LVF says V6 was out on N12 last Friday. BF63HDE is at Heysham today, along with another B5TL demonstrator BF63HDG. Both have not been delivered to their respective operators, which I assume will be Metroline and Arriva London.
Dublin Bus only trialed a Gemini 1 HEV about 5 years ago. It left the fleet in 2011 and was taken over by Ensignbus, and then was completely burnt down in a battery fire a few months after.
LVF says V6 was out on N12 last Friday. BF63HDE is at Heysham today, along with another B5TL demonstrator BF63HDG. Both have not been delivered to their respective operators, which I assume will be ...
請問 LVF 係咪指 https://www.londonvf.co.uk/
呢度？除左呢度、 LT Free apps (android) 或者 Next Bus UK Live (WP) 重有無其他方法追縱倫敦巴士行蹤？
另外又搭單問下 Heysham Docks 作用除左係 wrightbus 準備交貨或者上船運去其他地方既港口之外，係咪大概等於半個 Wrightbus 既私人車場咁用？
印象中雖然架 BF63HDG 係新整出黎，但架 BF63HDE 似乎都就黎擺左半年係度好似無乜郁過
之前分別有架 DW411 換歐六偈後好似都擺左係呢度一排 (而家唔知去左邊) 同埋 First 個堆 Wright/VDL 混蛋而家由私家車偈換左康偈後都擺左係度
如果話 DW411 呢 d 一年前已經換偈既都可能係 Wright 既測試車，不過而家 First 幾部車換引擎呢 d 應該唔算太高難度既事但竟然又泊左係呢度
咁到底係 First 假手於人由 Wright 搞換偈既事定係 Wright 實際上仍然落實晒日後自家雙層既路向想拎返少少用康偈既行車數據？
The B5LH is simply a more versatile bus comparing to the E40H. The reason is that the drivetrain that the E40H uses is tailored for citybus operations, which makes it work great in towns and cities. Once outside, they cannot adapt to longer interurban routes because they do not have the speed for such operations. I remember reading from somewhere that the E40Hs tops out at 40mph, which is not a lot.
The B5LH , on the other hand, has a drivetrain that is develop with a much wider operation in mind - Volvo developed the whole system with a mind of putting that not just on buses, but also on trucks. Having a parallel drive system also gives the quite a lot of power to the bus as well (diesel-electric combined gives 375bhp for Euro 5 version, or 400bhp for Euro 6 version), so speed and power is not really an issue.
In actual operation, I understand both the E40H and B5LH are very much on par, with the Volvo edging ahead on reliability. I guess it's all these factors that make the Volvo to become increasingly popular. The E40H had the edge initially by using a proven hybrid system, and operators' initial skepticism on whether parallel drive system will be any good in citybus operations. However, as time goes by with the Volvo proving up to the job, I'm not surprised to see it gaining ground in the last couple of years.
原帖由 HW8373 於 2014-2-24 14:53 發表
請問 LVF 係咪指 https://www.londonvf.co.uk/
呢度？除左呢度、 LT Free apps (android) 或者 Next Bus UK Live (WP) 重有無其他方法追縱倫敦巴士行蹤？
That's the one. Other than that this is another interesting site (although LVF is generally more informative):
No that yard belongs to the dock. The only reason why we keep seeing Wright buses weekly is because it is a transit point for Wright's delivery run for their buses. Once off the boat from Belfast, the buses will be parked up under Wrightbus' delivery drivers pick them up, and drive them to wherever they are supposed to go. Buses tends to come in on Saturday afternoon, and by Wednesday that follows, the latest, they will be gone from the yard.
As for BF63HDE, I can only guess it has been out and about on test in the past few months. It is the first B5TL with the proper Gemini 3 bodywork (V6 is a hybrid, more a Gemini 2.5) afterall.
As for DW411, it was converted to Euro 6 spec and disappeared from the face of the earth after that. I thought I read that it had been delivered back to Arriva, but clearly hasn't! It does not bear any resemblance to the First examples though, because 39001-5 are hybrids, and Wrightbus took them in for conversion because the Gemini HEV, both Mk.1 and 2, are very unrealiable. It's not the first time Wrightbus did something like this anyway, you need to look no further than the Electrocities, specifically Go-Ahead London's WHY1-7. They have already done one, Arriva's HW4, which is in service in London for some months now, but is massively overweight - that thing is now some 13T, the heaviest double decker in service in London. On the up side, at least Wrightbus finally has a reliable hybrid drivetrain, after 7 years of trying...
It is normal, services like the Oxford Tube means that the vehicles rack up a lot of miles in their life and a 5-year replacement cycle makes sure the service can be operated reliably, Other operators which runs services of similar kind, like Yorkshire Coastliner and First (on the Eastern Counties X1) do the same thing as well.
，本黎我係想講早排(一個月前)從愛爾蘭巴壇聽聞兩間公司各自試歐六 Volvo 混蛋 
不過講到 2014 後先公佈既歐五瑞典車廠訂單 