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Updates from the past week or so:

13 Optare Tempo SRs have gone into service on i4, the new name for Rainbow 4

Volvo/Wrightbus Eclipse 727 is now in an updated version of the Mango livery, which is branded in the new Trent Barton stule

Coaches 57/58 have been rebranded into a new livery, known as 'Club Class'. The coaches will be used on Commutet Xprss, Leicester Xprss and peak runs on Ruddington connection . The coaches have also refurbished internally

The Allestree and The Ruddington Connectionare set to get new buses in June. Sneak peaks of the two new liveries are available on their respective mini sites. Both routes will be using Optare Solo SRs.

Leicester Xprss is to be withdrawn from July 23rd.

And finally, on a trivial note, as you may know, on the Mickleover, the Allestree, the Spondon Flyer and Connect in Hucknall, coloured circles are used to denote either a clockwise or anti clockwise direction. Currently, these are either red or blue but apparently the police have contacted Trent Barton and said that red lights can't be displayed on the front of vehicles (connect and Spondon flyer use coloured led blinds) and as such from the 10th June, the red routes will become green routes!

Alongside the 7 branded solo SRs due to go into service over the next few weeks, a spare solo SR in the new mango livery will be introduced, probably at Derby. All of the solos ate now at Langley Mill and going by a picture I've seen, the mango solo will have red headrests!

The registrations and probable fleet numbers of the new Solo SRs:

493 YJ12 NBA Allestree
494 YJ12 NBB Allestree
495 YJ12 NBD Allestree
496 YJ12 NBE Allestree
497 YJ12 NBF Allestree
498 YJ12 NAE Ruddington
499 YJ12 NAO Ruddington
500 YJ12 NAU Mango

It isn't yet known whether the buses will be numbered in chassis order (as above), in alphabetical order or whether they'll start off from 493 (where the standard solos left off) or whether they'll start from 500

Fleet numbers will be as above

Former Felix centro 791 is now in Notts and Derby livery

Two of the Tempo SRs haven't yet been delivered, this and the unreliability of the ones that have has delayed the transfer of two Volvo/Wrightbus eclipse spares that are due to transfer to Derby.

Volvo Plaxton coach 59 and Excel 214 have been withdrawn by TM Travel

A slight correction to the first post, the Allestree red route will become the green route on the 17th June, suggesting that this is when the new Solo SRs will go into service

Optare solo 455 has transferred from Nottingham to Sutton Junction

(08/06/2012 09:59)tbone Wrote: [ -> ]A slight correction to the first post, the Allestree red route will become the green route on the 17th June, suggesting that this is when the new Solo SRs will go into service

This seems correct, as per a comment TB posted on their "Live" Facebook page

The two new solos for the Ruddington Connection will go into service next Sunday (17th June)

Tempo SR 334 has finally arrived, it doesn't carry any branding yet, 334 and 335's delay has been part of the reason why so many spare buses have been on i4.

Red routes became green routes today, the blinds on Spondon Flyer and Connect were reprogrammed to show green however the Mickleover has had new paper blinds fitted. Those and the cost of changing the timetable and bus stop information is stupidly high to comply with bureaucracy!

The Allestree will see its new Solo SRs go into service on Sunday 24th June

Centro 791 in its new livery