £2 single, rather than the current ‘1 (or 2 if it is Zone A to B)’. Then the 2 or 3 zone fare simply becomes a 3 zone fare.
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Ah so that's where old 812 ended up!Lovely story about an Australian couple living in a converted Lothian number 16 bus:
'We live aboard an Edinburgh Bus on an Australian beach'
Kim Ricardo and Ted Dwight fell in love with the 1966 Lothian Bus after spotting it for sale online.
It'd be interesting as to how the timetable would be adjusted if this happened. At present, only one bus in the morning starts from the Gyle with the rest starting from Granton/Elm Row all running towards the Gyle. In the evening, buses only terminate at Elm Row and Granton, coming from the Gyle. There is also a peak journey in the morning doing a singular round trip from Granton at the moment. A transfer to Longstone may eliminate the 22A as well.
I mean this would make sense, though it would leave issues for the early morning runs, particularly those runs on the 22A which may make sense to keep at Central.
It would make sense to me to transfer all of 426-437 as the 22 currently uses those and then that keeps the batch together. To use up the rest of them in service it would need to be a fairly short route. Could the 1 transfer, go to double deckers and get a frequency reduction back to every 15 minutes?
I thought the 22A was to serve the businesses near South Gyle Crescent in the early morning before the 12 and 400 go through that area?
The 1 is reportedly a high candidate for BZL operation, so the chances it moves are low. The 27 doesn’t really go anywhere near Longstone and again is potentially lined up for BZL’s.
Is it? I know it sometimes gets the BZL demonstrator, but the 1 is scheduled for single deckers.
I know, but both ends are in that area of the city, compared to for example the 7.
Is it? I've only noticed the E400EVs on the 8 and 9 but then I don't follow them closely.
The 8 and 9 will probably receive the first batch when they enter service. Other candidates are the 1, 7, 10, 23, 24 and 27. However at least one, probably two of these routes will need to miss out as it’s too many. For me the 1 and 7 are the routes to miss out and the 10, 23, 24 and 27 pick up the rest, but time will tell what happens. If you add that altogether it’s just under 50 Electric buses out of 54 or 55 (depending on 997’s future) if it happens. I think 291-294 will find themselves mostly on the 9 or 24 going forward though as their capacity and range I think is slightly less favourable.
I mean, that’s not a bad idea to be fair. The Uni Shuttle could do with having a 3rd bus anyway and then just leave the 4th as a spare. The timings on it are a bit of a mess, there’s no consistent frequency from what I was told.
I agree
BZL for me. Just ticks the boxes. Now I know that’s kind of cheating with 997, but it’s still on fleet.
It was brought back many months ago, if not half a year ago now, for familiarization but was reintroduced to service to reach peak vehicle requirements after the addition of the West Edinburgh contract services. 929/30 and 1050 were cascaded to West Lothian with 997 and 1152/3 being put in service. Its not a permanent addition at this time.
Pretty empty in Balerno when seen ..,and always late . Is the terminus in Cramond shared with any other services ?
I suspect some of it comes from the pricing structure, or rather lack of cross operator ticketing, or more specifically tap tap cap style cross operator ticketing. Granted there is OneTicket and Plus bus. One ticket is hard to get and only really useful when going out of Edinburgh. Doesn't work for day tickets including trains. Plus bus needs a train ticket too.
One Ticket does do Day Tickets but it is slightly more expensive than a Lothian day ticket but if using different operators it can be worthwhile.
I would personally sell them as they are non-standard but still have a good amount of value