New NCT Gas Bus Predictions
I did some research and concluded that the above routes would probably receive the gas buses as they steadily trickle into the fleet over the next few years.
I found a lot on here:
www.route-one.net/articles/Operators/_Gas_is_reliable_and...
My initial thoughts were for Navy 4 to have them, but the report said they were for PS garage only, where the fuelling point would be (the ex-ethanol fuel pump), so I changed my prediction.
An interesting thing was that all new vehicle intakes were planned to be double deckers, meaning that the Omnitowns might keep going a little while longer on 53s and other routes.
The oldest buses I reckon will leave the fleet are the 53 plates on the 34, and the newest (leaving or at least cascaded) are the 07 plates on the 35. The 07s will probably mean the orange 05s will eek out a couple more years on the 35 too.
Route 44 is confirmed (yes, they say confirmed) to gain new buses and there's a nice picture to go with that. Nothing else has been decided about where the other buses go though - having said that I bet there'll be spare buses in the order.
Recently, I have been getting photos of the buses I think will go or change, especially on red 44 - I don't want to 'do a 146' again and not get a single picture of a bus I knew existed. All I have now to do (for now) is a route 28 branded bus and a silver spare. Basically I was trying to get pictures of every 'decker that was older than an '07 plate.
Anyway this is just a guess and the real pattern probably won't follow this unless someone from NCT reads this and decides it's a good idea (which they won't)!
New NCT Gas Bus Predictions
I did some research and concluded that the above routes would probably receive the gas buses as they steadily trickle into the fleet over the next few years.
I found a lot on here:
www.route-one.net/articles/Operators/_Gas_is_reliable_and...
My initial thoughts were for Navy 4 to have them, but the report said they were for PS garage only, where the fuelling point would be (the ex-ethanol fuel pump), so I changed my prediction.
An interesting thing was that all new vehicle intakes were planned to be double deckers, meaning that the Omnitowns might keep going a little while longer on 53s and other routes.
The oldest buses I reckon will leave the fleet are the 53 plates on the 34, and the newest (leaving or at least cascaded) are the 07 plates on the 35. The 07s will probably mean the orange 05s will eek out a couple more years on the 35 too.
Route 44 is confirmed (yes, they say confirmed) to gain new buses and there's a nice picture to go with that. Nothing else has been decided about where the other buses go though - having said that I bet there'll be spare buses in the order.
Recently, I have been getting photos of the buses I think will go or change, especially on red 44 - I don't want to 'do a 146' again and not get a single picture of a bus I knew existed. All I have now to do (for now) is a route 28 branded bus and a silver spare. Basically I was trying to get pictures of every 'decker that was older than an '07 plate.
Anyway this is just a guess and the real pattern probably won't follow this unless someone from NCT reads this and decides it's a good idea (which they won't)!