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Post by capitalomnibus on May 22, 2024 23:06:39 GMT
Just got on DW243 and we’ve reached Dovers Corner and driver is waiting for an engineer as the bus has an engine cooing fault. It’s all happening on the 103 today Ona separate note, these buses seem to be becoming more and more unreliable. Less being spent and a few fitters on holiday and one left. More agency would be covering again  |
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Post by adl on May 23, 2024 15:26:35 GMT
Looking the the blind change on DW502, when the hybrids eventually arrive on route 175 & 370 their blind destinations will match their ibis:
175 Hillrise Estate > North Romford, HILLRISE ESTATE
370 Romford Market > Romford, Mercury Gardens
Also noted that Cranham has 2 displays as seen on the 59 reg DWs one being Cranham and the other being Cranham
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Post by dace2 on May 23, 2024 16:21:31 GMT
Looking the the blind change on DW502, when the hybrids eventually arrive on route 175 & 370 their blind destinations will match their ibis: 175 Hillrise Estate > North Romford, HILLRISE ESTATE 370 Romford Market > Romford, Mercury Gardens Also noted that Cranham has 2 displays as seen on the 59 reg DWs one being Cranham and the other being Cranham I imagine DX would transfer the blinds from the current Ts and DWs. It would look so cool if they did that. |
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Post by adl on May 23, 2024 17:02:48 GMT
Looking the the blind change on DW502, when the hybrids eventually arrive on route 175 & 370 their blind destinations will match their ibis: 175 Hillrise Estate > North Romford, HILLRISE ESTATE 370 Romford Market > Romford, Mercury Gardens Also noted that Cranham has 2 displays as seen on the 59 reg DWs one being Cranham and the other being Cranham I imagine DX would transfer the blinds from the current Ts and DWs. It would look so cool if they did that. The current allocation is manual blinded and won’t be suitable for power blinded buses so I hope this does not happen not to mention DX & GY blinds are not exactly the best a lot of ripped examples, I’m looking forward to the hybrids coming to the routes hopefully will sort the issue we currently have of buses turning up all with all sorts of blinds, the 103 of is by far the worst offender for the blinds . In fact personal want here but I hope newer examples are moved from outer garages since so many Ts and DWs are becoming free to oust the 59 reg DWs as they are always going mechanical I love how nippy the 59 reg are by they are certainly experiencing much more mechanical issues recently and power blinded blinds should already be on order as the new contract will see power blinded buses so they can easily transfer these to the hybrids when they become free but I can’t see hybrids arriving until halfway through the Romford route contracts seeing how slow electric conversions are right now. I recon we are at least looking at late 2025 before hybrids cascade. |
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Post by ServerKing on May 23, 2024 17:15:01 GMT
Just got on DW243 and we’ve reached Dovers Corner and driver is waiting for an engineer as the bus has an engine cooing fault. It’s all happening on the 103 today Ona separate note, these buses seem to be becoming more and more unreliable. They are hammered every day and are 15 years old, so not suprising, They just have to keep them going until the hybrids start to arrive in summer |
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Post by adl on May 23, 2024 17:39:51 GMT
Just got on DW243 and we’ve reached Dovers Corner and driver is waiting for an engineer as the bus has an engine cooing fault. It’s all happening on the 103 today Ona separate note, these buses seem to be becoming more and more unreliable. They are hammered every day and are 15 years old, so not suprising, They just have to keep them going until the hybrids start to arrive in summer If I’m honest I think that’s being a bit optimistic, electric conversion takes quite some time currently wouldn’t be expecting a conversion until at least 2025. 307 had taken she’s to convert, the 279 hasn’t began conversion and no signs of its buses, the 64 hasn’t converted due to infrastructure, the 417 was delayed. |
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Post by atb123 on May 23, 2024 19:07:37 GMT
They are hammered every day and are 15 years old, so not suprising, They just have to keep them going until the hybrids start to arrive in summer If I’m honest I think that’s being a bit optimistic, electric conversion takes quite some time currently wouldn’t be expecting a conversion until at least 2025. 307 had taken she’s to convert, the 279 hasn’t began conversion and no signs of its buses, the 64 hasn’t converted due to infrastructure, the 417 was delayed. Will 279 get the vision zero Electroliners? |
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Post by COBO on May 23, 2024 20:04:01 GMT
Do all the Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 2 Volvo B5LHs at WN have the blinds for the 221? I have seen photos of Gemini 2,HVs on the 221 but they were blinded the 29 the person who took them said the not all the Gemini 2 HVs have blinds for the 221 is that true?
