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Post by redexpress on Feb 3, 2018 14:43:05 GMT
VWs may not appear during the day on 271 but they appear to be quite regular on the (N)271 Anyone know why that is? I find it quite strange considering HTs somewhat relaxed allocation system. Because you can't fit two VWs on the stand at Highgate Village without one of them sticking out onto the road. They may only be slightly longer than TEs but the stand is so cramped that the extra centimetres make all the difference! So the day 271 is restricted to the shortest available DDs, which means TEs, although VPs were also common until recently. At night there's no problem as there will only ever be one bus on the stand, so VWs are used, as they are the norm on all of HT's non-LT night routes. |
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Post by vjaska on Feb 3, 2018 15:18:11 GMT
Oops! Stand corrected on those two! I thought the 322 was only allocated those 15-reg E200s, there’s two darts on there now!  Same with the 1, I thought only their WHVs at NX were blinded for the 1, except a sole Gemini 2 that I knew about. I’m gonna assume this massive order of EH’s for NX will all have the 1 blinded on them? And surely it’s WHVs will have to be reblinded soon, as they’re also EuroVI hybrids it’d be nice to see some variety.  The 322’s official allocation is the 15 reg SE’s and the MPD’s were originally drafted as refurb floats whilst the 315’s SEN’s finally went for refurbishment. Not sure what the MPD’s are covering now though. |
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Post by Nathan on Feb 3, 2018 15:22:48 GMT
The 153 and 343 have done pretty well with allocations |
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Post by Nathan on Feb 3, 2018 15:43:11 GMT
Oops! Stand corrected on those two! I thought the 322 was only allocated those 15-reg E200s, there’s two darts on there now! Same with the 1, I thought only their WHVs at NX were blinded for the 1, except a sole Gemini 2 that I knew about. I’m gonna assume this massive order of EH’s for NX will all have the 1 blinded on them? And surely it’s WHVs will have to be reblinded soon, as they’re also EuroVI hybrids it’d be nice to see some variety. New EHs contain routes 1, 36, 108, 171, 172, 188, 343, 436, N1, N21, N136, N343. The 1 is moving to MG in March anyway, and the 180 WVLs and 188 WHVs have 1 on the blinds. Interesting they don't have the 321. Are the 171 and 321 still planned to move to out of NX temporarily at some point? Or has that been resolved with the planned move of the 1 and 225 to MG? |
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Post by LT 20181 on Feb 3, 2018 15:55:00 GMT
398 & H17 since they moved to RP
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Post by tbmlondon on Feb 3, 2018 16:24:10 GMT
The 358 always seems to have a full allocation of Citaros every day, but very occasionally sees Enviro 200s (the 126/284 ones).
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Post by DE20106 on Feb 3, 2018 16:25:53 GMT
The 358 always seems to have a full allocation of Citaros every day, but very occasionally sees Enviro 200s (the 126/284 ones). Good point. On the subject, the 413 does as well |
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Post by tbmlondon on Feb 3, 2018 16:28:03 GMT
The 358 always seems to have a full allocation of Citaros every day, but very occasionally sees Enviro 200s (the 126/284 ones). Good point. On the subject, the 413 does as well I'm sure the 293 will as well if it gets Citaros later on this year. |
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Post by DE20106 on Feb 3, 2018 16:30:14 GMT
Good point. On the subject, the 413 does as well I'm sure the 293 will as well if it gets Citaros later on this year. I hope it does get citaros! Would suit the route massively on the topic of the extra decker my money would be on them just using another DD found at EB, there should be enough there I reckon! EDIT: or if they are in dire straights for an extra decker just draft a spare one in from somewhere else in the RATP fleet! |
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Post by NWBusConnoisseur on Feb 4, 2018 10:42:10 GMT
Every single route at EW because EW only had one type of bus (TE) until 2017. TEHs sometimes trickle off the 113 but it's a rare occurance on routes like the 107.
221 is almost exclusively DWs too.
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Post by kmkcheng on Feb 4, 2018 10:52:17 GMT
Every single route at EW because EW only had one type of bus (TE) until 2017. TEHs sometimes trickle off the 113 but it's a rare occurance on routes like the 107. 221 is almost exclusively DWs too. I have to disagree about you mentioning the TEHs not straying off the 113. It appears EW are not differentiating between TEs and TEHs with route allocations. If you look at the history of each EW route, it appears every TEH at EW may have worked a route other than 113, even the 606. Even now (I know it’s a Sunday), there’s at least one TEH on the 107, 186 and 204. Edit: on LVF |
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Post by redexpress on Feb 4, 2018 13:28:20 GMT
Every single route at EW because EW only had one type of bus (TE) until 2017. TEHs sometimes trickle off the 113 but it's a rare occurance on routes like the 107. 221 is almost exclusively DWs too. There's usually at least one HV appearance on the 221 every day, even if it's only for a few hours in the evening. There are 3 out right now! In general, if we're including all the routes that "almost" have a full allocation of their scheduled type, we'd be here a long time. It's the ones where unscheduled types never appear - or are extremely rare - that would interest me. 507 and 521 being prime examples. |
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Post by galwhv69 on Feb 4, 2018 13:44:28 GMT
In general, if we're including all the routes that "almost" have a full allocation of their scheduled type, we'd be here a long time. It's the ones where unscheduled types never appear - or are extremely rare - that would interest me. 507 and 521 being prime examples. Was VP20 actually out on the 507? |
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Post by redexpress on Feb 4, 2018 14:04:51 GMT
In general, if we're including all the routes that "almost" have a full allocation of their scheduled type, we'd be here a long time. It's the ones where unscheduled types never appear - or are extremely rare - that would interest me. 507 and 521 being prime examples. Was VP20 actually out on the 507? I doubt it! What's odd about that entry on LVF is that it's listed as X172FBB. VP20 is/was X173FBB, which is the TfL open-topper. X172FBB is VP19, which ended up as a trainer with Go-Ahead, and wasn't licenced to carry passengers. Either way I guess this was an iBus test of some sort. |
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Post by galwhv69 on Feb 4, 2018 14:35:01 GMT
Was VP20 actually out on the 507? I doubt it! What's odd about that entry on LVF is that it's listed as X172FBB. VP20 is/was X173FBB, which is the TfL open-topper. X172FBB is VP19, which ended up as a trainer with Go-Ahead, and wasn't licenced to carry passengers. Either way I guess this was an iBus test of some sort. All I know is that there is a trainer at Waterloo,didn't know if it was out on the 507 as I heard from somewhere that there are buses that can switch between being in passenger service and being a trainer |
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Same with the 1, I thought only their WHVs at NX were blinded for the 1, except a sole Gemini 2 that I knew about. I’m gonna assume this massive order of EH’s for NX will all have the 1 blinded on them? And surely it’s WHVs will have to be reblinded soon, as they’re also EuroVI hybrids it’d be nice to see some variety. 
