[tyresmoke]

I've updated the top post (eventually!) to reflect the current delivery status...
Note there has been a few additions to the "confirmed" order posted by Bus & Coach Weekly recently, especially the additional Solos for Hinckley

[Tom]

When are the MAX ones for the X1 due?

[tyresmoke]

When are the MAX ones for the X1 due?

The Streetlites have been sighted at Wright's both on test and on delivery so they should be here any time! The E400's are due in the next few weeks too

[Tom]

The Streetlites have been sighted at Wright's both on test and on delivery so they should be here any time! The E400's are due in the next few weeks too

Cheers

[Malarkey]

Hello everyone.... It's that time of year again, the 2014 order has been completed and we move onto the 2015 order.

More will hopefully become clear in the near future, but here is what I have found out so far...

ADL Enviro 200 (11)
6 Wales (Wrexham) - services 3/4
5 ?? (Colchester)

ADL Enviro 400 (165)
11 North West (Green Lane) - Standard specification - Service 10B
Delivered December 2014 - 4584-4594 SL64JCX/JCY/JCZ/JDF/JDJ/JDK/JDO/JDU/JDX/JDZ/JEJ/JEO

27 North West (St Helens) - Standard specification - Services 10/10A
Delivered January 2015 - 4595-4621 SL64JEO/JEU/JFA/JFE/JFF/JFG/JFJ/JFK/JFN/JFO/JFU/JFV/JFX/JFZ/JGX/JGY/JGZ/JHA/JHE/JHH/JHJ/JHK/JHO/JHU/JHV/JHX

15 North West (Bootle) - Standard specification - Services 52/52A
Delivered January/February 2015 - 4622-36 SN15LME/LMF/LMJ/LMK/LML/LMM/LMO/LMU/LMV/LMX/LMY/LNA/LNC/LND/LNE

8 Wales (Chester) - Sapphire specification - Sapphire 10
Delivered February 2015 - 4637-44 CX15BXN/BXO/BXP/BXR/BXS/BXU/BXV/BXW/BXY

17 Yorkshire (Dewsbury) - MAX specification - Services 202/203
Delivered February 2015 - 1914-30 SN15LLC/LLD/LLE/LLF/LLG/LLJ/LLK/LLM/LLO/LLP/LLR/LLT/LLU/LLV/LLW/LLX/LLZ

9 Shires (Aylesbury) - Sapphire specification - Sapphire 280
Delivered March 2015 - 5461-69 SN15LPK/LPL/LPO/LPP/LPU/LPV/LPX/LPY/LPZ

17 Yorkshire (Belle Isle) - Sapphire specification - Sapphire 110
Delivered March 2015 - 1931-47 SN15...

5 North East (Darlington.Durham) - Sapphire specification - Sapphire 7
2 North East (Durham) - Sapphire specification - Sapphire 6
12 North West (Speke) - Standard specification
8 North West (Birkenhead) - Standard specification
35 North West (Green Lane) - Standard specification

Wright Streetlite DF 11.5m (34)
25 Midlands (Telford) - Standard specification - Service 44
Delivered January 2015 - 3319-43 FJ64ETU/ETV/ETX/ETY/EUH/EUK/EUL/EUM/EUN/EUO/EUP/EUR/EUT/EUU/EUV/EUX/EUY/EUZ/EVT/EVV/JYL/JYN/JYO/JYP

5 North East (Darlington) - MAX specification - MAX X1
6 North East (Durham) - Sapphire specification - Sapphire 6

Wright Streetlite DF 10.8m (12)
12 Shires (Stevenage) - Sapphire specification - Sapphire 100/101

Wright Streetlite WF 8.8m (19)
6 S.Counties (Tunbridge Wells) - service 281
Delivered February 2015 - 1656-61 GN64DXT/DXU/DXV/DXW/DXX/DXY
13 Shires (Luton) - services 28/29

Optare Solo SR 8.8m (10)
6 Yorkshire Tiger (Elland)
4 Hinckleybus (Hinckley)

Total order - 241

The 5 Enviro 200s with ?? next to them appear to be for Colchester, with SK15 GXR being the first to arrive.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanhughes/16749939860/

[fastcar121]

We've got new Sapphire 101s in Kent, I was on one today.

Arriva posted some pictures of them on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/arrivakent/phot...=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/arrivakent/phot...=3&theater

And on Flickr

https://www.flickr.com/photos/47745602@N...94N-pds2oq

https://www.flickr.com/photos/89590860@N...UKg-rN5V2c

https://www.flickr.com/photos/70752881@N...UKg-rN5V2c

https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielhard...UKg-rN5V2c

Credit to the Photographers

[SL64JDJ]

Just to clarify the Enviro400 situation, it seems the Arriva North West Facebook page were mistaken and actually referring to Streetlites not Enviro400s when confirming Birkenhead's order of six new buses. These are for the 487, a route which can't accommodate double deckers anyway. So, to confirm, it is 47 new Enviro400s for the North West which are starting delivery now, 35 for Green Lane (routes 12/13 and 15) and 12 for Speke (route 75). Birkenhead is thus due 6 of the 11.5 m Streetlites (route 487). Sorry for the earlier confusion over this - the Facebook post was really ambiguous.

The remaining Enviro400s are 6 to Sapphire spec for Southern Counties' Maidstone depot (route 101). This accounts for the full order of 165: 100 for the North West, 34 for Yorkshire, 9 for The Shires, 9 for Wales, 7 for the North East and as mentioned the 6 for Southern Counties.