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Stagecoach | YJ23EWG 67007 | Metrocity on the 339 | 30/08/23
As most of us know, the 9.5m Metrocities Stagecoach inherited from Tower Transit debuted on 29/07/23, with a full conversion on the first day - which is quite impressive, as all now we're waiting for abellio to fully convert the 322 - and then it semi-reverted to half diesel and half metrocity for the next few days, but it went back to fully electric fairly quickly (with guest 39139 on select days). These are also the first 9.5m examples of this bodywork I'm sure.
These Metrocities have had quite a smooth roll-out from the public eye. There were a few breakdowns in the first week, but that happens with pretty much every new bus now, it feels like.
I took a ride on them and they're quite nice. In my opinion, there's only a few things I'd change. For example, the seating choice doesn't feel quite right for a high specification, but I understand that it was Tower Transit who chose them and not Stagecoach. The second thing is the interior handrails in the buggy area. If you look closely here, you'll see that it's got a glass panel from top to bottom in the buggy area, and I've found that buggy users have difficulties with it juggling their buggies when that screen is there, but apart from those two things, they're really great buses, and hopefully we get more 9.5m examples in the future.
This vehicle is based at Stagecoach Lea Interchange (LI) for their 339 service. it was originally Tower Transit's OE31507 but they sold their East London operations to Stagecoach, who inherited this order in.
Stagecoach | YJ23EWG 67007 | Metrocity on the 339 | 30/08/23
As most of us know, the 9.5m Metrocities Stagecoach inherited from Tower Transit debuted on 29/07/23, with a full conversion on the first day - which is quite impressive, as all now we're waiting for abellio to fully convert the 322 - and then it semi-reverted to half diesel and half metrocity for the next few days, but it went back to fully electric fairly quickly (with guest 39139 on select days). These are also the first 9.5m examples of this bodywork I'm sure.
These Metrocities have had quite a smooth roll-out from the public eye. There were a few breakdowns in the first week, but that happens with pretty much every new bus now, it feels like.
I took a ride on them and they're quite nice. In my opinion, there's only a few things I'd change. For example, the seating choice doesn't feel quite right for a high specification, but I understand that it was Tower Transit who chose them and not Stagecoach. The second thing is the interior handrails in the buggy area. If you look closely here, you'll see that it's got a glass panel from top to bottom in the buggy area, and I've found that buggy users have difficulties with it juggling their buggies when that screen is there, but apart from those two things, they're really great buses, and hopefully we get more 9.5m examples in the future.
This vehicle is based at Stagecoach Lea Interchange (LI) for their 339 service. it was originally Tower Transit's OE31507 but they sold their East London operations to Stagecoach, who inherited this order in.