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Hello again all.

By my reckoning, Arriva have had the following delivered since September, on top of everything else delivered since the start of the year:

8x VDL DB300s (Wright Gemini 2) for London
13x Volvo B7RLE (Wright Eclipse) for The Shires
12x VDL SB200 (Wright Pulsar 2) for Arriva North East
at least 1x VDL SB200 (Wright Pulsar 2) for the Midlands

Plus there's the rumoured 150 vehicle order for the North West (as mentioned in Route One Magazine) to be delivered over the course of the next 18 months, part of which will consist of the eight new double deckers for Southport and the six remaining Pulsars for Green Lane.

Does anyone know what else will be in the order for the North West, and what else is coming for the rest of the Arriva empire over the course of the year? I'm finding Arriva order announcements hard to find these days.

I wonder if anything will arrive before the end of the year, or will all of the new buses from now on arrive in the new year, therefore meeting Euro 6 standards?

Confirmed so far:

Arriva North East(updated 26.2.14)

8 VDL SB200 (Wright Pulsar 2)
All for Jesmond, Service 306
6 Alexander Dennis Enviro400
All for Ashington (Services X21/X22)
6 Volvo/Wright Double Deckers (B5TL Gemini 3?)
All for Ashington/Alnwick Service X18
29 Wright StreetLite Max
10 for Stockton (Service 5/5A)
14 for Whitby (Services X3/X4/4
5 for Durham (Service 23)

(thanks to our North East-based contingent for the information about these)

Arriva North West

9 Unknown Double Deckers
for Southport depot
6 VDL SB200 (Wright Pulsar 2)
for Green Lane depot
19 Unknown Double Deckers
for Speke Depot
(thanks to Rhys, 507009, FMN-503-T, Official and other members who have posted about these orders)

Arriva Buses Wales

15 VDL SB200 (Wright Pulsar 2)
all for Bangor depot
(thanks to CX04 AXY)

20 Alexander Dennis Enviro400
all for Rhyl depot

Arriva Yorkshire

4 Optare Solo SR
all for Selby depot - all delivered
(thanks to Wright Eclipse)

Arriva Midlands

29 VDL SB200 (Wright Pulsar 2)
3770 - 3775 Burton
3776 - 3778 Thurmaston
3779 - 3785 Telford (originally for Cannock)
3786 - 3792 Oswestry
3793 - 3798 Cannock (originally for Telford)
(information courtesy of BHA on here and the WM Bus Photos Forum

Arriva Southern Counties (includes Kent, Milton Keynes, Shires etc)

8 Wright StreetLite 9.5m EV (Electric Vehicle)
Milton Keynes Depot (5000-5007)
22 Wright StreetLite 11.5m (Max)
11 for Garston Depot (3651-3661)
11 for Northfleet Depot (F/Ns unknown)
2 Alexander Dennis Enviro400
Aylesbury Depot (5459/60)
(thanks to FMN, LOTS and Bucks, Berks & Oxon Buses)

Unknown Arriva Division

1 Wright StreetLite MicroHybrid Test Vehicle (unknown variant)
(thanks to Bus and Coach e-dition)

Arriva London

8 VDL DB300 (Wright Gemini 2)
21 Volvo B5LH (Wright Eclipse Gemini 2)
(again thanks to BHA)

No Volvo B5LH have been delivered to Arriva London since September.

One has been seen in the past few days at Heysham which is HV106 which was a replacement/rebuild of the fire victim.

Other than that 21 further B5LH's are due for Arriva London before the end of the year ... HV132-152 ... the first ones due for Arriva London South

(13/11/2013 11:40)MX59 JZJ Wrote: [ -> ]Hello again all.

By my reckoning, Arriva have had the following delivered since September, on top of everything else delivered since the start of the year:

8x VDL DB300s (Wright Gemini 2) for London
Unknown number of Volvo B5LH (Wright Eclipse Gemini 2) for London
13x Volvo B7RLE (Wright Eclipse) for The Shires
12x VDL SB200 (Wright Pulsar 2) for Arriva North East
at least 1x VDL SB200 (Wright Pulsar 2) for the Midlands

Plus there's the rumoured 150 vehicle order for the North West (as mentioned in Route One Magazine) to be delivered over the course of the next 18 months, part of which will consist of the eight new double deckers for Southport and the six remaining Pulsars for Green Lane.

Does anyone know what else will be in the order for the North West, and what else is coming for the rest of the Arriva empire over the course of the year? I'm finding Arriva order announcements hard to find these days.

I wonder if anything will arrive before the end of the year, or will all of the new buses from now on arrive in the new year, therefore meeting Euro 6 standards?

Is Speke getting any new buses over the next 12 months?

I've heard that Derby are due some Sapphire ADL 400s for their 38 route.

BANGOR TO RECIEVE 15 PULSAR 2'S DEC 13/JAN 14

Thanks CX04.

Derby have started to receive some Pulsars, complete with leather seats. 3770-5 (FL63 DXA/B/C/D/E/F) are known so far.

Arriva Midlands 63-reg Pulsars

(16/11/2013 22:17)MX59 JZJ Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks CX04.

Derby have started to receive some Pulsars, complete with leather seats. 3770-5 (FL63 DXA/B/C/D/E/F) are known so far.

Arriva Midlands 63-reg Pulsars

I do not think these are for Derby. Burton and Leicester Thurmaston ( Coalville ) are reported on the WM Forum to be receiving 3770-8 for the 9 ( Burton - Leicester ) with further Pulsars up to 3798 for Cannock, Oswestry and Telford. The Oswestry ones are for the 2/2A/2C group of routes to Wrexham.

Thanks BHA, so that's 29x SB200s for Arriva Midlands - at least some complete with leather seating.

Are the Oswestry examples going to have leather seating? And does anybody know when they'll start being delivered? Can't be long now.

Have heard that the new deckers for Southport could be Enviro 400s.