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Post by YY13VKP on Sept 5, 2020 20:23:40 GMT
How many buses to the nearest 100 still have yellow blinds? Very, very few, the only ones off the top of my head are the 289's 12 plate ENX's and some ex-First buses with Metroline perhaps? The vast majority of the 314’s E200’s also have dayglo blinds. Don’t ask me what’s going on with the refurbs for that fleet too...the refurbs started in late 2017 and there are still quite a few of its batch outstanding
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Post by 15002 on Sept 5, 2020 20:35:48 GMT
How many buses to the nearest 100 still have yellow blinds? I know some of the BK E400’s still have yellow blinds.
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Post by connor on Sept 5, 2020 20:44:47 GMT
I know that some of QB’s Enviro 400H’s still have yellow blinds
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2020 21:02:19 GMT
A few E200s at SI still have dayglo blinds.
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Post by busoccultation on Sept 5, 2020 21:29:41 GMT
On the subject of dayglo blinds, which routes where majority of buses generally used on the route still have dayglo, I know the 279 & W3 mostly uses T's that still have dayglo blinds and the same with most of ENX's on the 313 which have dayglo blinds, anymore routes that are still like that with the blinds?
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Post by Max B on Sept 5, 2020 22:18:17 GMT
On the subject of dayglo blinds, which routes where majority of buses generally used on the route still have dayglo, I know the 279 & W3 mostly uses T's that still have dayglo blinds and the same with most of ENX's on the 313 which have dayglo blinds, anymore routes that are still like that with the blinds?
1 or 2 of the 109’s MMC’s still have dayglow blinds for the 407, and I believe the rear of E38 still has them.
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Post by YY13VKP on Sept 5, 2020 22:26:54 GMT
On the subject of dayglo blinds, which routes where majority of buses generally used on the route still have dayglo, I know the 279 & W3 mostly uses T's that still have dayglo blinds and the same with most of ENX's on the 313 which have dayglo blinds, anymore routes that are still like that with the blinds?
and I believe the rear of E38 still has them. It does indeed. I was hoping to set that to 359 or X26 at some point during one of my visits to C but sadly I never got the opportunity to do so and probably never will as it will depart soon
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Post by greg on Sept 6, 2020 10:23:10 GMT
On the subject of dayglo blinds, which routes where majority of buses generally used on the route still have dayglo, I know the 279 & W3 mostly uses T's that still have dayglo blinds and the same with most of ENX's on the 313 which have dayglo blinds, anymore routes that are still like that with the blinds?
All of the 29’s batch have dayglo blinds. The older batch however which came from AD which are mostly used on the 144 and 221 have white blinds but 2-3 often make appearances on the 29 daily.
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Post by busoccultation on Sept 6, 2020 11:25:46 GMT
On the subject of dayglo blinds, which routes where majority of buses generally used on the route still have dayglo, I know the 279 & W3 mostly uses T's that still have dayglo blinds and the same with most of ENX's on the 313 which have dayglo blinds, anymore routes that are still like that with the blinds?
All of the 29’s batch have dayglo blinds. The older batch however which came from AD which are mostly used on the 144 and 221 have white blinds but 2-3 often make appearances on the 29 daily. Thanks for that and don't even know how that did slip out of my mind. If none of the 29's HV's gets reblinded over the next few years and that they stay where they are then the 29 could potentially be the last route in London to have full dayglo allocation
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2020 11:28:46 GMT
All of the 29’s batch have dayglo blinds. The older batch however which came from AD which are mostly used on the 144 and 221 have white blinds but 2-3 often make appearances on the 29 daily. Thanks for that and don't even know how that did slip out of my mind. If none of the 29's HV's gets reblinded over the next few years and that they stay where they are then the 29 could potentially be the last route in London to have full dayglo allocation Are buses meant to get new blinds as part of the refurbishment? Only reason I ask is most of the 325 buses received new blinds on contract renewal
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Sept 6, 2020 11:40:10 GMT
Thanks for that and don't even know how that did slip out of my mind. If none of the 29's HV's gets reblinded over the next few years and that they stay where they are then the 29 could potentially be the last route in London to have full dayglo allocation Are buses meant to get new blinds as part of the refurbishment? Only reason I ask is most of the 325 buses received new blinds on contract renewal I don't think they have to if the old set is adequate for the garage's needs. The 145 batch of Enviro400s at BK still have their dayglo sets. The 325 was a weird one as I'm not quite sure what warranted that reblinding, and as you say some of them seem to have escaped it. Also despite the state of the 325s buses the blinds were something that were still quite legible too. The only reason I can think of is that routes from DT and GY might have been added to them to aid flexibility.
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Post by greg on Sept 6, 2020 12:03:21 GMT
Are buses meant to get new blinds as part of the refurbishment? Only reason I ask is most of the 325 buses received new blinds on contract renewal I don't think they have to if the old set is adequate for the garage's needs. The 145 batch of Enviro400s at BK still have their dayglo sets. The 325 was a weird one as I'm not quite sure what warranted that reblinding, and as you say some of them seem to have escaped it. Also despite the state of the 325s buses the blinds were something that were still quite legible too. The only reason I can think of is that routes from DT and GY might have been added to them to aid flexibility. It was probably based on them losing routes, the 128, 173 and gaining the 175. Not sure though
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Post by greg on Sept 6, 2020 12:05:32 GMT
Thanks for that and don't even know how that did slip out of my mind. If none of the 29's HV's gets reblinded over the next few years and that they stay where they are then the 29 could potentially be the last route in London to have full dayglo allocation Are buses meant to get new blinds as part of the refurbishment? Only reason I ask is most of the 325 buses received new blinds on contract renewal If the blinds are fine and the garage routes have no changes then it should be okay. The 29’s blinds are still very bright green and the route has remained unchanged for awhile. The W4 cannot have the HVs so the blinds should be okay. The 29’s batch of HVs should probably get refurbed when the 184 leaves however. The older batch of HVs for the 144/221 have new blinds though and have been refurbed.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2020 12:17:15 GMT
I don't think they have to if the old set is adequate for the garage's needs. The 145 batch of Enviro400s at BK still have their dayglo sets. The 325 was a weird one as I'm not quite sure what warranted that reblinding, and as you say some of them seem to have escaped it. Also despite the state of the 325s buses the blinds were something that were still quite legible too. The only reason I can think of is that routes from DT and GY might have been added to them to aid flexibility. It was probably based on them losing routes, the 128, 173 and gaining the 175. Not sure though Those are all double decker routes and not needed on the single decker blinds, the 173 was included on the WOB updated blinds fitted.
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Sept 6, 2020 12:24:59 GMT
It was probably based on them losing routes, the 128, 173 and gaining the 175. Not sure though Those are all double decker routes and not needed on the single decker blinds, the 173 was included on the WOB updated blinds fitted. Also that the buses were reblinded before the losses of the 128 and 173, however after the gain of the 175. I did initially think the 175 might have been added for flexibility but that doesn't seem to have happened either. Will be interesting to see what DX do when a decker shortage hits them again, usually the 173 would be the one that takes the ENLs but obviously that would be no more.
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