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Post by lc1 on Mar 27, 2008 3:12:04 GMT
  Must say it looked very smart and got a few admiring glances from drivers and passengers waiting at the bus stop opposite the garage. FTR it was at BX for some running repairs to a windscreen wiper. |
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Post by bexleybusdude on Mar 27, 2008 7:58:04 GMT
Yes, looks nice, but I suppose it was only given admiring glances probably because of the colour scheme.
Overall red does not thrill me as a bus enthusiast and I dont bother taking pictures of buses in London any more.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2008 10:54:46 GMT
A Brighton & Hove OmniDekka... looks odd seeing one of these within the London area... Thanks for the pics lc1 - they've put a smile on my face  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2008 13:09:16 GMT
They drove a bus to London, from Brighton just to fix a windscreen wiper?!
So much for buses being environmentally friendly...
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Post by lc1 on Mar 27, 2008 13:29:47 GMT
They drove a bus to London, from Brighton just to fix a windscreen wiper?! So much for buses being environmentally friendly... ;D ;D I think it was down here on charter and developed the fault and we was the closest garage. |
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Post by john on Mar 27, 2008 15:19:31 GMT
I see Brighton & Hove quite often in Romford. They seem to do alot of excursions to Romford Market so i wouldn't be suprised if that was the reason it was up here
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2008 20:57:49 GMT
Omnidekkas are decent buses as long as looked after properly just like any other vehicle.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2008 9:45:56 GMT
I see NCT have ordered a further 16 omnidekkas , at least east lancs/darwen orders are starting to go up again.
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Post by eggmiester on Mar 29, 2008 15:58:30 GMT
when i was training B&H had one of thier coaches at Camberwell, the driver was having a short meal break after dropping his passengers off in central london.
The other day a selkent Trident on the 96 visited BX for some water! In the past we've had 269's in for water, Metrobus's 938 (mobility bus) driver makes regualr calls to BX for a cuppa - Parking his Dart on the forecourt, so its not uncommon for other companies vehicles to visit other companies/groups garages. It was once a regular occurrance that some 51's took thier meal reliefs at Plumstead (drivers choice i must add, not scheduled to do so), so the sight of a PVL parked outside PD was not until recently a rare sight!
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Post by lc1 on Mar 29, 2008 16:32:11 GMT
Indeed we've also had East Thames buses on the forecourt for running repairs and if one of our 51's develops a fault at Orpington they can go to Metrobus garage or a Metrobus or Selkent engineer will come and sort them out, likewise I saw our engineers fixing a B14 dart at the shopping centre the other day. As for buses coming to get water I hope we charge them  |
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Post by M1104 on May 5, 2008 14:44:24 GMT
when i was training B&H had one of thier coaches at Camberwell, the driver was having a short meal break after dropping his passengers off in central london. The other day a selkent Trident on the 96 visited BX for some water! In the past we've had 269's in for water, Metrobus's 938 (mobility bus) driver makes regualr calls to BX for a cuppa - Parking his Dart on the forecourt, so its not uncommon for other companies vehicles to visit other companies/groups garages. It was once a regular occurrance that some 51's took thier meal reliefs at Plumstead (drivers choice i must add, not scheduled to do so), so the sight of a PVL parked outside PD was not until recently a rare sight! Travel London's C1 Darts sometimes park up at Transdev's Shepherd's Bush Garage. Also, on many occasion I've seen Transdev's route 57 Tridents inside London General's Merton Garage. |
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Post by vjaska on May 5, 2008 20:14:00 GMT
when i was training B&H had one of thier coaches at Camberwell, the driver was having a short meal break after dropping his passengers off in central london. The other day a selkent Trident on the 96 visited BX for some water! In the past we've had 269's in for water, Metrobus's 938 (mobility bus) driver makes regualr calls to BX for a cuppa - Parking his Dart on the forecourt, so its not uncommon for other companies vehicles to visit other companies/groups garages. It was once a regular occurrance that some 51's took thier meal reliefs at Plumstead (drivers choice i must add, not scheduled to do so), so the sight of a PVL parked outside PD was not until recently a rare sight! Travel London's C1 Darts sometimes park up at Transdev's Shepherd's Bush Garage. Also, on many occasion I've seen Transdev's route 57 Tridents inside London General's Merton Garage. Didn't the 45 used to do that when it terminated outside BN. I seem to remember drivers popping in and out of the garage, even though it was run by Cowie at the time. |
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