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Post by kmkcheng on Jun 11, 2024 10:15:18 GMT
Who suggested it was going to TF? The award stated Abellio London when it was announced… it was obvious it was going to QB the day it was announced. It was mentioned by LOTS I believe. It was also in the London Transport Google group weekly newsletter
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Post by DT 11 on Jun 11, 2024 10:22:17 GMT
It was mentioned by LOTS I believe. It was also in the London Transport Google group weekly newsletter Having checked the May TLB it is also published in there so it looks like the operator have probably changed the garage allocation last minute. LOTs definitely cannot be blamed for this.
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Post by mkay315 on Jun 11, 2024 19:08:05 GMT
The electroliners that's on the 306 and C3 are impressive. My only thing is for those that have bad necks. How would they be able to look up at the other ibus display on the top around the wheelchair section. Nice touch to retain the other ibus display by the right hand side though and I do like those high back seats. A dxmn shame that it's taken this long for it to be the norm. Small progress ay
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Post by M1104 on Jun 11, 2024 20:33:04 GMT
There was a rumour that new contracts would begin to ask for existing buses to be fitted with LEDs so maybe this is the start of it. Certainly, the earlier electric vehicles should be converted when they go in for refurbishment I guess one way to know for sure is to see if other routes/operators which started their contracts around the time the 344 did will do the same Out of interest the 156 contract started a month after the 344's. 2535 and 2545 are now LED-fied
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Post by cl54 on Jun 12, 2024 8:23:15 GMT
The electroliners that's on the 306 and C3 are impressive. My only thing is for those that have bad necks. How would they be able to look up at the other ibus display on the top around the wheelchair section. Nice touch to retain the other ibus display by the right hand side though and I do like those high back seats. A dxmn shame that it's taken this long for it to be the norm. Small progress ay The extra screen is for wheelchair users.
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Jun 12, 2024 8:55:04 GMT
The electroliners that's on the 306 and C3 are impressive. My only thing is for those that have bad necks. How would they be able to look up at the other ibus display on the top around the wheelchair section. Nice touch to retain the other ibus display by the right hand side though and I do like those high back seats. A dxmn shame that it's taken this long for it to be the norm. Small progress ay The extra screen is for wheelchair users. Which is the exact point, if the display is right above their heads it's not really ergonomic.
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Post by DT 11 on Jun 12, 2024 9:09:09 GMT
The electroliners that's on the 306 and C3 are impressive. My only thing is for those that have bad necks. How would they be able to look up at the other ibus display on the top around the wheelchair section. Nice touch to retain the other ibus display by the right hand side though and I do like those high back seats. A dxmn shame that it's taken this long for it to be the norm. Small progress ay The extra screen is for wheelchair users. All Buses need to have some sort of standard spec for these new information screens as well as blinds. Some buses have the destination on the rear now whereas many do not have this feature from when the 63 fleet was put in service all buses should have have this similar spec. In addition the Stagecoach Electroliners have Dot Matrix downgraded screens for Wheelchair users and the other two are plasma screens the ESs all have plasma screens in the place that Wheelchair users can see the only thing they don’t have is a screen in the usual place behind the staircase.
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Post by cl54 on Jun 12, 2024 9:58:27 GMT
The extra screen is for wheelchair users. All Buses need to have some sort of standard spec for these new information screens as well as blinds. Some buses have the destination on the rear now whereas many do not have this feature from when the 63 fleet was put in service all buses should have have this similar spec. In addition the Stagecoach Electroliners have Dot Matrix downgraded screens for Wheelchair users and the other two are plasma screens the ESs all have plasma screens in the place that Wheelchair users can see the only thing they don’t have is a screen in the usual place behind the staircase. I very much doubt they are plasma screens. I think you will find that they are LCD supplied by Navaho. www.navaho.co.uk/html/index.html?work-tfl
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Jun 12, 2024 10:00:12 GMT
The extra screen is for wheelchair users. All Buses need to have some sort of standard spec for these new information screens as well as blinds. Some buses have the destination on the rear now whereas many do not have this feature from when the 63 fleet was put in service all buses should have have this similar spec. In addition the Stagecoach Electroliners have Dot Matrix downgraded screens for Wheelchair users and the other two are plasma screens the ESs all have plasma screens in the place that Wheelchair users can see the only thing they don’t have is a screen in the usual place behind the staircase. Stagecoach alone have three different types of screens in use for the rear facing display. The mini old style iBus display on the MetroCitys, the newer style iBus display on the 199 and 86 buses, then rear facing LCD screens for the 242s buses. Who knows what the 58s buses have. You've also got the variation on the LCD screens, Go Ahead and Abellio have a lot of information on then, RATP have a line map of the route while Stagecoach, Metroline and Arriva only have the next stop and destination.
