28 of them. It's a strange upgrade as, in the last 25 years, Weston hasn't been blessed with that many new vehicles.
That would replace all Badgerline B7s, and all of the Excel fleet.
All the Badgerline B7s have already gone.
Bus Times then there are 35 deckers based at Weston currently.
I believe the plan at one point was for all 6 ex-Sheffield streedecks to head to Weston. Not sure if that’s still the plan though
That would make sense
They operate from the Bath depot, the depot being referred to above is Weston
Are you sure the B9s 37319-28 are coming back to Bristol as I heard by a Bath driver that they are going to Bath? Wait what's going to happen with The X1,X4,X6/7/9 Marlborough Street Workings?
Some will have to go back to Lawrence Hill to replace 33965-33973, possibly some to Bath, not sure what Bath need them for though?
33965-71 are allegedly going to First Hants and Dorset, are 33972/73 definitely leaving as well?
This is something I raised, brand new buses with a new brand yet the LH workings will still be B9s! I wondered if the schedules could be tweaked so that a number of Weston vehicles ended up at LH overnight to allow those to be used the following day on the boards that LH operate but that can be full of issues!
Oh what that is some exciting news @stait.john. Can't 33825-30 go to Lawrence Hill to replace some?
33825-33830 should be off to Potteries
How about 33506/8/33547/50/54/56/60/64/65/66 and 33750? Also where are 37338/48/37613/20/21/26 off to after Portsmouth?
Okay so does that mean 33506/8/33547/50/54/56/60/64/65/66 and 33750 are all going to Potteries.
Plus Scania 36807, which is Weston’s ‘Pride’ bus?
Yes that’s what should be happening. First 5 cascades will release B7TLs 37156-37160 from Potteries to Cymru.
We may want to, but don't forget 39005 the Wright Hybrid; also 37355 has been at Weston poorly for a while but may be on loan. That's 38 deckers for a requirement of 31, so there will be a shortfall suggesting maybe the rest of Bath's Streetwrecks will end up here. Then there will be extra double decks for the summer uplift of service 20, which is single deck in the winter.
Is 37355 still at Weston? It hasn't tracked on bustimes since ages ago.
VOR - was at Volvo at Wanstrow
I assume 37355 was a loan to Weston and will return to Hengrove? It may even go back to Lawrence Hill as 37356 has once it’s fixed.
39001/2/3/4 at York are withdrawn.
39005 is a pup (as are the others). Think the others are in store in Halifax - doubtless never to run again and just run down the depreciation
Was at Weston on Saturday
37355 is in service now on the service 7 replacing 39005 at 15:30 at Weston bus hub. Also does anybody know when the badgerline streetdecks will enter service?
Do we know whether the Streetdecks will enter service all together in one big launch, or if they will be introduced over a period of weeks as and when they arrive and are prepared?
I can't imagine that they will wait for all to arrive - you'd need space for 27 additional vehicles. I'd suggest that they may have a launch session but otherwise, an incremental deployment