Sullivan Buses Merge and News

Today, Sullivan Buses have merged with JezzaBus! It is an easy merge, with 30 Gemini 3s being orderd. However, they started being delivered on Wednesday, so 6 have made it to service-ready condition. None are in the yard either, but we only need 5 for the 298, Sullivan mainly operate school contracts so we don't need the rest until Monday. The final 24 are being delivered on Monday (5), Tuesday (8), Wednesday (10) and the final 1 on Thursday. For Monday, we have used ELV1 - ELV10, WVL1 - WVL4, DS50 - DS53 and DEL1. Then we will release WVL1, WVL2, DEL1, ELV1, ELV4, ELV5, ELV8 and ELV10. Wednesday will release WVL3, WVL4, ELV2, ELV3, ELV6, ELV6, ELV7, ELV9, DS50 and DS51. DS52 and DS53 will go on Thursday. After that, all service will be with the ordered Gemini 3s.

News:

12134 had a minor scrape with LT512 at the garage on Friday evening. What happened was that 12134 was reversing a bit too quickly and couldn't stop in time, so it smashed one of the rear nearside windows near the front of the LT and the rear windscreen of itself. As well as this, it gave a small scratch on the rear offside of the Enviro and middle nearside of the NBFL. These two buses will be out of service until Tuesday. The windows are easy to replace, body panels slightly harder.

SD6 has had an engine failure, the mechanics will replace the engine with an experimental Euro 7 engine, which could be installed to all of our Omnicitys and other buses!

Future News in London:

30/05/15: Sullivan Buses merges with JezzaBus! - 30 Gemini 3s will cover all London routes. Non-London operations stay with Sullivan Buses

06/06/15: JezzaBus! wins route 13 with 25 existing Gemini 2

06/06/15: JezzaBus! Sister company formed - bus4you

06/06/15: bus4you wins route H37 with 16 existing Optare Tempos

20/06/15: bus4you wins route 411 with 7 existing Optare Versas.

27/06/15: JezzaBus! wins routes N550/N551 with 5 Gemini 3s each
11/07/15: bus4you wins routes R5/R10 and R8 (now tendered together) with 5 new 9m Optare Solo SRs
01/08/15: JezzaBus! wins route R1 with 8 new MC990 Metrocitys
01/08/15: JezzaBus! wins route R2 with 5 new MC990 Metrocitys
01/08/15: JezzaBus! wins route R3 with 5 new MC990 Metrocitys
01/08/15: JezzaBus! wins route R4 with 7 new MC990 Metrocitys
01/08/15: JezzaBus! wins route R6 with 3 new MC990 Metrocitys
01/08/15: JezzaBus! wins route R7 with 2 new MC990 Metrocitys
01/08/15: JezzaBus! wins route R9 with 4 new MC990 Metrocitys
01/08/15: JezzaBus! wins route R11 with 8 new MC990 Metrocitys

JezzaBus! Now Operate Routes:

HARLOW
Garage: Church Langley (CL)

Route 261 (Harlow to Potters Bar) Every 10 minutes with 15 Gemini 2s

Route HT1 (Harlow Town Rail Station to Harlow Bus Station) Every 5 minutes with 2 ex-London 56 Enviro 400s

Route 163 (Sawbridgeworth Circular via Hunsdon) Every 15 minutes with 4 Enviro 200s

BIRMINGHAM
Garage: Smethwick (SW)
Route 6 (Solihull to Birmingham) Every 5 minutes with 16 Wright Streetlite DFs

Route 99 (Halesowen to Birmingham) Every 10 minutes with 12 Caetano CityGold Gas Buses

Route 11C (Outer Circle) Every 10 minutes with 15 ex-London 390 Gemini 2s and and 15 ex-73 Gemini 2s

Route 111 (West Bromwich to Acocks Green) Every 15 minutes with 8 Optare Tempo SRs

Route X111 (Solihull to Dudley) Every 15 minutes with 12 Optare Tempo SRs

LONDON

Garage: North Greenwich (NG)
Route 486 / 129 (North Greenwich to Bexleyheath / North Greenwich to Greenwich) Every 8 / 12 minutes with 20 ex-CT Plus and London United Scania Omnicitys
Route 386 (Blackheath Villiage to Woolwich) Every 15 minutes with 10 Wright Streetlite DFs

Route 239 (Tower Hill to Kidbrooke Station) Every 15 minutes with 6 Enviro 200s
Route 188 (North Greenwich to Russell Square) Every 8 minutes with 22 Optare Metrodeckers

Route 108 (Stratford to Lewisham) Every 15 minutes with 15 Enviro 200s

Garage: Isleworth (IW)

Route 65 (Kingston to Ealing) Every 8 minutes with 24 Ex-London United Enviro 400s
Route 110 (Twickenham to North Middlesex Hospital) Every 20 minutes with 5 ex-Arriva MCV Evolutions
Route 391 (Richmond to Fulham) Every 10 minutes with 9 Enviro 400 MMCs and 9 Optare Metrodeckers
Route E8 (Brentford to Ealing) Every 8 minutes with 11 Enviro 200s
Route H28 (Bulls Bridge to Osterley) Every 20 minutes with 9 original buses from the route
Garage: Euston (EU)
Route 1 (Tottenham Court Road to Canada Water) Every 8 minutes with 20 ex-56 Enviro 400s
Route 56 (Whipps Cross to St Bartholemew's Hospital) Every 7 minutes with 24 NBFLs

Garage: South Mimms (SM)

Route 298 (Potters Bar to Arnos Grove) Every 20 minutes with 6 Gemini 3s

Route 626 (Finchley to Dame Alice Owen's School) with 5 Gemini 3s

Route 628 (Kingsbury to Southgate) with 4 Gemini 3s

Route 653 (Muswell Hill to Kingsbury) with 4 Gemini 3s

Route 683 (Friern Barnet to Kingsbury) with 4 Gemini 3s

Route 688 (Southgate to Kingsbury) with 7 Gemini 3s