New Buses to South Yorkshire (Read 1,604 times)

[manontheinside]

Compare notes and learn more about the latest arrivals to the various SY fleets. Hopefully this will turn into a useful timeline of arrivals for future reference.

Please note that the intention is to record new vehicles as they arrive. This may include cascades (i.e. FSYs B10BLEs from Edinburgh, or SiYs Olympians from Cambus) and new build vehicles but is NOT for local internal transfers.

To sum up recent deliveries of note:

* 10 Dart SLF - Stagecoach Sheffield (Ecclesfield) Jun-06
* 10 Dart SLF - Stagecoach Yorkshire (Rawmarsh) Nov-06
* 7 MAN / MCV - Stagecoach Yorkshire (Rawmarsh) Jan-07
* 4 Olympian / Alexander - Stagaecoach Yorkshire (Doncaster) - -06 (ex-Cambus)

* 10 B7TL / Gemini - First SY (Olive Grove) Jun-06
* 10 B7TL / ALX400 - First SY (Olive Grove) Jul-06 (ex-Bradford)
* 10 B7L / Wrights - First SY (Olive Grove) May-06 (ex-York)
* 2 B10BLE / Wright Renown - First SY (Olive Grove) May-06 (ex-Edinburgh)
* 5 Dart SLF - First SY (Rotherham Depot) Jan-06 (ex-Glasgow)

DUE (or entering service) -

* 10 B6LE / Wright - FSY Doncaster
* 20 B9TL / Gemini - FSY Donc / Roth
* 18 B9TL / Gemini - FSY Doncaster

List to be updated as necessary when developments occur.

[manontheinside]

Just a note, provided elsewhere about the above.

B9TLs are now starting to be delivered into the UK, stored at Fleetwood at present. At least 3 have now been noted. These are due to FSY over the next few weeks.

8 of the 10 B6LEs are now in full service, and the remaining pair should be due shortly (no guarantees though!)

The 15 B10Ls are also now in the course of delivery from Glasgow with the first 6 arriving today at Midland Road. These will enter service shortly and will ultimately replace the last 6 Scanias in the FSY fleet. Those of course were the strangest saga of a 'temporary allocation' i've ever known (5 years +)!!

[Tom B]

Is it likely that the B9TLs will just gradually enter service on the X78 - one at a time - or is it going to be a massive launch where they all go in on one day?

[manontheinside]

Obviously things can change, but i would expect them to be launched in one go.

[firstjoe]

manontheinside said:

Obviously things can change, but i would expect them to be launched in one go.

I hop so they need new buses

[thrybergh]

29 new Man A69 (18.240) Enviro 300 vehicles are due for South Yorkshire and they will be allocated to the following depots,

22535 - 22544 are for Shafton and will be used on services 32/35 & 37.

22545 - 22557 are for Doncaster and will be used on services 220*/221/222/224 & other spare routes.

22558 - 22533 are for Huddersfield and will be used on services 80/81/82.

Most of them are to have YN57 MX* registrations but this could differ for each vehicle but the 7 which are here so far are in this series.

Key:

* - Few journies only by Doncaster Depot.

[thrybergh]

22541 - YN57 MXJ has now arrived and is now at Shafton depot.

The first few vehicles that are here (7) will enter service from tomorrow in East Barnsley on the Cudworth & Grimethorpe services.

[arriva577]

4 new volvo B9TL's are onsite an Doncaster depot today not visible from outside as they are in the workshop

[mick]

From a yahoo group that I am a member of I come across this message 5 minutes ago posted by [e-mail] (YDBN).

"The booked registrations for the 29 new MANs are as follows:

22535 - YN57 MXB
22536 - YN57 MXC
22537 - YN57 MXD
22538 - YN57 MXE
22539 - YN57 MXF
22540 - YN57 MXG
22541 - YN57 MXH
22542 - YN57 MXJ
22543 - YN57 MXK
22544 - YN57 MXL
22545 - YN57 MXM
22546 - YN57 MXO
22547 - YN57 MXP
22548 - YN57 MXR
22549 - YN57 MXS
22550 - YN57 MXT
22551 - YN57 MXU
22552 - YN57 MXV
22553 - YN57 MXW
22554 - YN57 MXX
22555 - YN57 MXY
22556 - YN57 MXZ
22557 - YN57 MYA
22558 - YN57 MYB
22559 - YN57 MYC
22560 - YN57 MYD
22651 - YN57 MYF
22562 - YN57 MYG
22563 - YN57 MYH

22535-44 are for Shafton, of which all bar 22541/3/4 are now in use.

22545-57 are for Doncaster. Delivery of this batch has started, though none are in use yet.

22558-63 are for Huddersfield.

Ian"

[mick]

Message I received this morning from YDBN courtesy of [e-mail], the message below is what Ian has said.

"Further to the message below, the booked registrations for the batch of new Volvo B9TL/Gemini are as follows:

Fleet No Registration No

37228 - YN57 RJU

37229 - YN57 RJV

37230 - YN57 RJX

37231 - YN57 RJY

37232 - YN57 RJZ

37233 - YN57 RKA

37234 - YN57 RKE

37235 - YN57 RKF

37236 - YN57 RKJ

37237 - YN57 RKK

37238 - YN57 RKO

37239 - YN57 RKU

37240 - YN57 RKV

37241 - YN57 RKX

37242 - YN57 RKY

37243 - YN57 RKZ

37244 - YN57 RLO

37245 - YN57 RLU


A nice 'compact' batch of registrations there !


Ian"

[metromadman]

I've herd from a friend who lives in Donny that there is a First York YG02*** Crusader, posibly to replace M418VHE/N815FLW/N279JUM which are all now withdrawn from service.

[markno16]

There is. Its 40596. Mentioned by ME ;D in another thread last week

Another few to come, how many exactly is still down to speculation, as 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 have been reported to be arriving. We wont know till they happen i suppose, as everyone seems to be in the dark about this, or are keeping it quiet...

[metromadman]

May 26, 2008 16:02:55 GMT markno16 said:

There is. Its 40596. Mentioned by ME ;D in another thread last week

Another few to come, how many exactly is still down to speculation, as 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 have been reported to be arriving. We wont know till they happen i suppose, as everyone seems to be in the dark about this, or are keeping it quiet...

Oh, right, didnt know it had been mensioned as i herd it from someone on MSN,

Here is a photo: terrystapley397.fotopic.net/p39698589.html

[marsaxlokk]

fsy volvo b9tl gemini 37515-516-517-519-524-527-528 were lettered up for fsy but were not registered, seen at fleetwood ferry 20/7/08