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Post by rif153 on Aug 18, 2019 20:33:04 GMT
Do Smart Hybrid Cities exist? The City comes in an E40D and an E40H variant so I assume if someone wants a Smart Hybrid City ADL will easily be able to make one. However so far no one has ordered any?
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Aug 18, 2019 20:33:50 GMT
The City comes in an E40D and an E40H variant so I assume if someone wants a Smart Hybrid City ADL will easily be able to make one. However so far no one has ordered any? Yeah, you're correct on that. I don't think anyone has ordered any.
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Post by rif153 on Aug 22, 2019 8:41:27 GMT
A read of this year's arrangements for the Notting Hill Carnival shows no 390X running. Sorry if I sound like a dinosaur, but when did the 390X cease running, and if it no longer runs, why are the VMHs at KC/HT still blinded for the 390X?
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Post by george on Aug 22, 2019 8:44:19 GMT
A read of this year's arrangements for the Notting Hill Carnival shows no 390X running. Sorry if I sound like a dinosaur, but when did the 390X cease running, and if it no longer runs, why are the VMHs at KC/HT still blinded for the 390X? I don't think it's run since being diverted to Victoria. For why the VMH still have 390x on the blinds I'm not sure.
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Post by kmkcheng on Aug 22, 2019 8:54:22 GMT
A read of this year's arrangements for the Notting Hill Carnival shows no 390X running. Sorry if I sound like a dinosaur, but when did the 390X cease running, and if it no longer runs, why are the VMHs at KC/HT still blinded for the 390X? Could be that metroline put it on the blinds before TfL decided that they don’t need it. It probably is part of the tender specs that 390X (and other Notting Hill routes) may be required if TfL asks for it to run as they seem to decide closer to the carnival what routes to run and tell the operators that yes or no we want that route.
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Post by COBO on Aug 23, 2019 23:12:20 GMT
Were the Airbus routes A1 and A2 apart of the London Bus aka TFL network? And did they accept London fares?
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Post by John tuthill on Aug 23, 2019 23:25:16 GMT
Were the Airbus routes A1 and A2 apart of the London Bus aka TFL network? And did they accept London fares? Check out 'Ian Armstrongs Bus page',click on "M" type.
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Post by COBO on Aug 23, 2019 23:33:38 GMT
Were the Airbus routes A1 and A2 apart of the London Bus aka TFL network? And did they accept London fares? Check out 'Ian Armstrongs Bus page',click on "M" type. thanks.
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Post by richard on Aug 24, 2019 0:43:19 GMT
This might be a stupid question but can a hybrid be converted into an electric?
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Post by snowman on Aug 24, 2019 5:15:57 GMT
This might be a stupid question but can a hybrid be converted into an electric? There are 2 types of hybrid, those with electric motors turning the wheels (where the Diesel engine powers an alternator); and ones where the Diesel engine is coupled to a gearbox as in a normal diesel bus, where an electric motor is also added as second way of powering the gears. A mini or micro hybrid has much smaller electric motor that can boost for short bursts, rather than run on electric power only. Ultimately both can be converted with enough money, and there is less to convert if there is electric drive already. But batteries are heavy and can’t normally just stick a very heavy rack of them right at back where diesel was, as need to distribute the weight better, which tends to make it impractical to do a conversion on a low floor bus. Further if auxiliaries (saloon heating, power steering etc) are designed to work off a Diesel engine then got to convert these as well. So answer is, in theory yes, in economic and practical terms no.
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Post by redexpress on Aug 24, 2019 13:36:27 GMT
Were the Airbus routes A1 and A2 apart of the London Bus aka TFL network? And did they accept London fares? They were commercial operations, and certainly didn't accept London tickets. In fact IIRC the fares were higher than the equivalent tube fare.
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Post by george on Aug 25, 2019 23:02:16 GMT
Quick question, why has general discussion and ranting been locked?
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Post by richard on Aug 26, 2019 1:34:41 GMT
Quick question, why has general discussion and ranting been locked? I have just checked it seems to be fine now the "quote" symbol is showing now so should be fine but still shows it locked
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Post by COBO on Aug 26, 2019 1:36:34 GMT
Quick question, why has general discussion and ranting been locked? I have just checked it seems to be fine now the "quote" symbol is showing now so should be fine but still shows it locked It’s not fine it’s locked.
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Post by george on Aug 26, 2019 8:35:01 GMT
Quick question, why has general discussion and ranting been locked? I have just checked it seems to be fine now the "quote" symbol is showing now so should be fine but still shows it locked It's still locked.
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