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Post by SouthLondoner468 on Aug 13, 2024 19:26:37 GMT
I noticed ES44 on the 50 today at Talbot Road seemed to refuse to pull away for a short while, which caused a bit of traffic— temporary lights on Whitehorse Lane didn’t help that either.
ES22, on the front number destination, the 0 in 50 was faulty. I do seriously wonder why McKenna LEDs are so faulty— if this continues, Hanover LEDs may as well be made mandatory, because these malfunctions are way too common, and sometimes are faulty from when the bus is brand new, which is ridiculous. I am yet to see a faulty Hanover LED destination.
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Post by SILENCED on Aug 13, 2024 19:28:39 GMT
Is there a chance ES142+ will gain 74 plates if not completely registered? Noticed ES159 and 160 have incomplete reg info at the moment Also ES98-141 missing from LVF... ES159/60 is because the buses originally report with these fleet numbers turned out to be ES85/6. The registration formalities of ES142-158 seem to have been completed. So confident they wont be changed
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Post by lj61nwc on Aug 14, 2024 3:18:39 GMT
I noticed ES44 on the 50 today at Talbot Road seemed to refuse to pull away for a short while, which caused a bit of traffic— temporary lights on Whitehorse Lane didn’t help that either. ES22, on the front number destination, the 0 in 50 was faulty. I do seriously wonder why McKenna LEDs are so faulty— if this continues, Hanover LEDs may as well be made mandatory, because these malfunctions are way too common, and sometimes are faulty from when the bus is brand new, which is ridiculous. I am yet to see a faulty Hanover LED destination. Are the blinds on the FW BCEs and BEs Mckenna or Hanover? They're always glitching or faulty
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Post by ServerKing on Aug 14, 2024 4:20:53 GMT
I noticed ES44 on the 50 today at Talbot Road seemed to refuse to pull away for a short while, which caused a bit of traffic— temporary lights on Whitehorse Lane didn’t help that either. ES22, on the front number destination, the 0 in 50 was faulty. I do seriously wonder why McKenna LEDs are so faulty— if this continues, Hanover LEDs may as well be made mandatory, because these malfunctions are way too common, and sometimes are faulty from when the bus is brand new, which is ridiculous. I am yet to see a faulty Hanover LED destination. McKenna make the SmartBlinds, which also have lots of issues, they might be getting used to LED tech wheras Hanover kit is more established and reliable. It could also be a bad batch. It's still a relatively new thing for London to have such new fangled tech, having been used to 1980s tech (motorized blinds) for so long. Hopefully they can put them right quickly or replace with Hanovers.
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Post by dace2 on Aug 14, 2024 6:35:31 GMT
Was the 428 meant to use DWs for 2019 but then it didn't because of the PVR increases was planned on the 60?.
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Post by SouthLondoner468 on Aug 14, 2024 8:19:31 GMT
I noticed ES44 on the 50 today at Talbot Road seemed to refuse to pull away for a short while, which caused a bit of traffic— temporary lights on Whitehorse Lane didn’t help that either. ES22, on the front number destination, the 0 in 50 was faulty. I do seriously wonder why McKenna LEDs are so faulty— if this continues, Hanover LEDs may as well be made mandatory, because these malfunctions are way too common, and sometimes are faulty from when the bus is brand new, which is ridiculous. I am yet to see a faulty Hanover LED destination. Are the blinds on the FW BCEs and BEs Mckenna or Hanover? They're always glitching or faulty Those ones are McKenna’s too
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Post by mark on Aug 14, 2024 14:20:40 GMT
I noticed ES44 on the 50 today at Talbot Road seemed to refuse to pull away for a short while, which caused a bit of traffic— temporary lights on Whitehorse Lane didn’t help that either. ES22, on the front number destination, the 0 in 50 was faulty. I do seriously wonder why McKenna LEDs are so faulty— if this continues, Hanover LEDs may as well be made mandatory, because these malfunctions are way too common, and sometimes are faulty from when the bus is brand new, which is ridiculous. I am yet to see a faulty Hanover LED destination. McKenna make the SmartBlinds, which also have lots of issues, they might be getting used to LED tech wheras Hanover kit is more established and reliable. It could also be a bad batch. It's still a relatively new thing for London to have such new fangled tech, having been used to 1980s tech (motorized blinds) for so long. Hopefully they can put them right quickly or replace with Hanovers. McKenna has been offering LED displays for quite some time and its "provincial" spec is used quite widely and doesn't seem to be any more (or less) problematic than the Hanover equivalent. The high res version, as used on TfL vehicles is, more recent having appeared in 2019. Hanover's "London" spec displays date from 2018 so they don't have that much of a head start!
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Post by twobellstogo on Aug 14, 2024 14:48:17 GMT
Was the 428 meant to use DWs for 2019 but then it didn't because of the PVR increases was planned on the 60?. Not sure - I think the intention was always to use early Ts. On a similar topic, this may be just me, but the aesthetic condition of Dartford garage’s fleet appears to have deteriorated markedly of late - many buses look battered, grubby and tired.
