How long does each bus have left in Leeds

[tommyinyork]

At First Leeds how long is it until each bus finally goes.

Scania N113 Strider
Scania L113 Strider
Dennis Dart Alexander
Dennis Dart Plaxton
Volvo Olympian Alexander Royale
Leyland Olympian Leyland
Scania L113 Wright
Scania N113DRB Alexander

[kendall17]

N113 Strider - 2 years
L113 Stider - 2 Years
All dennis darts - 6 months?
Royales - 4 years
Volvo Oly's - 3 years
Lelyand Olys - 2 Years
L113 Wrights - 4 Years
N113DRB Alx - 1 year

My thoughts there, discuss?

[nick]

Scania N113 Strider-Some are being withdrawn, i say about 1.5 years MAX
Scania L113 Strider-^Same as above
Dennis Dart Alexander-6 months to a Year
Dennis Dart Plaxton-6 Months to a Year
Volvo Olympian Alexander Royale-3 to 5 Years.
Leyland Olympian Leyland-6 Months to 18 Months
Scania L113 Wright-3 Years to 42 Months
Scania N113DRB Alexander-6 Months.

[T101VWU]

what about the life left in the B10LA wright fusion bendys anybody know?? as most are seriously knackered and breaking down often

[westyorkshirebus]

Jan 24, 2009 23:54:02 GMT 1 T101VWU said:

what about the life left in the B10LA wright fusion bendys anybody know?? as most are seriously knackered and breaking down often

The problem is they can't be easily cascaded elsewhere and also are too young (and expensive when purchased) to scrap. I expect they will see their whole lives in Leeds

[Craig]

I guess there will come a point where ever increasing maintenance and repairs far outweigh the cost of disposal, which in my view won't be too far in the future.

[pub146g]

Once the remainder of the current order for 41 Geminis & 4 Eclipses have been delivered then further withdrawl of high floor single deckers (most if not all Darts & some Scanias) will take place.

Some of the Scanias in better condition will probably survive a bit longer (see my message on the Leeds Scania Movements thread about 61095).

However, also on the hit list are the 'Boston Spa Olympians' which I assume are the J-YRM's.

[6u3zr]

Jan 24, 2009 23:54:02 GMT 1 T101VWU said:

what about the life left in the B10LA wright fusion bendys anybody know?? as most are seriously knackered and breaking down often

I'd suggest that Dublin airport might find themselves lumbered with these.

First are the primary transport provider there and an extension to airside provision might be a logical step.

[www.buseireann.ie]

They'd need some in depth attention first! Frequent break downs wouldn't be tollerated by the airport management no matter how fast the recovery process was, especally if planes end up delayed.

[6u3zr]

It was a thought.

Of the majors only Go-Ahead have ever dabbled in airside work (at least legally - a certain London General depot had a little go until their insurance auditor (AKA 6U3ZR) told them to stop it at once.)

Airside work - infrequent, non-demanding, short distance shuttles might suit these horrors.

A few of the ex South Yorkshire bastard children of the National/DAB artic experiments ended up at Holyhead on carpark/station/ferry terminal shuttles and acquited themselves quite well.

BA also had a few at Heathrow which lasted a while.

Lurching off topic somewhat, the problem with the Leeds monsters has always been unfamiliarity and insularity. Volvo are adept at building artics and they work perfectly well for Johnny Foreigner. A brief sojurn in many European cities would illustrate to Boris and the rest of the bendy-haters that they are a viable option.

Bring them to the UK, put them in a depot used to maintaining basic rigid chassis motors and they're bound to suffer.

If you'd like a sweeping and fatuous comparison look at the early days of dieselisation on BR. Many of the early designs of diesel were condemnded as unreliable primarily because those who were assigned to MAKE them reliable were of the old (steam) school, and lacked the imagination and foresight to attend to their new charges properly.

(More succinctly, there was a very good reason that in certain quarters Kirkstall used to be known as "The land that time forgot...")