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Post by DT 11 on Jun 12, 2024 10:04:41 GMT
All Buses need to have some sort of standard spec for these new information screens as well as blinds. Some buses have the destination on the rear now whereas many do not have this feature from when the 63 fleet was put in service all buses should have have this similar spec. In addition the Stagecoach Electroliners have Dot Matrix downgraded screens for Wheelchair users and the other two are plasma screens the ESs all have plasma screens in the place that Wheelchair users can see the only thing they don’t have is a screen in the usual place behind the staircase. Stagecoach alone have three different types of screens in use for the rear facing display. The mini old style iBus display on the MetroCitys, the newer style iBus display on the 199 and 86 buses, then rear facing LCD screens for the 242s buses. Who knows what the 58s buses have. You've also got the variation on the LCD screens, Go Ahead and Abellio have a lot of information on then, RATP have a line map of the route while Stagecoach, Metroline and Arriva only have the next stop and destination. I prefer the screens that give information on where the next Station is such as 9 minutes to Thornton Heath Station like on the 450.
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Jun 12, 2024 10:06:19 GMT
All Buses need to have some sort of standard spec for these new information screens as well as blinds. Some buses have the destination on the rear now whereas many do not have this feature from when the 63 fleet was put in service all buses should have have this similar spec. In addition the Stagecoach Electroliners have Dot Matrix downgraded screens for Wheelchair users and the other two are plasma screens the ESs all have plasma screens in the place that Wheelchair users can see the only thing they don’t have is a screen in the usual place behind the staircase. I very much doubt they are plasma screens. I think you will find that they are LCD supplied by Navaho. www.navaho.co.uk/html/index.html?work-tflThe Stagecoach ones at least are McKenna ones.
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Post by paulo on Jun 12, 2024 12:34:45 GMT
Had the pleasure of seeing LT1000 parked up just north of Richmond Bridge on Saturday morning at around 9:30am and then once more an hour later at the junction of Sixth Cross Road near Fulwell garage(s) but this time broken down and blocking the flow of traffic.
Whatever ‘experiments’ were being applied to this vehicle their ‘success’ can never be more understated.
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Post by M1104 on Jun 12, 2024 12:56:29 GMT
Had the pleasure of seeing LT1000 parked up just north of Richmond Bridge on Saturday morning at around 9:30am and then once more an hour later at the junction of Sixth Cross Road near Fulwell garage(s) but this time broken down and blocking the flow of traffic. Whatever ‘experiments’ were being applied to this vehicle their ‘success’ can never be more understated. Any observation on whether it's still a hybrid or modified to electric?
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Post by VWH1413 on Jun 12, 2024 15:08:08 GMT
The more I read into LT1000, the further impression that bus has more drama than an episode of Eastenders. 😆
On serious note, it seems one of those buses to have an long term problem that forced it off before and/or hybrid mods? Won’t be my first time hearing of a specific bus forced off road with loads of short trips and short weekly duties.
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Post by cl54 on Jun 12, 2024 19:22:00 GMT
The extra screen is for wheelchair users. Which is the exact point, if the display is right above their heads it's not really ergonomic. I think it will be OK if you're sitting in a wheelchair.
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