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Post by cybermike137 on Aug 9, 2024 15:15:03 GMT
Is there anyone from TH or Arriva who is able to give an update on what's happening at the Thornton Heath Garage, whether the shelter has been fixed and when the electrics could be coming into service soon? A bit of an update, they are doing the final works today, I believe they are nearly finished, in other words, the next few days testing if it works. I have also been told, the ES will start entering service on the 64 next week
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Post by SouthLondoner468 on Aug 9, 2024 15:17:45 GMT
Is there anyone from TH or Arriva who is able to give an update on what's happening at the Thornton Heath Garage, whether the shelter has been fixed and when the electrics could be coming into service soon? A bit of an update, they are doing the final works today, I believe they are nearly finished, in other words, the next few days testing if it works. I have also been told, the ES will start entering service next week Hopefully this time, it actually starts when they say they will .
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Post by YX18KVJ (DLE30221) on Aug 9, 2024 15:18:10 GMT
Is there anyone from TH or Arriva who is able to give an update on what's happening at the Thornton Heath Garage, whether the shelter has been fixed and when the electrics could be coming into service soon? A bit of an update, they are doing the final works today, I believe they are nearly finished, in other words, the next few days testing if it works. I have also been told, the ES will start entering service next week Would it be the dormant 64 batch entering service or perhaps some of the newer 289 batch?
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Post by cybermike137 on Aug 9, 2024 15:19:41 GMT
A bit of an update, they are doing the final works today, I believe they are nearly finished, in other words, the next few days testing if it works. I have also been told, the ES will start entering service next week Would it be the dormant 64 batch entering service or perhaps some of the newer 289 batch? I suspect it will be the 64 batch
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Post by cybermike137 on Aug 9, 2024 16:33:19 GMT
Is there anyone from TH or Arriva who is able to give an update on what's happening at the Thornton Heath Garage, whether the shelter has been fixed and when the electrics could be coming into service soon? A bit of an update, they are doing the final works today, I believe they are nearly finished, in other words, the next few days testing if it works. I have also been told, the ES will start entering service on the 64 next week Okay, I spoke to a driver who spoke to a worker, there is 1 more hole where all the connections will be finally connected, which will be done next week
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Post by ! ALEED on Aug 9, 2024 16:46:56 GMT
A bit of an update, they are doing the final works today, I believe they are nearly finished, in other words, the next few days testing if it works. I have also been told, the ES will start entering service on the 64 next week Okay, I spoke to a driver who spoke to a worker, there is 1 more hole where all the connections will be finally connected, which will be done next week Wonderful! It feels almost unreal that the wait will be coming to an end, what would make it even funnier is if the 358 becomes electric soon!
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Post by martynl on Aug 9, 2024 20:08:16 GMT
I saw T189 in Croydon on the 198 with some nice new blinds today. They're slowly getting their act together at TH regarding blinds from the reclaimed Enviro 400's they've procured from the likes of WN and N but a lot, especially on the 289, still have paper in the windscreen. One of the worst offenders is T299 which has had '2 Marylebone' on the saide blind and '2X' on the back for some time! Attachments:
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Post by SouthLondoner468 on Aug 9, 2024 23:57:29 GMT
I saw T189 in Croydon on the 198 with some nice new blinds today. They're slowly getting their act together at TH regarding blinds from the reclaimed Enviro 400's they've procured from the likes of WN and N but a lot, especially on the 289, still have paper in the windscreen. One of the worst offenders is T299 which has had '2 Marylebone' on the saide blind and '2X' on the back for some time! I’ve seen a 61 reg T which is all ripped up showing 202 to Tooting Bec on the side
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Post by dace2 on Aug 10, 2024 6:51:28 GMT
I saw T189 in Croydon on the 198 with some nice new blinds today. They're slowly getting their act together at TH regarding blinds from the reclaimed Enviro 400's they've procured from the likes of WN and N but a lot, especially on the 289, still have paper in the windscreen. One of the worst offenders is T299 which has had '2 Marylebone' on the saide blind and '2X' on the back for some time! Does it say ‘198 via Croydon’ on the side blind?
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Post by Danny on Aug 10, 2024 7:31:58 GMT
I saw T189 in Croydon on the 198 with some nice new blinds today. They're slowly getting their act together at TH regarding blinds from the reclaimed Enviro 400's they've procured from the likes of WN and N but a lot, especially on the 289, still have paper in the windscreen. One of the worst offenders is T299 which has had '2 Marylebone' on the saide blind and '2X' on the back for some time! Interesting that they seem to have finally updated the layout to the newer style for manual blinds after all these years, after initially only being for power blinds.
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Post by adl on Aug 10, 2024 12:37:08 GMT
With the 50s buses seemingly being released for the 217, the 50 is almost fully EV with more of the 64s batch entering service at BN. I imagine 12/13 of the 50s batch may move to AR giving the 217 a fully Gemini 2 HV operation and the 64 using 289 ES’s with the original batch transferring to TH with the 50 when it moves to TH.
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Post by dace2 on Aug 10, 2024 13:24:35 GMT
I’m assuming Arriva intend to operate the 217 using Gemini 2 HVs, so far I have spotted HV14 HV20 HV30 HV35 HV36 HV37 Are there any other Gemini 2 HVs anyone has spotted? Looks like there are more of the 50s allocation out of service so could be a few more on route. I think the Gemini 3s we are seeing are simply spares from the 243/341 rather then actually part of the allocation. For me on Thursday, I've spotted: HV20 HV30 HV32 HV36 HV37 HA15 Didn't spot HV14, HV35 and HV167.
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Post by SILENCED on Aug 10, 2024 13:34:43 GMT
I’m assuming Arriva intend to operate the 217 using Gemini 2 HVs, so far I have spotted HV14 HV20 HV30 HV35 HV36 HV37 Are there any other Gemini 2 HVs anyone has spotted? Looks like there are more of the 50s allocation out of service so could be a few more on route. I think the Gemini 3s we are seeing are simply spares from the 243/341 rather then actually part of the allocation. For me on Thursday, I've spotted: HV20 HV30 HV32 HV36 HV37 HA15 Didn't spot HV14, HV35 and HV167. HV35 has returned to BN, was on the 50 Thursday.
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Post by vjaska on Aug 10, 2024 13:45:16 GMT
I’m assuming Arriva intend to operate the 217 using Gemini 2 HVs, so far I have spotted HV14 HV20 HV30 HV35 HV36 HV37 Are there any other Gemini 2 HVs anyone has spotted? Looks like there are more of the 50s allocation out of service so could be a few more on route. I think the Gemini 3s we are seeing are simply spares from the 243/341 rather then actually part of the allocation. For me on Thursday, I've spotted: HV20 HV30 HV32 HV36 HV37 HA15 Didn't spot HV14, HV35 and HV167. HV167 has seemingly returned to AD on 8th as it’s worked the 34, 141 & 102 night service since
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Aug 10, 2024 14:43:44 GMT
With the 50s buses seemingly being released for the 217, the 50 is almost fully EV with more of the 64s batch entering service at BN. I imagine 12/13 of the 50s batch may move to AR giving the 217 a fully Gemini 2 HV operation and the 64 using 289 ES’s with the original batch transferring to TH with the 50 when it moves to TH. If this means that route 50 using ESs from BN is a short-lived operation, I may prefer to ride route 50 to route 417 in September. Except ... I suddenly have the feeling it will move later this month as part of its new tender.
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