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Post by paulo on Apr 6, 2024 17:57:44 GMT
That doesn't sound particularly good as it suggests there may be an issue finding alternative funders for the business. I wonder how attractive all the strikes it faced made it to potential investors. Vendor financing is fairly common. I wouldn't read a massive amount into that...yet. Not a huge amount to read into it. Transport UK has significant rail commitments and with a likely change of government and renationalisation a possibility, it is not particularly easy to entice new financing in. Transport UKs model in London is tight fleet control, contract services (rail replacement etc) and triggering performance bonuses. The latter has become more of a struggle of course as it has for most operators.
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Post by southlondon413 on Apr 6, 2024 18:23:28 GMT
Sometimes things take a while to materialise, you’ll never know much about the commercial side of things as they are deemed sensitive but whose to say that discussions haven’t taken place..GA were interested in Arriva southern counties and Reading Buses were going to purchase Arriva High Wycombe and Aylesbury right before the pandemic. Both approaches were turned down as DB always insisted they wanted a straight sale. I don’t think Go-Ahead will buy anything in London and it’s likely the competition commission (or whatever they’re known as) would certainly start sniffing around more than usual if they did buy anything TfL related. I think they would if Go Ahead were to express interest in any of Abellios south London depots, Stagecoach or Arriva depots as that would likely reduce competition as they operate in the same areas. But I think they’d get away with a Sovereign buyout. It’s isolated, not connected to any other GAL operational areas and fundamentally wouldn’t reduce any competition in the area. But then again the CMA may not touch it because TfL effectively operated a closed market with various safeguards in place to ensure tender bids are fully scrutinised and negotiated.
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Post by COBO on Apr 6, 2024 18:38:45 GMT
I’m starting to see a few 427s without blinds, with the wrong blinds and few with blank blinds.
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Post by PGAT on Apr 6, 2024 18:49:16 GMT
Surprised this hasn't been mentioned but Metrocities are on the 315
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Post by southlondonbus on Apr 6, 2024 19:11:01 GMT
Surprised this hasn't been mentioned but Metrocities are on the 315 Yes I saw those today. Are they being used to free something up for BC for the S3?
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Post by londonbuses on Apr 6, 2024 19:13:31 GMT
Surprised this hasn't been mentioned but Metrocities are on the 315 Yes I saw those today. Are they being used to free something up for BC for the S3? Yes, but I'm surprised they didn't just put the Metrocities on the S3.
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Post by PGAT on Apr 6, 2024 19:14:47 GMT
Yes I saw those today. Are they being used to free something up for BC for the S3? Yes, but I'm surprised they didn't just put the Metrocities on the S3. Was just about to say that
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2024 19:19:22 GMT
Yes I saw those today. Are they being used to free something up for BC for the S3? Yes, but I'm surprised they didn't just put the Metrocities on the S3. Easier to type train a smaller batch of drivers especially if its a microfleet at the moment, rather than a bigger batch of drivers and potentially some drivers who may be tupe-ing from RATP
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Post by vjaska on Apr 7, 2024 1:04:04 GMT
Yes, but I'm surprised they didn't just put the Metrocities on the S3. Easier to type train a smaller batch of drivers especially if its a microfleet at the moment, rather than a bigger batch of drivers and potentially some drivers who may be tupe-ing from RATP Plus, I imagine operationally, the 315 is far easier to run 2 electrics on than the S3 even if the S3 is due electrics itself.
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Post by TB123 on Apr 7, 2024 8:53:39 GMT
Easier to type train a smaller batch of drivers especially if its a microfleet at the moment, rather than a bigger batch of drivers and potentially some drivers who may be tupe-ing from RATP Plus, I imagine operationally, the 315 is far easier to run 2 electrics on than the S3 even if the S3 is due electrics itself. And I doubt they've got enough chargers at BC online to charge 10 buses vs a couple. People forget this isn't like diesel buses!
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Post by PGAT on Apr 7, 2024 11:57:22 GMT
No Metrocities on the 315, E5 or H20 today do you think they’re all at BC now
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Post by M1104 on Apr 7, 2024 13:57:06 GMT
No Metrocities on the 315, E5 or H20 today do you think they’re all at BC now As it's generally lower pvrs on Sundays it's likely those Metro..'s are simply having a day off
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Post by borneobus on Apr 7, 2024 18:12:59 GMT
No Metrocities on the 315, E5 or H20 today do you think they’re all at BC now I may be wrong but recall noticing that routes in the midst of conversion to EV often revert to original allocation on Sundays / public holidays.
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Post by vjaska on Apr 7, 2024 19:21:27 GMT
No Metrocities on the 315, E5 or H20 today do you think they’re all at BC now No, I think they're simply not running today being a Sunday with lower PVR's. The three at GW for the E5, the 6 at TF for the H20 and the 2 at BC for the 315 allowed MMC's and 2 13 reg examples to directly and indirectly cover the S3's temporary allocation. Don't forget S3 doesn't run on Sundays so BC has more buses to play with
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Post by TNL33036 on Apr 9, 2024 14:49:07 GMT
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