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Post by londonbuses184 on May 23, 2024 20:16:31 GMT
Do all the Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 2 Volvo B5LHs at WN have the blinds for the 221? I have seen photos of Gemini 2,HVs on the 221 but they were blinded the person who took them said the not all the Gemini 2 HVs have blinds for the 221 is that true? All of them should have the blinds. Dayglows and the modern blinds we have now. |
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Post by VWH1419 on May 23, 2024 20:55:40 GMT
Do all the Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 2 Volvo B5LHs at WN have the blinds for the 221? I have seen photos of Gemini 2,HVs on the 221 but they were blinded the person who took them said the not all the Gemini 2 HVs have blinds for the 221 is that true? Bumped into nearly all of the G2 HV batch for years at NF and never seen a bandit 221 Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 2 Volvo B5LH? Unless an example had a malfunction with the blind and was stuck in 29? EDIT: Now I remember there was a post on Facebook suggesting this as well. HV108 was the one in question. However that one is blinded for 221 and infact a video of that was taken quite recently, contradicting this blind issue. |
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Post by COBO on May 23, 2024 21:09:35 GMT
Do all the Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 2 Volvo B5LHs at WN have the blinds for the 221? I have seen photos of Gemini 2,HVs on the 221 but they were blinded the person who took them said the not all the Gemini 2 HVs have blinds for the 221 is that true? Bumped into nearly all of the G2 HV batch for years at NF and never seen a bandit 221 Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 2 Volvo B5LH? Unless an example had a malfunction with the blind and was stuck in 29? EDIT: Now I remember there was a post on Facebook suggesting this as well. HV108 was the one in question. However that one is blinded for 221 and infact a video of that was taken quite recently, contradicting this blind issue. Yeah that’s the one I saw as well HV108 with the 29 on its blind instead of 221. |
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Post by yunus on May 23, 2024 21:27:07 GMT
There must be serious issues at E as the 307 still uses DWs daily.
I would guess that the 279 will not convert to ESs until next year. Happy to be corrected!
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Post by ServerKing on May 23, 2024 21:47:26 GMT
There must be serious issues at E as the 307 still uses DWs daily. I would guess that the 279 will not convert to ESs until next year. Happy to be corrected! No issue but the electrics are parked at the side of the garage and charged for next day. Easier to take a DW out in the evening if fueled up and the buses may be free from other routes ie 121, 191. Less DWs are out during most of the daytime from what I've seen on LVF. Sometimes DWs are on the 313 and 279, buses intermix, so long as there's a service! Even TH have suffered delays with the 64's ES's, it can be external factors like electrical contractors, Wrightbus delivery delays etc.  We'll see if the 243 and 341's BYD Integrals arrive on time  |
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Post by kmkcheng on May 23, 2024 21:47:38 GMT
There must be serious issues at E as the 307 still uses DWs daily. I would guess that the 279 will not convert to ESs until next year. Happy to be corrected! Looking on LVF, it’s been all ES for most of the day. The current 2 DWs on the 307 only both started service at 10pm. In recent days, it does seem like the DWs are only doing some of the evening duties |
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 23, 2024 23:13:05 GMT
Looking the the blind change on DW502, when the hybrids eventually arrive on route 175 & 370 their blind destinations will match their ibis: 175 Hillrise Estate > North Romford, HILLRISE ESTATE 370 Romford Market > Romford, Mercury Gardens Also noted that Cranham has 2 displays as seen on the 59 reg DWs one being Cranham and the other being Cranham I imagine DX would transfer the blinds from the current Ts and DWs. It would look so cool if they did that. They would be useless as fitting standard tyvec blinds to powerblind units would do nothing as no coding and too thick. You can however fit powerblind blindsets to standard blindboxes. |
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