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Post by Penfold on Nov 14, 2010 22:15:03 GMT 1
Both AY 437 (R985FNW) and 439 (R29GNW) have been withdrawn from service and are currently parked up at Belle Isle with 'Do not rob parts' stickers in the windscreen.
Penfold
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Post by striderlad on Nov 14, 2010 22:16:10 GMT 1
how come there withdrawn?
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Post by Jack on Nov 14, 2010 22:46:12 GMT 1
how come there withdrawn? Assuming they're non-standard within the Arriva Yorkshire fleet perhaps?
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Post by Matty on Nov 14, 2010 23:07:44 GMT 1
It was only today I was looking at photos of one of these with when they ran off LPG.
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Post by uww2x on Nov 14, 2010 23:24:13 GMT 1
Maybe they could become driver trainers ?
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Post by Matty on Nov 15, 2010 13:34:03 GMT 1
Maybe, or transferred elsewhere because afterall they have stickers on the window saying "do not remove parts" & that's what normally happens when they are staying or getting preserved etc.
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Post by www.buseireann.ie on Nov 15, 2010 14:21:59 GMT 1
Dosen't Middlesborough/Loftus have a few of these, maybe they could be going up there as extra vehicles to maintain timetables.
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Post by uww2x on Nov 15, 2010 18:21:24 GMT 1
Why not transfer them to York Pullman.
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Post by Jamie on Nov 15, 2010 18:32:29 GMT 1
Why not transfer them to York Pullman. York Pullman is not part of Arriva.......... Pullman would have to buy them from Arriva, but i can see them going Northwards.
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Post by striderlad on Nov 15, 2010 19:38:37 GMT 1
or south 2 luton
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Post by matt west on Nov 15, 2010 19:42:27 GMT 1
Could this be something to do with one of these (438 if i'm right) going up in flames ?
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Post by Matty on Nov 15, 2010 21:48:53 GMT 1
That's what I thought...
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Post by Penfold on Nov 15, 2010 23:36:50 GMT 1
Maybe they could become driver trainers ? Dont think I'd like to learn in one of these. I'll stick to the Striders I think ! Penfold
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Post by Matty on Feb 16, 2011 19:55:01 GMT 1
All the Prestiges have now been withdrawn!
Source: YDBN
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Post by timelesstable on Feb 17, 2011 17:58:00 GMT 1
All the Prestiges have now been withdrawn! Source: YDBN Does thos mean some new deckers are close to being delivered....
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Post by holland1987 on Feb 18, 2011 23:53:00 GMT 1
Arriva North East maybe ?
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Post by timelesstable on Feb 19, 2011 9:40:41 GMT 1
Arriva North East maybe ? Or Scotland, I think that's up North. Or are they being considered for some "new" driver trainers
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Post by holland1987 on Feb 19, 2011 19:52:46 GMT 1
Shame they didn't rid of older ALX200 Dart's.
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Post by timelesstable on Feb 19, 2011 20:21:13 GMT 1
Shame they didn't rid of older ALX200 Dart's. You never know some day soon their days might well be numbered
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Post by stevieinselby on Feb 19, 2011 21:03:28 GMT 1
Shame they didn't rid of older ALX200 Dart's. You never know some day soon their days might well be numbered The way things are at the moment, I doubt it. I can see the ALX200s they've got in Selby being run until they fall apart. With no council contracts in the evening and on Sunday, fewer passengers travelling on the services that remain, and costs increasing much faster than pax will tolerate fare rises, Arriva (and all bus companies) are likely to be looking to cut costs as much as possible, and that will mean running buses for much longer than they would have done before.
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Post by holland1987 on Feb 20, 2011 15:54:08 GMT 1
Shame the B10B's went early. They were good buses.
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Post by timelesstable on Feb 20, 2011 16:49:01 GMT 1
Shame the B10B's went early. They were good buses. After 15 years of hard work they were well past their best and not low floor
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Post by Matty on Feb 22, 2011 23:16:07 GMT 1
I wonder if they are going to Malta? Arriva need to send loads of buses there, so it maybe a possibility.
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Post by holland1987 on Feb 24, 2011 2:07:22 GMT 1
So what is Malta doing with the Lynx's, Dart's, Excel's they have ?
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Post by Matty on Feb 24, 2011 2:21:29 GMT 1
The Lynx's & all the other Step entrance buses will probably be scrapped or preserved by the owners & all the other Low Floor buses might get transferred to Arriva or sold elsewhere.
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