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Post by Red Dragon on Mar 19, 2017 12:58:36 GMT
Does anyone know what buses Metroline use on their country routes (84/PB1/242) apart from the DELs? TIA
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Post by MoEnviro on Mar 19, 2017 13:07:12 GMT
Does anyone know what buses Metroline use on their country routes (84/PB1/242) apart from the DELs? TIA They have a few DES, DSD and TPL's. I would expect the DSD and TPL's not to have long left before retirement. |
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Post by Connor on Mar 19, 2017 14:15:11 GMT
Does anyone know what buses Metroline use on their country routes (84/PB1/242) apart from the DELs? TIA The 84 and 242 mainly see DELs and DESs and rarely, the DEMs. Not sure what's happening with half of the batch now the W9 has gone, other than more workings on the 384. The PB1 sees DESs, I think longer buses aren't allowed on the route. The DSDs (there are only 2, DSD209 and DSD212?) go out on all the commercial routes. The TPLs (there are only four, TPL241, TPL249, TPL273, TPL274?) venture out onto the 84 during the week and Saturdays but sadly don't do many journeys and I don't think they operate on 84A services to Luton. There are only two TPs that I recall seeing on the 84, TP435 and TP441. I haven't seen either for a while so may have been withdrawn? I believe the 84 and 242 were double decker routes before the drab DELs arrived and ruined everything. Every year the buses get smaller, most of my recent journeys on the 84 were DESs. I can't really speak on what buses of choice are for the 242 as it's so infrequent and I never see it. 😂 |
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Post by vjaska on Mar 19, 2017 15:22:29 GMT
Does anyone know what buses Metroline use on their country routes (84/PB1/242) apart from the DELs? TIA The 84 and 242 mainly see DELs and DESs and rarely, the DEMs. Not sure what's happening with half of the batch now the W9 has gone, other than more workings on the 384. The PB1 sees DESs, I think longer buses aren't allowed on the route. The DSDs (there are only 2, DSD209 and DSD212?) go out on all the commercial routes. The TPLs (there are only four, TPL241, TPL249, TPL273, TPL274?) venture out onto the 84 during the week and Saturdays but sadly don't do many journeys and I don't think they operate on 84A services to Luton. There are only two TPs that I recall seeing on the 84, TP435 and TP441. I haven't seen either for a while so may have been withdrawn? I believe the 84 and 242 were double decker routes before the drab DELs arrived and ruined everything. Every year the buses get smaller, most of my recent journeys on the 84 were DESs. I can't really speak on what buses of choice are for the 242 as it's so infrequent and I never see it. 😂 The 84 was double deck and run with M's and then S's until around 2006 when it converted to DLF's though 1 AV remained for school journeys. The DEL's replaced the DLF's in 2008. |
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Post by Red Dragon on Mar 19, 2017 17:02:06 GMT
Does anyone know what buses Metroline use on their country routes (84/PB1/242) apart from the DELs? TIA The 84 and 242 mainly see DELs and DESs and rarely, the DEMs. Not sure what's happening with half of the batch now the W9 has gone, other than more workings on the 384. The PB1 sees DESs, I think longer buses aren't allowed on the route. The DSDs (there are only 2, DSD209 and DSD212?) go out on all the commercial routes. The TPLs (there are only four, TPL241, TPL249, TPL273, TPL274?) venture out onto the 84 during the week and Saturdays but sadly don't do many journeys and I don't think they operate on 84A services to Luton. There are only two TPs that I recall seeing on the 84, TP435 and TP441. I haven't seen either for a while so may have been withdrawn? I believe the 84 and 242 were double decker routes before the drab DELs arrived and ruined everything. Every year the buses get smaller, most of my recent journeys on the 84 were DESs. I can't really speak on what buses of choice are for the 242 as it's so infrequent and I never see it. 😂 Thanks for that. Are the DESs London-spec or provincial spec? |
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Post by LX09FBJ on Mar 19, 2017 17:02:15 GMT
Does anyone know what buses Metroline use on their country routes (84/PB1/242) apart from the DELs? TIA The 84 and 242 mainly see DELs and DESs and rarely, the DEMs. Not sure what's happening with half of the batch now the W9 has gone, other than more workings on the 384. The PB1 sees DESs, I think longer buses aren't allowed on the route. The DSDs (there are only 2, DSD209 and DSD212?) go out on all the commercial routes. The DEMs from the W9 are going to the used to take over the 382 from Arriva. |
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Post by VWH1414 on Mar 19, 2017 17:06:37 GMT
Does anyone know what buses Metroline use on their country routes (84/PB1/242) apart from the DELs? TIA The 84 and 242 mainly see DELs and DESs and rarely, the DEMs. Not sure what's happening with half of the batch now the W9 has gone, other than more workings on the 384. The PB1 sees DESs, I think longer buses aren't allowed on the route. The DSDs (there are only 2, DSD209 and DSD212?) go out on all the commercial routes. The TPLs (there are only four, TPL241, TPL249, TPL273, TPL274?) venture out onto the 84 during the week and Saturdays but sadly don't do many journeys and I don't think they operate on 84A services to Luton. There are only two TPs that I recall seeing on the 84, TP435 and TP441. I haven't seen either for a while so may have been withdrawn? I believe the 84 and 242 were double decker routes before the drab DELs arrived and ruined everything. Every year the buses get smaller, most of my recent journeys on the 84 were DESs. I can't really speak on what buses of choice are for the 242 as it's so infrequent and I never see it. 😂 I believe DSD215 is also still around, along with these two as there was four but DSD214 parted to Ensigns last year, but I believe the others stuck around. |
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Post by redexpress on Mar 19, 2017 22:44:28 GMT
The PB1 sees DESs, I think longer buses aren't allowed on the route. The DSDs (there are only 2, DSD209 and DSD212?) go out on all the commercial routes. Under Centrebus / Uno longer buses did sometimes appear on the PB1, so it can be done. I think Metroline have only used DESs and DSDs since taking the route back though. |
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Post by Connor on Mar 20, 2017 9:29:08 GMT
The 84 and 242 mainly see DELs and DESs and rarely, the DEMs. Not sure what's happening with half of the batch now the W9 has gone, other than more workings on the 384. The PB1 sees DESs, I think longer buses aren't allowed on the route. The DSDs (there are only 2, DSD209 and DSD212?) go out on all the commercial routes. The TPLs (there are only four, TPL241, TPL249, TPL273, TPL274?) venture out onto the 84 during the week and Saturdays but sadly don't do many journeys and I don't think they operate on 84A services to Luton. There are only two TPs that I recall seeing on the 84, TP435 and TP441. I haven't seen either for a while so may have been withdrawn? I believe the 84 and 242 were double decker routes before the drab DELs arrived and ruined everything. Every year the buses get smaller, most of my recent journeys on the 84 were DESs. I can't really speak on what buses of choice are for the 242 as it's so infrequent and I never see it. 😂 Thanks for that. Are the DESs London-spec or provincial spec? It's normally the provincial DESs but the TFL DESs still make it out on the country routes, just that the driver has to carry a portable ticket machine of course. |
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