(23/10/2016 15:08)Mayneway Wrote: [ -> ]Looks brilliant I love it. I really do think they should do all the older fleet in this livery suits the vehicles so well and dosen't look old and boring.
I agree. It looks very smart indeed
(05/11/2016 15:16)Dentonian Wrote: [ -> ]Probably a bit late in practical terms to ask this, given the wind chill factor of any seaside resort in Winter and (I presume) a seasonal reduction in PVR, but does anyone know exactly when in 2017 the next 25 "Enviromasters" are due, and more specifically, when the older Tridents/DB250s will be withdrawn?
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I don't believe it has been announced yet, but it's likely to be the spring.
What buses will the new 25 Enviro 400 City's be replacing
(12/11/2016 11:54)Dentonian Wrote: [ -> ]"Initial reports" suggested the ex IOM Tridents and DAFs
There are, however, thirty of these in total; so unlikely they'd replace all of them with just 25 new buses.
The oldest 25 double-deckers are the eleven IoM Tridents (which are the equivalent of W-reg and X-reg), nine DAFs with L-prefixed registrations (which are really Y-reg equivalent), and four non-Myllennium-fronted 51-reg Tridents (338-341).
However, there's no guarantee they'll go purely on the basis of age; they might favour losing all the DAFs in one go, in order to increase type standardisation a year earlier than they might otherwise have done. Indeed, the opposite could also be true - I don't know how the reliability, running and maintenance costs of the two types compare, but they might favour keeping the DAFs at the expense of 02-reg Tridents. I guess we'll have to wait and see! (Though I doubt there's a scenario which doesn't involve losing at least some of the Manx Tridents.)