英國巴士集中討論區 (1)

8 Feb FirstGroup 收購 Ensign

https://newsnreleases.com/2023/0 ... ensign-bus-company/

LONDON, UK: FirstGroup plc has signed an agreement to purchase Ensign Bus Company Limited. The acquisition of the Ensignbus business will not only provide a number of synergies and value accretive growth opportunities in the B2B and bus vehicle dealership markets, but it will also enhance the Group’s local commercial bus operations in Essex.

Ensignbus’ commercial bus operations comprise two B2B segments that include rail replacement and private hire contract operations and a local bus route network complementary to First Bus’s operations in Essex.

The business has a young vehicle fleet of 55 buses that will require limited capital expenditure for several years. The Ensignbus specialist heritage fleet is excluded from the transaction.

行業不景的時候, First仲咁大手筆做擴張.

Hundreds more bus services in England under threat amid funding shortfall
Shadow transport secretary accuses government of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ as grant cash runs out

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-n ... d-funding-shortfall

w1w2w3 發表於 2023-2-9 02:40
行業不景的時候, First仲咁大手筆做擴張.

Hundreds more bus services in England under threat amid fund ...

First啱啱放咗幾個地區，俾晒Stagecoach做，可能就係咁樣止咗蝕，買間EnsignBus都啱，反正除咗常規服務外，一要Rail Replacement通常就搵EnsignBus，呢一筆都賺返嚟

Fuk19805 發表於 2023-2-10 00:13
First啱啱放咗幾個地區，俾晒Stagecoach做，可能就係咁樣止咗蝕，買間EnsignBus都啱，反正除咗常規服務外 ...

請問First放了那些地區出去? 賣子公司定只是讓路線?
另First近月在巿面購入了一批二手巴士補充車隊.

A351 發表於 2023-2-10 03:53
請問First放了那些地區出去? 賣子公司定只是讓路線?
另First近月在巿面購入了一批二手巴士補充車隊.
...

成個East Scotland賣咗俾McGills，好多地區就放線

另外First喺Aberdeen好似擺咗好多新嘅Yutong E12

https://youtu.be/RXjwnwU8Wxs

前W6S1/WJ1984近日完成初步改裝，已經換咗新凳新太平門同封中門，不過冇拆冷氣同換英國窗，至於暖氣問題就喺凳底加暖氣unit了事

First 向Wrightbus大手購入電動巴士
https://www.route-one.net/news/f ... -battery-electrics/


City of York Council: £1.9 million towards nine StreetDeck Electroliner double-deckers for First York
Hampshire County Council and Portsmouth City Council: £6.2 million towards 28 GB Kite Electroliner single-deckers to operate from First Hampshire and Dorset’s Hoeford depot
Norfolk County Council: £11.5 million towards 55 StreetDeck Electroliners for First Eastern Counties in Norwich
West Yorkshire Combined Authority: £5.7 million towards 25 StreetDeck Electroliners for First West Yorkshire’s Bramley depot in Leeds.
The order takes to 310 the number of battery-electric buses due from Wrightbus for First Bus. It will enable the group’s operation in York and one of its depots in Norwich to become fully battery-electric by March 2024, which is the timeframe for completion of all ZEBRA work involving First Bus

potter 發表於 2023-3-2 10:21
First 向Wrightbus大手購入電動巴士
https://www.route-one.net/news/first-bus-orders-117-more-wrightbus ...

Wright啲電車都唔知得唔得嘅，舊電又重又易壞，而家部demo去邊個城市都唔操勞得，我諗如果唔係要同Stagecoach打對台，應該買ADL同宇通多㗎啦

Fuk19805 發表於 2023-3-6 03:59
Wright啲電車都唔知得唔得嘅，舊電又重又易壞，而家部demo去邊個城市都唔操勞得，我諗如果唔係要同Stagec ...

未必關打對台事，First不嬲都係Wright忠實粉絲，呢幾年入嘅雙層車大部分都係streetdeck。反而以前入開嘅VOLVO,呢幾年一架都冇入咁滯。

Manchester's First Bee Branded Bus Enters Service



Source:
https://www.busambassador.co.uk/ ... QslKc2uzprck6W-mAj0