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Post by LondonTransport_Central on Aug 14, 2024 16:01:28 GMT
A few complaints about GY:
LT137 was seen with duct tape today whilst doing the 248 and Lt141 was stuck blinded for Bexleyheath whilst doing the 248!
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Post by lj61nwc on Aug 14, 2024 16:06:46 GMT
A few complaints about GY: LT137 was seen with duct tape today whilst doing the 248 and Lt141 was stuck blinded for Bexleyheath whilst doing the 248! Can't complain about duct tape, it's the go to short term solution for pretty much all garages unless they want to rivet the panels creating a permanent hole. Although some garages do use red duct tape. I've seen WJ apply duct tape then spray paint it to match the red on the bus.
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Post by DW221 on Aug 14, 2024 16:10:37 GMT
A few complaints about GY: LT137 was seen with duct tape today whilst doing the 248 and Lt141 was stuck blinded for Bexleyheath whilst doing the 248! duct tape isnt pratical but its obviously not exclusively done by Arriva…. Other operators have done it. Be glad theres a bus in service at least and theres not mileage being lost As for the blinds on LT141 well thats just typical faulty blinds which will be fixed in due course… Its no different to other LTs carrying no desination at all or some of the DWs on the 103 not having Rainham on the blinds…
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Post by matthieu1221 on Aug 14, 2024 17:18:04 GMT
A few complaints about GY: LT137 was seen with duct tape today whilst doing the 248 and Lt141 was stuck blinded for Bexleyheath whilst doing the 248! duct tape isnt pratical but its obviously not exclusively done by Arriva…. Other operators have done it. Be glad theres a bus in service at least and theres not mileage being lost As for the blinds on LT141 well thats just typical faulty blinds which will be fixed in due course… Its no different to other LTs carrying no desination at all or some of the DWs on the 103 not having Rainham on the blinds… Going to be tongue in cheek here... duct tape is super practical! About half a year ago I saw a driver taping (perhaps reinforcing existing) tape on the back of his LT midroute on the 38, no way you could do that level of reactive maintenance with any other material!
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Post by ServerKing on Aug 14, 2024 18:05:59 GMT
A few complaints about GY: LT137 was seen with duct tape today whilst doing the 248 and Lt141 was stuck blinded for Bexleyheath whilst doing the 248! At least your bus isn't just showing the old ARRIVA logo in the blinds along with an A4 sheet reading '217' This is the issue with "SmartBlinds", as they ain't so Smart. But any tech can fail as we've seen with the McKenna sets. LCD panels in laptops fail. It's part of life, and especially new tech. At least there's a bus out, and the iBus should explain where the bus is going, and also LVF HV167 is back on the 217, I think it's moved over with sister 189 two weeks ago to AR. I don't know if HA15 is still out and about on the route, I've seen the older BN HV's on the route
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Aug 14, 2024 18:21:00 GMT
A few complaints about GY: LT137 was seen with duct tape today whilst doing the 248 and Lt141 was stuck blinded for Bexleyheath whilst doing the 248! At least your bus isn't just showing the old ARRIVA logo in the blinds along with an A4 sheet reading '217' This is the issue with "SmartBlinds", as they ain't so Smart. But any tech can fail as we've seen with the McKenna sets. LCD panels in laptops fail. It's part of life, and especially new tech. At least there's a bus out, and the iBus should explain where the bus is going, and also LVF HV167 is back on the 217, I think it's moved over with sister 189 two weeks ago to AR. I don't know if HA15 is still out and about on the route, I've seen the older BN HV's on the route In all honesty I do think Arriva can be excused for the shoddy displays on the 217 seeing as they managed to start a service at such short notice. I think the lack of iBus now is a bit ridiculous seeing as it's been a few weeks which should be more than enough time. There really should have been an update pushed out as soon as they can.
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Post by DE20106 on Aug 14, 2024 18:37:34 GMT
At least your bus isn't just showing the old ARRIVA logo in the blinds along with an A4 sheet reading '217' This is the issue with "SmartBlinds", as they ain't so Smart. But any tech can fail as we've seen with the McKenna sets. LCD panels in laptops fail. It's part of life, and especially new tech. At least there's a bus out, and the iBus should explain where the bus is going, and also LVF HV167 is back on the 217, I think it's moved over with sister 189 two weeks ago to AR. I don't know if HA15 is still out and about on the route, I've seen the older BN HV's on the route In all honesty I do think Arriva can be excused for the shoddy displays on the 217 seeing as they managed to start a service at such short notice. I think the lack of iBus now is a bit ridiculous seeing as it's been a few weeks which should be more than enough time. There really should have been an update pushed out as soon as they can. Drop the mic!! Have I just seen you defend Arriva? Are my eyes deceiving me? In all seriousness they should actually be commended for how quickly they got such a good service up and running, same with the other operators and the routes they took over. But especially Arriva as the 217 was the most major casualty with the biggest PVR. Not the biggest PVR route in London by a long shot, but large enough to cause seismic changes by having it suddenly land on AR’s doorstep
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