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Post by beaver14uk on Feb 14, 2009 9:25:18 GMT
Yeh I raised that Bexley turn a little while ago as I was somewhat surprised to only see it from the Sidcup direction as I personally have only seen buses turn from the Thamesmead direction and it was being followed up. I thought (and I maybe wrong) that Egg had said it had been sorted. Although strange as last time I looked at the 229 route record Bexley was only available from SP. I will follow it up again. Proberbly take a few weeks to catch up - main thing is its been changed.  Depends how quick they can get Emma in to re-record them. Saying that I know we had an update on iBus on Thursday so might have been done. Beaver, thanks for your text, yes looks you was correct with regards the stops at Kdbrooke Park Road, but the display and announcements are as I said (Shooter's Hill Road/Kidbrooke PArk Road) for both stops. Also I got a Bexley Village turn on the 229 last night (Friday) from Thamesmead was unable to get iBus to announce it due to the fact the only Bexley turn is from Sidcup, as I was unaware of this when I left Sidcup (after running dead there from Bexley Village) it proudly announced I was only going to Bexley Village  |
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Post by lc1 on Feb 14, 2009 15:46:31 GMT
Yeh I raised that Bexley turn a little while ago as I was somewhat surprised to only see it from the Sidcup direction as I personally have only seen buses turn from the Thamesmead direction and it was being followed up. I thought (and I maybe wrong) that Egg had said it had been sorted. Although strange as last time I looked at the 229 route record Bexley was only available from SP. I will follow it up again. Depends how quick they can get Emma in to re-record them. Saying that I know we had an update on iBus on Thursday so might have been done. Beaver, thanks for your text, yes looks you was correct with regards the stops at Kdbrooke Park Road, but the display and announcements are as I said (Shooter's Hill Road/Kidbrooke PArk Road) for both stops. Also I got a Bexley Village turn on the 229 last night (Friday) from Thamesmead was unable to get iBus to announce it due to the fact the only Bexley turn is from Sidcup, as I was unaware of this when I left Sidcup (after running dead there from Bexley Village) it proudly announced I was only going to Bexley Village Cheers, wasn't too much of a problem as I just played the destination changed message, followed by manually announcing I was terminating at Bexley and then switched it all off..needn't have bothered as I was empty by the time I left the Clock Tower (well the I was right behind the one that was supposed to be behind me :  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2009 12:33:54 GMT
Well, last week I reported that iBus had reached a route near me!
Or so I thought.
I was under the impression (please correct me if I am wrong), that iBus only went 'live' when the vehicles for the WHOLE route/garage were equipped and ready?
WRONG!
Boarded a 366 this lunchtime, clasping my Oyster in one hand and my ear plugs in the other and, lo and behold, NO iBus fitted.
Nothing, nil, zilch.
The ear plugs DID come in useful though, as 34314 was rattling (as all ALX200's do) like a good 'un.
I do recall this was an ex Selkent vehicle from TL, but it is now fully branded and coded for EL at BK.
So all you iBus enthusiasts out there, WHAT is going on?
What happened to ALL or nothing?
Confused of Tunbridge Wells!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2009 13:32:38 GMT
I was under the impression (please correct me if I am wrong), that iBus only went 'live' when the vehicles for the WHOLE route/garage were equipped and ready? WRONG! Bighat - as you stated you were living under a false impression. As iBus equipment is installed AVL and Band 3 radio equipment is removed, therefore each vehicle must have one or the other, so during the period of a garages conversion, there will be a mixture of both with iBus proportion continually increasing. Obviously using 2 systems to monitor a route make it difficult for remote management and as such the quality of service could suffer, which is why conversions from one system to the other are completed as quickly as possible. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2009 13:34:52 GMT
I was under the impression (please correct me if I am wrong), that iBus only went 'live' when the vehicles for the WHOLE route/garage were equipped and ready? WRONG! Bighat - as you stated you were living under a false impression. As iBus equipment is installed AVL and Band 3 radio equipment is removed, therefore each vehicle must have one or the other, so during the period of a garages conversion, there will be a mixture of both with iBus proportion continually increasing. Obviously using 2 systems to monitor a route make it difficult for remote management and as such the quality of service could suffer, which is why conversions from one system to the other are completed as quickly as possible. Thanks for that. Certainly did not get that impression from some of the post on here though. As for service quality, I don't think it could get any worse on the 366 if they tried! ;D |
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Post by greeny253 on Feb 15, 2009 23:27:44 GMT
I'm not sure if I've put this in the right place but here goes:
I noticed today that on the 365 going towards Havering Park that the name on the bus stop and the name for it on iBus don't match up. Stop concerned is on Collier Row Road near the junction with Hillfoot Avenue - the stop has Hillfoot Avenue on the flag yet the iBus announces it as Hulse Avenue which is on the other side of the road.
