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Post by syjunkie on Feb 22, 2023 12:14:28 GMT
Reports of some e400s arriving soon ex Lothian Also looks like tm are retrofitting it's fleet to be able to operate in the clean air zone |
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Post by duncan on Feb 22, 2023 14:38:04 GMT
Reports of some e400s arriving soon ex Lothian Also looks like tm are retrofitting it's fleet to be able to operate in the clean air zone 3 Lothian E400's on depot this morning |
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Post by rothlad on Feb 25, 2023 9:41:36 GMT
9 of the ex Lothian Enviro400s are due at TM Travel (the remaining 6 will join the Notts + Derby fleet), with 631, 1170, 1179, 1207, 1209, 1210 moving across to Notts + Derby and 39 moving into preservation.
833 is still off fleet long term following the incident at Ridgeway back in March 2020. Apparently still awaiting a full replacement.
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Post by 60657 on Mar 5, 2023 12:27:30 GMT
9 of the ex Lothian Enviro400s are due at TM Travel (the remaining 6 will join the Notts + Derby fleet), with 631, 1170, 1179, 1207, 1209, 1210 moving across to Notts + Derby and 39 moving into preservation. 833 is still off fleet long term following the incident at Ridgeway back in March 2020. Apparently still awaiting a full replacement. what happened with 833? I'm a bit out of the loop on TM these days also of note is that the E400s were hybrids when new, but I think Lothian have long since disabled the hybrid powertrain and I'm not sure how feasible it is to reinstate (or whether TM would even want to) |
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Post by duncan on Mar 5, 2023 12:52:06 GMT
9 of the ex Lothian Enviro400s are due at TM Travel (the remaining 6 will join the Notts + Derby fleet), with 631, 1170, 1179, 1207, 1209, 1210 moving across to Notts + Derby and 39 moving into preservation. 833 is still off fleet long term following the incident at Ridgeway back in March 2020. Apparently still awaiting a full replacement. what happened with 833? I'm a bit out of the loop on TM these days also of note is that the E400s were hybrids when new, but I think Lothian have long since disabled the hybrid powertrain and I'm not sure how feasible it is to reinstate (or whether TM would even want to) If they are no longer hybrids are they compliant with the zone? |
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Post by 60657 on Mar 5, 2023 13:28:44 GMT
what happened with 833? I'm a bit out of the loop on TM these days also of note is that the E400s were hybrids when new, but I think Lothian have long since disabled the hybrid powertrain and I'm not sure how feasible it is to reinstate (or whether TM would even want to) If they are no longer hybrids are they compliant with the zone? good point, being 61 plates then you'd think no, but maybe Lothian took the decision to have the diesel side of things upgraded to Euro 6 at the same time as having the hybrid disabled. I assume TM will have done their research on this before purchasing, but we'll see! found this article from 2018 on them being converted to conventional diesel, but it doesn't mention anything about Euro 6 or otherwise: www.focustransport.org/2018/09/edinburgh-enviro400-hybrids-to-be_17.html |
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Post by TC60054 on Mar 5, 2023 13:34:59 GMT
At some point they've been retrofitted to euro 6 standards - the government's CAZ vehicle checker shows them as no charge in any clean air zone. vehiclecheck.drive-clean-air-zone.service.gov.uk/air_zones/complianceThese E400s though, whilst they've been converted to diesel, still retain the engine used to power the bus whilst it was a hybrid unlike later hybrid to diesel conversions, which is the whole reason they were removed from service in Edinburgh in the first place - in a similar vein to the First Glasgow conversions which are currently being scrapped, so it'll be very interesting to see how they perform on Sheffield's hills and in the Peak District. |
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Post by crossscythe on Jan 10, 2024 8:07:13 GMT
Nice to note that some of TM's Solar Eclipses are now in their 21st year of service. Just goes to show buses are built to last and age needn't be a reason to scrap.
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Post by syjunkie on Jan 10, 2024 8:32:17 GMT
Nice to note that some of TM's Solar Eclipses are now in their 21st year of service. Just goes to show buses are built to last and age needn't be a reason to scrap. Apparently some are due off soon |
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Post by crossscythe on Jan 10, 2024 10:29:50 GMT
Nice to note that some of TM's Solar Eclipses are now in their 21st year of service. Just goes to show buses are built to last and age needn't be a reason to scrap. Apparently some are due off soon 😭 |
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Post by The Captain on Jan 10, 2024 10:44:23 GMT
Nice to note that some of TM's Solar Eclipses are now in their 21st year of service. Just goes to show buses are built to last and age needn't be a reason to scrap. You mean the few that have not had chassis cracks or corrosion bad enough yet to warrant the death penalty. |
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