Go Ahead Group have this very smart new Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 on loan at the moment which has been doing the rounds within the group. Yesterday it arrived with Plymouth Citybus and Brian George managed to get a few quick shots on his mobile.
We have not had any confirmation of any new orders for Plymouth Citybus for this year but we do know that Go Ahead have ordered a large batch of these Enviro 400s so if Citybus do get anymore new double deckers this year there is a good chance that they will be these! (They almost certainly wont have tables upstairs though...)
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Lovely looking vehicle, designed in consultation with operators. Makes the Gemini look decidedly ancient.
ReplyDeletePerhaps Citybus will order some and then muscle in on the Park and Ride. Or is a Navy Flash going to appear? Torpoint perhaps.
ReplyDeletePretty sure they are not interesting in Park & Ride - at least not on a commercial basis. They are planning for more Flash colours - but as to what routes they will be is anyone's guess!
DeleteErr yuck, that's an awful looking bus, the 2012 E400s are my favourite, the First ex Olympics ones are amazing!
ReplyDeleteOn the opposite side of the scale,any information on the Geminis First are operating on the Park & Ride?.
ReplyDeleteThats news to me! Anyone else know anything of this? Certainly none in use today - just the usual Tridents and Enviros on the PR1/ 56 Reg Dart on PR2 were the only ones I saw
DeleteI've seen a First Tavistock Enviro and several white Eclipse/Geminis (whatever they are!) the last few days.
Deletethere is a ex taunton Volvo eclipse b7rle 60197 I think. I heard that the b6 ble are going and being replaced by these b7rle
DeletePerhaps you're referring to the 02 reg Eclipses that are making their way onto the PR2 at the moment (in essence a single deck version of the Gemini)? A handful have just of Eclipse bodied B7Ls have just arrived from Taunton having been replaced by slightly newer B7RLEs on the Minehead route.
Delete60917 on PR2's today.
DeleteI have actually seen a 02 B7 (that's right B7) with a eclyps body I think on the PR2 looks shabby, that's probably why it's not in Manchester or York!!
Deletehi gramham the 56 plate dart bus is now mainly on route 2/3 along with 05 plate darts buses the hong kong buses seemed to have gone over nite .and did u here about the first bus that went up in smoke to day
DeleteAt least two for sure Graham,single deckers a few years old as well.I was too far away for licence plate or fleet number sorry.
ReplyDeleteWhy wouldn't go ahead be interested in park and ride, every new route they have tried have been a success, people are fed up with the poor service first provide, I say good luck to them, tables would be ideal for commuters!
ReplyDeleteFollowed this up to milehouse from the train station yesterday looks horrible from the rear even one of my passengers said it was awful!!
ReplyDeleteAlso looked very close to grounding while turning left into Milehouse or are all the busses like that?
First have a Volvo here, 60917 which has been on PR2 duties this week.
ReplyDeletePrehaps one of the new flash colours will be a Mount Batten run, or the 5/5A running like 21/21A.
The buses in question are ex First York Volvo B7L with the standard Wright bodywork, the B7L being the predecessor to the B7RLE
ReplyDeleteNot Gemini's - Volvo B7L Wright Eclipse single deckers.... 60917 is one I think, if there are more I haven't seen them.
ReplyDelete60917 sorry couldn't get the registration on the P&R from Coypool this morning.
ReplyDeleteOne B7L, on temporary loan, is not much of a handful.
ReplyDeleteLoan?
ReplyDelete7 transfers!