Just for the benefit of enthusiasts outside the area that's 715 moving from Trent to Kinch. I believe it's correct, as 716 is in use there. 735 has gone the other way to Trent's Derby depot
Very likely as its 17 years old now, only seems like yesterday when they arrived.
This is very much correct 716 and 715 went to kinch and we got 735 at Derby depot
I have seen a photo of it with its fire-damaged engine removed. Cannot repost here for internal reasons.
Can Kinchbus manage without a slimline Solo, until the new electric buses arrive?
They put 501 on sprint the other day so maybe a solo sr would make do?
Once the full sprint timetable resumes it may be a struggle but I'm sure 478/479 have been onto sprint before
Regular-sized Solos appear on the Sprint plenty often. A couple of months ago, though, I had the treat of riding one of Notts+Derby's ex-Lothian Eclipse Geminis on the campus shuttle for the university open day. So, the situation is not ideal, but perfectly manageable.
Certainly not Mellors, that's a given.
I thought they only bought ADLs these days.
Well, Wellglade have only been buying ADLs since 2016. Wellglade have floated around other manufacturers as well, with Wright's being bought from 2003 to 2009, Optare Solos from around 2000 up until around 2015 and Optare Versa from 2012 to 2014. Then they bought that one batch of Volvo B8RLEs but for some reason didn't get more and went full on with the Enviros.
At one point, we thought there would be Wright bodied, hydrogen buses for the Sixes and Skylink services. But the BSIP bid was not successful.
It’s certainly manageable to have non slimline solos on the sprint but it wouldn’t be manageable to run a full service on all routes without something transferring to Kinch. They are currently using at least one of the sprint buses on other routes most days so realistically they need at least 2 additional vehicles before the university returns if they want any hope of being able to run a full service somewhat reliably.
The slimline Solos certainly have their work cut out, often having to cover for the Sprinter minibuses or the Versas!
Even the odd working on the Skylink Derby. It does seem like 17 years since they first entered service on the Allestree service covering for Solos 460 to 465 whilst they were refurbished.
I doubt Comet would get any brand new vehicles. As for replacing the Volvos with E200 MMCs, the Volvos are actually probably more suited to it
I'd agree. The Volvos are best for that job.
They're brilliant! I had a chat with one of the Comet drivers who showed me 748's odometer; 1,500,000+ miles!
You buy quality, you get quality. It ticks the value for money box.
Now, I don't know about you, but I wouldn't listen to anything any of these people are saying, as it is all speculation by people that persumably don't know what they're talking about. No one is sure at this point apart from possibly internal people/workers so I would just wait for now until we have more confirmation. There are plenty of ways these vehicles could go with current public info.
Bit hostile! There are some employees in this forum who do have knowledge and info
In my opinion, its really not, the only people ive really seen speculating is enthusiasts and not drivers. Not to mention on bustimes part of the mickleover fleet and 110 (for some reason) got changed to calverton livery when they had only been off the road for a day or two. Theres about ten different places ive seen people saying they could go, when no doubt they will probably end up somewhere completely different to what most people are speculating. I'd say just wait and see, they will most likely be the top of the priority list be repainted so no doubt it'll be evident soon enough
