Lothian's NEW Volvo BZL Electric buses are in service!

[@anthonywarrener1881]

Very good buses.

[@-M0LE]

Very good looking vehicles

[@DarrylC-m9o]

It's great on the inside as well

[@brodiescott1510]

Announcement are brilliant

[@BlazeClone]

i'm not a fan of the "Interchange with routes ....." bit. Imo it should only list them at major stops

[@-M0LE]

As a driver I hate them

[@brodiescott1510]

@@BlazeClone like Cameron toll Royal botanic Gardens Haymarket

[@brodiescott1510]

@@BlazeClonejk I haven’t been on one I’ve just heard it

[@DarrylC-m9o]

As I'm posting this comment I'm on one

[@GarfieldtheDestroyer]

The announcements are rubbish on these. 1. -Voiced by robot- have heard conflicting info on this but it sounds like a robot to me. the folks at railforums think so anyway 2a. Looooong announcements: can keep going for a few seconds even after the stop has already passed (rendering them nearly pointless). 2b. If you're listening out for connections you will have already flown past the relevant stop, which defeats the point, as it misleads people who aren't local (who will be listening out for connections) 3. The last two points are worse than not having announcements at all imo and also results in non-stop stop (hah) announcements which will drive passengers mad 4. On the screens themselves, the font isn't Lato and looks out of place. Also, small text. 5. Poor driver has to deal with it for the entire day.

[@danieldabloxgamer9205]

What's wrong with their old announcements?

[@GarfieldtheDestroyer]

@@danieldabloxgamer9205 No idea

[@danieldabloxgamer9205]

@@GarfieldtheDestroyer The upcoming stop voice rubbish, i never saw on stagecoach east midlands, they say next stop and the route number

[@BlazeClone]

@@GarfieldtheDestroyer more expensive to add new announcements each time rather than get an AI to pronounce it for much cheaper if not free

[@GarfieldtheDestroyer]

@@BlazeClone They already had most of the voice lines they would've needed though, only additional things they'd need to record would be things like the diversion warning and the "X minutes to" callout. The robot isn't that bad though, I'm more bothered about the graphics looking very cheap/out of line with the Lothian brand