First Somerset & Avon B7RLE

28 out of 50 Volvo B7RLE (66934-66961) ordered last year will soon deliver to FSA, according to the source I have got, 25 of them will now based at BATH , and Wells will get 3.

And because of this updated information I just got, which is differ from previously announced, I believe Bath will upgrade to almost 100% low floor convensional single deck services.

Further information will post on here once I get more details.

PS: I am so jealous with hkbw, they now have the most B7RLEs and we probably have the B10BLEs cascaded from them....#

[ Last edited by norrislaw on 2005-10-19 at 06:55 ]

[ref=397288]norrislaw[/ref]  在 2005-10-19 06:53 發表:

28 out of 50 Volvo B7RLE (66934-66961) ordered last year will soon deliver to FSA, according to the source I have got, 25 of them will now based at BATH , and Wells will get 3.

And because of this updated information I just got, which is differ from previously announced, I believe Bath will upgrade to almost 100% low floor convensional single deck services.

Further information will post on here once I get more details.

PS: I am so jealous with hkbw, they now have the most B7RLEs and we probably have the B10BLEs cascaded from them....

What a news!
What on earth is Firtbus going to do with Bath Depot?!
However, I believe that, it will still be impossible for Bath to be
100% low floor convensional single deck services, unless the rest of the Benz are
also replaced.

Moreover, we will need to hear the non-stopped fan noise from the B7RLE
more often in the future.

p.s I have also heard that there should have 2 to 4  new double deckers
(I think that should be Volvo B7TL with Wright body)around one of the depot of FSA,
which have not come out to serivce yet.

hkbw

The conventional single deck bus, by all means in FirstGroup Language are the 4xxxx and 6xxxx series. The 5xxxx are the minibuses therefore FSA will still getting 100% Low floor conventional single deck fleet in Bath.

The new DD you mentioned, thats probably those I mentioned earlier, 3 Volvo Olympians bought from Keighley & District.

http://www.hkitalk.net/HKiTalk2/ ... hlight=%2Bnorrislaw

Otherwise, the 3 B7TL/ Wright are now allocated to Weston-super-Mare, on the X1 (Bristol- WSM) and branded.

32636-8 Volvo B7TL/ Wright Eclipse Gemini, First Somerset & Avon
http://fbb.fotopic.net/p21337574.html
http://fbb.fotopic.net/p21337576.html

[ Last edited by norrislaw on 2005-10-19 at 22:03 ]

norrislaw,

I am not sure whether the one you mentioned before was the one that I am talking
about.
As I heard that from a local bus driver. He said that he has seen 2 brand new
double deckers parking in the depot for a period of time already. Yet, they still
haven't come out to service yet.
I am not sure what he was talking about, but if his obseveration was real, then
that should be 2 Wright bodied B7TL.

According to Steve White, who visited the site recently and noted the following-

approx 19 LXs including  62562, 62633/7/46/9/51/4/8 (ex- First Bristol)

2 Lances  60987/8 (both acquired from Yorkshire but not used)

1 Marshall Dart in Barbie 1 (presume this is 41190)

I may make a visit to the site this weekend to see whats going on..