Operator Updates for Causeway
Update: All SB3s and Evora EVs have been commissioned and will enter service in coming days.
Update: SB3s 1794-9 have arrived from Translink, 1794-6 have been commissioned already and will enter use tomorrow with the rest awaiting commissioning. Levante 2s 1300-4 are being prepared to move to OWEE, all of which should be gone by tomorrow.
Update: 2011/3/7/24 have all transferred to Causeway and should enter use tomorrow, Its rumoured that all 6 Translink Goldline SB3s (1794-9/XUI 8094-9) are to move to Causeway to replace the Levante 2s, these are expected to move to Oceanwave Eastern England once the SB3s are ready for use.
Update: A number of New routes will start use from tomorrow: 373: Ballymoney Town service 395: Portrush/Portstewart Town service
Update: 3 New routes will take service from tomorrow, these include: 252, Coleraine-Larne Via north antrim coast 218, Coleraine-Belfast 173, Coleraine-Ballymena All of the 9700 DDs have now been commissioned and should enter use.
Update: 3 New routes will take service from tomorrow, these include: 252, Coleraine-Larne Via north antrim coast 218, Coleraine-Belfast 173, Coleraine-Ballymena All of the 9700 DDs have now been commissioned and should enter use.
Update: Causeway 9700 DD commissioning has reached 2521, and the final 4 Eclipses at Causeway are expected to move to norwester soon.
Update: A glut of new vehicles have arrived at the company, these include the following: Evora EVs 1900-24 (XUI 8900-24), Norwester 9700 DDs 2515-24 (JTZ 3515-24), Causeway I6s 908-13 (BYZ 5908-13), Norwester 9700 DD commissioning has reached 2518, all Hawks have been commissioned, All I6s have been commissioned and commissioning has commenced with the Evora EVs, with only 1900/1 completed at this stage although both won't enter use unless required to. Demonstrator 0100 has been sold off, and its expected that a number of rurals and E300s (Excluding 408/512) could be next, the Causeway levante 2s have also lost their Xpress branding do to being downgraded in service runs, although they will still run X1s until all the 9700 DDs are in use.
Update: All hawks up to 1716 has been commissioned and should enter use soon.
Update: The final 10 GB hawks (1710-9) have arrived and started commissioning, it is expected that once these enter service all of the Eclipses will be moved to Norwester.
Update: Hawks 1700-9 entered service today, and with this Eclipses 1500/5/6/8 are all being prepared for transfer to norwester, with the rest to follow in the coming days, 1508 as been placed into reserve following engine defects, which will be handed by Norwester Ballykelly following transfer
Update: A delivery of Volvo 9700 DDs is imminent, with numbers 2500-24 reserved for the type already, its expected that Norwester is receiving 15 while Causeway receives 10.
Update: Electroliners 2212-4 (XUI 8212-4) have Completed commissioning and should enter use tomorrow, Hawks 1705-9 (HGZ 8705-9) have arrived and will start commissioning once the current hawks have been finished.
Update: Electroliners 2210/1 (XUI 8210/1) will enter service tomorrow with the rest of the Electroliners and all of the delivered Hawks still being commissioned. Its rumoured that the Levante 2s used on X1s are merely a "stop-gap" Until new coaches arrive, this has been theorised to be either a split of Norwesters EvoTor order or a new order of vehicles which is likely 12 Volvo 9700 DDs, although this has not been decided yet.
Update: Route 172 has started operations between Coleraine and Ballycastle. An additional X1 run in each direction has been introduced, with a 10:00 departure from Coleraine and a 14:00 return from Dublin. And 116 has been extended to now serve as far as Maghera.
Update: The final 5 Electroliners (2210-4/XUI 8210-4) and first 5 GB Hawks (1700-4/FXI 300-4) Have arrived and have started being commissioned, these should be ready by Friday approximately though could enter use earlier.
Update: Route 243 has been introduced, running from Foyle street to Giants Causeway, Solo SRs 1950/3 have been purchased from Ulsterbus and painted into Causeway standard, these will be used in similar diagrams to that of the SR EVs.
Update: The Levante 2s (1300-4) have entered service today on X1, with the Electroliners (2200-4) Also entering traffic, 2205-9 have finished commissioning and should enter service tomorrow, the first of the GB hawks have also arrived, taking numbers of 1600-9 (YUI 5600-9) these should be commissioned by the middle of the week. Norwester has commenced operations with routes 234 and 143, plus newly delivered Evotors 1200-9, they will be the main base for routes and hires going forward, 1500-4 will be moving over to there once the hawks are in service to increase service.
Update: As of 16/3, the following routes will commence operation: X1: Coleraine-Dublin Via Belfast and Dublin Airport 116: Coleraine-Kilrea With this, the following vehicles have been cleared and will enter service: 1300-4 (XUI 7950-4) 2200-4 (GXI 440-4) The following vehicles have arrived and started commissioning: 2205-9 (GXI 445-9)
Update: 5 former Indigo travel Levante 2s (26012-6) have been purchased by Causeway for use on our future Xpress services, they have been renumbered 1300-4 and will arrive from their previous depot in Manchester in the coming days. Our I4s have been renumbered from 21xx to 10xx.
Update: With these new vehicles arriving we are now offering to loan our vehicles out to ther operators if it is required that you need more vehicles, this loan pool will also act as our reserve pool and as such any reserve vehicles we have are more than capable of being loaned out short-long term, this also applied to private hires.
Update: The first 5 Electroliners (2200-4/GXI 440-4) have now arrived at the company for commissioning, these should enter into service by Monday, the remaining 10 Electroliners should arrive over the coming days. An order for GB Hawks is also imminent with no fewer than 10 and as many as 20 on order, these should be to replace the Eclipses currently in use and should arrive into the latter half of next week.
Update: Route 134 has been introduced, running between Coleraine and Limavady, as well as connected Castlerock, Benone and Bellarena to the network A new fleet of Double Decker buses are set to arrive over the coming days, this is expected to be that of Wrightbus Electroliners, these will take work on 177, 319 and 140
Update: Former Ulsterbus Q type tiger 1497 (YXI 5497) has joined the fleet as a special events and trainer vehicle