Lothian Buses: Volvo B9TL / Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 2 (09 reg)

English: The first (of four) batches of the Volvo B9TL / Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 2 fleet of buses operated by Lothian Buses. A total of 40 were delivered in Spring/Summer 2009, all bearing 09 registrations (SN09 Cxx). They were assigned fleet numbers beginning at 301 for the first 27, then from 926 for the remaining 11. They were delivered in Harlequin livery (branded and unbranded), and have since been repainted into Classic livery (branded).

fleetnumbers & registrations - 301 to 329

No. 301 (SN09 CTK)
No. 302 (SN09 CTO)
No. 303 (SN09 CTU)
No. 304 (SN09 CTV)
No. 305 (SN09 CTX)
No. 306 (SN09 CTY)
No. 307 (SN09 CTZ)
No. 308 (SN09 CUA)
No. 309 (SN09 CUC)
No. 310 (SN09 CUG)
No. 311 (SN09 CUH)
No. 312 (SN09 CUJ)
No. 313 (SN09 CUK)
No. 314 (SN09 CUO)
No. 315 (SN09 CUU)
No. 316 (SN09 CUV)
No. 317 (SN09 CUW)
No. 318 (SN09 CUX)
No. 319 (SN09 CUY)
No. 320 (SN09 CVA)
No. 321 (SN09 CVB)
No. 322 (SN09 CVC)
No. 323 (SN09 CVD)
No. 324 (SN09 CVE)
No. 325 (SN09 CVF)
No. 326 (SN09 CVG)
No. 327 (SN09 CVH)
No. 328 (SN09 CVJ)
No. 329 (SN09 CVK)

fleetnumbers & registrations - 926 to 936
No. 926 (SN09 CVL) No. 927 (SN09 CVM) No. 928 (SN09 CVO) No. 929 (SN09 CVP) No. 930 (SN09 CVR) No. 931 (SN09 CVS) No. 932 (SN09 CVT) No. 933 (SN09 CVU) No. 934 (SN09 CVV) No. 935 (SN09 CVW) No. 936 (SN09 CVX)

Harlequin era edit

Connect 26 (plain & Zoom to the Zoo) buses at Marine garage

301-315 (Connect 26 standard) edit

The first 15 buses were delivered in a new route branding scheme, the first of the Connect series, a red scheme for route 26 - see Lothian Buses: route branding#Connect 26

316-325 (Connect 26 Zoom to the Zoo) edit

The next 10 also wore Connect 26 branding, but with additional vinyls in the gaps where the standard Harlequin would be, to promote Edinburgh Zoo - see Lothian Buses: special liveries#Zoom to the Zoo

326-329 (Connect 22 standard) edit

The next three buses featured the second of the Connect series, a pink variant for route 22 - see Lothian Buses: route branding#Connect 22. The series was continued on batch 2.

926 to 936 (plain) edit

No.s 926 to 936 arrived in the standard Harlequin livery.

Classic era edit

301-315; 326-329 edit

With the transition to Classic livery, the original 10 Connect 26 buses (301-315), plus the three Connect 22 buses (326-329), have all been repainted with the red top scheme for route 26, initially plain but eventually gaining large numbers on the side.

316-325 edit

The Zoom to the Zoo branded buses have transitioned to Classic livery in a variety of ways, some being repainted into standard Classic livery, some into the red top version, and some wearing both at various times.

926 to 936 (plain) edit

No.s 926 to 936 were subsequently repainted from standard Harlequin livery into standard Classic livery. One exception being No. 934, which was repainted into a special allover orange livery - see Lothian Buses: special liveries, before receiving standard Classic livery.

LB.com fleetname edit

TfE fleetname edit

926 to 936 (orange 29) edit

No.s 926 to 936 have since been branded with orange tops for route 29, in the same style as route 22 and 26.