Lothian Group discussion (Lothian City, Lothian Country Bus and East Coast Buses)

[CBlue]

It's weird that it's not going to be ordely, like 631 - 660 at Marine.

Transfers often aren't orderly - in the real world it's not usual for a fleet to be split up and moved about as needed. Out of sequence fleetnumbers aren't even a concern

 

[Graham Alexand]

660 & 661 are there too now.

It was never confirmed it would be a 30/30/30 split between the three depots so all these 651 onwards could all be going to Longstone. Wait and see what happens before saying these are going here these are going there

Transfers often aren't orderly - in the real world it's not usual for a fleet to be split up and moved about as needed. Out of sequence fleetnumbers aren't even a concern

Ahh right, I'd just assumed that it would be the 30 per depot system .

 

[BobScott]

Yeah, it's because I heard someone talking about it possibly not returning to East Coast Buses and I'm unsure if it's true .

946 is in a new livery but not sure which fleet it’s for yet.

 

[Graham Alexand]

946 is in a new livery but not sure which fleet it’s for yet.

Thank you .

It will be interesting to see what will happen at the East Coast Buses once the new buses arrive.

 

[Bus9120UK]

They may still end up at Marine, Longstone has more storage space than Seafield does so it’s possible that these 9 have been moved to free up space.

Doesn't look like it, 651/2/4/5/6/8/9 are out on routes 25 and 44 right now.

 

[Graeme Duncan]

926 was on the 23 yesterday . Possibly last day of service along with 927.

 

[Lothian_Bus]

Given that all the XLB's went to Central along with one of the 'newer' batches moving from Longstone to Central (441-465) I was expecting the majority of the new buses to be concentrated at Longstone/Marine. Those that remain from 301-330 must be on borrowed time now though.

 

[Ricky Kane]

According to the Lothian Offical Q3 fleet list, 181 is now back on the Livingston fleet list & 301 - 324 is now homeless.

 

[Graeme Duncan]

Any news of how 1076 is progressing.

 

[Ricky Kane]

Any news of how 1076 is progressing.

That's a taboo subject.

 

[ScotRail158725]

Nothing from Lothian to Ensign in September but some onwards sales:

Volvo B7RLE SN55BJU : Juliane Hillman Uckfield

Volvo B7RLE’s SN55BJJ / K - A. M. Jacques Ltd Bedworth Warwickshire.

Volvo B9TL’s SK07CCA / CBV / CBU / CBO / CAX : Imperial Coaches, Slough.

Volvo B9TL’s SN08BXX / BXZ / BYA / BYD / BYF / BYG : Skills Coaches, Nottingham.

Volvo B9TL’s SN08BXU / BXS : Grant Palmer, Dunstable.

Volvo B7RLE’s SK07CFZ / CFV Volvo B9TL SN08BYO : Heyfordian, Bicester.

 

[Lothianbus703]

Don't know if this is on topic of not but are there any companies that operate ex lothian eclipse 1's in Scotland (preferably near Edinburgh/Falkirk/Central Scotland area) that aren't Horsburgh or Hunters of Alloa (also preferably not school buses).

 

[ScotRail158725]

Don't know if this is on topic of not but are there any companies that operate ex lothian eclipse 1's in Scotland (preferably near Edinburgh/Falkirk/Central Scotland area) that aren't Horsburgh or Hunters of Alloa (also preferably not school buses).

No

 

[CN04NRJ]

Seems to be some movement of buses tonight, some early 400s at Marine and a few London B9TLs at Central. Seems to be random so far e.g 411 at Marine, 1006 at Central etc.

 

[FlybeDash8Q400]

Seems to be some movement of buses tonight, some early 400s at Marine and a few London B9TLs at Central. Seems to be random so far e.g 411 at Marine, 1006 at Central etc.

Hopefully those ex London’s are all coming back to Central, whilst they’re smaller I prefer them over the native ones. 1050 was always the smoothest of those.

Can imagine there’s a fair bit of shuffling to come, but hopefully 401-425 stay at Central.

 

[CN04NRJ]

Hopefully those ex London’s are all coming back to Central, whilst they’re smaller I prefer them over the native ones. 1050 was always the smoothest of those.

Can imagine there’s a fair bit of shuffling to come, but hopefully 401-425 stay at Central.

I didn't mind them either, I've got 1011 to look forward to this afternoon. Just a shame that it doesn't look like Central is getting any of the new ones.

 

[Blindtraveler]

The XX London stuff is fantastic. I absolutely love the as a passenger

 

[Lothian_Bus]

601-630 today being shared between the 3,25 and 44 as opposed to just the 25 and 44. Only two of the 71 plates out just now from what I can see.

 

[FlybeDash8Q400]

601-630 today being shared between the 3,25 and 44 as opposed to just the 25 and 44. Only two of the 71 plates out just now from what I can see.

651-660 are all out, just not tracking properly.

 

[ScotRail158725]

601-630 today being shared between the 3,25 and 44 as opposed to just the 25 and 44. Only two of the 71 plates out just now from what I can see.

It seems possibly and likely that up to 675 at least will go to Longstone to allow the Ex London stock to go to Central in turn allowing 401-425 to go to Marine and withdraw the SN09/59 plates there which dont seem tk be coming off the road in order

 

[Graham Alexand]

304 - SN09 CTV

Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini 2

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Something interesting to see was 304 SN09 CTX on the 30 today.

 

[Bus9120UK]

304 - SN09 CTV

Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini 2

bustimes.org

Something interesting to see was 304 SN09 CTX on the 30 today.

I've had a look, and according to the maps, the bus seemed to have gone into Musselburgh depot before completely teleporting back into Marine, also to note is that whatever bus was on the 30 left Central garage this morning - so it could've not been 304 at all therefore. Alongside this, there's no chance it managed to get through the bridge!

 

[90019]

1050 was always the smoothest of those.

When it was last at Central it was smooth because it hadn't been remapped like the others, but because of that it was slow as hell and was usually running late with no prospect of making up time anywhere.

 

[Graham Alexand]

I've had a look, and according to the maps, the bus seemed to have gone into Musselburgh depot before completely teleporting back into Marine, also to note is that whatever bus was on the 30 left Central garage this morning - so it could've not been 304 at all therefore. Alongside this, there's no chance it managed to get through the bridge!

Possible ticket machine swap then?

 

[Bus9120UK]

Possible ticket machine swap then?

I doubt it's a swap, but rather a second bus had it's ticket machine changed to 304 due to an error causing the odd glitch we saw today.

 

[CN04NRJ]

I doubt it's a swap, but rather a second bus had it's ticket machine changed to 304 due to an error causing the odd glitch we saw today.

The trackers are hard coded into the AVLs, not machines as far as I know (except the new buses without AVLs).

When it was last at Central it was smooth because it hadn't been remapped like the others, but because of that it was slow as hell and was usually running late with no prospect of making up time anywhere.

It's been improved since then, I did drive it pre remap though and I concur!

 

[Graeme Duncan]

664 was on Service 3 this afternoon.

 

[Bus9120UK]

664 was on Service 3 this afternoon.

661-665 I believe are now in service. 666 had gone back to Camelon for an unknown reason last week, however is returning right now.

 

[CN04NRJ]

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[ScotRail158725]

664 was on Service 3 this afternoon.

661-665 all in service now. Must say I forgot new 664 was even entering service when I seen 664 on the app and immediately though of the Airlink Trident