Introduction of the Volvo 7900!
Over the last few months, a number of Polish-built Volvo 7900 hybrid single decker vehicles have entered service with Lothian Buses, First Essex and First Beeline respectively. This is in response to the vehicle being on show at the NEC Birmingham last year, and the Green Bus Fund from the government in order to encourage companies to purchase more efficient buses.
The 10 buses that have entered service with Lothian are:
1 - LB13BUS
2 - HY13BUS
3 - SN13BCY
4 - SN13BCZ
5 - SN13BDF
6 - SN13BDO
7 - SN13BDU
8 - SN13BDV
9 - SN13BDX
10 - SN13BDY
The 20 buses that have entered service with First Essex are:
The 10 buses that have entered service with First Beeline are:
VSH69920 - BV13ZCF
VSH69921 - BV13ZCJ
VSH69922 - BV13ZCK
VSH69923 - BV13ZCL
VSH69924 - BV13ZCN
VSH69925 - BV13ZCO
VSH69926 - BV13ZCT
VSH69927 - BV13ZCU
VSH69928 - BV13ZCX
VSH69929 - BV13ZCY
Now, for the time being, we will concentrate on the models at First Berkshire for the 7series between Slough and Heathrow. The buses will be concentrated on routes 75 and 76, but will appear on other 7series routes, such as the 71, 77 and 78. See here for the 7series map.
Seen at Brooklands on Sunday 21st April, was VSH69924 which was allocated to route 462 for the day:
Then on Sunday 28th April, Au and I decided to go out on these 7900s. Unfortunately there was a destination fault on 69929, but the vehicles had an excellent ride.
Enjoy the pictures!
Thanks for reading this post, and maybe one day the 7900 will appear on a TfL route!
LJN
The 10 buses that have entered service with Lothian are:
1 - LB13BUS
2 - HY13BUS
3 - SN13BCY
4 - SN13BCZ
5 - SN13BDF
6 - SN13BDO
7 - SN13BDU
8 - SN13BDV
9 - SN13BDX
10 - SN13BDY
The 20 buses that have entered service with First Essex are:
69901 - BV13ZBC
69902 - BV13ZBD
69903 - BV13ZBE
69904 - BV13ZBF
69905 - BV13ZBG
69906 - BV13ZBJ
69907 - BV13ZBL
69908 - BV13ZBN
69909 - BV13ZBO
69910 - BV13ZBP
69911 - BV13ZBR
69912 - BV13ZBT
69913 - BV13ZBU
69914 - BV13ZBW
69915 - BV13ZBX
69916 - BV13ZBY
69917 - BV13ZBZ
69918 - BV13ZCA
69919- BV13ZCE
The 10 buses that have entered service with First Beeline are:
VSH69920 - BV13ZCF
VSH69921 - BV13ZCJ
VSH69922 - BV13ZCK
VSH69923 - BV13ZCL
VSH69924 - BV13ZCN
VSH69925 - BV13ZCO
VSH69926 - BV13ZCT
VSH69927 - BV13ZCU
VSH69928 - BV13ZCX
VSH69929 - BV13ZCY
Now, for the time being, we will concentrate on the models at First Berkshire for the 7series between Slough and Heathrow. The buses will be concentrated on routes 75 and 76, but will appear on other 7series routes, such as the 71, 77 and 78. See here for the 7series map.
Seen at Brooklands on Sunday 21st April, was VSH69924 which was allocated to route 462 for the day:
Then on Sunday 28th April, Au and I decided to go out on these 7900s. Unfortunately there was a destination fault on 69929, but the vehicles had an excellent ride.
Enjoy the pictures!
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| VSH69929 at Heathrow Central |
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| VSH69927 at Slough Bus Garage |
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| VSH62993 at Slough Bus Stn |
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| VSH69923 interior |
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| VSH69923 at Heathrow Central |
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| VSH69923 at Heathrow Central |
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| VSH69923 at Heathrow Central |
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| VSH69923 at Heathrow Central |
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| VSH69923 at Heathrow Central |
Thanks for reading this post, and maybe one day the 7900 will appear on a TfL route!
LJN
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