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Post by greenboy on Dec 22, 2020 9:39:39 GMT
LS's were the allocation on the 61 for a few years, I can certainly remember them appearing on the 119 and 208 although I can't recall ever seeing them on the 1. I have a photo of Selkent Leyland National LS247 [THX 247S] crossing Trafalgar Square on service 1 to Bromley Common on the 28th November 1989
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Post by M1104 on Dec 22, 2020 12:15:34 GMT
Yes there were some great garage journeys; I particularly remember the 140 when it ran between Mill Hill Broadway and Heathrow Airport and there were three garage journey routes from HD (Harrow Weald) including two different routes to Mill Hill. As a youngster I liked to get an end-of-evening peak garage journey from Heathrow or Hayes as I could travel through to Wealdstone for the 3p child fare instead of having to change in Harrow and pay again. Later as an adult I sometimes relied on the last Jubilee Line train to Queensbury, from where the last journey from Mill Hill to HD via Christchurch Avenue would get me home - I was usually the only passenger on it. I also remember when HD operated the 183 for a while after Hendon (AE) closed, on Sundays the route terminated Pinner and half the service was extended to and from HD via the 209 (now H12) route; the 209 didn't have a Sunday service. This only lasted for few months in 1987 before the Harrow Buses operation commenced, an operation so dire (due to its shoestring budget) that it quickly became known as "Harrowing Buses". Whilst these quirky garage journeys were great for enthusiasts they did cause some confusion for everyone else including staff in some cases. When i first joined the buses and were doing ticket training we did so along a mock schedule along the 280 which involved the bus doing a short journey from Sutton to Mitcham Cricketers followed by a garage journey via Phipps Bridge (200) to Merton Garage. I'm not sure if that's ever happened in with the 280 as i don't remember it so with that number...but it was my first time seeing such a dutycard. IIRC there were a few bus stops which advertise the odd route as garage journeys, one outside McDonalds at Camberwell Green springing to mind. |
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Post by Paul on Dec 22, 2020 13:27:41 GMT
I have a photo of Selkent Leyland National LS247 [THX 247S] crossing Trafalgar Square on service 1 to Bromley Common on the 28th November 1989 I guess these were pretty rare on the 1? Very rare. I’m going to have to ask him for the details but I remember my dad being allocated an LS on the 1s on one particular occasion and him refusing to take it. I can’t remember the details now but I’ll certainly ask him |
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Post by londonboy71 on Jan 2, 2021 22:13:56 GMT
1 thing you never see on buses now is foldable buggies. You need an engineering degree to close 1 these days !! I can remember when you weren't allowed on with a buggy unless it was folded . Happy days
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Post by vjaska on Jan 2, 2021 22:24:53 GMT
1 thing you never see on buses now is foldable buggies. You need an engineering degree to close 1 these days !! I can remember when you weren't allowed on with a buggy unless it was folded . Happy days I can remember those times during the 90's - buses used to have a rack where the buggy would go. On RM's, it was under the staircase whilst on M's, L's & T's, it was next to the staircase opposite the rear doors. |
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Post by Paul on Jan 3, 2021 11:30:03 GMT
1 thing you never see on buses now is foldable buggies. You need an engineering degree to close 1 these days !! I can remember when you weren't allowed on with a buggy unless it was folded . Happy days When my wife and I were choosing a buggy or ‘travel system’ as the vast majority were marketed, ease of folding was a big factor for us. We found an excellent one that you could fold with one hand. It came in handy one day when a woman got on my bus and told me her buggy ‘didn’t fold.’ Guess which it buggy it was? I told her I knew that buggy folded because I had it myself and even told her exactly how it folded - she wasn't best pleased! |
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Post by M1104 on Jan 3, 2021 13:46:05 GMT
Proper ZF and Voith kickdowns   |
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Post by joefrombow on Jan 3, 2021 23:47:25 GMT
Proper ZF and Voith kickdowns Give it 10 years a Gearbox at all will be thing of the past with all these EV's 😢😂 gone are the days of a nice proper kickdown . |
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Post by greg on Jan 6, 2021 16:22:36 GMT
Bins on bus doors I don’t even know how long they started but not that long in my days but if i remember from early childhood there were bins on the DAFs on the 168/253?
I also recall bins on the VPs on the 6/98
And possibly the 29’s bendies?
Why were they removed? They were and would be really beneficial? Was it because of smell?
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Post by bustavane on Jan 6, 2021 16:30:51 GMT
Bins on bus doors I don’t even know how long they started but not that long in my days but if i remember from early childhood there were bins on the DAFs on the 168/253? I also recall bins on the VPs on the 6/98 And possibly the 29’s bendies? Why were they removed? They were and would be really beneficial? Was it because of smell? Wasn't it terrorism threats, same as bins were removed from tube stations? |
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Post by kmkcheng on Jan 6, 2021 16:34:25 GMT
Bins on bus doors I don’t even know how long they started but not that long in my days but if i remember from early childhood there were bins on the DAFs on the 168/253? I also recall bins on the VPs on the 6/98 And possibly the 29’s bendies? Why were they removed? They were and would be really beneficial? Was it because of smell? I think those bins were only there to throw away used tickets, rather than general waste. Since buses went cashless with the introduction of oyster, there was no need for them as tickets were not issued anymore. |
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Post by SILENCED on Jan 6, 2021 17:05:33 GMT
Bins on bus doors I don’t even know how long they started but not that long in my days but if i remember from early childhood there were bins on the DAFs on the 168/253? I also recall bins on the VPs on the 6/98 And possibly the 29’s bendies? Why were they removed? They were and would be really beneficial? Was it because of smell? Because cashless means you do not need to dispose of your ticket, which was their intended purpose. |
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Post by vjaska on Jan 6, 2021 17:19:47 GMT
Bins on bus doors I don’t even know how long they started but not that long in my days but if i remember from early childhood there were bins on the DAFs on the 168/253? I also recall bins on the VPs on the 6/98 And possibly the 29’s bendies? Why were they removed? They were and would be really beneficial? Was it because of smell? Wasn't it terrorism threats, same as bins were removed from tube stations? The ones at tube stations were due to terrorism threats but the ones on buses was due to the cashless policy greg not sure when they were first introduced but pretty sure they were on the L's, M's & T's when I was growing up during the 90's? |
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Post by Volvo on Jan 6, 2021 18:23:09 GMT
Exciting buses especially single deckers in recent years and all this electric stuff.
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Post by SILENCED on Jan 6, 2021 21:42:43 GMT
Bins on bus doors I don’t even know how long they started but not that long in my days but if i remember from early childhood there were bins on the DAFs on the 168/253? I also recall bins on the VPs on the 6/98 And possibly the 29’s bendies? Why were they removed? They were and would be really beneficial? Was it because of smell? Because cashless means you do not need to dispose of your ticket, which was their intended purpose. Isn't there one on the platform housing of an RM? |
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