oh the good old ADL Multiplex light. Drove a few buses where that's come up

@Mancbuses

2 ай бұрын

Yup just pops on for no reason lol

I saw a Stagecoach single decker being towed away from Severn Stars in Leyland last night: The 111 Service, Preston to Wigan didn't make it to Wigan

@Mancbuses

3 ай бұрын

Not good it happens thou

These E400 hybrids we stopped using most of them in Sheffield Stagecoach now have new E400 MMC buses we still have some of these running around but on other routes they mostly run on the 120.

@Mancbuses

2 ай бұрын

Yh the MMC is better

@declangaming24

2 ай бұрын

@@Mancbuses yeah that's what I heard most drivers prefer getting a MMC over a E400 hybrid. Most of the stagecoach drivers like the scania E400s that are still driving around.

I mean the hybrids are just embarrassing lol I heard the ones drafted into Skegness have already been towed multiple times

@Mancbuses

2 ай бұрын

Yup they are useless

Lol, Stagecoach buses go together with break down trucks like fish and chips go together.

@Mancbuses

2 ай бұрын

There is worse ones lol the new mmcs are better

Ok thanks

@Mancbuses

2 ай бұрын

Welcome

something every bus driver had dealt with more then twice, if they say they haven't theyd be lying

@Mancbuses

2 ай бұрын

Yup very true

Can merseytravel bus pass get me on Manchester buses Can I ask

@Mancbuses

2 ай бұрын

A national disabled one can normal tickets won't

Thankfully electric buses are much better now than these heaps 😂 - been riding a few in York this weekend ;)

@Mancbuses

3 ай бұрын

Would like to drive one something not driven yet

What is a cpc card?

@hyro_guy9102

3 ай бұрын

CPC Card stands for Certificate of Professional Competence in other words, you can drive a HGV C1 or C2 & a PSV competently

@Mancbuses

2 ай бұрын

What he said lol

why did it get banned ?

@Mancbuses

3 ай бұрын

They said it showed that stagecoach buses was unreliable

@Phoenix-jm7iv

3 ай бұрын

@@Mancbuses but they are hahaha lol all jokes aside though buses break down everyone knows that

@Mancbuses

3 ай бұрын

Yup but ya know

@tr_nt.

3 ай бұрын

@@Mancbuses Haha, like breakdowns don't happen to all operators... How come they allowed you to post it in the end?

@Mancbuses

3 ай бұрын

Hahah

Those older e400 hybrids aren't very reliable, a lot of them have been withdrawn in London. Not allowing to show a breakdown by Stagecoach is boll***s, all vehicles breakdown ffs (especially these😂)

@Mancbuses

3 ай бұрын

I know they are hated driving them

@hyro_guy9102

3 ай бұрын

National Express WM converted most of theirs hybrid E400s to ZF Diesels they were that bad LOL

@will_n775

3 ай бұрын

@@hyro_guy9102 Yeah and Reading buses too😂😂

@danieldabloxgamer9205

2 ай бұрын

@@Mancbuses dw We have to suffer them in skeggy now

Why u saying my hybrids are bad? Also a tiktoker in London has broken about 16 or 17 buses 😂😂😂

@Mancbuses

2 ай бұрын

The point proven lol the Manchester ones were really rubbish the batteries were rubbish and they just reved the arse off themselves all day didn't feel like saving the planet with 35% less co2 like they say ha

@MrBlueBus22

2 ай бұрын

@Mancbuses For me it's sad to see a few go to Skegness for the open top services and 12034 broke down on its first day 😂

Passengers welcome almost 60 new electric buses Passenger Sam Smith described the new double-decker buses as "a joy" Passengers have welcomed the introduction of 59 electric double-decker buses. More than £37m has been spent on converting 60% of the vehicles operated by First Bus in Norwich. Its depot, in Roundtree Way, is now home to the first fully-electric bus fleet outside of London, the company said. Passengers praised a reduction in fumes and a smoother ride. The buses take two to three hours to charge and have a range of about 200 miles (322 km) Colin Daniels, 51, who is registered blind, described the new vehicles as "fantastic". "They're very smooth, very quiet and I like the fact they've got wi-fi," he said. "The only downside is that it doesn't announce the stops yet, it only says 'door opening and door closing' which isn't very helpful but I'm sure that's coming." Passenger Colin Daniels said he rode one of the first electric buses when they entered service in November Work to convert the Roundtree Way depot began in July 2023 with the first zero-emission buses becoming operational in November. Sam Smith, 79, said he regularly used the bus to get from the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital to the city centre. "It's such a joy to [have] less fumes as you walk around the city," he said. "And it's such an improvement on the previous stock which chugged so noisily." The government provided almost £15m to help buy the buses and transform the depot following a joint bid by Norfolk County Council and First Bus, with First Bus funding the remaining £22m. Each double-decker cost about £500,000 and it was thought they would save about 75 tonnes of CO2 per vehicle, per year, when compared to diesel busses. Bus driver Gordon Lowe said the new vehicles were so quiet he could overhear passengers' conversations Bus driver Gordon Lowe, said the buses could travel a long way on a full charge. "On the blue line we have the buses running out of the depot at 7 in the morning and coming back at midnight with about 20% charge," he added. First Bus said it hoped to have 11 electric single-decker buses in service by the end of March and that all new electric vehicles would have audio and visual next stop information added in the coming weeks

@Mancbuses

3 ай бұрын

You don't need to post it twice pal :)