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Post by ilovelondonbuses on Jun 29, 2024 17:26:34 GMT
My friend told me that reliefs are at both ends. The Battersea end reliefs are back at QB That makes perfect sense. TUK have made a bus hub of some sorts in Hammersmith with the driver changeover points of routes 27, 306 and now route 211 there.
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Post by DT 11 on Jun 29, 2024 17:27:25 GMT
My friend told me that reliefs are at both ends. The Battersea end reliefs are back at QB I’m not surprised as they already have the 27 & 306 with reliefs at Hammersmith. Presumably the ones at Hammersmith all use the tube.
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Post by matthieu1221 on Jun 29, 2024 18:51:36 GMT
It appears the 211's new Battersea Power Station Bus stands are on Pump House Lane beyond the junction of Kirtling Street, buses to turn around at the new roundabout by the power station itself. The dedicated bus stands look like it can hold four buses, two on each side of the road. The old Cringle Road bus stand is still there, the flag hooded with the nearby road markings barely visible Bit of a shame passengers can't board nor alight there! Would save a bit of a walk to the Power Station itself.
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Post by vjaska on Jun 29, 2024 21:38:10 GMT
Does anyone know what is the 211s new LT paper allocation? It's either going to be the 100 series LT's that were part of the 27 but then seemingly allocated to the 133 whilst waiting for the Electroliners or, if they are going back to the 27, then it will be 600 series LT's allocated to the 211
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Post by Dad91 on Jun 30, 2024 0:43:11 GMT
My friend told me that reliefs are at both ends. The Battersea end reliefs are back at QB That makes perfect sense. TUK have made a bus hub of some sorts in Hammersmith with the driver changeover points of routes 27, 306 and now route 211 there. TUK New Spot for Hammersmith 27 267 211 306
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Post by M1104 on Jun 30, 2024 8:24:27 GMT
It appears the 211's new Battersea Power Station Bus stands are on Pump House Lane beyond the junction of Kirtling Street, buses to turn around at the new roundabout by the power station itself. The dedicated bus stands look like it can hold four buses, two on each side of the road. The old Cringle Road bus stand is still there, the flag hooded with the nearby road markings barely visible Bit of a shame passengers can't board nor alight there! Would save a bit of a walk to the Power Station itself. I personally found the walking up to it part of the excitement, those moments approaching a structure I regularly saw in the distance as a kid and now finally allowed to enter. With that first approach i was of all things reminiscing a scene from Superman III where Superman and Gus (the latter played by Richard Prior) parted company, which were filmed within the confines of Battersea Power Station (shown from around forty-nine seconds in) youtube.com/watch?v=p1aWpCsLn40&si=2ma_T1291PYpwRST
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Post by ilovelondonbuses on Jun 30, 2024 8:49:22 GMT
LT462 has transferred to Transport UK from RATP.
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Post by DT 11 on Jun 30, 2024 8:49:43 GMT
It appears the 211's new Battersea Power Station Bus stands are on Pump House Lane beyond the junction of Kirtling Street, buses to turn around at the new roundabout by the power station itself. The dedicated bus stands look like it can hold four buses, two on each side of the road. The old Cringle Road bus stand is still there, the flag hooded with the nearby road markings barely visible Bit of a shame passengers can't board nor alight there! Would save a bit of a walk to the Power Station itself. It’s hardly a long walk from that stop and how the arrangement is with two stands on either side of the road I disagree it should not be a boarding or alighting point. I went there in April and as M1104 stated it was quite an experience just walking up to the building also being a listed building made it quite an experience. I’ve been told by many to visit Battersea Power Station only to realise it is now a major shopping complex. That stand is in a good location for bus photographers to get a picture of the 211 outside the Power Station.
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Post by M1104 on Jun 30, 2024 9:35:34 GMT
LT462 has transferred to Transport UK from RATP. Interesting bonnet number to send given the TUK allocated batches are numbered lower down (under LT200) and higher up (over LT600). It's been reckoned LT461 and LT463 will follow
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Post by ADH45258 on Jun 30, 2024 11:44:12 GMT
LT462 has transferred to Transport UK from RATP. Interesting bonnet number to send given the TUK allocated batches are numbered lower down (under LT200) and higher up (over LT600). It's been reckoned LT461 and LT463 will follow Surprised anything is moving - TUK should have enough spare LTs already to cover the 211, though maybe some extra spares are needed to cover any VOR LTs? I guess LT461-3 are no longer needed at RATP, but they could have gone to Metroline to fully convert the 17?
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Post by M1104 on Jun 30, 2024 12:07:44 GMT
Interesting bonnet number to send given the TUK allocated batches are numbered lower down (under LT200) and higher up (over LT600). It's been reckoned LT461 and LT463 will follow Surprised anything is moving - TUK should have enough spare LTs already to cover the 211, though maybe some extra spares are needed to cover any VOR LTs? I guess LT461-3 are no longer needed at RATP, but they could have gone to Metroline to fully convert the 17? The 415 yesterday had two or three E40Hs on route, suggesting a shortage of serviceable LTs at the time. We'll see how allocation's handled from tomorrow with the weekday pvr
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Post by mkay315 on Jun 30, 2024 14:15:12 GMT
Bit of a shame passengers can't board nor alight there! Would save a bit of a walk to the Power Station itself. I personally found the walking up to it part of the excitement, those moments approaching a structure I regularly saw in the distance as a kid and now finally allowed to enter. With that first approach i was of all things reminiscing a scene from Superman III where Superman and Gus (the latter played by Richard Prior) parted company, which were filmed within the confines of Battersea Power Station (shown from around forty-nine seconds in) youtube.com/watch?v=p1aWpCsLn40&si=2ma_T1291PYpwRSTSpeaking about movies I know they filmed around the Power station in Fast 6 with The Rock, Vin Diesel and Luke Evans
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Post by southlondon413 on Jun 30, 2024 14:16:46 GMT
Bit of a shame passengers can't board nor alight there! Would save a bit of a walk to the Power Station itself. I personally found the walking up to it part of the excitement, those moments approaching a structure I regularly saw in the distance as a kid and now finally allowed to enter. With that first approach i was of all things reminiscing a scene from Superman III where Superman and Gus (the latter played by Richard Prior) parted company, which were filmed within the confines of Battersea Power Station (shown from around forty-nine seconds in) youtube.com/watch?v=p1aWpCsLn40&si=2ma_T1291PYpwRSTSuperman 3 used to terrify me as a child. But Larry Lamb is in that scene. Incidentally The Guardian has put together a list of films done at the power plant. www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2016/jun/22/monty-python-children-of-men-battersea-power-station-films
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Post by Jack on Jun 30, 2024 17:39:00 GMT
Meanwhile....the first bus they put out on the 465 didn't even have blinds and had a barely readable scrap of paper with hand written 465 on it!!
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Post by M1104 on Jun 30, 2024 17:45:49 GMT
I can guess that particular spooky scene. It was a good while before i realised Larry Lamb was in Superman III, similarly with Jim Broadbent (Only Fool's Roy Slater) who appeared just as briefly in Superman IV
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