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(24/07/2017 20:40)TheShire Wrote: [ -> ]There is a few pictures of the new gas buses. This one is from James Bus Photo

https://www.flickr.com/photos/70333100@N...NLU-WQvNtQ

Bit wired the reg plate OW

(24/07/2017 20:43)PAUL2511 Wrote: [ -> ]Bit wired the reg plate OW

They're registered in Oxford because the MAN UK main dealer is in nearby Swindon. Most new vehicles are now registered by the manufacturer

It looks just like the current MANs to me

(24/07/2017 20:40)TheShire Wrote: [ -> ]There is a few pictures of the new gas buses. This one is from James Bus Photo

https://www.flickr.com/photos/70333100@N...NLU-WQvNtQ

This new livery is rather marmite.. You either love it or hate it , I'm surprised they are Ecocity's although if I remember correctly, MAN Lion City arent sold in the UK

See these new batch got the old rear lights unlike the circle ones runcorn fitted to the older batch

(24/07/2017 20:40)TheShire Wrote: [ -> ]There is a few pictures of the new gas buses. This one is from James Bus Photo

https://www.flickr.com/photos/70333100@N...NLU-WQvNtQ

Seen one of these on delivery on the back of a lorry on Saturday 23 on the M6, any idea which one?

No registration plates or fleet number visible.

Thanks

(01/08/2017 19:35)Dentonian Wrote: [ -> ]Do we know when these are due to enter service, and on which routes? Indeed, will they work alongside 5000-9? I'm mainly interested in whether they will run into Chester.

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They will be going on the 82A to please Mersey travel

What do Merseytravel have to do with allocations? Also, lets face it. Saph Pulsars go everywhere, so does 5000-9. Originally afaik, the vehicles were intended for the 1, 2, 21 and X30 though i note on here, they have been on all routes that it could possibly be used for. I guess at some point, these new ones will venture into Chester.

(01/08/2017 19:58)iMarkeh Wrote: [ -> ]What do Merseytravel have to do with allocations? Also, lets face it. Saph Pulsars go everywhere, so does 5000-9. Originally afaik, the vehicles were intended for the 1, 2, 21 and X30 though i note on here, they have been on all routes that it could possibly be used for. I guess at some point, these new ones will venture into Chester.

This batch of EcoCitys was part funded by OLEV funding as a result of a joint Arriva and Merseytravel bid. That's why the 82A is receiving the new batch of gas buses

And the older ones are "meant" to be going on the 79Cs if you believe the reports