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64047 is the last Citaro in service, it is expected to last no longer than two weeks.

9 of the 10 drivers on loan to Bristol have returned to cover the extra services. Also Worcester drivers are on overtime to cover. There won’t be any Normal Bristol drivers coming up, as they are very short at the moment. The coaches coming from around the country, between 200 and 250 normally, are ...

The list of faults with Streetlites is endless. The drivers seat (and passenger seats) are simulated leather, which is bloody freezing first thing in the morning, and unbearably hot and sticky in Summer. When the headlights are switched on (which is all the time) the dashboard goes dim, as if drivin...

Another 4 Streetlites were collected from Bradford on Tuesday. 47478-81 have appeared.

It is awaiting the special touch of MechWR26, but unfortunately he has gone on holiday (for six months), so it may be some time before it hits the road!

They are cheap, that is why First have bought loads of them. I was speaking to the staff manager from Aberdeen recently, who was in charge of the people centricity bollocks, and he told that they had a visit from an engineer from Wrights one day and was told that just one of the complaints from driv...

AdamH - I don’t like them at all, some of the Ex York ones are much better than our original collection, but most of the rest of the new acquisitions are s**t. I don’t think I will be at Padmore Street for much longer.

Worcester appear to have received 47446 again, this was the vehicle which came from Bath, and lasted only a few days before being sent back to the West Country.

My monies are on the latter!

The lack of capacity has been noted by the commercial department, so we should be receiving some StreetMax’s to replace some of the Citaros. No idea where from, but it has been muted that we are to receive some of the ones that we had new in 2015 which have been at Leicester since their transfer fro...