43-732: Morebus (stylized as more ) is a trading name of bus operator Go South Coast primarily used in Bournemouth , Christchurch and Poole , and the wider Dorset area. Operations in the area were formerly part of the Wilts & Dorset brand, phased out from 2012 onwards. The brand was launched in December 2004 as a premium service replacing routes 101 to 105 between Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch, and routes 155, 156 and 157 between Poole and Canford Heath . The service launched with 30 Wright Eclipse bodied Volvo B7RLE single-deck buses. The buses carried
86-608: A batch of 23 in January 2009. A further batch of 12 was allocated to Bootle depot in September 2009 originally for the cross-Liverpool trunk service 60 linking Bootle with Aigburth. A much larger order of 128 Enviro400s was placed by Arriva Merseyside division from the onwards, with the first 28 arriving in the autumn of 2014 and the remainder being delivered between January and July 2015 to Bootle, Green Lane , St Helens , Southport and Speke depots. Arriva Buses Wales , meanwhile, received
129-463: A livery of mostly dark blue with red at the back; the original 30 also carried slogans such as "looks like a bus, works like a dream." Such was the success of the more services, the frequency on the m1 and m2 routes was increased, with the m1 extended to the Castlepoint shopping centre on the outskirts of Bournemouth from Bournemouth railway station . With only 30 more branded buses in the fleet at
172-412: A misspelling of 'Cranborne' as 'Cranbourne') as this bus was used exclusively between Talbot Campus and Cranborne House. From January 2010, these routes were branded as 'The Bus for Bournemouth University' or 'The Bus for BU', with buses appearing in the institution's primary corporate colours of white and pink. For the 2012–2013 academic year, a second articulated bus was acquired. The university contract
215-468: A modified version of the 'more' livery. Unilinx-branded buses were also a common sight on non-Unilinx services, especially on service 152 (later the 52) where ELC Myllennium Vyking buses ran open-top throughout the summer. In 2009, when the university contract was renewed, eight buses (of which six were Scania Enviro 400 double deckers) were used on the U1, U2 and U4 routes, with a Scania Solar single deck bus on
258-435: A new livery, all with different colour schemes. These buses have WiFi and USB chargers, which passengers can use at no extra cost. From 2004, when the university contract was transferred to Wilts & Dorset from Yellow Buses , until the end of 2009, services were branded as Unilinx and operated by a mixed fleet of double-deck buses ( Optare Spectras and brand-new Volvo B7TL ELC Myllennium Vyking convertibles) painted in
301-724: A plug-in electric vehicle. Stagecoach standardised on the Scania N230UD with Alexander Dennis Enviro400 bodywork for their Stagecoach Gold services, the first of which entered service with Stagecoach West to upgrade route 94 serving Cheltenham and Gloucester to Gold standard. Further Gold-specification Scania-ADL Enviro400s were delivered throughout the type's production run to operators such as Stagecoach in Oxfordshire , Stagecoach Midlands for their X4 service , and Stagecoach Yorkshire . Scania N230UDs with Enviro400 bodies fitted with guide wheels were also purchased for use on
344-549: A time) and was formerly available with East Lancs Myllennium Lolyne and Optare Olympus bodywork; the Enviro400 body replaced the Alexander ALX400 designs and was sold on Scania N230UD and Volvo B9TL chassis. The engine of the integral Enviro400 is a six-cylinder Cummins driving through a Voith or ZF automatic transmission , although a MAN D0836 engine began to be offered from 2007. A hybrid-electric version of
387-458: A total of 29 high specification Enviro400s between June 2014 and March 2015 for deployment on two new Sapphire services serving Rhyl to Llandudno and Chester to Connah's Quay respectively. The FirstGroup received a large intake of Enviro400s ahead of both the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2014 Commonwealth Games , which were held in London and Glasgow respectively. These operated under
430-825: A total of nineteen for service in Birmingham and Dundee in 2013; East Yorkshire Motor Services , who purchased ten for cross-city services in Kingston upon Hull in 2011; Reading Buses , who had 31 Enviro400Hs delivered between 2010 and 2011; Lothian Buses , who took on 15 of the type in 2011; the Oxford Bus Company , who took on examples to upgrade its park & ride fleet, and First Glasgow . However, reliability issues and maintenance costs have seen many operators convert their Enviro400Hs to use diesel powertrains, with East Yorkshire providing most of these conversions, while Reading Buses converted one of their Enviro400Hs to
