Sorry to close the quiz an hour earlier than originally posted however something has come up which meant that I would not have been able to have posted the results till Sunday so thought it would be best to do it now. Apologies if this affects anyone who was going to enter in the remaining 1 hour and 9 mins left!
Moving on, things were certainly close at the top of the table with a 3 way tie! Full details can be found below!
1. Name any current bus route operated by London United from their Fulwell depot
Correct answers:
-- Route 131 (3 points): Chris, Hassaan, Steve80
-- Route 371 (3 points): Vjaska, Late Again, Alex397
-- Route 691 (2 points): 17774, smdave24
-- Route 671 (2points): dml469, DLA365
-- Route 71 (2 points): TR*, snowman
-- Route 281 (2 points): Metrobus, rhuarbrhubarb
-- Route 110 (1 point): beaver14uk
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2. Name a London route that has been renumbered from a Letter/number combination (e.g H37) to number only since 2004
Correct answers:
-- Route H50 to 350 (5 points): smdave24, TR*, beaver14uk, Alex397, rhuarbrhubarb
-- R62 to 481 (2 points): dml469, DLA365
-- 77A to 87 (2 points): Vjaska, Steve80
-- Route S2 to 488 (2 points): 17774, Late Again
-- P11 to 381 (1 point): Metrobus
-- H23 to 423 (1 point): Hassaan
-- 243A to 243 (1 point): snowman
Incorrect answers:
-- Route S2 (50 points): Chris – Note: the question asked you to give both the before/after
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3. Name a London bus route that has been introduced since 2005
Correct answers:
-- Route 425 (2 points): 17774, Late Again
-- Route 324 (2 points): smdave24, Alex 397
-- Route 129 (2 points): Vjaska, snowman
-- Route 452 (2 points): Metrobus, rhuarbrhubarb
-- Route 205 (1 point): Chris
-- Route EL2 (1 point): dml469
-- Route 135 (1 point): TR*
-- Route 415 (1 point): DLA365
-- Route 482 (1 point): Hassaan
-- Route N136 (1 point): Steve80
Incorrect answers:
-- No answer given (50 points): beaver14uk
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4. Name a London night bus route that has a split allocation between two London bus garages
Correct answers:
-- Route N155 (4 points): smdave24, Vjaska, Steve80, Late Again
-- Route N1 (3 points): dml469, Metrobus, beaver14uk
-- Route N91 (2 points): TR*, DLA365
-- Route N15 (2 points): 17774, Alex 397
-- Route N20 (2 points): Chris, rhuarbrhubarb
-- Route N5 (1 point): Hassaan
-- Route N21 (1 point): snowman
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5. Name a Sullivan buses route
Correct answers:
-- Route 298 (3 points): Chris, Metrobus, Hassaan
-- Route 950 (3 points): TR*, Steve80, Late Again
-- Route 398 (2 points): beaver14uk, snowman
-- Route 551 (2 points): 17774, rhuarbrhubarb
-- Route 206 (1 point): smdave24
-- Route 330 (1 point):dml469
-- Route 841A (1 point): Vjaska
-- Route B3 (1 point):DLA365
-- Route 242 (1 point): Alex397
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6. Name a Ensignbus route
Correct answers:
-- Route 22A (4 points): 17774, Chris, Vjaska, snowman
-- Route X80 (3 points): TR*, Metrobus, beaver14uk
-- Route X81 (3 points): DLA365, Late Again, Alex397
-- Route 81 (1 point): smdave24
-- Route 83 (1 point): dml469
-- Route 44 (1 point): Hassaan
--Route 73 (1 point): Steve80
-- Route 73A (1 point): rhuarbrhubarb
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7. Name a route which has changed operator, at least once in the last 10 years
Correct answers:
-- Route 465 (3 points): smdave24, TR*, snowman
-- Route 20 (2 points): Alex397, rhuarbrhubarb
-- Route 97 (1 point): 17774
-- Route 309 (1 point): Chris
-- Route 485 (1 point): dml469
-- Route 411 (1 point): Vjaska
-- Route 132 (1 point): beaver14uk
-- Route 25 (1 point): Metrobus
-- Route 332 (1 point): DLA365
-- Route 105 (1 point): Hassaan
-- Route 332 (1 point): Steve80
-- Route 276 (1 point): Late Again
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8. Name a Tramlink station that only has one platform in use for trams
Correct answers:
-- West Croydon (4 points): Chris, TR*, Hassaan, snowman
-- George Street (2 points): 17774, Vjaska
-- Birkbeck (2 points): Metrobus, beaver14uk
-- Wimbledon (1 point): smdave24
-- Beckenham Road (1 point): DLA365
-- Reeves Corner (1 point): Steve80
-- Centrale (1 point): Late Again
-- Church Street ( 1 point): Alex397
-- Elmers End (1 point): rhuarbrhubarb
Incorrect answers:
-- Avenue Road (50 points): dml469 - that is a passing loop so has two platforms
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9. Name a bus type that Abellio London run their services with
Correct answers:
-- ALX200 (3 points): smdave24, Vjaska, DLA365
-- E20/Enviro 200 (2 points): Metrobus, Hassaan
-- Dart SLF/ Plaxton Pointer (2 points): 17774, Late Again
-- VDL SB120/Wright Electrocity (2 points): TR*, snowman
-- ADL E40D/ ADL Enviro 400 (1 point): dml469
-- Dennis Dart/ East Lancs Spryte (1 point): Chris
-- Trident/ ALX400 (1 point): Steve80
-- Dennis Dart SLF/Caetano Nimbus (1 point): Alex397
--Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini (1 point): rhuarbrhubarb
Incorrect answers:
-- Dart/Myllennium (50 points): beaver14uk – only in use with Abellio Surrey
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10. Name an announcement, currently on the system, a driver can select to play on the iBus (e.g This bus is being held here.....)
Correct answers:
-- Drinking alcohol is not permitted on London's Buses (3 points): 17774, Vjaska, Alex397
-- Bus will wait here whilst drivers are changed (2 points): dml469, DLA365
--Seats are available on the upper deck (2 points): Late Again, rhuarbrhubarb
-- Close Circuit Television is operation on this bus (1 point): Chris
-- Please move down inside the bus (1 point): TR*
-- CCTV is in operation on this bus (1 point): beaver14uk
-- Smoking is not permitted on London’s Buses (1 point): Metrobus
-- The wheelchair space is now required. Can passengers in this area please make room. Thank you (1 point): Hassaan
--The destination of this bus has been changed. Please listen for further announcements (1 point): Steve80
-- The next bus stop is closed (1 point): snowman
Incorrect answers:
-- This bus terminates here (50 points): smdave24 – The correct announcement is “This bus terminates here please take all your belongings with you”. The announcement “This bus terminates here” is already to set up to play at the last stop and is not selected by the driver.
Here are the final scores:
1. DLA 365: 18
1. Hassaan: 18
1. Steve80: 18
2. Metrobus: 20
2. Rhuarbrhubarb: 20
3. 17774: 22
3. Snowman: 22
4. Late Again: 23
4. Alex397: 23
5. TR*: 25
5. Vjaska: 25
6. dml469: 46
7. Chris: 70
8. smdave24: 72
9. beaver14uk: 118
Things were very close at the top indeed! Thank you all for taking part!