Recent content by ClydeCoaster

Whether true or not I don't know, but I'm told that some of the Yutongs at McGill's were pressed into service for COP26 so they didn't actually get "UK spec" seats from Pelican. Might be absolute rubbish but I could be sure their fleet has different seat types... Some really interesting...

I’ve seen some comment and discussion here and there on various threads about the quality and reliability of certain bus models being offered in the market place today, but can’t find anywhere that focuses on it, and I’m curious as to the comparisons of certain types. For example, I’ve read...

Van Hool has declared bankruptcy. VDL Groep is to take on the bus and coach side, and the trailers business to GRW. https://www.route-one.net/news/van-hool-declared-bankrupt-vdl-to-take-coach-and-bus-activities/

Madeira is still a bastion of old interurban step-entrance Scanias Volvos, including a couple of B58s when I was there in January. A good few rather unique looking things. Funchal's city fleet is starting to be dominated by Camo-bodied B8RLEs wiping out some of the older stuff, but the inter...

The 922 is going to be operated by Hairy Haggis with a Yutong TCe12, charged at First's Caledonia depot. Though, as the article below notes, the timetable means it's not possible for the same vehicle to operate all the journeys...

BV72KPF, fleet number EV1, has been in service since 20th March, so looks like they've bought it outright. EDIT: Though it does have a Volvo logo on the side alongside Warrington Borough Council, UK Govt etc. under the "Powered by" logo.

Five people have been injured after a McGill's E200 crashed into a block of flats in Paisley this afternoon. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-68556721

Van Hool letting go of 1100 workers, moving coach production entirely to Macedonia and leaving the city bus market. Not good news at all for such a prestigious manufacturer. If the restructuring plan doesn't get approved by 31st March it may fold entirely. I know they were shocked when De...

The first of Ember's Yutong GTe14s have arrived in the UK. Curiously National Express is first out the trap with a working demonstrator, but there's an image of one of the Ember examples in this Route One article. And rather smart it looks too...

My main local operator had a ragtag mix of literally anything and everything going, both new and used. Toward the end of their operation they had amassed a sizeable fleet of Ailsas, which at the time I grew bored of but I now desperately miss their whining. As a favourite double decker I find...

Bus Éireann was taking on VDL Futura DDs as late as March this year, so it may still be an offering. I think the Astromega is still notionally offered, it's still the TDX variant as it's not yet had a new 'T' range replacement but other than that, Beaulas? Ayats? Hardly big order stuff.

Plaxton could be digging their own grave. What is a big enough order? Stagecoach have switched to Carrus with the 9700DD body on the B13RT as the Panorama hasn't been adapted; they'll be the first of their kind in the UK. So that's a big enough order to convince Carrus to produce an RHD...

While I understand the impacts of Euro 6 and the layout of continental citybuses being vastly different to UK preferences (multiple doors, fewer seats) often driving the position and mounting of an engine, we're shifting massively and rapidly away from diesel power in urban buses. Now with...

I should have been more specific in meaning their EV offerings. All EVs are heavyweight, there's more of a level playing field on weight. And with most EVs with their batteries in the roof pod, interior layout is an easier obstacle to get round for the UK. Yes we like more seats and fewer...

Oh yes. That was the sole reasoning behind my interest and the reason why I posed the question. <Insert eye rolling emoji here> Competition is always healthy.