Week commencing: Sunday 7th November 2010

Week commencing... Sunday 7th November 2010:

STOP PRESS! What's this, an update! Yes, after many, many months of sitting around, the blog is back!

I've decided to return with a weekly update centered around something of interest in the bus world that week. Updates will usually be on a Sunday with a look back at the weeks bus events.
This week saw the Coach & Bus show in the NEC in Birmingham and also the first full week of revised Network Direct services on the Blanchardstown corridor... AX553, AX458 & AV306 are seen on College Street.
Additionally this week... Summerhill started to receive EV's from Harristown to withdraw its WV's... While the WV's were mainly 123 buses and the EV's will likely remain the same, being double deckers it is easier for them to stray... EV38 is seen in O'Connell Street on a 16 towards Ballinteer.
But sights like this will become less and less...
Until next week... Travel safe! :)

She's Electric!

No, this isn't a post about the Oasis concert in Slane next year... its the new Wrights Hybrid Pulsar Gemini which has just arrived in Summerhill.

The bus, which is to be classified, WH1 will carry the registration of 08D69001. It's fitted with a Ford Puma diesel engine and a Lithium ion battery pack.

The bus will receive its external graphics next week, and then driver familiarisation will begin after that.

Here are some photos of the Hybrid taken in Summerhill Garage on Wednesday, 22nd October 2008. Click on the image for a larger version.
And this is how the dash looks...
A Wrights Hybrid Gemini is also in operation in London...