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Post by ServerKing on Jul 29, 2024 5:18:32 GMT
Did the 25 have any Articulated Scania Omncitys during it bendy bus days? Not that I can remember I believe there was one Scania demonstrator, but that was on the 207. If one ever appeared, it wod have been a demonstrator. All Voith Citaros IIRC, before First's shock win of the 25 with a mixture of ZF and Voith B9's (I remember taking a ride on VN36139).
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Post by mkay315 on Jul 29, 2024 12:19:31 GMT
Not that I can remember I believe there was one Scania demonstrator, but that was on the 207. If one ever appeared, it wod have been a demonstrator. All Voith Citaros IIRC, before First's shock win of the 25 with a mixture of ZF and Voith B9's (I remember taking a ride on VN36139). Actually the Citaros was predominantly ZF. Only a few that transferred from the 453 were voith
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Post by mkay315 on Jul 29, 2024 12:21:10 GMT
Not that I can remember I believe there was one Scania demonstrator, but that was on the 207. If one ever appeared, it wod have been a demonstrator. All Voith Citaros IIRC, before First's shock win of the 25 with a mixture of ZF and Voith B9's (I remember taking a ride on VN36139). Speaking about the 25. That Saturday 25th June 2011 was a legendary day. Going into Ilford and seeing so many pxssed off faces when the bendy bus was no longer there was priceless.
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Post by WH241 on Jul 29, 2024 13:08:22 GMT
All Voith Citaros IIRC, before First's shock win of the 25 with a mixture of ZF and Voith B9's (I remember taking a ride on VN36139). Speaking about the 25. That Saturday 25th June 2011 was a legendary day. Going into Ilford and seeing so many pxssed off faces when the bendy bus was no longer there was priceless. I was thinking about this day a couple of weeks ago! I boarded a 25 and Bow Church and the look on passengers faces when they see a double decker 25 was absolutely priceless.
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Post by Dad91 on Jul 29, 2024 13:28:36 GMT
Speaking about the 25. That Saturday 25th June 2011 was a legendary day. Going into Ilford and seeing so many pxssed off faces when the bendy bus was no longer there was priceless. I was thinking about this day a couple of weeks ago! I boarded a 25 and Bow Church and the look on passengers faces when they see a double decker 25 was absolutely priceless. People was travelling free fare Evasion. Had to pay lol 😆
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Post by mkay315 on Jul 29, 2024 13:52:59 GMT
Speaking about the 25. That Saturday 25th June 2011 was a legendary day. Going into Ilford and seeing so many pxssed off faces when the bendy bus was no longer there was priceless. I was thinking about this day a couple of weeks ago! I boarded a 25 and Bow Church and the look on passengers faces when they see a double decker 25 was absolutely priceless. Listen. Loads of people were pxssed!!!! The level of disdain that was shown that Saturday was hilarious. When it got to Stratford it was even worse. I remembered it being mildly hot that day and doing the end to end that day too walking in Central. Coming back it didn't feel as long (maybe due to me laughing in my head with the disgruntled passengers)
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Post by mkay315 on Jul 29, 2024 13:55:52 GMT
I also remembered the 26th June 1999 when first operated the 25 on it's first stint. Loved the legroom on the plaxtons but had shxt capacity. The ALX400s had good capacity but them seats were rock hard with little paddings on it.
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Post by T.R. on Jul 29, 2024 16:22:02 GMT
All Voith Citaros IIRC, before First's shock win of the 25 with a mixture of ZF and Voith B9's (I remember taking a ride on VN36139). Speaking about the 25. That Saturday 25th June 2011 was a legendary day. Going into Ilford and seeing so many pxssed off faces when the bendy bus was no longer there was priceless. I remember the “RIP route X Bendy Bus” facebook groups that popped up around that time (X being a route) 💀.
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Post by DE20106 on Jul 29, 2024 16:35:11 GMT
Speaking about the 25. That Saturday 25th June 2011 was a legendary day. Going into Ilford and seeing so many pxssed off faces when the bendy bus was no longer there was priceless. I was thinking about this day a couple of weeks ago! I boarded a 25 and Bow Church and the look on passengers faces when they see a double decker 25 was absolutely priceless. Awww what a shame that they actually have to pay for something that they use, my heart bleeds for them What annoys me is that it’s generally those exact people who are the very most entitled in society, and are the very first people to expect to have things handed to them on a plate. The ‘woe is me it’s everyone else’s fault that I can’t afford to buy the latest iPhone’ type
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Post by mkay315 on Jul 29, 2024 17:13:48 GMT
Speaking about the 25. That Saturday 25th June 2011 was a legendary day. Going into Ilford and seeing so many pxssed off faces when the bendy bus was no longer there was priceless. I remember the “RIP route X Bendy Bus” facebook groups that popped up around that time (X being a route) 💀. 😂😂😂 I remember that too. 2011 was the year of the bendy bus mass cleansing. The 3 that stuck out for me was the 25, 207 and the 73
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Post by enviroPB on Jul 30, 2024 0:37:02 GMT
I remember the “RIP route X Bendy Bus” facebook groups that popped up around that time (X being a route) 💀. 😂😂😂 I remember that too. 2011 was the year of the bendy bus mass cleansing. The 3 that stuck out for me was the 25, 207 and the 73 I don't remember the order of all conversions, but I do know the last one was the 453 in December 2011. BBC London reported on how it was fulfilling Boris Johnson's pledge to have artics off the streets by 2012, and it was a rather lovely send off by the BBC too.
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Post by mkay315 on Jul 30, 2024 4:42:23 GMT
😂😂😂 I remember that too. 2011 was the year of the bendy bus mass cleansing. The 3 that stuck out for me was the 25, 207 and the 73 I don't remember the order of all conversions, but I do know the last one was the 453 in December 2011. BBC London reported on how it was fulfilling Boris Johnson's pledge to have artics off the streets by 2012, and it was a rather lovely send off by the BBC too. You were close but it was actually the 207 that was the last bendybus route in London. The 453 was done in November. Off the top of my head. The conversions started in 2009 with the 507 and 521 in July of that year then the 38 in November, then in 2010 it was the 149 in October then the 18 in November of that year and then we come to 2011. The 25 being in June, the 73 being in September, I know the 29 was also in 2011 but I'm not sure if it was October or November, the 12 was also around that time as well and then you had the 436 and then the 453 and then the 207 in December
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Post by ServerKing on Jul 31, 2024 3:10:30 GMT
Speaking about the 25. That Saturday 25th June 2011 was a legendary day. Going into Ilford and seeing so many pxssed off faces when the bendy bus was no longer there was priceless. I remember the “RIP route X Bendy Bus” facebook groups that popped up around that time (X being a route) 💀. I was a call handler on one of the Counselling hotlines set up by TfL at the time. The phones were red hot
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Post by bustler on Aug 1, 2024 11:24:21 GMT
Are Stagecoach intending to phase out the Alexander Dennis E40H'S from route 26? Though there's plenty of them operating the route, i've noticed the numbers of Enviro 400 MMC have doubled on the route recently and wondered if changes are planned?
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Post by ThinLizzy on Aug 1, 2024 11:33:30 GMT
Are Stagecoach intending to phase out the Alexander Dennis E40H'S from route 26? Though there's plenty of them operating the route, i've noticed the numbers of Enviro 400 MMC have doubled on the route recently and wondered if changes are planned? I'm sure they're just being mixed a bit more with vehicles on the 242. Today, there's 3 MMCs on the 26, with 1 City on the 242 I think the 26 batch are also going through refurbishment as well.
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