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Post by cybermike137 on Mar 4, 2024 11:35:41 GMT
Omg ES50 spotted at West Croydon just now, being driven by one of TH mentors, dare I say it type training may have begun 😱
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Post by ! ALEED on Mar 4, 2024 11:49:36 GMT
Omg ES50 spotted at West Croydon just now, being driven by one of TH mentors, dare I say it type training may have begun 😱 View AttachmentThat's perfect! Some of those buses have been collecting dust for quite some time. Looking forward to seeing them soon.
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Post by martynl on Mar 4, 2024 12:05:06 GMT
Saw ENL66 in St Georges Walk yesterday with no blinds, just a hastily placed paper number and destination in the windscreen. How long are the ex 325 buses going to be used or are these for the long term? If so how long before they're fully blinded? Also in the picture is HA22 on a rare duty on the 412. Do you mean HT22? Yes, of course sorry for the typo! Only about the 3rd or 4th time it's run the route I think.
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Post by capitalomnibus on Mar 4, 2024 12:21:55 GMT
Jut thought, it would be funny seeing people getting SL2 and EL2 confused and going on the wrong bus especially in Barking. Here's a question, will the SL2 buses also have the SL1 on the blind set? I'm just thinking if a SL2 was 15 late you could tell the driver to stick up SL1 and use the station to stand without the BSC noticing I cannot remember, but think it does. The problem though we be the amount of buses and they would realise that there are too much SL1's inside the station then tell one to depart.
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Post by capitalomnibus on Mar 4, 2024 12:26:26 GMT
One bus has been properly blinded for the SL2 (HA38), DX might be getting under control a bit. Why the need for Ferry Terminal? Almost certainly the 473 is going to change as well. Literally no bus passenger will ever use the Ferry. People in their job having to prove their worth. The amount of pathetic blind and ibus changes over the past few years of locations that has not changed or anything has happened is alarming.
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Post by JUNIOR26 on Mar 4, 2024 13:31:49 GMT
I've seen that the DXs HAs have the 19 on the blindset.
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Post by vlw92 on Mar 4, 2024 13:45:12 GMT
I've seen that the DXs HAs have the 19 on the blindset. To my knowledge they have always been there as when the 19 left SW the original plan was for it to go back to BN and instead it went to AR.
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Post by ThinLizzy on Mar 4, 2024 13:52:44 GMT
I've seen that the DXs HAs have the 19 on the blindset. I think I read that the HAs have been given inserts for the SL2, so will still have 19 on the blinds
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Post by vjaska on Mar 4, 2024 14:26:31 GMT
I've seen that the DXs HAs have the 19 on the blindset. To my knowledge they have always been there as when the 19 left SW the original plan was for it to go back to BN and instead it went to AR. That's right - I think it was 19 to BN originally after Go-Ahead lost it with the N19 to AR before plans changed to what they are today? Even then, I don't think it's that surprising as the 19 was on BN blinds even when it was at BA before it moved to BN. In fact, the O5 reg VLA's at N had 19 & N19 on the blinds originally as they were used on that, presumably whilst the 19 was awaiting it's 05 reg DW's
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Post by DT 11 on Mar 4, 2024 14:30:16 GMT
To my knowledge they have always been there as when the 19 left SW the original plan was for it to go back to BN and instead it went to AR. That's right - I think it was 19 to BN originally after Go-Ahead lost it with the N19 to AR before plans changed to what they are today? Even then, I don't think it's that surprising as the 19 was on BN blinds even when it was at BA before it moved to BN. In fact, the O5 reg VLA's at N had 19 & N19 on the blinds originally as they were used on that, presumably whilst the 19 was awaiting it's 05 reg DW's The EAs also have 19 & N19 on the blinds.
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Post by ServerKing on Mar 4, 2024 22:21:21 GMT
Why the need for Ferry Terminal? Almost certainly the 473 is going to change as well. Literally no bus passenger will ever use the Ferry. People in their job having to prove their worth. The amount of pathetic blind and ibus changes over the past few years of locations that has not changed or anything has happened is alarming. Just been on the Go Ahead thread where someone posted a TikTok of a 476 MHV cycling through blinds, one of which is Meridian Water... wondering if this spells the end for Angel Road Superstores on the 341? Shame is MacKenna Bros are the only ones making smart blinds, so there is a lead time for inserts or new sets. Or buy their fabulous LED units?
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Post by DE20106 on Mar 4, 2024 22:32:22 GMT
People in their job having to prove their worth. The amount of pathetic blind and ibus changes over the past few years of locations that has not changed or anything has happened is alarming. Just been on the Go Ahead thread where someone posted a TikTok of a 476 MHV cycling through blinds, one of which is Meridian Water... wondering if this spells the end for Angel Road Superstores on the 341? Shame is MacKenna Bros are the only ones making smart blinds, so there is a lead time for inserts or new sets. Or buy their fabulous LED units? How come McKenna are the only smart blind manufacturers now? There used to be three what happened to the other two? And now they’ve got the market to themselves McKenna can name their price now and operators will have to take it!😨
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Post by capitalomnibus on Mar 5, 2024 2:18:56 GMT
People in their job having to prove their worth. The amount of pathetic blind and ibus changes over the past few years of locations that has not changed or anything has happened is alarming. Just been on the Go Ahead thread where someone posted a TikTok of a 476 MHV cycling through blinds, one of which is Meridian Water... wondering if this spells the end for Angel Road Superstores on the 341? Shame is MacKenna Bros are the only ones making smart blinds, so there is a lead time for inserts or new sets. Or buy their fabulous LED units? The sooner Angel Road Superstores is gone as a blind name the better. I and many here hated it some years ago as virtually no one called it that. To make matters worse it was more confusing than anything else on the 341 for people to mistake it for the "real" Angel at Islington.
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Post by ServerKing on Mar 5, 2024 4:31:17 GMT
Just been on the Go Ahead thread where someone posted a TikTok of a 476 MHV cycling through blinds, one of which is Meridian Water... wondering if this spells the end for Angel Road Superstores on the 341? Shame is MacKenna Bros are the only ones making smart blinds, so there is a lead time for inserts or new sets. Or buy their fabulous LED units? How come McKenna are the only smart blind manufacturers now? There used to be three what happened to the other two? And now they’ve got the market to themselves McKenna can name their price now and operators will have to take it!😨 The perfect storm... TfL will insist any operator that's not switched to LEDs to shell out for these blinds instead. But the process of making the blinds is very long, theres a video on youtube somewhere. The fact TfL now call Angel Road Superstores (which is just a Tesco nowhere near Angel Road) Meridian Water, Glover Drive shows they want to update it, but operators havent updated the blinds, even though the bus stop flags show the new name. The "Superstores" bit is even more laughable since IKEA left. Yet there's effort to name Overground lines, but no effort to update bus destination blinds to make it easier to travel
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Post by COBO on Mar 5, 2024 5:35:39 GMT
Is the W3 still getting HAs? are the HAs on the SL2 temporary?
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