GoAhead Brighton & Hove have announced some garage changes, it is to close Conway Street and sell it for redevelopement with teh fleet moving to a new depot at Crowhurst Road, Hollingbury on part of an industrial estate on a site now run currently by the Argus Newspaper which is a 4 acre site. The Head Office of Brighton and Hove will also likewise move there as well. Also a new workshop sight in order to relief preasure on Whitehawk Road depot is to open in a few weeks at a Warehouse near Newhaven Port, it will not effect Newhaven Outstation and is a workshop only.
Also Streetlite Forward demonstrator ERZ2028 is on demonstration loan here as well.
Source Coach & Bus Week June 20th
I last went to Brighton in October 2010. Quite a bit has already changed since then what with Volvo B9TLs and B5Ls. There is a controversial plan by the Council to curtail buses a little way from Brighton station, even though being a Green Council they should support public transport.
I'm assuming Coach & Bus Week never referred to it a a "sight"?
B&H have put some of their new Wright StreetDecks into service. I've got to say that I really like them and the livery suits them well. Obviously not everyone will agree with me as these buses have certainly split opinion!
927 (BX15 ONB) on route 12X © Brightonbusfan81
923 (BX15 OMV) rear shot © Brightonbusfan81
List of Registrations and Fleet Numbers:
921 BX15 OMT
922 BX15 OMU
923 BX15 OMV
924 BX15 OMW
925 BX15 OMY
926 BX15 ONA
927 BX15 ONB
928 BX15 ONC
929 BX15 ONF
930 BX15 ONG
931 BX15 ONH
932 BX15 ONJ
933 BX15 ONK
934 BX15 ONL
935 BX15 ONM
936 BX15 ONN
937 BX15 ONO
938 BX15 ONP
939 BX15 ONR
940 BX15 ONS
941 BX15 ONT
942 BX15 ONU
943 BX15 ONV
944 BX15 ONW
All of this batch are branded for Route 12/12A/12X Brighton - Eastbourne.
It was at one stage promised that these Streetdecks would be of the classic ie Gemini Mark 3 design. However, this has clearly been overtaken by events. The part-green livery also marks a departure from B&H mainly red livery.
Go-Ahead must already have faith in the Streetdecks, as they have ordered 11 for Oxford.
I'm quite fond of the ''Coaster'' livery on the recently purchased Wright Streetdecks. Looks quite attractive in my opinion.
Following the transfer of twelve Scania N94UD/East Lancs OmniDekkas to Go North East, from Brighton & Hove (fleet numbers 6122-6133 with Go North East, I'll source their fleet numbers with Brighton & Hove if anybody would like them; ten are 03-reg and two are 04-reg, the latter two of which were internally refurbished into Go North East's standard blue seating moquette, 6131 and 6133), I recall reading that some more OmniDekkas are expected to come up to Go North East. The arrival of the twelve OmniDekkas has allowed the withdrawal of a decent amount of Dennis Trident/East Lancs Lolynes and a few Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine 2s; I imagine this supposed second wave will clear all of them from the fleet.
I must say I'm really fond of the OmniDekkas, they have so much power.