473-524: A £2000 welcome bonus to recruit existing drivers who had a PCV licence. As a result, Morebus obtained a monopoly in the bus services across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP). The subsidised routes 18, 33 and 36 were then contracted by BCP Council to Xelabus under the Yellow Coaches brand, but these reverted to Morebus since February 2023. In 2023, Morebus announced a £7.7 million investment in 28 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC buses. Morebus
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#1733093092228516-485: Is Nottingham City Transport , who ordered a total of 62 Scania N230UD Enviro400s, with first deliveries beginning in 2014. Further examples were delivered throughout 2014 and 2015, with most receiving colour-coded route branding for services across the city. These Scania Enviro400s were delivered with audio-visual next stop announcements, mood lighting and leather seating. The Oxford Bus Company received eleven high-specification Scania Enviro400s in 2009 for service on
559-425: Is the main operating company. It runs roughly 50 public routes, spanning Hythe in the east, Wareham in the west and Salisbury in the north. It also operates many school and college services. Morebus operates five routes on behalf of Bournemouth University and Arts University Bournemouth . During the summer of 2016, the services were rebranded as 'Unibus', with new Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 MMC's arriving in
602-565: The Alexander ALX400 (from which the Enviro400 was developed). In 2014, the Enviro400 was succeeded by the updated Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC and production of the classic Enviro400 ceased in 2018. The Enviro400 is available both as an integral bus and as a standalone bodywork and chassis. The Enviro400 chassis replaced the Dennis Trident 2 (and continued to be badged as the Trident for
645-508: The Breezer brand, with service 40 going from Poole to Swanage via Wareham and Corfe Castle , service 50 running from Bournemouth railway station to Swanage via the Sandbanks Ferry , service 60 going from Rockley Park to Sandbanks via Poole and Lilliput and service 70 going from Alum Chine to Bournemouth East Cliff via Westbourne . These services run more frequently in the summer,
688-848: The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway , with the first buses delivered in 2009 prior to the opening of the Busway in 2011, followed by additional Enviro400s being purchased in 2014 and 2015. Elsewhere, conventional specification Scania N230UDs with Enviro400 bodies were purchased for certain Stagecoach divisions, including 22 examples for Stagecoach Devon for use on the North Devon Wave service in 2013, and five examples for Stagecoach in Lincolnshire in 2012 for Lincolnshire InterConnect services. Another significant operator of Scania Enviro400s
731-479: The Isle of Wight . These were delivered during late December 2012 and early January 2013 and entered service on a wide variety of school services on the island from 7 January 2013. Southern Vectis then proceeded to order ten more Enviro400s to be used on public routes, mainly route 9, which entered service in January 2014, followed by another order for ten Enviro400s which were delivered in 2016. Alexander Dennis launched
774-498: The MTR Corporation taking delivery of nine Enviro400s for MTR Bus services in 2012; an additional two Enviro400s were delivered in 2018. New World First Bus took delivery of 60 low-height Enviro400s with Enviro400 MMC facelift bodies between 2016 and 2017, while fellow NWS Holdings subsidiary New Lantao Bus also took delivery of 14 similar low-height Enviro400s, which began entering service from October 2018. The Enviro400
817-740: The National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham . The Enviro400 had sold well in London with a number of operators, such as Travel London and London General (which received the first Euro IV-engined Enviro400 in May 2006), operating these buses. It is also popular with Stagecoach , which placed its first order of 130 low-height models in February 2006, later followed by another 389 buses with Euro IV/V engines. Arriva UK Bus also received Enviro400s for its group operations; Arriva Merseyside relaunched its Wirral - Liverpool 'Cross River' services with
860-577: The closing ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing . The bus featured as part of the handover ceremony for the 2012 Games , where it was driven into the Beijing National Stadium as a typical London bus before a set of hydraulic pumps opened up the bus, revealing a stage covered in artificial grass which was shaped as various London landmarks. In 2012, Southern Vectis received 20 for school contracts on
903-427: The hybrid electric Enviro400 Hybrid (often shortened to Enviro400H ) at the 2008 Euro Bus Expo, built with a hybrid drivetrain developed in partnership with BAE Systems . The first five production examples entered service with Metroline, followed by larger fleets of Enviro400Hs entering service with operators such as Go-Ahead London , London United , Abellio London and Stagecoach London . Outside of London,
