[uk][london] special seen...

firstly,sorry for this bad  quality snap by my mobile phone.


a london General  livery 'short' enviro400 trident served on metroline rt.24 to hamstead health.
about 5:35pm@10th,nov@tottenham court road.

is the bus on loan to metroline ?
yblumann ,do you have some idea ?

[ 本帖最後由 wrightap 於 2007-11-13 23:46 編輯 ]

The route 24 have passed to London General from 10 Nov.

What's happen of Metroline?

Any operation problem?

原帖由 sutrak 於 2007-11-14 00:18 發表
The route 24 have passed to London General from 10 Nov.

唔係掛．．
呢條線metroline對佢都幾重視下架喎,
當初d 頭批e400成批放哂落去行...
而家竟然讓左比人..

但拍攝當日metroline依然有出車海行24喎...
而且該e400後車都係metroline車..
不過呢兩日冇留意到係唔係已經換哂LG d車行24...

其實點解會讓左比London General ?

[ 本帖最後由 wrightap 於 2007-11-14 00:42 編輯 ]

apology for my brief reply, but this link would probably enhance your knowledge about London Buses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Buses

and probably this link too.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/businessandpartners/buses/tenderresults/

[ 本帖最後由 smal 於 2007-11-14 01:48 編輯 ]

原帖由 wrightap 於 2007-11-13 16:40 發表

唔係掛．．
呢條線metroline對佢都幾重視下架喎,
當初d 頭批e400成批放哂落去行...
而家竟然讓左比人..

但拍攝當日metroline依然有出車海行24喎...
而且該e400後車都係metroline車..
不過呢兩日冇留意到係唔係已 ...

Metroline did not "give" the 24 to LG, but rather lost the bid instead.
London Buses services are tendered on contract by TfL every 5 to
7 years, depending on performance of the service's current operator.

The Metroline ETs you saw could well be on loan to London General
at the moment, as the Es specifically on order have not yet been all
delivered at this point in time.

原帖由 NV58 於 2007-11-14 02:42 發表


Metroline did not "give" the 24 to LG, but rather lost the bid instead.
London Buses services are tendered on contract by TfL every 5 to
7 years, depending on performance of the service's current op ...

oh...got it...

原來係contract問題....



not in service..

[ 本帖最後由 wrightap 於 2007-11-14 07:06 編輯 ]

Metroline lost the contract to operate route 24. Go Ahead started operating route 24 on 10th Nov.
Metroline used the earliest batch of E400s . Those were bought for routes 4 & 271, but were used instead for route 24.

Go Ahead bought 32 E400 for a service requirement of 29 buses

The Go Ahead batch of E400 are different from the previous batch...