[UK] ex-Connex/Travel London Dennis Tridents...

Two ex-Connex/Travel London Dennis Tridents (TA9 & TA15) arrived at the West Midlands on last week...


Left: (TWM)2959, Middle: TA9, Right: TA15



Close up...

The two Tridents are renumbered as 9709/15 respectively.

will their rear exit doors going to be "destroyed"?

原帖由 av455hk 於 2007-8-22 18:21 發表
will their rear exit doors going to be "destroyed"?

No, as far as I am concerned.

9709 is only here for refurbishment only, and will return to London soon,
And proberby 9715 will go back as well.

原帖由 kmb_gu657 於 2007-8-22 19:32 發表

No, as far as I am concerned.

9709 is only here for refurbishment only, and will return to London soon,
And proberby 9715 will go back as well.

原來唔止兩部，我諗陸續有黎...

原帖由 Megabus 於 2007-8-27 01:36 發表


原來唔止兩部，我諗陸續有黎...
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w52/Traveleverywhere/Picture23818.jpg

Yes as the refurbishment program will be carried at Walsall workshop

just a little background information here:
- when Travel London lost the contract for route 60, some of the batch of 30 tridents [9701-9730] were supposed to have been transferred away from London to the west midlands.
however, travel london won a private contract for a university service in Kingston [3 tridents];
Routes C3 and 156 had PVR increases by 5 or 6 buses, and the company won a 3 year contract [starting 24 dec 2007] for the services replacing the east london line [12 tridents].

Therefore, very few of those tridents would be leaving london for the midlands anytime soon!

regards

Yoram

原帖由 kmb_gu657 於 2007-8-27 06:35 發表


Yes as the refurbishment program will be carried at Walsall workshop

Don't think so, because those buses were only replaced the new seats and handrails on it, also as I know there is a big workshop for cushions/ handrails in that Birmingham garage... so I think they will get to Walsall for repaint the vehicle body only.

原帖由 yblumann 於 2007-8-27 07:41 發表
just a little background information here:
- when Travel London lost the contract for route 60, some of the batch of 30 tridents [9701-9730] were supposed to have been transferred away from London to  ...

But there will be a large batch of new buses arrive in the West Midlands from this September... so why does TL still transfer these buses to the West Midlands?