Go ahead changing fleet numbers

[Fox192]

I see a post on facebook that indicates that go ahead are renumbering all there fleet similar to stagecoach, to make movements easier. Wondering what numbers each vehicle will get really .

 

[borage]

The Oxford & Chilterns Bus Page reports that this is "part of the roll out of a new Go-Ahead group engineering system", and has a list of the first known 5 digit numbered vehicles:

The recent arrival of ten Trident-E400s from WMPTE[*] enables ,me to provide some news which will be of much interest readers. We will be moving our fleet numbering to a 5 digit system in the not too distant future as part of the roll out of a new Go-Ahead group engineering system which requires all buses nationwide to have a unique number. Hence the 5 digits used for these will be as follows:.

80951​	BX09 PFE
80952​	BX09 PFF
80953​	BX09 PFG
80954​	BX09 PFK
80955​	BX09 PFO
80956​	BX09 PFV
80957​	BX09 PGU
80958​	BX09 PHF
80959​	BX09 PGV
80960​	BX09 PHJ

The first 8 of these are Carousel and the bottom 2 are Pulhams.

*(WMPTE = actually National Express West Midlands)

 

[Fox192]

So the whole network including East Yorkshire, Go North West, Go North East ,etc will receive the numbers

 

[dodecahedron67]

I wouldn’t be surprised if each OpCo/Area got a unique 2 digit identifier at the start of the old 3 digit fleet numbers.

Do any go-ahead subsidiaries (o/s London) have a vehicle numbered 1000 or higher?

 

[Andyh82]

I wouldn’t be surprised if each OpCo/Area got a unique 2 digit identifier at the start of the old 3 digit fleet numbers.

Do any go-ahead subsidiaries (o/s London) have a vehicle numbered 1000 or higher?

Go North West, Go North East, Go South Coast and Go South West do at least

Go North East’s numbering scheme is actually 50 years old, with no number having been used twice, so it’s a shame to see it go

 

[LAIRA]

I wouldn’t be surprised if each OpCo/Area got a unique 2 digit identifier at the start of the old 3 digit fleet numbers.

Do any go-ahead subsidiaries (o/s London) have a vehicle numbered 1000 or higher?

This is what I was told. South West will be 7 and appears Oxford will be 8.

 

[Kernow Dave]

This is what I was told. South West will be 7 and appears Oxford will be 8.

If that is the case, Go-Ahead group engineering system which requires all buses nationwide to have a unique number, makes no sense. They operate about 2400 buses in the UK. The indication was that the new system will be all buses allocated a unique 5 digit number. If as is suggested here will that be changed each time a bus is transferred to a new company. Also if each operating company has a prefix a 6 figure digit number would be required? Interesting times to come in the near future.

Now if Arriva will follow suit.

 

[Man of Kent]

If that is the case, Go-Ahead group engineering system which requires all buses nationwide to have a unique number, makes no sense. They operate about 2400 buses in the UK. The indication was that the new system will be all buses allocated a unique 5 digit number. If as is suggested here will that be changed each time a bus is transferred to a new company. Also if each operating company has a prefix a 6 figure digit number would be required? Interesting times to come in the near future.

Now if Arriva will follow suit.

Go-Ahead has around 2400 in London alone, and about 3500 elsewhere. Don't forget it added around 150 recently with the purchase of assorted coach companies in the North East and Yorkshire.

 

[Kernow Dave]

Go-Ahead has around 2400 in London alone, and about 3500 elsewhere. Don't forget it added around 150 recently with the purchase of assorted coach companies in the North East and Yorkshire.

Thank you for the correction in numbers, it was a typo I meant to say 2400 in London alone.

 

[317 forever]

Go-Ahead has around 2400 in London alone, and about 3500 elsewhere. Don't forget it added around 150 recently with the purchase of assorted coach companies in the North East and Yorkshire.

I've seen hints that Go-Ahead now have more buses in Britain than Arriva, but no confirmation of numbers though.

 

[Mark L]

The Oxford & Chilterns Bus Page reports that this is "part of the roll out of a new Go-Ahead group engineering system", and has a list of the first known 5 digit numbered vehicles:



*(WMPTE = actually National Express West Midlands)

The London fleet has carried four digit fleetnumbers (in addition to their alpha-numeric ones) for some years. They appear next to the fuelling point.

 

[Fox192]

Is there any news on the new numbering system yet?

 

[91130nut]

East Yorkshire's two new Evora saloons carry fleet numbers 20397 and 20398. I have seen fleetlists which suggest that the whole EY fleet is to be renumbered by adding 20000 to the existing numbers.

 

[Eyersey468]

East Yorkshire's two new Evora saloons carry fleet numbers 20397 and 20398. I have seen fleetlists which suggest that the whole EY fleet is to be renumbered by adding 20000 to the existing numbers.

Yes that is what's happening, though as far as I know vehicles will carry the 5 digit numbers on repaint or as they join the fleet

 

[Zenneth101]

So what will GNE be

 

[David 90825]

So what will GNE be

GNE's vehicles are supposed to be getting renumbered into the 4xxxx series. This will be similar to the East Yorkshire numbering mentioned in #13 above in that existing vehicles will have 40 000 added to their existing fleetnumber.

 

[Zenneth101]

Friends told me it was gonna be 80xxx, ChatGPT said 60xxx im confused

 

[CBlue]

Friends told me it was gonna be 80xxx, ChatGPT said 60xxx im confused

I really wouldn't believe anything you get out of ChatGPT.....