I should add that this is heading towards Mard**e Estate
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Post by john on Feb 16, 2009 0:18:44 GMT
I'm not sure if I've put this in the right place but here goes: I noticed today that on the 365 going towards Havering Park that the name on the bus stop and the name for it on iBus don't match up. Stop concerned is on Collier Row Road near the junction with Hillfoot Avenue - the stop has Hillfoot Avenue on the flag yet the iBus announces it as Hulse Avenue which is on the other side of the road. I should add that this is heading towards Mard**e Estate Gotta love the swear filter ;D |
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Post by greeny253 on Feb 16, 2009 0:20:29 GMT
I'm not sure if I've put this in the right place but here goes: I noticed today that on the 365 going towards Havering Park that the name on the bus stop and the name for it on iBus don't match up. Stop concerned is on Collier Row Road near the junction with Hillfoot Avenue - the stop has Hillfoot Avenue on the flag yet the iBus announces it as Hulse Avenue which is on the other side of the road. I should add that this is heading towards Mard**e Estate Gotta love the swear filter ;D Seems to be catching us all out lately ;D ;D |
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Post by beaver14uk on Feb 16, 2009 14:03:43 GMT
Maybe you could clarify as there are two stops one is called Hillfoot Avenue and the other one is called Hurse Avenue towards Havering Park so both will be announced. I'm not sure if I've put this in the right place but here goes: I noticed today that on the 365 going towards Havering Park that the name on the bus stop and the name for it on iBus don't match up. Stop concerned is on Collier Row Road near the junction with Hillfoot Avenue - the stop has Hillfoot Avenue on the flag yet the iBus announces it as Hulse Avenue which is on the other side of the road. I should add that this is heading towards Mard**e Estate |
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Post by greeny253 on Feb 16, 2009 22:50:02 GMT
Maybe you could clarify as there are two stops one is called Hillfoot Avenue and the other one is called Hurse Avenue towards Havering Park so both will be announced. I'm not sure if I've put this in the right place but here goes: I noticed today that on the 365 going towards Havering Park that the name on the bus stop and the name for it on iBus don't match up. Stop concerned is on Collier Row Road near the junction with Hillfoot Avenue - the stop has Hillfoot Avenue on the flag yet the iBus announces it as Hulse Avenue which is on the other side of the road. I should add that this is heading towards Mard**e Estate It's the Hillfoot Avenue stop but the iBus announces it as Hulse Avenue not as Hillfoot Avenue as per the stop flag EDIT: I've just noticed the error in my original post. Sorry for the confusion |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2009 17:59:42 GMT
i know the docklands area quite well
and on the 100 i-bus it says St Katharine's Dock
but the dock is called St katharine docks
so why's that
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2009 19:29:40 GMT
i know the docklands area quite well and on the 100 i-bus it says St Katharine's Dock but the dock is called St katharine docks so why's that No, St. Katherine's Dock IS correct. It is a single dock with direct connection, via two lock gates, to the River Thames just down river from Tower bridge. You may have seen 'Docks' (plural) mentioned on local road signs, but if so, THEY are incorrect, not the bus blind! |
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Post by beaver14uk on Feb 17, 2009 22:59:30 GMT
Maybe at one time both stops were called Hulse Avenue and the other stop has been renamed Hillfoot Avenue but Ibus is waiting to catch up - I am only taking a guess. I have asked for this to be looked into. Keep us informed if you are on the 365 and the problem persists. Maybe you could clarify as there are two stops one is called Hillfoot Avenue and the other one is called Hurse Avenue towards Havering Park so both will be announced. It's the Hillfoot Avenue stop but the iBus announces it as Hulse Avenue not as Hillfoot Avenue as per the stop flag EDIT: I've just noticed the error in my original post. Sorry for the confusion |
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Post by john on Feb 17, 2009 23:33:44 GMT
i know the docklands area quite well and on the 100 i-bus it says St Katharine's Dock but the dock is called St katharine docks so why's that No, St. Katherine's Dock IS correct. It is a single dock with direct connection, via two lock gates, to the River Thames just down river from Tower bridge. You may have seen 'Docks' (plural) mentioned on local road signs, but if so, THEY are incorrect, not the bus blind! I can confirm that Bighat is correct. It's St Katherine DOCK, not docks. My mum used to work in the hotel there on the east side of Tower Bridge years ago. It was also a very common trip for me as a child to walk around the dock and view some of the lovely boats/yachts that were moored in there. It's definately only one Dock. One question from me, i noticed on the 474 today that the stop name for West Silvertown is "West Silvertown Station DLR" yet the next station along the line, which i think is Pontoon Dock, is just that, Pontoon Dock. In fact, so far it's the only DLR station to have this as neither Beckton or Cyprus have the DLR part at the end. Does anyone have any reason as to why this is? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2009 0:28:38 GMT
Just reflects whatever the stops are called I believe, like tram stops can sometimes only be called by their name, or "XX Tramlink", "XX Tram Stop" etc. Would be better if they had some uniformity I think, although its not a big deal really I suppose.
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