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Post by capitalomnibus on May 10, 2022 0:16:49 GMT
They're Streetdecks (SW's), not HV's and they are based at Palmers Green. They're allocated to route 340, although for some reason all are out on the 102 today. They had some reliability issues after AD took over the route, so were kept on the 329 which runs right by the garage. You wouldn't want to breakdown miles from the garage on the 340! All sorted now, but drivers may prefer the HVs or T's. They are mostly on the 102 as well. Are Enfield ordering EA's for the 307?  They had reliability issues before [AD] took them on. Since they were at [GR] |
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 10, 2022 0:23:02 GMT
What a ridiculous thing to do... I do wonder what goes through people's heads sometimes. Not promoting robbery, but if I was in desperate desire to rob something I'd not go for something which people can easily track using satellite and radio, and is plastered with CCTV cameras throughout. Not sure what was going through his head. He stole a pizza delivery moped first then dumped it inside the garage. He then stole the bus that was in the run in. I believe he may have been under the influence of either drugs or alcohol. |
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Post by ServerKing on May 10, 2022 3:48:03 GMT
They had some reliability issues after AD took over the route, so were kept on the 329 which runs right by the garage. You wouldn't want to breakdown miles from the garage on the 340! All sorted now, but drivers may prefer the HVs or T's. They are mostly on the 102 as well. Are Enfield ordering EA's for the 307? EAs would seem likely for the 307, however other electric DDs have been introduced since the 319's order was placed, such as the Streetdeck Electroliner. It's hard to say which manufacturer(s) Arriva are favouring at the moment, as several recent new batches outside of London have been dealer stock, such as the MCV Evoras on the Luton busway, or some of the Streetlites in the Hemel Hempstead area. There is a driver at Enfield who does short YouTube videos of his bus duties (he did an ENN walkaround when they were first delivered before taking to the road, not sure if he is a member here) and the bus pictured in his latest thumbnail (of a Turnpike Lane bus station) was the announcement of the 307, featuring a picture of an EA (unless it's like when Estate Agents, keen to lure investors from the Far East to obscure parts of London put pictures of LT's in with their proposed apartments as they are the typical personification of London)  If Electroliners, (keeping with the mostly Wrightbus theme at Enfield) hopefully they'll be Arriva's first with LED blinds  |
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Post by kmkcheng on May 10, 2022 11:55:03 GMT
LT176 has been spotted along the 248 route, looks like doing route learning or testing
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Post by adl on May 10, 2022 14:15:34 GMT
LT176 has been spotted along the 248 route, looks like doing route learning or testing Just thought with the 248 converting to LT and the 5 looking to be converting as and when buses become available, Romford Market Bus Stand will just be LTs.  |
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Post by busoccultation on May 10, 2022 14:46:17 GMT
LT176 has been spotted along the 248 route, looks like doing route learning or testing Just thought with the 248 converting to LT and the 5 looking to be converting as and when buses become available, Romford Market Bus Stand will just be LTs. That and also a stand in Romford that won't be used any scheduled Stagecoach routes by September for an area that would still be dominated by Stagecoach. Who would have thought at the start of this year that Romford would see more LT routes in the day with the 5 & 248 converting than a electric operated route which the 174 still be the only Romford route to use electrics for the time being. |
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Post by ServerKing on May 10, 2022 16:20:17 GMT
LT176 has been spotted along the 248 route, looks like doing route learning or testing Just thought with the 248 converting to LT and the 5 looking to be converting as and when buses become available, Romford Market Bus Stand will just be LTs. I remember when everything around Romford Market was either a Bristol VR on the 151 / 351, Titan or Atlantean |
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Post by wirewiper on May 10, 2022 16:50:16 GMT
Just thought with the 248 converting to LT and the 5 looking to be converting as and when buses become available, Romford Market Bus Stand will just be LTs. I remember when everything around Romford Market was either a Bristol VR on the 151 / 351, Titan or Atlantean The 370 also had Bristol VRs for a short while after London Country was persuaded to buy a batch of 15 instead of their preferred Atlanteans. They weren't very popular with the crews and engineering staff and were soon transferred out. Prior to the VRs the 370 was crew-operated with RCLs (Routemaster coaches) displaced from Green line work. There would have been single deckers (firstly SMS and latterly Leyland Nationals) on the 248 as it operated under the low bridge at Cranham. Originally a purely local Upminster route operated with low-height RLHs, it was converted to single-deck OMO in 1970 and extended to run to and from Romford. The route wasn't double-decked until November 1981 when it changed to its current route. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 11, 2022 0:20:30 GMT
Just thought with the 248 converting to LT and the 5 looking to be converting as and when buses become available, Romford Market Bus Stand will just be LTs. I remember when everything around Romford Market was either a Bristol VR on the 151 / 351, Titan or Atlantean Don't forget the trusty Leyland Nationals |
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Post by richard on May 11, 2022 1:18:56 GMT
I remember when everything around Romford Market was either a Bristol VR on the 151 / 351, Titan or Atlantean The 370 also had Bristol VRs for a short while after London Country was persuaded to buy a batch of 15 instead of their preferred Atlanteans. They weren't very popular with the crews and engineering staff and were soon transferred out. Prior to the VRs the 370 was crew-operated with RCLs (Routemaster coaches) displaced from Green line work. There would have been single deckers (firstly SMS and latterly Leyland Nationals) on the 248 as it operated under the low bridge at Cranham. Originally a purely local Upminster route operated with low-height RLHs, it was converted to single-deck OMO in 1970 and extended to run to and from Romford. The route wasn't double-decked until November 1981 when it changed to its current route. In recent times the DWs at GY had southern counties numbers 610** |
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Post by ServerKing on May 11, 2022 3:58:04 GMT
The 370 also had Bristol VRs for a short while after London Country was persuaded to buy a batch of 15 instead of their preferred Atlanteans. They weren't very popular with the crews and engineering staff and were soon transferred out. Prior to the VRs the 370 was crew-operated with RCLs (Routemaster coaches) displaced from Green line work. There would have been single deckers (firstly SMS and latterly Leyland Nationals) on the 248 as it operated under the low bridge at Cranham. Originally a purely local Upminster route operated with low-height RLHs, it was converted to single-deck OMO in 1970 and extended to run to and from Romford. The route wasn't double-decked until November 1981 when it changed to its current route. In recent times the DWs at GY had southern counties numbers 610** This was just before they took Arriva London's numbering system. I enjoyed a great thrashy ride on 6226, one of the ex-160 DLA's on the 370 from Upminster to Lakeside... by then, they were a state, like the DLA's on the W3 (and the 318 EN's except 38 now) |
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Post by dragonman on May 12, 2022 13:53:12 GMT
They had some reliability issues after AD took over the route, so were kept on the 329 which runs right by the garage. You wouldn't want to breakdown miles from the garage on the 340! All sorted now, but drivers may prefer the HVs or T's. They are mostly on the 102 as well. Are Enfield ordering EA's for the 307? They had reliability issues before [AD] took them on. Since they were at [GR] oh ok cool,thanks for the info. |
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Post by cl54 on May 13, 2022 16:02:16 GMT
Just saw HV334 being towed towards Truck Align at Charlton. Presumably there for the damage to be assessed and the chassis re-aligned if necessary. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 22, 2022 22:14:31 GMT
ENN59 was involved in heavy frontal RTC damage on Meridian Way on Thursday whilst on 192 going to Tottenham Hale.
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Post by Busboy105 on May 22, 2022 22:16:59 GMT
What's going on with the 325 extension? Has that been scrapped?
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