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Post by capitalomnibus on Sept 2, 2023 4:05:52 GMT
SW2, SW6 and SW9 have been spotted at TC this evening. Wonder what they’re doing there? I have a strong feeling that the SWs will all eventually enter service at South Croydon Garage. We took them there last night |
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Post by COBO on Sept 2, 2023 4:37:40 GMT
I have a strong feeling that the SWs will all eventually enter service at South Croydon Garage. We took them there last night TC is always taking the ex The Shires buses bar the 258 DWs lol |
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Post by JUNIOR26 on Sept 2, 2023 6:22:16 GMT
SW2, SW6 and SW9 have been spotted at TC this evening. Wonder what they’re doing there? According to the engineer there, its said to be permanent but also heard they're temporarily going onto the 312. |
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Sept 2, 2023 6:25:18 GMT
SW2, SW6 and SW9 have been spotted at TC this evening. Wonder what they’re doing there? I have a strong feeling that the SWs will all eventually enter service at South Croydon Garage. Maybe they will form a bid by Arriva to retain a route in Croydon such as route 194? |
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Post by ServerKing on Sept 2, 2023 6:37:53 GMT
SW2, SW6 and SW9 have been spotted at TC this evening. Wonder what they’re doing there? According to the engineer there, its said to be permanent but also heard they're temporarily going onto the 312. Don't put them on the 466   |
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Post by twobellstogo on Sept 2, 2023 6:47:05 GMT
According to the engineer there, its said to be permanent but also heard they're temporarily going onto the 312. Don't put them on the 466 Or the 60. Can you imagine these lumps on the hills around Old Coulsdon? 😮😮😮 |
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Post by greenboy on Sept 2, 2023 6:49:33 GMT
SW2, SW6 and SW9 have been spotted at TC this evening. Wonder what they’re doing there? According to the engineer there, its said to be permanent but also heard they're temporarily going onto the 312. I heard they were going to TC but I honestly thought it was a joke, I wonder what's happening to the EMC's if they're going on the 312 temporarily? The 312 would be ideal for the SW's,they won't go too far from the garage. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2023 6:53:00 GMT
Don't put them on the 466 Or the 60. Can you imagine these lumps on the hills around Old Coulsdon? 😮😮😮 There's a driver at TC who likes to occasionally take out another type onto the 60, he's done a HV a few months ago and a HT a while back wouldn't be surprised if he takes out a SW one day |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2023 7:01:31 GMT
According to the engineer there, its said to be permanent but also heard they're temporarily going onto the 312. I heard they were going to TC but I honestly thought it was a joke, I wonder what's happening to the EMC's if they're going on the 312 temporarily? The 312 would be ideal for the SW's,they won't go too far from the garage. Internally it could go to the 166 otherwise I believe the only other options are 255(not sure about length restriction) and 289(would need to retain some of its MMCs due to its PVR) |
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Post by jt64 on Sept 2, 2023 7:04:30 GMT
I heard they were going to TC but I honestly thought it was a joke, I wonder what's happening to the EMC's if they're going on the 312 temporarily? The 312 would be ideal for the SW's,they won't go too far from the garage. Internally it could go to the 166 otherwise I believe the only other options are 255(not sure about length restriction) and 289 I think the range because of the EMCs age would hinder them from doing the 166 hence why they always do the 312, but the 255, 289 probably wouldn't be as bad but not sure if they would have the range to do a full day on any, more like half a day. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2023 7:06:30 GMT
Internally it could go to the 166 otherwise I believe the only other options are 255(not sure about length restriction) and 289 I think the range because of the EMCs age would hinder them from doing the 166 hence why they always do the 312, but the 255, 289 probably wouldn't be as bad but not sure if they would have the range to do a full day on any, more like half a day. Arriva may just dump them if their range is too low, I'm sure plans will be revealed soon enough. |
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Post by mark on Sept 2, 2023 7:21:35 GMT
I think the range because of the EMCs age would hinder them from doing the 166 hence why they always do the 312, but the 255, 289 probably wouldn't be as bad but not sure if they would have the range to do a full day on any, more like half a day. Arriva may just dump them if their range is too low, I'm sure plans will be revealed soon enough. I’m pretty certain that the EMCs are still owned by TfL. |
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Post by southlondonbus on Sept 2, 2023 7:27:05 GMT
Don't put them on the 466 Or the 60. Can you imagine these lumps on the hills around Old Coulsdon? 😮😮😮 Or even worse the 412! That hill between Riddlesdown and Selsdon used to almost kill a DLA. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2023 7:32:04 GMT
Arriva may just dump them if their range is too low, I'm sure plans will be revealed soon enough. I’m pretty certain that the EMCs are still owned by TfL. Don't TfL only own the two demos and 4 ex OCEs with Arriva having all the others on lease |
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Post by greenboy on Sept 2, 2023 7:39:27 GMT
I think the range because of the EMCs age would hinder them from doing the 166 hence why they always do the 312, but the 255, 289 probably wouldn't be as bad but not sure if they would have the range to do a full day on any, more like half a day. Arriva may just dump them if their range is too low, I'm sure plans will be revealed soon enough. Quite possibly, they do seem to be getting more and more unreliable with double deckers appearing on the 312 throughout the day. I don't what will happen if and when the extension to Old Lodge Lane happens? Possibly convert the 289 to double deckers and use the ENX's on the 312? |
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