London Bendy Bus. Phased out?
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I'd imagine it'll take a long time and they'll be replaced with double deckers as they come to the end of their life rather then just being taken off the road.
There will be lease terms that can't be navigated without great expense and I can't imagine there is a market for second hand RHD bendy buses on the scale that would be required to get rid of them without making great losses.
There will be lease terms that can't be navigated without great expense and I can't imagine there is a market for second hand RHD bendy buses on the scale that would be required to get rid of them without making great losses.
Morningside said:
Not sure if this is the right section to post.
Anyhow. These bendy busses. I thought Boris was going to phase them all out? Yet, I saw quite a few during the Governmental changeover when the media was in a filming frenzy from helicopters.
How long have bendy buses been around? Three years? Four? Imagine the amount of money 'wasted' simply getting rid of four year old buses and buying brand new ones. Where's the money going to come from? Anyhow. These bendy busses. I thought Boris was going to phase them all out? Yet, I saw quite a few during the Governmental changeover when the media was in a filming frenzy from helicopters.
Be serious for a second, eh!
shakotan said:
Imagine the amount of money 'wasted' simply getting rid of four year old buses and buying brand new ones.
It wouldn't be a waste if there was a buyer; those bendy buses were expensive and aren't working well here, selling and replacing them is not automatically a bad plan. The problem is that there are no buyers- the cities that would want them want LHD and largely have them already.Introduced in June 2002: I think Malta might be buying some, but...
n August 2008, following the election of Boris Johnson as Mayor of London, it was announced the bendy buses would be withdrawn as their 5 year operating contracts came to an end, starting from May 2009, and completed by 2013 (or 2015 depending on contract extensions).
Research by London TravelWatch has indicated that such a withdrawal could prove costly to TfL. A study conducted in September 2008 found that replacing articulated vehicles on routes 38, 507, and 521, whilst maintaining overall route capacity, would cost an additional £12.6m per annum, due to the additional vehicles necessitated.
n August 2008, following the election of Boris Johnson as Mayor of London, it was announced the bendy buses would be withdrawn as their 5 year operating contracts came to an end, starting from May 2009, and completed by 2013 (or 2015 depending on contract extensions).
Research by London TravelWatch has indicated that such a withdrawal could prove costly to TfL. A study conducted in September 2008 found that replacing articulated vehicles on routes 38, 507, and 521, whilst maintaining overall route capacity, would cost an additional £12.6m per annum, due to the additional vehicles necessitated.
mybrainhurts said:
Saw one a while ago, liveried up in Megabus colours, M1 southbound, Glasgow to London, in the middle of the night.
The rear half was wandering about like a demented caravan.
Two salient points mentioned there.The rear half was wandering about like a demented caravan.
The Bendy Bus was designed for LOW speed commuting in towns (mainly London)
and not designed for high speed long distance travel.
The remark 'like a demented caravan' is correct.
If you think about it, a Bendy Bus is virtually an open backed van towing
an opened fronted caravan with a bit of 'rubber tubing and an articulated floor'
between them.
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