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#1733093092228946-566: The more brand and renumbered routes 5 and 6. In June 2012, Go South Coast announced a £5.5 million investment in 36 Wright Eclipse bodied Volvo buses to be used on the m1 and m2 routes, whilst the previous 38 Volvos and Citaros would be cascaded onto other services, replacing older buses. Also at this time, routes 8 and 9 became part of the more brand. Following the decision by the administrators of Yellow Buses to cease all bus operations in August 2022, Morebus took over several routes and offered
989-414: The 70 being extended in both directions - from Rockley Park to Hengistbury Head - with additional services including service 30 from Swanage to Weymouth (and one trip each way to/from Dorchester ), service 31 that goes from Wool Rail Station to Lulworth Cove & Durdle Door and service 35 that goes from Swanage to Wareham Forest . Services 50, 60 and 70 normally use open-topped buses throughout
1032-977: The B9TL chassis. An Arriva demonstrator was shown at Euro Bus Expo in 2006 to the latter standard. Irish municipal operator Dublin Bus was the first operator to order the Volvo B9TL -based Enviro400, taking delivery of 100 on the updated Volvo chassis in two batches between 2007 and 2008. East Yorkshire Motor Services later took delivery of five Enviro400-bodied Volvo B9TL in December 2007, which entered service in January 2008. London General also received three Enviro400-bodied Volvo B9TLs in October 2008, which were evaluated against integral Enviro400s and Wright Eclipse Gemini -bodied Volvo B7TL and B9TLs extensively featured in Go-Ahead's London Central and General fleets. No further orders resulted in
1075-550: The Brookesbus network. Wilts & Dorset also received some examples. Two were delivered to independent operator Stephensons of Essex in 2013. On 13 October 2006, Solent Blue Line received a Volvo B7TL /Enviro400 meeting the Euro III emission standard, with the interior in Wilts & Dorset livery. This remains a one-off as all subsequent Enviro400s on Volvo chassis were built on
1118-523: The Enviro400H was popular with the Stagecoach Group, who starting in 2010, ordered examples delivered in a green variant of the standard Stagecoach livery for their Stagecoach Oxfordshire , Stagecoach Yorkshire , Stagecoach Manchester , and Stagecoach North East subsidiaries. Other operators who purchased Enviro400Hs included National Express West Midlands and National Express Dundee , ordering
1161-538: The N230UD variant, which sold well with Stagecoach Group . Additionally, two N-series Enviro400s were built on the more powerful N280UD variant of the chassis, both for Express Motors of Porthmadog. As well as the Scania N-series , a single Enviro400 was constructed on Volvo B7TL chassis before this chassis was succeeded by the Volvo B9TL , on which more examples of the Enviro400 were bodied. Alexander Dennis released
1204-539: The Rossmore Flyer from Alderney to Upper Parkstone , now cascaded into routes 7A, 7B and 7C. Later in 2015, it had purchased five new Optare Solos to run primarily on its local Dorchester services. It also operates as a private hire company, with it originally created by the purchasing and merging of Damory Coaches, Oakfield Travel, and Blandford Bus Company. Excelsior Coaches is a private hire brand which commenced when Morebus purchased Excelsior Motorways following
1247-523: The U3 route. These were purchased new, while an ex-London articulated Mercedes-Benz Citaro bus was introduced to route U1 on 10 January 2010, primarily running a shuttle service to boost capacity between Talbot Campus and the student residences at Lansdowne. It was believed to be the first such bus in service on the South Coast, and initially had its route number and destination blinds as part of its livery (including
1290-543: The United Kingdom, although London General's Enviro400s were briefly loaned to Arriva London North for evaluation ahead of delivery of their Volvo B5LHs . Globally, more than 6,000 integral Enviro400s have been sold as of January 2016. Compared to the more predominant Alexander Dennis Enviro500 , a small number of air-conditioned Enviro400s were exported to bus operators in Hong Kong following demonstration trials with
1333-561: The chassis plates was largely dropped not long afterwards, but the Trident 2 name was retained on Enviro400s built for Hong Kong. The second generation Enviro400 was superseded by the Enviro400 MMC in 2015 in the UK with no more orders, but in 2016 Alexander Dennis developed a low-height Enviro400 with Enviro400 MMC-style front and rear specifically for Hong Kong market. London operator Metroline
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1376-536: The company has a bus refurbishment and repair shop, called 'Hants and Dorset Trim'. The company is based in Eastleigh . As at May 2023, Go South Coast operated over 850 buses and coaches from thirteen depots. Alexander Dennis Enviro400 The Alexander Dennis Enviro400 is a twin-axle low-floor double-decker bus that was built by the British bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis between 2005 and 2018. It replaced
