These days, vehicles are registered in the area where they're manufactured - YY would cover Scarborough - or where the importer is, if manufactured abroad. FJ would have been issued by the local Vehicle Registration Office, so presumably they were registered before the new rules came about.
all the ADLs Trent have had delivered have been YY** or YX**, I believe most stuff is registered at ADL now pre-delivery… not sure if that would affect what the start would be ?
Now registered by manufacturers. YX and YY are used by ADL (Scarborough) whilst BD for B8RLEs relates to Volvo Bus (Coventry?)
I have had a few passengers get on the older B7s we use on the comets saying they prefer the tint free windows as its alot easier to see if anyone is trying to get off and stop that awkward stand off at the doors.
It will indeed. At least Trentbarton never went down the line of contravision.
Off-topic, but why were these rules implemented?
That was what I thought myself, many thanks!
Just guessing but I imagine the new buses are delivered by the manufacturer rather than Trentbarton sending drivers to collect them
I am not sure about the last paragraph. Sure I have seen new buses with registration plates on, delivered with trade plates on.
They'll run on trade plates as they haven't yet been taxed.
742 did a Comet run this morning too
It seems only the other day that Trentbarton would never run a branded bus on a different branded route. Maybe passengers are drifting away, due to perceived unreliability
On Thursday they put a Mickleover-branded vehicle (105 I'm fairly sure) on red arrow service. But that was because there were massive delays, plus there were very few buses on the route. They had put 494 on V3 last night too. Might be the start to a new side of trent.
If I’m honest, I like these “rare workings”, they add something extra to look for and photograph.
Honestly I just think it’s post-download shenanigans.
Maybe. Are they keeping busses down at download today for tonight? If so it would be smart to reduce mileage and reduce fuel waste. As well as be eco friendly.
Maybe the influence of recently appointed senior staff, at Director level.
Could also be wanting to use vehicles that are soon to be replaced more so they get the most use out of them before they transfer.
Then again, could just be the buses most easily accessible
At least in the evening you could say the V3 is an extension of the Harlequin so 494 was not to far off route.
It's nothing to think too much into. Derby has suffered an engineer shortage recently, especially last night, so buses have had to stray off-brand to keep a service running
I'd assume for the same reason as my explanation in post #205. A lot of buses couldn't be checked over as there weren't enough engineers on Saturday night, so I'm told
Yes, you could see that, by the way Trentbarton blamed a third party for Hugo and Live Times not working "It is not our fault". The good news was that users of Bustimes could see the buses were not running and could use alternatives. Blaming lack of engineers would the focus on TB.
no engineers were actually in on Saturday night resulting in 38 dead vehicles on Sunday morning, I feel for whoever had to deal with that mess.
Dead, as in wouldn't start or had faults? Maybe they have had to cut overtime or night rates. I guess it also impacted services on Monday too.
Hang on, 38 buses is a significant part of the Derby allocation. Maybe they took Hugo etc down so they could say they couldn't be tracked.
