Red Bus services
Red Bus services
Are Red Bus changing from Iveco's to BCI's as there is a new unregistered BCI fleet number 33 floating around at the moment.
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Re: Red Bus services
I notice this new addition is now on their fleet listing as 8273 MO.
They've been a very committed Iveco customer since 2003.
Is there some supply issue with the Iveco Metro beyond this year ?
They've been a very committed Iveco customer since 2003.
Is there some supply issue with the Iveco Metro beyond this year ?
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The BCI’s are cheaper and it has the same running gear as the Ivecos.
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Might be if on TV plates or country operator. But as operator of Region 7 Outer Metropolitan does it make a difference ?
My understanding Transport NSW takes the bill, unless the operator gets a credit for saving the govt. money.
I've read somewhere issues possibly with Iveco Metro meeting certain changed standards beyond this year.
My understanding Transport NSW takes the bill, unless the operator gets a credit for saving the govt. money.
I've read somewhere issues possibly with Iveco Metro meeting certain changed standards beyond this year.
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I'd like to say their perhaps probably experimenting, this isn't their first Chinese / BCI order as there is already a few in the fleet (in small numbers) but they are coaches, not low entry service buses. Maybe they wanted to see how the BCI holds up as a daily service bus for them?
I'm going to take a wild assumption and say unless we see more BCI low entry orders for RBS, then their probably still happy with Iveco. As Centralian points out, Perhaps there is just an ongoing issue with Iveco currently that will probably be ironed out over time and this is what RBS has settled on for the time being.
I'm going to take a wild assumption and say unless we see more BCI low entry orders for RBS, then their probably still happy with Iveco. As Centralian points out, Perhaps there is just an ongoing issue with Iveco currently that will probably be ironed out over time and this is what RBS has settled on for the time being.
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If the operator leases them from TfNSW, the lease fee is probably lower?Centralian wrote: ↑Wed Nov 04, 2020 10:06 am Might be if on TV plates or country operator. But as operator of Region 7 Outer Metropolitan does it make a difference ?
My understanding Transport NSW takes the bill, unless the operator gets a credit for saving the govt. money.
I've read somewhere issues possibly with Iveco Metro meeting certain changed standards beyond this year.
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Re: Red Bus services
According to Australian Bus and Coach delivery data they have just received a new BCI Citirider 12
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It was BCI's 2000th bus. It's also in a new style so it looks the same as a Citirider E
https://www.facebook.com/BCI.bus/posts/ ... ?__tn__=-R
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Have to see it in the flesh, but in my humble opinion that's ugly !
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I mean, I like the back though! It’s just that it doesn’t look great in the TfNSW livery.Centralian wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 5:26 pm Have to see it in the flesh, but in my humble opinion that's ugly !
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Youtuber Henergy1994 filmed their new BCI a few weeks back so if you want to check it out for yourself, there you go - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09q_CbcB-Pk
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I honestly have to agree with Centralian this thing is ugly and i had the misfortune to ride it from Gosford to Erina fair the seats was uncomfortable the diff had a hell of a whine in it not impressed give me a old vehicle any day over this modern rough ride crap of today
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Just noticed this afternoon ion way back from work that red bus has a yotung electric in the fleet all white. Coiuld get rego but will look out for it and post when i see it had a look at bus fleets but not mentioned there.
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White is more than likely to mean it's a demonstrator bus & chances are it's more than likely on a standard issue plate instead of the usual xxxx MO series.
Did you see this bus operating revenue service by any chance?
Did you see this bus operating revenue service by any chance?
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The Yutong electric bus from Transit Systems was to go some where this week
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Yes ScaniaGrenda i asked a mate who was with me about the plates and he is certain that its a standard issue not MO and to answer your question yes it was on a service run to The Entrance.
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Red bus service has acquired a second BCI as recored in busnews.com.au sales data for December.
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385Buzz that would be fleet 34
As for the yutong it is a demo on QLD plates.
As for the yutong it is a demo on QLD plates.