b10ble
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Post by b10ble on Jun 18, 2011 18:31:37 GMT
Nobody buys opatare excels horrible buses put powells made them work. Stagecoach UK only have 20 or something like that in the whole division.
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Post by 22438 on Jun 18, 2011 18:54:48 GMT
I dont think that optare excel will get broken up looks like its for sale as its not been touched yet. Powells bus have got the fastest excels on the planet. Could it not just be there to have spare parts fitted? |
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Post by srw on Jun 19, 2011 10:32:32 GMT
If it was there to have parts fitted why have they removed the destination blinds and all fleetnames?
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Post by 22438 on Jun 19, 2011 15:29:48 GMT
If it was there to have parts fitted why have they removed the destination blinds and all fleetnames? Good point, I assumed as a Powells bus it probably didn't have those in the first place ;D |
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Post by srw on Jun 19, 2011 16:04:36 GMT
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Post by greenbus on Jun 19, 2011 16:23:24 GMT
Whay do they keep buying step entrance double deckers when there are enough low floor deckers available, either out of London or other operators. Look at M Travel in Castleford, gone from a virtually all high floor fleet to a virtually all low floor fleet using ex NCT & London deckers. The problem with buying low-floor 'deckers is that the only types coming up for sale that are both numerous and cheap enough for independents are B7TLs and Tridents. Engineers rarely have anything good to say about either type, and the fuel consumption compared to older Olympians and the like is eye-watering (this is why my current part-time employers rejected low-floor 'deckers and went for ex-Lothian Olympians instead). By the time the law forces most operators down the low-floor route independents will have the current generation of B9TLs, Enviros etc to choose from, having the advantage of being altogether better and more economical than their predecessors. |
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Post by swfcforever on Jun 19, 2011 17:39:14 GMT
Whay do they keep buying step entrance double deckers when there are enough low floor deckers available, either out of London or other operators. Look at M Travel in Castleford, gone from a virtually all high floor fleet to a virtually all low floor fleet using ex NCT & London deckers. The problem with buying low-floor 'deckers is that the only types coming up for sale that are both numerous and cheap enough for independents are B7TLs and Tridents. Engineers rarely have anything good to say about either type, and the fuel consumption compared to older Olympians and the like is eye-watering (this is why my current part-time employers rejected low-floor 'deckers and went for ex-Lothian Olympians instead). By the time the law forces most operators down the low-floor route independents will have the current generation of B9TLs, Enviros etc to choose from, having the advantage of being altogether better and more economical than their predecessors. Thats a good point greenbus and its understandable why smaller independents who dont have much cash flow still buy step-entrance buses. |
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Post by greenbus on Jun 20, 2011 1:13:18 GMT
It isn't so bad for single-deckers, a midibus such as a Dart (although my preference would always be for MAN chassis) can accommodate almost the same number of passengers as a full-size, heavyweight single-decker with much lighter fuel consumption and lower maintenance costs, so that option is available for independents, but it's quite difficult to see why anyone would want a B7TL, for instance, over its far superior predecessor.
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Post by moonraker79 on Jun 30, 2011 17:39:34 GMT
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Post by routemaster123 on Sept 14, 2011 15:33:28 GMT
H802 BKK has fleet number 25 - seen on 683 College run this morning.
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ash
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Post by ash on Sept 14, 2011 20:33:50 GMT
It's good to see L246 SDY in service. Always loved the early NC Volvo Olymians, in my opinion the best ones ever. Do they just stay on schools, or normal service work, too?? Might try and catch it given the opportunity  .......... |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2011 21:32:51 GMT
I have seen it on 87 at times.
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Post by srw on Sept 14, 2011 21:53:26 GMT
The X7 at 18.10 ex Sheffield appears to be Olympian operated at the moment, I presume it will remain the same for the rest of school year 2011/12 unless Powells change the interworkings.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2011 0:17:01 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2011 19:43:01 GMT
Powells have another ex Stagecoach Volvo Olympian. Reg is N723 LTN & the fleet number is 28. Bus has a flipdot front blind & is in same livery as H802 BKK.
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