wrote:
If Boris does get his way and boot all the bendies out of london where
would they go? Theres a lot of them, they can't be sold off in europe
because they're RHD, they're far too new to scrap and they're really
only suitable for a city enviroment. Are there any other cities that
they could be effectively used in?

When the 453 changed hands last year, some went to 'top up' other bendy
routes (most run by other companies), a few went to the Stratford Olympic
site as a worker mover (painted white), while some are still in store.

It has been suggested that they might go to Malta, and other Right-hand
drive countries are a possibility.

As has been said, several UK cities use or have used bendies; First has many
inferior bendies in Yorkshire (The sad claustrophobic Wrightbus that
pretends to be a tram and has conductors because the autoticket machines
don't work!), so any rival who introduced Citaros would clean up!

Worth pointing out that most of the bendies are not owned by operators, but
leased for the period of the contract, so final destination does not depend
on staying 'within the company', which is a boon for Go-Ahead and Arriva,
neither of whom have many urban areas that could take them.

Don't worry about the doors; it's very common for ex-London buses to have a
door or two removed and extra seats inserted - the problem may be that the
door they'd want to seal (the middle doors - not the rear doors), is the one
with the ramp. Most two-door bendies have the ramp at the front, I believe.
I don't know where the Wright "Streetcar" (yecch!) has its ramp; probably on
the roof, disguised as a pantograph.
--

Andrew
http://www.vuzen.com/2008/08/bendy-b...in-london.html

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