Blackpool Transport Bus Launch Event April 2017
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- Sunday 9th April 2017 saw the official unveiling of Blackpool Transport's 25 new Enviro400 City Buses.
All 25 of the buses were paraded along Blackpool's world famous Tramway, before 15 of them congregated on the Blackpool Tower Headland for a static display and unveiling.
Here I drive to and from my job in a grey Silverado pick-up truck! I put it through a wash twice a year...because this colour hides the grime really well! lol So for these buses...the colour means low washing times too! lol
how are they delivered to you? are they delivered on the back of a lorry or are they driven by driver from the factory?
I'm proud to call my Busses in Blackpool great! :D
So basically you're saying when these buses are five years old you're going to scrap them
Yes and no.
I expect the buses are probably leased rather than bought outright. At the end of the lease period, the buses will be returned to Alexander, which will refurbish them and probably sell them to operators around the country. There is always a need for youngish, newly refurbished buses, available at a fraction of the cost of a brand new one. And Blackpool gets some more new buses.
That's the way it seems to work these days.
Personally, I'd prefer to ride on a PD3.
The bus will go to operateor that can't afford brand new buses but can afford a young vehicle
The new Blackpool buses are in an unimpressive shade of grey. The new livery should have been a distinctive green and cream like the old front engined Leyland Titans of years ago.
HJP1 HJP2 I say bring back the old buses and ditch the new ones.
HJP1 HJP2 that’s cuz blackpool is miserable
The green and creme looked like a too old fashioned colour and like cream of broccoli soup
The new livery is nicer and looks more clean and posh
first time id seen one of these buses yetsterday in knott end we need these all the time over wyre i went on one yesterday very smart get rid of the old ones there knackered n so uncomfy like the new buses only been on 1
Replace the 17 bus plz
Note the 'battleship grey' and black colour scheme carefully designed so buses blend in with the road surface. The partially sighted residents of Blackpool may pay the ultimate price trying to cross the road! What was wrong with green and cream?
Our Grey/Lemon colour scheme has actually been commended by various user groups (including visually impaired users) for its contrasting colours and effectiveness in the dark.
There is no lemon on the front of the bus, the side most people will see trying to cross the road. How is grey a 'contrasting colour' against a grey road surface on a grey winter's day? All I can say is you should have gone to Specsavers.
im guessing your the reason as to why the new busses have a yellow stripe on the front.....lol
To be honest Alexander Dennis are great but old buses can be better as shitdecks are on the road one week and in the garage the next week
I was there at the launch and what a fucking disgrace! "Alexandra Dennis"? "Euro 400"? That woman has never sat on a bus in her life. She has no idea what she's bought and she doesnt care. All that bull shit about a table being a social zone and the like. It's a fucking table love, get over yourself. It's all manager talk. The *Enviro400 has very unforgiving ride quality, and is not a high quality product. They bought the sluggish Diesel model with the cheapest gearbox option for just that reason, it's cheaper. The only good thing is she said in 5 years they'll of binned them before they have time to go wrong. Also the E leather seats, please just call it what it is. Cold when it's cold and hot when it's hot Sweaty sticky but easily wiped down seat - would of been more accurate.
Why don't you try and make some of the Blackpool transport drivers happy with a smile, everyone of the drivers that I have seen are all miserable
Kieron Rouse It is pretty difficult being a bus driver, the getting up early, the rude passengers and the shifts that are basically up to 10 hours of sitting down and looking at pieces of paper all day