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It's entirely down to the operator, and I would suspect it's an economic balance of how much a route earns, versus the cost of maintenance, versus the cost to replace.
Locally to me, one route has just got rid of some old K-reg (1992) Mercedes busses... So they will have been 20 years old. Mileage will depend on their route too, but taking that Mercedes as an example... 500,000 miles, divided by 20 years, divided by 300 operational days a year, is only 83 miles a day. So I suspect that bus will have done much more than half a million.
There was talk at Chiswick of some of the Routemasters covering northwards of 3 million miles.
Locally to me, one route has just got rid of some old K-reg (1992) Mercedes busses... So they will have been 20 years old. Mileage will depend on their route too, but taking that Mercedes as an example... 500,000 miles, divided by 20 years, divided by 300 operational days a year, is only 83 miles a day. So I suspect that bus will have done much more than half a million.
There was talk at Chiswick of some of the Routemasters covering northwards of 3 million miles.
http://www.ghwatts.co.uk/site/our_fleet/
Doesn't show the really old stuff, but does have some of the 80's buses still in service.
Doesn't show the really old stuff, but does have some of the 80's buses still in service.
Our company typically keeps them for 15 years by which point they've usually done about 700,000 miles.
If they're still in reasonable condition though then some are kept as back-ups. We have a few 1998 Volvo Royal's knocking about which are sometimes used if the main fleet has an unprecedented amount in engineering.
Body rot is the biggest killer so most are scrapped. An African company were interested in our Dennis Dart's a few ago when we were getting rid but the deal fell though and ultimately they got scrapped too.
If they're still in reasonable condition though then some are kept as back-ups. We have a few 1998 Volvo Royal's knocking about which are sometimes used if the main fleet has an unprecedented amount in engineering.
Body rot is the biggest killer so most are scrapped. An African company were interested in our Dennis Dart's a few ago when we were getting rid but the deal fell though and ultimately they got scrapped too.
Edited by TheTurbonator on Wednesday 8th January 12:35
Or on the open market, Bristols for sale - http://bcv.robsly.com/forsale.html
I love a Bristol, or two.
I love a Bristol, or two.
lufbramatt said:
carreauchompeur said:
Loads have gone to Malta, it's a real vintage bus show over there.
Not any more, sadly, in the last couple of years the fleet has been modernised and only a handful of the classic buses kept for tourists.Dr Interceptor said:
It's entirely down to the operator, and I would suspect it's an economic balance of how much a route earns, versus the cost of maintenance, versus the cost to replace.
Locally to me, one route has just got rid of some old K-reg (1992) Mercedes busses... So they will have been 20 years old. Mileage will depend on their route too, but taking that Mercedes as an example... 500,000 miles, divided by 20 years, divided by 300 operational days a year, is only 83 miles a day. So I suspect that bus will have done much more than half a million.
There was talk at Chiswick of some of the Routemasters covering northwards of 3 million miles.
Most will hit 500,000km within 5 years. To give you an idea our gearbox's come with a 5 year or 400,000 km warranty. (depending on bus operator) I have had to refuse lots of warranty's within 5 years as the the bus has gone well over 400,000km.Locally to me, one route has just got rid of some old K-reg (1992) Mercedes busses... So they will have been 20 years old. Mileage will depend on their route too, but taking that Mercedes as an example... 500,000 miles, divided by 20 years, divided by 300 operational days a year, is only 83 miles a day. So I suspect that bus will have done much more than half a million.
There was talk at Chiswick of some of the Routemasters covering northwards of 3 million miles.
Iv'e just been to one to day less than 10 years old showing just over 900,000km.
A lot of the buses rot around the drive train. See lots getting scrapped. Most places tend to keep a few and strip them for spares and the rest usually ends up here http://www.pvsbuses.com/grounds.html
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