The Stealth front looks really nice on the Electroliner. I want to ask about what is going to be involved with the trialling and testing of these new buses in Dublin & Limerick. Are they going to be put on one route with each operator until the remainder of these buses in will get delivered in subsequent batches within the next few months etc?
Just a correction I spotted these buses do in fact have camera but can also be fitted with actual mirrors say if something goes wrong with the camera mirrors.
An offside view of one of the new Electroliners, confirming the addition of camera mirrors (taken from one of the FB groups)
I see on a FB group a lot of bus drivers giving out about the PA class, some even going as far as saying they are the worst bus they have ever driven. Hopefully these will be built around the driver.
Could you tell a bit more, I wonder what exactly drivers find that they dislike about the PAs?
For those not in the FB groups, interior shots of the Bus Eireann EAs were shared (https://www.facebook.com/groups/dublinbus/permalink/2078928365647249/ ) Some of the shots....
Will be interesting using that nearside "mirror" with the glare of the perspex.
Update on this - today when passing Harris Autos on the Naas Road, I saw about 5-6 in the same livery parked up in the back of the yard.
They don't outright say it, but the pictures show that this is the bus depot in Athlone.
Haven't kept up with this thread recently, so apologies if this is old news. 100 Electric buses to be delivered by Christmas.
Wonder what the breakdown is of those 100 buses. Obviously the EAs for Athlone are part of this, but what else?
RIP AXs :(
Well whether they come into operation will depend on the charging infrastructure being in place, which I am not sure about!
May 2023 👀
Edit: That's Dublin. Athlone will have chargers soon.
According to the Tapatalk forums, there was an EW spotted (not in service obviously) along the 44 route in Dublin, at both Enniskerry and DCU. Could be one of the routes used for training?
The Second production EW Class Electroliner/Wrightbus for the the NTA is seen on experimental work in Dublin.
Supposedly out running the 47 route
Is this a sign that the first batch are to go to Donnybrook? Or is it simply to test out how it would fare on different streets of Dublin?
Not sure.
Wouldn't mind if Donnybrook got em as that's my local garage 😂
Are those EW buses parked in Donnybrook or in Broadstone?
Are they using the mirrors or cameras or both? I take it that the bus above has gone to Ardee to be stored? Are the current PA class even been charged at present?
From what I've seen, the Dublin Bus bound EWs have traditional mirrors while the Bus Eireann bound EWs will have the cameras
Not sure what routes they'd go on if Donnybrook got them as afaik the only route DB have that's getting them is the O route which I think is meant to be Summerhill and Phibsboro operated.
The only Donnybrook route that might be suitable for them is the L25 or possibly the 44 and the 61 and/or their BC replacements. Unless their planning to get some short length single door electric buses to replace the WS on the 44b although the WSs are only 5 years old.
So the EWs are the Wright's Electroliner electric double deckers. You're thinking of the EAs, the ALX200 electric single deckers 😉
But yes, I would imagine at some stage D'brook would potentially get one of the later batches of EAs to replace/compliment the WSs.
My bad
Can't be legal to drive them here on a UK trade plate?!?
That, or its twin, is on the 207 route in Cork city today.
It's not electric, its hydrogen - a fossil fuel (currently).
The new Wrights double deckers are electric. The three wrights deckers with Bus Eireann in Dublin are hydrogen
Above : One of the 3 Hydrogen versions with Bus Eireann. (Notice how much better the front looks with the chrome Wright logo surround)
Below : The Electric versions for Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann. (Photo Darren Hall)
Interesting to note that its nearly a year since the three hydrogen buses were put in to service with Bus Eireann and in that time :
That's just 3 double deck buses, imagine what a hundred could do.....
EA5 one of the centrepiece buses on display at the Alexander Dennis stand at the Euro Bus Expo
