Best Bus Company

[m1069]

Who is the best bus company outside London and why

[Deleted]

There probably isn't one 'the best', but the Nottingham operators here certainly deserve credits.

NCT have a very modern fleet of Scanias and Tridents, a network of 15 trunk and supplementary routes totalling about 100. All trunk routes run with at least 6 bph and supplementary routes (2-3 per trunk route) every 20 or 30 minutes. AFAIK NCT have a good timekeeping record.

Trent Barton already have an all low-floor fleet. In Nottingham they operate 5 high-frequency Rainbow routes and several other connections to satellite towns/villages at 15/20-min frequencies. Most drivers are very friendly though their timetables are too tight resulting in poorish timekeeping.

[DLA 365]

Didn't NCT win the award for 'Best Bus Operator of the Year' recently?

[Deleted]

In 2004 yes, following Trent Barton who won it 3 times.

[londonunited]

The Brighter bus Company, 36, Spot on and The Witch Way
Now geuss the operators and why I like them.

[greeny253]

londonunited said:

The Brighter bus Company, 36, Spot on and The Witch Way
Now geuss the operators and why I like them.

No.

[Deleted]

Thamesdown,Swindon have a very nice modern fleet of Plaxton/Transbus bodied Darts however they have started to buy new rubbish Wrightbus Scania L94UB's and K230UB's.

www.thamesdown-transport.co.uk/

[Deleted]

Hey, don't call the Wright/Scania rubbish. As far as I see Scania provide decent chassis and engines and Wright decent bodies, in fact far superior to the Dart/Pointer.

[Deleted]

You have to be kidding.
I will list the problems i can see with the Scania's in Swindon.

-Awful ride nearer to the back

-Sounds like a tractor when still and has a screechy engine when on the move

-Lots of empty spaces where you know there would be a seat on a Dart SLF/SPD.

[Deleted]

pointer said:

You have to be kidding.
I will list the problems i can see with the Scania's in Swindon.

-Awful ride nearer to the back

-Sounds like a tractor when still and has a screechy engine when on the move

I quite like the slightly roaring sound of the L94UB, makes the bus sound quite powerful. And the bus rightfully is more powerful than the Dart.

-Lots of empty spaces where you know there would be a seat on a Dart SLF/SPD.

That depends on the operator's configuration. Trent Barton's Dart and Scania pretty much have the same interior layout.

[Deleted]

Screechy and Tractor like sounds does not sound powerful to me.

[Deleted]

pointer said:

Screechy and Tractor like sounds does not sound powerful to me.

So the moped sound of the euro-3 Darts does? ;D ;D

[Deleted]

What ? They sound nothing like a moped.

[Deleted]

The P-reg darts sound much more powerful.

You have do remember the argument here is about Thamesdowns Scanias and not other companys.Scanias are not suited to Swindon ,they can barely fit round the corners on the route they operate on (1/1A) They scrape the kurb all the time.
Also they recently trialed a Omnilink and a Man Kinetic which looked to be better.

londonbuspics.fotopic.net/c1170734.html

mrstuartcurwen436.fotopic.net/p37855235.html

[DLA 365]

nct said:

pointer said:

Screechy and Tractor like sounds does not sound powerful to me.

So the moped sound of the euro-3 Darts does? ;D ;D

They sound more like lawnmowers to me ;D

By the way, is this the 'dreaded Scania'?

mrstuartcurwen436.fotopic.net/p26396786.htm