BX cast offs!

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Ex BX MDs V12/4GMT have been sold via ventura sales to new south coast operator velvet they have been converted to single door and refurbished before entering service.

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It looks like a giant bruise on wheels now, still, much nicer than when thy were trundling around Bexleyheath!!!

See for yourself: southhantsbus.fotopic.net/p49443439.html
MD7, 11, and 14 are also at Black Velvet Travel, operating as single-door buses, with LED destination boards, on route 'A' travelling from Eastleigh to Botley.

Also, found these...
VWL1 in white: markamis.fotopic.net/p45380559.html

MD1 in a sickening bright yellow in Blackburn: jenkystransportbuses.fpic.co.uk/p45356813.html

Look what some tit did to MD2, OMG!!! - it wasn't very 'cumfy' when it was on route 486, i can tell you!:
www.flickr.com/photos/billogs/2120731129/

And NV25, looking like its been painted by David Blunkett!!
www.buspics.co.uk/p35505850.html

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Did you read the remarks below the VWL1 photo wonder if its been repaired and if any other operator has it?

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jenkystransportbuses.fpic.co.uk/p44492578.html

Here we have MD1 and MD16, stripped of London Central logo's and ready for conversion at NW Bus & Coach, Blackburn.

Notice the one at the rear, MD16, has had its centre doors ripped out ready for conversion to single door...

[Madstuntman]

I notice that in the first photos the purple MD's have gone back to sealed saloon windows, I assume they've got the air-con working again

[lc1]

madstuntman said:

I notice that in the first photos the purple MD's have gone back to sealed saloon windows, I assume they've got the air-con working again

Yes I think slr mentioned a while ago that they had working air con again, I doubt whether it was broken in the first place, just probably LC couldn't be bothered to pay for it to be re-gassed

[Madstuntman]

lc1 said:

madstuntman said:

I notice that in the first photos the purple MD's have gone back to sealed saloon windows, I assume they've got the air-con working again

Yes I think slr mentioned a while ago that they had working air con again, I doubt whether it was broken in the first place, just probably LC couldn't be bothered to pay for it to be re-gassed

Or like Arriva do and cut the belt going to the compressor (already done for cab air-con on 07 reg 286 buses)

[lc1]

madstuntman said:

lc1 said:

Yes I think slr mentioned a while ago that they had working air con again, I doubt whether it was broken in the first place, just probably LC couldn't be bothered to pay for it to be re-gassed

Or like Arriva do and cut the belt going to the compressor (already done for cab air-con on 07 reg 286 buses)

I think BX just failt to re-gas it's normally the case on our buses in the summer and we then sign them off as defects

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madstuntman said:

lc1 said:

Yes I think slr mentioned a while ago that they had working air con again, I doubt whether it was broken in the first place, just probably LC couldn't be bothered to pay for it to be re-gassed

Or like Arriva do and cut the belt going to the compressor (already done for cab air-con on 07 reg 286 buses)

That is a joke surely, shame on Arriva Dartford already one of the worse pay rates and they have the cheek to do that. Where is the union ?

[Madstuntman]

etbbv said:

madstuntman said:

Or like Arriva do and cut the belt going to the compressor (already done for cab air-con on 07 reg 286 buses)

That is a joke surely, shame on Arriva Dartford already one of the worse pay rates and they have the cheek to do that. Where is the union ?

No joke I assure you. I've been going mental about it and the union re said he spoke to OM about it and hes reply was "I didn't think it was that hot yet" (this was put to him in january) We have a union rep at DT that sings the same tune as management at the moment. Having said that since the recent episode of scrapheap challenge at GY and DT we may have some new management soon (I hope) that is enless they wriggle out of it!!

[greeny253]

madstuntman said:

etbbv said:

That is a joke surely, shame on Arriva Dartford already one of the worse pay rates and they have the cheek to do that. Where is the union ?

No joke I assure you. I've been going mental about it and the union re said he spoke to OM about it and hes reply was "I didn't think it was that hot yet" (this was put to him in january) We have a union rep at DT that sings the same tune as management at the moment. Having said that since the recent episode of scrapheap challenge at GY and DT we may have some new management soon (I hope) that is enless they wriggle out of it!!

Scrapheap challenge??? So that's what happened to the bits off 3267 ;D ;D ;D

[eggmiester]

Its all for fuel economy, running air-con burns more fuel.

[Madstuntman]

eggmiester said:

Its all for fuel economy, running air-con burns more fuel.

I know but it makes me angry when we have to suffer at the same time a poster is put up in the canteen annoucing how many millions of pounds of profit Arriva Passenger Services have made each year

[eggmiester]

At LC, mainly in the summer (when the wathers hotter, or meant to be hotter), we're told to report buses with defective Air-Con as defective, theres even been occasions in the past where drivers have refused to take buses out because the Ari-Con doesnt work, or blows out warm air, they put it down to driver comfort, and beleive it or not Working Conditions!!!

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Putting it down to working conditions isn't unfair IMO. I'm sure no bus driver would fancy driving in the blasing sun for hours on end without any form of a coolant.