Wednesday 29 January 2014

New Enviro200s Received

During the course of today our brand new Alexander Dennis Enviro200s have arrived for Norwich route Purple Line 39. They were all delivered to the Norwich depot in fleet livery and six of them have had branding added.

102-7 AU63 FLF-H/K/M/O are branded for Purple Line 39 with 108 AU63 FLP and 109 AU63 FLR in plain fleet livery as spares.









They will enter service on to Purple Line 39 on the 10th February.

Aylesbury's Optare Versas have been delayed due to problems with the livery but will arrive before the start of the contract. 

Sunday 26 January 2014

New Norwich Route

From the 10th February, BRAHAM will be taking over operation of the Purple Line 39 in Norwich from First. We will be using brand new Alexander Dennis Enviro200s in fleet livery with added branding.

The buses are due to be delivered towards the end of this week.

Saturday 25 January 2014

Norwich's Costessey Park & Ride route taken over

BRAHAM not only have the TravelAylesbury depot in Aylesbury but also have a new depot in Norwich. This depot is to be used to operate Norwich's Costessey Park and Ride route 604. We have brought six Plaxton Presidents for the contract. They are 700-705 LR02 BCF, BDF, BBZ, BDO, BCU and BBO in that order. 700-703 are in Costessey Park and Ride livery while 704 and 705 are in BRAHAM fleet livery.







They will enter service on the route on Monday.

Monday 20 January 2014

New arrivals!

TravelAylesbury's two spare buses for route 150 arrived from Ensign Bus earlier this evening in fleet livery. They are 208 SN51 TCZ an 209 SN51 TEU. These will see use in service on route 150 while an Optare Versa is off the road or used on other route if necessary.

208 seen after arrival from Ensign Bus


209 seen after arrival from Ensign Bus

Sunday 19 January 2014

100 arrives from Ensign Bus and repaint

This afternoon 100 BX58 BEY arrived at the TravelAylesbury depot in our fleet livery from the Ensign Bus paint shop. Both 100 and 101 will have fleet numbers put on them before entry into service.

101 BX58 BEY is seen after collection from Ensign Bus.
The Optare Versas for route 150 should be delivered in route 150 livery in about a weeks time. Two spare buses have also been brought form Ensign Bus for route 150. More information coming soon!

Saturday 18 January 2014

First Enviro200 arrive's from repaint

The first bus to be repainted in the fleet was 101 BX58 BFA. It was repainted this morning by Ensign Bus' paint shop and we picked it up for collection this afternoon. 100 BX58 BEY will be picked up from Ensign Bus tomorrow after repaint this afternoon.

101 BX58 BFA after collection from Ensign Bus

New arrivals

Route 13

Two Alexander Enviro200s have been brought by TravelAylesbury from Ensign Bus to operate route 13. They are ex-Hansons Local Bus BX58 BEY, BFA and have B29F seating. Only one of these is needed to operate route 13 and the other will act as a spare. Both of these will be painted into fleet livery.

Route 150

TravelAylesbury have brought eight second hand Optare Versa buses from Alexander Dennis. They are ex-Nottingham City Transport and have B38F seating. They are registered YK08 ERJ, EPX-Z, ESG/F/N/O. These Versas will be painted in a red based Route 150 livery.

Two more buses will be brought shortly as spares.

Our fleet list has been updated to included these new arrivals and when they enter service will tell you which routes they will be operating on each day.

Friday 17 January 2014

New Routes!

Route 13

On the 3rd February TravelAylesbury will begin operation of new Aylesbury town route 13. Route 13 will operate as follows to Bedgrove: Aylesbury town, Tring Road, King Edward Ave, Turnfurlong Lane, Westmorlond Ave. Route 13 will follow the same route into town. This service will operate every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday on a 30 minute frequency. Buses will be brought in to operate the route. More information on the buses to operate the route coming soon. 

Route 150

We have recently won the new contract for route 150 (Aylesbury-Leighton Buzzard-Milton Keynes) from Arriva. TravelAylesbury will be taking over the route from the 2nd February and the service will also have a new timetable. The service will have an increased frequency which we are adding commercially so half of the route is contracted from Bucks CC. This route will require 8 buses Monday to Saturday on a 30 minute frequency and every one to two hours on Sundays. Buses will be brought in to operate the route. More information on the buses to operate the route coming soon.

We will operate more routes in the future.



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