Chris Moyes isn't coming back, but quite a few of his friends are…
Yep – it seems that Plymouth Citybus are getting a large batch of Brighton & Hove Scanias back from Brighton, this time to stay. The first of which are due to start arriving this weekend. Full details to follow once fleetnumbers are known.
More cast offs. Perhaps we do need First back with new buses. What a turnaround that would be!!
ReplyDeleteCitybus have placed loads of new buses into service - and why do you think First will bring in new buses? These Brighton buses will replace older buses. First are bringing in plenty of "casts offs" for their fleet and I am sure will continue to do so - improving their fleet as they go.
DeleteThis is good news. These Scanias are Euro V upgraded too so their engines are cleaner than the outgoing buses. Question is, what are they replacing? because there's not really many double decks they could replace. Do we know how many are coming?
ReplyDeleteThere's 18 on the way apparently and they're the 2004-06 batch (04,54,05,55 plates) - as far as i know, they're all Euro V standard - Go South Coast were good at upgrading all their buses rather than buying new initially.
DeleteVery interested to see what they replace - as there's only a very small number of older deckers laying around now!
Seems PCB short of DD as SD on DD routes like 50 51 34, so could be replacing Citeros
DeleteApparently, they're going into reserve - rather than into service - which i find a little odd - especially if Capacity on buses is an issue.
DeleteAgreed, find it peculiar that they’ve be going in to reserve given overcrowding on services. Apparently there is no shortage of DD stock, which does beg the question of why so many busy services are allocated single deck stock (50/51/34 regularly, often 21s too)
DeleteMany buses are still running round almost empty for much of the day even on busier services so they probably are not needed so much just yet, but things will start to get busier.
DeleteCItybus has always been known to have East Lancs bodied buses so it'll be nice to see them bumbling around the city.
ReplyDeleteSo Citybus started 2020 clearing out all non ADL stuff to become full ADL and has ended it by brining in non ADL buses their strategy is all over the place!
ReplyDeleteIt does indeed seem that all 18 are coming: BH 629-636, 642-9, 662 and 665. Thanks to all who have confirmed this!
ReplyDelete629 YN04 GKC
ReplyDelete633 YN04 GKF
634 YN04 GKG
635 YN04 GXJ
636 YN04 GKK
643 YN54 ADV
645 YN54 AOX
648 YN05 GZW
649 YN05 GZH
665 YN55 NFD
All the above arrive at Milehouse Sunday 29 November
It appears that there are quite a few of these buses from Brighton and Hove knocking about. Go North East have a mixture of 03, 04, 05, 55 and 56 registrations in service at various depots, They also have a couple of 57 regs on loan, the same buses that were at Plymouth Citybus quite recently.
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