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Post by angrycommuter on Aug 14, 2008 14:40:07 GMT 1
www.busandcoach.com/newsStory.aspx?id=2080ARRIVA Yorkshire has launched the first 13 of a fleet of 43 new buses being delivered in 2008-09 at a cost of £7million. The initial vehicles are Volvo B7RLEs with Wrightbus bodies. They are being used on services running between Leeds and Cleckheaton, When all 43 buses have been delivered there will be 314 low-floor buses in the Arriva Yorkshire fleet, meaning that over 90 per cent of its services will be run by easy-access buses.
Nigel Featham, managing director of Arriva Yorkshire, says: “We listen to our passengers and are committed to providing the best possible bus service for everyone who lives, visits and does business in the communities we serve. We are sure our customers will be delighted with their new buses and are confident the new vehicles will also encourage more people to save on fuel costs and leave the car at home.”
Arriva Yorkshire’s 400-plus buses carry 44 million people a year.
Besides the 13 buses mentioned and the Enviro 400's for Heckmondwike, what other new buses are coming to the Arriva Yorkshire Fleet?
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Post by the110 on Aug 14, 2008 14:56:52 GMT 1
8/9 of them are for Selby for the 415 Selby to York service next year. Also i think Castleford are getting some as well.
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Post by olympian on Aug 14, 2008 20:59:28 GMT 1
theres 14 enviros 400's coming for heckmondwike
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Post by Craig on Aug 15, 2008 18:23:46 GMT 1
theres 14 enviros 400's coming for heckmondwike I believe the original question was along the lines of "Besides the Enviro400s, which new buses are on order?". |
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Post by arriva on Aug 16, 2008 18:58:43 GMT 1
can anyone confirm that castleford will recieve some of the new buses
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Post by A1YBG on Aug 17, 2008 22:05:26 GMT 1
I have heard Dewsbury are to get 13 Enviro300s.
Some Darts Moving to Cas.
3 Ikarus to stay Ive also heard.
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Post by A1YBG on Aug 17, 2008 22:09:20 GMT 1
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Post by jackh on Aug 18, 2008 16:46:30 GMT 1
Are they getting Enviro200s or Enviro300s as you mention Enviro300s whilst the link to the Dewsbury Bus Museum site depicts an Enviro200 demonstrator on loan back in Spring.
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Post by A1YBG on Aug 18, 2008 19:49:21 GMT 1
Ikarus 11, 13 and 54 are to remain here when Dewsbury gets a clear out
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Post by jackh on Aug 19, 2008 18:06:24 GMT 1
So the 17 Enviro200s form the rest of the 43 buses, well no, it is actually 44 buses then Arriva are pumping into the area!
17(E200s)+13(Wrights)+14(E400s)=44!
Somebody at Arriva appears to be not capable of adding numbers up!
Back to topic, so if these E200s form the rest of 2008/09 period Yorkshire order. Will the nine or so single deckers ever materialise for Selby that you mentioned of the110? Or will these come later in 2009?
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Post by arriva on Aug 19, 2008 18:21:24 GMT 1
There is only going to be 12 wrights that is what i have been told and i hope the nine at selby do come about and hopfully some for castleford
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Post by the110 on Aug 19, 2008 18:45:14 GMT 1
So the 17 Enviro200s form the rest of the 43 buses, well no, it is actually 44 buses then Arriva are pumping into the area! 17(E200s)+13(Wrights)+14(E400s)=44! Somebody at Arriva appears to be not capable of adding numbers up! Back to topic, so if these E200s form the rest of 2008/09 period Yorkshire order. Will the nine or so single deckers ever materialise for Selby that you mentioned of the110? Or will these come later in 2009? Been told they will be 8/9 double deckers arriving in or around March. |
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Post by guyarab on Aug 19, 2008 20:52:42 GMT 1
There is only going to be 12 wrights that is what i have been told and i hope the nine at selby do come about and hopfully some for castleford The 13 Volvo B7RLE/Wrightbus Eclipse Urban are already in service surely, or is this a further batch of 12 or 13? |
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Post by jimbob90 on Aug 19, 2008 21:13:58 GMT 1
Well Wakefield seem to be ok for now as the majority of their fleet apart from the 1999 Spectras and a couple of Darts are all low-floor. Imagine the plan is to upgrade all Arriva Yorkshire to low-floor over the next couple of years now.
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Post by jackh on Aug 19, 2008 21:35:54 GMT 1
the110, do you know whether Selby still have certain 415 journeys interwork with the 402/403 at Selby Bus Station? Then we're going to have anything on both routes as I'm sure any President's displaced will not remain at Selby and move elsewhere.
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Post by the110 on Aug 20, 2008 17:23:33 GMT 1
Nearly all 415 are on there own boards only a few early morning and late night buses interwork, this will become less over time. The 402/3 mainly interwork with the 401 Goole. All low floor buses will remain at selby, when the new ones arrive they will replace - 511,512,513,514,621,622,623,615 and 616 = 9 buses. Selby will then be 100% low floor.
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Post by jackh on Aug 20, 2008 17:48:50 GMT 1
Also what will these Double Deckers be? More Enviro400s on the Volvo B9TL chassis?
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Post by the110 on Aug 21, 2008 15:52:42 GMT 1
Now that I don't know. What ever Arriva decide is best at the time.
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Post by nickfoster on Aug 23, 2008 21:04:11 GMT 1
I have heard Dewsbury are to get 13 Enviro300s. Some Darts Moving to Cas. 3 Ikarus to stay Ive also heard. Where does this leave the 212 Service in Dewsbury As They Usually Run The Ikarus City Buses On This Route? does this mean we Will we be getting new buses on that route!? |
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Aug 23, 2008 22:35:46 GMT 1
17 seems more sensible as the 281/283 (a logical home for these new buses) has a PVR of 16 |
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Post by olympian on Aug 25, 2008 0:21:28 GMT 1
The first enviro 400 is due sometime next month for Hecky.
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Post by jimbob90 on Aug 30, 2008 14:10:51 GMT 1
It will be interesting to see how these look on the road. I imagine they will receive something like a 'Connecting Dewsbury and Bradford' route branding for the 268, probably Orange this time!
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Sept 2, 2008 22:53:00 GMT 1
These new buses are definally 'about time'
I'm just looking back at old info preparing a new page for my website and it is quite significant what has happened over the last few years
In general around 30 buses would be delivered new each year, then after 2002 this stopped dead. Nothing in 2003, only 5 dealer stock single decks in 2004 and nothing in 2005
They had decent quanties of new buses in 2006 but then again only 7 buses in 2007
They need to make up for lost time
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Post by jimbob90 on Sept 3, 2008 15:42:43 GMT 1
Arriva intended on having all 16 Darwens on the road before the end of 2007, but thanks to Darwen they only finished entering service in May this year, otherwise there would have been a large number of new buses in 2007.
Out of all the depots, I think Dewsbury and Heckmondwike have done pretty well considering they will soon have new Enviro400s, as well as the Wright Eclipse Urbans, East Lancs Lowlanders, and the 57-plate Commanders, plus the new Enviro300s next year!
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