17 year old Tridents and 15 year old Darts at best.
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First Bus Refurbishments
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Interior of a First Worcester Nimrod Mercedes-Benz Citaro.
Mercedes make over. The former Berkshire Mercedes Citaros transferred to Worcester and repainted in a pink based livery with Nimrod branding recieved an internal refurbishment before entering service, which features reupholstered seating, recoated hand poles, and Nimrod branding along the...
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The oldest of these ex-Slough/Heathrow Citaros are 18 years old! The ALX200s and Mk1 Solos we had from new in the early 2000's are all razor blades and bean tins now.
cnjb8
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I don't think the OIGxxxx Citaros got an interior refurbInterior of a First Worcester Nimrod Mercedes-Benz Citaro.
Mercedes make over. The former Berkshire Mercedes Citaros transferred to Worcester and repainted in a pink based livery with Nimrod branding recieved an internal refurbishment before entering service, which features reupholstered seating, recoated hand poles, and Nimrod branding along the...
The oldest of these ex-Slough/Heathrow Citaros are 18 years old! The ALX200s and Mk1 Solos we had from new in the early 2000's are all razor blades and bean tins now.
TheGrandWazoo
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17 year old Tridents and 15 year old Darts at best.
Instead of Eclipses, e200s (126) or e300s (172-4)? Best not say too much or the FSW/BoS rebuttal unit will be unleashed.
The refurb of the e300s for Buses of Somerset is quite smart especially as the Glasgow Airport interior was looking rather scruffy.
They were all super tatty and threadbare inside when they left Slough with the original 'Barbie' green grab rails/poles. These rails have become silver, so I'm assuming they refurbished them.
LT52WXB, now OIG6943
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I always found the Arriva moquette looked dated, even when new!
TheGrandWazoo
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No - you could have bare plastic and it would be fine. However, anything like a broken seat frame would be.
cnjb8
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Yes. The seats look a bit Barbie-ish on the Worcester photo, but I can't really tell
I've had a look at a picture of OIG6945 (formerly LT52 WXN). It's not easy to see but the new Best Impressions moquette of purple stripes is just about visible.
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Mercedes Citaro. OIG6945. First Midlands(64015). Worcester, 21/09/19.
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cnjb8
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Thanks for clearing that upI've had a look at a picture of OIG6945 (formerly LT52 WXN). It's not easy to see but the new Best Impressions moquette of purple stripes is just about visible.
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Mercedes Citaro. OIG6945. First Midlands(64015). Worcester, 21/09/19.
JumpinTrainz
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Just an observation on First’s refurbishments. The B9TLs which were refurbished in Glasgow for mainly the 61 but some others were done for other routes, they received wooden floors and purple grab poles. I find it odd that First don’t tend to have a scheme and stick to it. If the B9TLs were to be redone wouldn’t it have made sense to follow a universal interior and have the poles painted pink like the current new stock and for the flooring to be made the same colour too? Some of the other B9TLs which were done a few years before were given leather seating but with the green to match the grab poles which were not painted. It always seems a bit odd to have different interior buses. Not a massive deal but just an observation.
Before, there was the Barbie interior scheme, the moquette was later changed before the new interior scheme was released. This was released in around 2012 with the introduction of the Urban livery, with pink bars, lilac panelling and grey leather seats.
However, in recent years OpCos have been allowed to specify their own interior, often to coincide with the route branding. For instance, First WoE recovered many buses with the second Barbie moquette or grey leather. More recently refurbs and new buses have a new moquette first introduced on the Bristol P&R E400MMCs. Bars have also been silver and wood effect floors. This is of course for buses not on contract work.
jonesy3001
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Are first Manchester having any of there buses refurbished, some are looking rather grubby and the exterior have mismatched panels?
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