Fleet Update

At our Aylesbury depot we will be taking over the operation of route 50 tomorrow with three 58-plate Enviro400s. These are 654-6 SN58 CFP/U/V. Each day one of these will be used as a spare.

 

We have recently won the Blue Route 2 contact from Arriva the Shires in Aylesbury so will be looking to buy two smaller buses for the route with one of those acting as a spare.

 

Tomorrow, we will also be taking over the contract for route 353 (Hemel Hempstead - Slough) with our MCV Evolutions which were delivered a few weeks ago from Arriva Bus and Coach.

 

At Norwich, we have lost the Costessey Park and Ride contract which has been won by BetterBus from the 30th March. The Plaxton Presidents currently used on the route will be withdrawn and then be sent to there new operator.

 

However, we have won the Airport, Harford and Sprowston Park and Ride contracts. We will be taking over these routes from the 30th March. The Airport Park and Ride will be operated by 58-plate Alexander Dennis Enviro400s while the Harford and Sprowston Park and Ride routes will be operated by brand new Alexander Dennis Enviro400s. All Park and Ride buses will have free Wi-Fi for all passengers.  

Aylesbury's latest arrival

209 SN51 TEU has now been withdrawn from service as its replacement has been found and has entered service today.

209 SN51 TEU's replacement is Optare Versa 209 YJ57 EHY. We have chose to give it the same fleet number to keep it in line with the other Optare Versas in the fleet and the original 209 has been withdrawn.

208 SN51 TCZ and 209 SN51 TEU are now both withdrawn from the fleet.

208 and 209 to be withdrawn

Aylesbury's 208 SN51 TCZ and 209 SN51 TEU are due to be withdrawn soon and put into the reserve fleet. We have been looking for replacements at different bus dealerships for a few weeks now.  The first to go is 208 which has been replaced by Alexander Dennis Enviro200 210 SN56 AYB brought in the week from Ensign Bus. It carries B37F seating.

An second replacement for 209 is still being sourced.

Fleet Update

The final repaints at Norwich are of 704 LR02 BCU and 705 LR02 BBO which are currently being used as spares for the Costessey Park and Ride service.

The 63-plate Alexander Dennis Enviro400s will also need repainting in the future but due to poor usage of Purple Line 39 the routes future is currently uncertain.

At Aylesbury there has been a few more repaints in the form of 101 BX58 BFA and 208 SN51 TCZ.

Three 58-plate Alexander Dennis Enviro400s are due at Aylesbury shortly for the take over of route 50. Some more 58-plate Alexander Dennis Enviro400s are due to arrive shortly at Norwich for some recently won contracts. More information on these contracts coming soon...


The MCV Evolutions have now arrived at Aylesbury to prepare for the take over of route 353 and driver training.

More Norwich Routes!

BRAHAM are growing rapidly in Norwich and will be introducing two new routes on the 17th February. Details of these new routes are shown below:

Route 10: This new route will operate between Norwich and Great Yarmouth via Acle every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday and every hour on Sundays. We will be using five 07-plate Wright Eclipse Urbans from Transdev with two of those acting as spares.

The buses are 220-4 YJ07 PBO/V/Y, PCO/U.

Route 41: This new route will operate between Norwich and Sprowston via New Sprowston every 20 minutes Monday to Friday and every 45 minutes on Sundays. We will be using four 58-plate Alexander Dennis Enviro400s from First with one of those acting as spares. The spare may see use on the 604.

They are 650-3 SN58 CFK-M/O.

Three others from the batch of Enviro400s will go to Aylesbury for route 50.

Repaints!

At the beginning of the week it was announced that all buses in the BRAHAM or TravelAylesbury livery needed repainting into the new version. At Aylesbury, currently 100 BX58 BEY and 209 SN51 TEU have been repainted.

At Norwich, we have repainted all of the Costessey Park and Ride liveried Plaxton Presidents. Credit goes to Sam Larke for the livery. The spare Plaxton Presidents are next to be repainted.

Route 353 taken over from 30th March

From the 30th March BRAHAM will be taking over the operation of route 353 (Hemel Hempstead - Slough) from their Aylesbury depot. The buses will be branded with BRAHAM logos and not TravelAylesbury ones. Route 353 has a Peek Vehicle Requirement (PVR) of three buses.

To operate the route we have brought five MCV Evolutions from Arriva Bus and Coach. They are 250-4 YJ60 GDO, GFA, GGF/O/Y. They are ex-Reays of Wigton and will arrive in the next few weeks.

Aylesbury route 150 taken over

On the 2nd February, TravelAylesbury took over route 150 between Aylesbury and Milton Keynes from Arriva the Shires. For the route we brought eight Optare Versas from Alexander Dennis. The buses are ex-Nottingham City Transport. They are 201-8 YK08 ERJ, EPX-Z, ESG/F/N/O.  They can be seen in our new livery with route branding below:

We will be taking over route 50 in Aylesbury from the 17th March.

Quick update

As promised we started operation on route 13 in Aylesbury this morning using one of the Enviro200s and the other as a spare.

Yesterday, we took over route 150 from Arriva the Shires. On this route we are using eight Optare Versas. Pictures of these will be available tomorrow.

The Versas bring in a new livery which soon the whole fleet will be repainted into. We have chosen to change the livery so soon after taking over most of the routes we operate as it looks more professional and our livery effects our business. All buses should be in the new livery by the beginning of March.

Norfolk County Council have complained about our Costessey Park and Ride livery so these are also going to have to be repainted which they are paying for. These will be repainted at Full Circle.