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Post by galwhv69 on Jan 30, 2020 23:00:26 GMT
Do you mean like GAL Commercial buses on the 93 and stuff like that? Not quite, I meant some non-London stuff will appear on some of TfL's rail replacement routes. Ah right, should be interesting
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Post by 6HP502C on Jan 31, 2020 19:33:44 GMT
Ha, busy weekend indeed. I should be on PL-4 on a late turn, hopefully get to cherry pick a good B7TL. You may be 'encouraged' to take a bus that has iBus equipment! I'll be on the 0033 and 0503 from Heathrow T5 and the 0300 from Hammersmith tonight - should be fairly quiet!
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Post by londonbuschannel on Jan 31, 2020 19:39:40 GMT
Does anyone know who is running PL-4 and with what buses?
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Post by 6HP502C on Jan 31, 2020 23:50:03 GMT
Does anyone know who is running PL-4 and with what buses? Sullivan Buses. Looks like I have 9419 tonight...kicking off 0033 from Heathrow Central rather than T5.
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Post by shroudoffrost on Feb 1, 2020 12:05:05 GMT
Ha, busy weekend indeed. I should be on PL-4 on a late turn, hopefully get to cherry pick a good B7TL. You may be 'encouraged' to take a bus that has iBus equipment! I'll be on the 0033 and 0503 from Heathrow T5 and the 0300 from Hammersmith tonight - should be fairly quiet! You are right, looks like a pool of vehicles has been allocated and the different duties will take over at Rayners Lane.
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Post by londonbuschannel on Feb 1, 2020 19:09:15 GMT
Reading Buses out on PL-2 today. Interesting to see some DDs out on what is supposed to be a coach route. ML are also helping Abellio on PL-1 with some VWs from HT.
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Post by 6HP502C on Feb 1, 2020 22:40:16 GMT
Reading Buses out on PL-2 today. Interesting to see some DDs out on what is supposed to be a coach route. ML are also helping Abellio on PL-1 with some VWs from HT. Possibly down to there being finite spare PSVAR coaches. Deckers aren't ideal but are acceptable as part of a mixed allocation for airport shuttles. Meanwhile I have 9526 for PL1 tonight - 2350 from Hammersmith Lower bus station and 0146 from Heathrow if all goes to plan!
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Post by shroudoffrost on Feb 2, 2020 11:20:25 GMT
Quite an interesting evening on PL-4 yesterday. Started off relatively smoothly but traffic built up around Sudbury Hill & Hanger Lane causing a few late runners. Quite a few buses leaving Ealing together and staying in pairs all the way up to Rayners Lane. As always there were a handful of no shows from the agency staff so standby drivers had to be used instead to fill in some gaps.
After 2200 things became very dead, for my entire second half I just picked up just two passengers!
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Post by cc2005 on Feb 2, 2020 12:48:49 GMT
How many buses are doing PL-1 this weekend? Looks very very frequent seeing the number of buses out there.
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Post by foxhat on Feb 2, 2020 18:47:59 GMT
I was at Hammersmith for nearly two hours earlier today observing and only saw three PL-1 Abellio buses. They all appeared within 5mins of each other. First one left full and standing, on the stairs and upstairs too. Two then followed right behind and then both left empty together.
Many unhappy punters gave up waiting after 30mins wait.
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Post by richard on Feb 2, 2020 22:41:13 GMT
E131 was on Rainham to Strood service today
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Post by goldenarrow on Feb 3, 2020 0:10:53 GMT
PL-1 service was ripped to shreds over both days due to traffic caused by roadworks on other routes spilling over in many of the areas including Acton and Hatton X. Frequency was rarely if ever at 4bph and was closer to 2bph. Sundays services aided however by and adequate provision of pilots guiding drivers round the Heathrow complex which had further hindered the service on Saturday.
PL-3 had it easy in comparison by stealth of numbers and an easy run up/down the M4 to Hammersmith non-stop. That being said there were still significant gaps in the service at around sunset on both days.
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Post by foxhat on Feb 3, 2020 15:48:06 GMT
PL-1 service was ripped to shreds over both days due to traffic caused by roadworks on other routes spilling over in many of the areas including Acton and Hatton X. Frequency was rarely if ever at 4bph and was closer to 2bph. Sundays services aided however by and adequate provision of pilots guiding drivers round the Heathrow complex which had further hindered the service on Saturday. PL-3 had it easy in comparison by stealth of numbers and an easy run up/down the M4 to Hammersmith non-stop. That being said there were still significant gaps in the service at around sunset on both days. Whilst queuing, I saw two coaches leave Heathrow on PL-3 with standing passengers on.
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Post by goldenarrow on Feb 3, 2020 16:06:21 GMT
PL-1 service was ripped to shreds over both days due to traffic caused by roadworks on other routes spilling over in many of the areas including Acton and Hatton X. Frequency was rarely if ever at 4bph and was closer to 2bph. Sundays services aided however by and adequate provision of pilots guiding drivers round the Heathrow complex which had further hindered the service on Saturday. PL-3 had it easy in comparison by stealth of numbers and an easy run up/down the M4 to Hammersmith non-stop. That being said there were still significant gaps in the service at around sunset on both days. Whilst queuing, I saw two coaches leave Heathrow on PL-3 with standing passengers on. I saw the same thing when I was at the crossing, at the end of the day its the driver who is putting their license at risk by doing that. The pink hi-vis don't know the capacity of each coach which can vary quite a bit given the rag bag of vehicles on the route. This specific issue has been included in the feedback report that is being compiled presently. On the whole the number of operational incidents was significantly lower than the Bank Holiday a year or so ago when we had triple the manpower but about half the mental capacity.
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Post by 6HP502C on Feb 3, 2020 19:30:58 GMT
PL-1 service was ripped to shreds over both days due to traffic caused by roadworks on other routes spilling over in many of the areas including Acton and Hatton X. Frequency was rarely if ever at 4bph and was closer to 2bph. Sundays services aided however by and adequate provision of pilots guiding drivers round the Heathrow complex which had further hindered the service on Saturday. PL-3 had it easy in comparison by stealth of numbers and an easy run up/down the M4 to Hammersmith non-stop. That being said there were still significant gaps in the service at around sunset on both days. Apparently there was a RTA yesterday which didn't help with the service. Signposts - I wasn't relying on them but I didn't see any between Acton Town and Hammersmith - only for the DL1. I saw a warning notice somewhere that there may not be signposts in the Heathrow area and there were a number between Acton Town and Heathrow that had been turned sideways or otherwise difficult to spot unless really looking out for them. From a personal perspective I found things ok. I cherry picked a bus from the depot on both nights and got on with the job - no wrong turns, lost mileage and plenty of stand time. I volunteered to cover an extra trip on Saturday night as I was enjoying the E40D I had very much, they tend to be a rare treat these days with all these hybrids and LTs about. On one trip to Heathrow T5 I overtook my leader on the A4 in the Gillette Corner area then overtook their leader in the Hounslow Bell Corner area. Only one of those buses ever made it to T5 which rolled in about 15 minutes after me. I did have a leader leaving Heathrow T5, but the MDT indicated the bus disappeared in the Hatton Cross area. I then had no leader within at least 30 minutes so I enjoyed an unimpeded run to Hammersmith, completing the trip in 72 minutes. On arrival I checked LVF and my leader was in South Ealing! I deliberately avoided the daytime service on Sunday, opting to chill out on Lewisham to Dartford via Sidcup. Few things on rail replacement annoy me more than arriving to find hundreds of people waiting for the bus!
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