1419-571: The license of First Games Transport, providing shuttle services throughout the Games before being dispersed to other operators within the FirstGroup following the Games' conclusion. 60 Enviro400s were delivered to Glasgow in 2014. Later in 2014, eighteen Enviro400s were delivered to First West Yorkshire for operation in Leeds . In 2008, a specially converted Enviro400 was assembled in knock-down kit form for
1462-422: The m2 being withdrawn from Burton (transferred to Route X12 which was also later withdrawn) and Somerford to terminate at Boscombe. During 2010, the more brand was refreshed with every bus being repainted in a slightly brighter, simpler version of the previous livery, each highlighting a good reason for using the more buses; for example "morefrequent". In May 2011, routes m5 and m6 were once again dropped from
1505-458: The management of its south coast operations under Go South Coast in Poole . In October 2006 Marchwood Motorways was purchased, with it being integrated into Bluestar. Thamesdown Transport was purchased from Swindon Borough Council in February 2017. All public bus services come under local brands, which have distinct liveries. These are: The company also has three coach brands: Finally,
1548-466: The operators. The first operators of Enviro400s in Hong Kong were Citybus , who after trialling two Enviro400 demonstrators developed for the Hong Kong market in 2009, took delivery of 38 Enviro400s in 2011, which were then followed by an additional 20 in 2013. Kowloon Motor Bus , after trialling one Enviro400 demonstrator, also took delivery of 50 Enviro400s between 2012 and 2013, which were followed by
1591-399: The powertrain developed by BAE Systems was also available. The Enviro400 was originally launched as an integral product. Soon after launch, the Enviro400 chassis became available with East Lancs Myllennium Lolyne and Optare Olympus bodywork. As well as an integral bus, the Enviro400 body was available on Scania N-series chassis. The vast majority of N-series Enviro400s built were of
1634-782: The retirement of its owner in October 2016. Go South Coast Go South Coast is a bus operator on the south coast of England. It is a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group . All services under the company come under its operating certificate, however the buses run under a multitude of brands. In August 2003 the Go-Ahead Group purchased the business of Wilts & Dorset , including its Damory Coaches and Tourist Group subsidiaries, followed in July 2005 by Southern Vectis including its Solent Blue Line subsidiary. In February 2006 Wilts & Dorset purchased bus refurbishment company Hants & Dorset Trim. Later in 2006, Go-Ahead consolidated
1677-435: The second generation Enviro400 at Euro Bus Expo in 2008, with the main external visual differences being the incorporation of a line of white LED daytime running lights underneath the headlights in the main front light clusters, redesigned front bumpers and the relocation of the offside emergency exit door. The facelift coincided with the introduction of a Euro 5 compliant drivetrain for the Enviro400. The Trident moniker on
1720-560: The summer. As of summer 2024, more operates the following Breezer routes: Jurassic Breezer Campsite Connect Purbeck Breezer Harbour Breezer Beach Breezer Circular tourist routes in the New Forest using open-top buses are operated jointly by Bluestar and Morebus. Damory operates school bus services as well as some public services primarily within west Dorset such as service CR8 to Weymouth via Dorchester from its Blandford Forum depot. In October 2013 it commenced operating
1763-427: The time, the branded routes to Canford Heath were discontinued, with the 'm' dropped from the route number and standard liveried vehicles used. For these routes to become more routes again, a batch of Mercedes-Benz Citaros were ordered. The original more buses were going to be Citaros, but it had been thought that Volvo would offer a quicker delivery time. Further changes to the routes occurred on 25 May 2008, with
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1806-523: Was renewed again in 2016, with 12 new ADL Enviro 400MMC buses introduced and in 2022 a new fleet of ADL Enviro 400 double decker buses, with USB chargers for smart devices, free WiFi and the low emissions Euro 6 engine were introduced for the university routes, with the older buses reassigned to other morebus services. In 2023 a new Unibus route, the U5, was introduced to access the university multi-sport site at Chapel Gate. More operates four all-year services under
1849-566: Was the first company to order the Enviro400, ordering 28 for route 24 in June 2005, entering service at the end of the year. One dual door demonstrator, named Spirit of London , was delivered to Stagecoach London to replace the Dennis Trident destroyed during the 7 July 2005 London bombings and a single door demonstrator was delivered to the then Travel West Midlands for evaluation. Both prototypes were exhibited at Coach & Bus Live 2005 in
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