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RE: Blackpool Transport - SK15 GZG - 23/10/2016 15:41
(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
RE: Blackpool Transport - St Helens Rider - 03/11/2016 10:23
Excel End Approaches
http://fyldebus.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/excel-end-approaches_2.html
Credit: Fylde Bus Blog.
RE: Blackpool Transport - St Helens Rider - 04/11/2016 10:01
30 Years of Deregulation: The Blackpool Fleet
http://fyldebus.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/30-years-of-deregulation-blackpool-fleet.html
Credit: Fylde Bus Blog.
RE: Blackpool Transport - St Helens Rider - 05/11/2016 10:45
30 Years of Deregulation - the BTS Network in October 1986
http://fyldebus.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/30-years-of-deregulation-bts-network-in.html
Credit: Fylde Bus Blog.
RE: Blackpool Transport - gka472l - 05/11/2016 12:10
Had a day out to Blackpool and after reading on the Fylde bus blog that 225 was the last Excel and in it's last few days of service, I was pleased to see it a few times during my visit yesterday, it was on the 7.
Cleveleys bus station http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmc1947/30788950395
Old & new together http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmc1947/30157207714
Talbot Square http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmc1947/30152569663
HTH
RE: Blackpool Transport - Paul_Turner - 05/11/2016 19:58
(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exactly when in 2017 the next 25 "Enviromasters" are due, and more specifically, when the older Tridents/DB250s will be withdrawn?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.
RE: Blackpool Transport - St Helens Rider - 07/11/2016 09:34
Excel - over and out?
http://fyldebus.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/excel-over-and-out.html
Credit: Fylde Bus Blog.
RE: Blackpool Transport - AlexBus12 - 12/11/2016 09:00
What buses will the new 25 Enviro 400 City's be replacing
RE: Blackpool Transport - St Helens Rider - 12/11/2016 10:29
(12/11/2016 09:00)Alexw12 Wrote: What buses will the new 25 Enviro 400 City's be replacing
I presume some of the Tridents as a guess.
More news on the new order.
More Enviros On their Way
http://fyldebus.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/more-enviros-on-their-way.html
Olympian 374 preserved
http://fyldebus.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/olympian-374-preserved.html
Credit: Fylde Bus Blog.
RE: Blackpool Transport - Quackdave - 17/11/2016 18:43
(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.)