Arriva bus order for 2015

[kuyoyo]

RE: Arriva bus order for 2015

(06/04/2015 11:00)steve517757 Wrote:  I think you have over simplified the Enviro400 situation. Many of the non-North West examples are the tail end of the 2014 order.

The announcement stated a further 56 Euro 6 Enviro400s in the autumn. As far as I am aware no Euro 6 models have been delivered ... and being Euro 6 models will PROBABLY have the MMC body work.

PS ... You can add 7 electric Optatre Metrocities to that list for London

No, if you actually read it:

165 Enviro400s to the original body styling
109 Euro5 examples for North West, 62 due first (these being 4584-4644) followed by the remaining 47 later in the year
The remaining 56 are either Sapphire or MAX specification for 6 Sapphire and 1 MAX routes - these including the 9 Euro6-engined original style examples already delivered and in service at Aylesbury - the rest are all Euro5 models for the depots listed by 507009 (except that, in a change of plan - the North East-bound examples are destined for Darlington for the 7 and Durham for the 24 as the 6 will now launch in the autumn with a entirely refurbished fleet).

So, I don't see where you've got 56 Euro6 Enviro400s from - as 507009 has the breakdown spot-on. The only Euro6 vehicles on the order are the already stated 9 Enviro400s for Aylesbury (to comply with Oxford's LEZ) and 2 of the MAX-specification Streetlite MAXs recently delivered to North East which are seed vehicles to trial the Daimler engine available in the Euro6 Streetlite against the Euro5 Cummins engine examples to decide on which Euro6 engine option will be taken once Euro6 becomes mandatory in the UK.