aleed
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Post by aleed on Apr 25, 2024 17:43:21 GMT
NS isn’t wired up yet with all the leccys currently be charged by a powerbank. All breaks have been worked out that all buses are charged at NS during the day. In the evening only 8 will be at LI with the rest at NS overnight. Not wired up yet? Wow! Taking their time for sure. That's actually really weird to hear. Because I'm pretty sure the entire batch has arrived by now, so there should be no reason why it's not wired up by now. Perhaps there are bigger issues going on, or things that are taking up more priority than electrifying the 86 right now.
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Post by vjaska on Apr 25, 2024 22:07:54 GMT
Not wired up yet? Wow! Taking their time for sure. That's actually really weird to hear. Because I'm pretty sure the entire batch has arrived by now, so there should be no reason why it's not wired up by now. Perhaps there are bigger issues going on, or things that are taking up more priority than electrifying the 86 right now. Wiring up a garage that isn’t connected to the grid already isn’t easy and does take time to do. Once NS is done, future conversions of other routes will be much quicker
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Post by sam97 on Apr 26, 2024 4:34:15 GMT
That's actually really weird to hear. Because I'm pretty sure the entire batch has arrived by now, so there should be no reason why it's not wired up by now. Perhaps there are bigger issues going on, or things that are taking up more priority than electrifying the 86 right now. Wiring up a garage that isn’t connected to the grid already isn’t easy and does take time to do. Once NS is done, future conversions of other routes will be much quicker Exactly. Look how many garages are waiting to be connected to the grid: AW, E, HK etc. So it going to take a while at first because it a long process. Once all or most garages are connected then it becomes easier and quicker to wire up the garages
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Post by abellion on Apr 26, 2024 20:28:03 GMT
I wish Go Ahead luck with the P4. I had a 14 minute wait in Dulwich for one today and overheard a few folks complaining about the route, later that day I spoke to a man near Brockley who complained about the buses taking forever to come when the countdown says they’re near, ‘newer buses’ with one door (as mentioned by vjaska and others) and overall how poor he finds the route. I’m sure Stagecoach tried their best with such a difficult route and hopefully the takeover doesn’t throw the service off for him and others even more
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Post by overgroundcommuter on Apr 26, 2024 20:43:22 GMT
I wish Go Ahead luck with the P4. I had a 14 minute wait in Dulwich for one today and overheard a few folks complaining about the route, later that day I spoke to a man near Brockley who complained about the buses taking forever to come when the countdown says they’re near, ‘newer buses’ with one door (as mentioned by vjaska and others) and overall how poor he finds the route. I’m sure Stagecoach tried their best with such a difficult route and hopefully the takeover doesn’t throw the service off for him and others even more I live on the P4 route and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that GAL will try and do a better job with the route, but it won't be easy thanks to the continual issues with the South Circular. At one time I'd avoid the 185 and wait for the P4 to Lewisham as it's usually faster, but in recent years thanks to the Dulwich Village LTN, I stick to the 185 unless the P4 is literally about to arrive.
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Post by YX10FFN on Apr 26, 2024 21:58:12 GMT
Closing out 33 years of operation out of Catford garage, the last Stagecoach bus on the P4 tonight will be TL 107, worked by 36373 LX59EDK. 0100 departure from Brixton.
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Post by overgroundcommuter on Apr 27, 2024 1:31:49 GMT
Closing out 33 years of operation out of Catford garage, the last Stagecoach bus on the P4 tonight will be TL 107, worked by 36373 LX59EDK. 0100 departure from Brixton. And credit to Stagecoach for marking the occasion on the windscreen of 36373.
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Post by vjaska on Apr 27, 2024 2:09:33 GMT
Closing out 33 years of operation out of Catford garage, the last Stagecoach bus on the P4 tonight will be TL 107, worked by 36373 LX59EDK. 0100 departure from Brixton. And credit to Stagecoach for marking the occasion on the windscreen of 36373. Indeed, I spotted the driver in Brixton this evening putting up the notice on the front windscreen (wish I took a photo)
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Post by vjaska on Apr 27, 2024 2:17:04 GMT
I wish Go Ahead luck with the P4. I had a 14 minute wait in Dulwich for one today and overheard a few folks complaining about the route, later that day I spoke to a man near Brockley who complained about the buses taking forever to come when the countdown says they’re near, ‘newer buses’ with one door (as mentioned by vjaska and others) and overall how poor he finds the route. I’m sure Stagecoach tried their best with such a difficult route and hopefully the takeover doesn’t throw the service off for him and others even more Feel for you and those who use it even more regularly than I have ever done. Operationally, Stagecoach have done their best given the South Circular is very good at ruining it's reliability among other more minor issues like Lewisham & even traffic in Brixton when leaving the stand - my main gripe was their excessive use of single door buses and I noticed at least one was out on the last day yesterday as well. My biggest concern with Go-Ahead is regulation & turns - looking at my fellow Go-Ahead routes in my are and whilst they are all run to a decent standard (as are Arriva & Abellio operated routes), they do tend to see more turns & regulation. Stagecoach would only turn a P4 if it was really necessary from my personal experiences and padded journeys wasn't common a P4 (ironically, my final journey recently on 36312 was a slow journey and not due to traffic either). I will hopefully be doing an end to end ride to Lewisham and back so we'll see how Day 1 goes for them
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Post by B9TL205 on Apr 27, 2024 7:45:21 GMT
The LJ24 BZLs have entered service on the 276.
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aleed
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Post by aleed on Apr 27, 2024 7:54:27 GMT
The YJ24 BZLs have entered service on the 276. YJ24 are the Metrocities, temporarily replacing the E200s apparently. LJ24s are the BZLs. Seems like on LVF, the BZLs don't have the 'e' letter to show that the displays are electric. Perhaps it will be added soon.
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Post by WH241 on Apr 27, 2024 8:51:10 GMT
Good to see the electrics entering service on the 276! What is the seating capacity on the Metrocitys? The 276 is a very busy route so just wonder how these will cope even if temporary?
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Post by B9TL205 on Apr 27, 2024 8:52:07 GMT
The YJ24 BZLs have entered service on the 276. YJ24 are the Metrocities, temporarily replacing the E200s apparently. LJ24s are the BZLs. Seems like on LVF, the BZLs don't have the 'e' letter to show that the displays are electric. Perhaps it will be added soon. Whoops, was mixing up them buses up due to how similar their fleetcodes/numberplates are lol
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Post by borneobus on Apr 27, 2024 10:04:07 GMT
Good to see the electrics entering service on the 276! What is the seating capacity on the Metrocitys? The 276 is a very busy route so just wonder how these will cope even if temporary? Seating is B23D for Switch Metrocity EV MC0940 9.4m 67013-22 (for W11) credit vjaska spreadsheet
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Post by M1104 on Apr 27, 2024 10:19:14 GMT
And credit to Stagecoach for marking the occasion on the windscreen of 36373. Indeed, I spotted the driver in Brixton this evening putting up the notice on the front windscreen (wish I took a photo) EnviroTrident_ did it for you 😉 www.flickr.com/photos/190120389@N08/53680300372/
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