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Post by george on Jun 17, 2020 17:23:08 GMT
Who or what is Global? I see a lot of double deckers with the word global on them? Do these people look after the advertising on buses? This has been mentioned a few times. Global is a media and outdoor marketing company. Their main business is radio they own stations such as LBC,Capital and Heart. Last year they brought exterion media as well as Primsite and Outdoor to create a new division within the company. So yes these people do look after the advertising.
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Post by orangejamieboss on Jun 17, 2020 17:30:39 GMT
Who or what is Global? I see a lot of double deckers with the word global on them? Do these people look after the advertising on buses? I believe Global provides the advertising, like you say. Also known as 'Exterion Media' which you should have seen before. outdoor.global.com/ukwww.exterionmedia.com/Edit: Sorry didn't see the message above, but the links are provided above regardless for reference.
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Post by george on Jun 17, 2020 17:36:58 GMT
Who or what is Global? I see a lot of double deckers with the word global on them? Do these people look after the advertising on buses? I believe Global provides the advertising, like you say. Also known as 'Exterion Media' which you should have seen before. outdoor.global.com/ukwww.exterionmedia.com/Edit: Sorry didn't see the message above, but the links are provided above regardless for reference. Don't know if this is just a coincidence but ever since Global has taken over the outdoor advertising contract for TfL I've seen no adverts for Bauer Radio stations like Magic and Absolute on the network.
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Post by Catford94 on Jun 17, 2020 21:33:17 GMT
Most 12s run out of service to Dulwich but could start from Camberwell if necessary. Unless I'm losing the plot, if it's going to Dulwich OOS,why doesn't it pick up passengers? Seems to me like a waste of revunue. And as it passes Camberwell Green on it's route, why not start there?
Broadly speaking it's TFL policy that garage runs don't run in service, even if that depot run follows normal line of route. There are buses on the 36 that start / finish in service at the Queens Park end for example (I'm not sure how closely the garage runs follow normal line of route)
As ever, there are probably a few scheduled exceptions, but not aware of many.
What can happen is if a bus is late leaving the garage then it might start its scheduled journey from the stop nearest the garage, or if controllers know there's not going to be a relief driver available on a journey where there should be a driver change, then the bus will probably do its scheduled journey as far as the garage then run in.
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Post by capitalomnibus on Jun 17, 2020 22:51:41 GMT
Thank you for your responses Pilot , redexpress , @mhv85 and capitalomnibus - It is greatly appreciated! Another question - Are there any shifts where the last driver is also the first driver of a route. I recall a route that had that timetable a couple of years ago... No, because most late shift would finish at night. First buses tend to be new fresh drivers.
However this is covered in some ways at times by Nightbus drivers. They may do the last day bus duty on say route 69, 102 etc then do their normal nightbus duties on N69, N102 etc then after this do the first day bus on route 69, 102.
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Post by capitalomnibus on Jun 17, 2020 23:01:06 GMT
Does anybody know how companies go about selecting the vehicles to onto a route during the day? The example I'll give is LTs. The most common appearance on my local route (24) are LTs in the batch from LT19-LT40, but these occasionally find themselves on the 27 (more often than the 159, but they do also appear on the 159) The same applies to the 159 batch buses appearing on the 24 and 27 from time to time, and the same also applies to the 27s batch of LTs. How do they go about selecting what routes the vehicles go on? It's something I've always been curious about and I'm wondering whether this is random or if there's an actual process behind the selections. Would love it if anyone knew. It starts with the engineering manager/assistant engineering manager (also changed and edited at times by running shift engineers depending on vehicle movement throughout the day/evening. They would prepare a list of buses required for service (rota), repaints/bodywork, long term unfit, MOT (FFD), other work (Late out). This list would then be given to the shunters who would take buses from drivers when they bring the bus back to the garage in the evening. Shunters would fuel the bus, put through bus wash and park up buses in place and note it down for what route. Buses requiring urgent work before going out on the road (ie. brake test, wheel nuts re-torqued, minor electrical work) would be put for late out so when other engineers come in the morning it would be done. Buses needing work throughout the day would be put onto a spread-over running number so that the work could be carried out after the bus runs in after morning peak. Buses with major problems ie unreliable would be specifically allocated to certain routes where you know if a problem happens it would be easier to get to and not incur heavy lost mileage. Also buses with power blind problems where it may not show a certain route properly would also be then be (banned) from going on the route where blinds cannot be set properly.
Probably a load more other stuff, but a bit tired cannot think now.
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Post by COBO on Jun 26, 2020 2:50:01 GMT
Is there a hybrid version of the Scania Enviro 400 MMC? Or is it just diesel?
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Post by vjaska on Jun 26, 2020 11:22:43 GMT
Is there a hybrid version of the Scania Enviro 400 MMC? Or is it just diesel? No, just a bio diesel version.
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Post by COBO on Jun 26, 2020 11:27:45 GMT
Is there a hybrid version of the Scania Enviro 400 MMC? Or is it just diesel? No, just a bio diesel version. Oh right thanks.
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Post by snowman on Jun 26, 2020 12:27:01 GMT
Is there a hybrid version of the Scania Enviro 400 MMC? Or is it just diesel? No, just a bio diesel version. The Scania chassis versions are normally for higher speed inter-urban work, it is diesel (not bio diesel) There is also a Scania bio methane (gas) version, Enviro400s CBG with Citi body style I think vjaska was thinking bio gas not bio diesel
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Post by vjaska on Jun 26, 2020 12:53:21 GMT
No, just a bio diesel version. The Scania chassis versions are normally for higher speed inter-urban work, it is diesel (not bio diesel) There is also a Scania bio methane (gas) version, Enviro400s CBG with Citi body style I think vjaska was thinking bio gas not bio diesel Yes, that's what I mean't, cheers for the correction
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Post by COBO on Jun 26, 2020 23:15:15 GMT
Is there a hybrid version of the Scania Enviro 400 MMC? Or is it just diesel? No, just a bio diesel version. Shame someone could have ordered some for the X26.
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Post by Pilot on Jun 29, 2020 16:58:42 GMT
So can anyone figure out what horn does LTZ use?
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Post by COBO on Jul 2, 2020 2:11:43 GMT
Ian Armstrong’s London Bus Routes it says in the 398 page it says that the double run via South Harrow forecourt was introduced on 5 September 2009 but I’m pretty sure that the 398 has always done a double run via the South Harrow forecourt even before 5 September 2009.
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Post by busman on Jul 2, 2020 10:35:33 GMT
Ian Armstrong’s London Bus Routes it says in the 398 page it says that the double run via South Harrow forecourt was introduced on 5 September 2009 but I’m pretty sure that the 398 has always done a double run via the South Harrow forecourt even before 5 September 2009. I’m about 80% certain it did before TfL operation. I remember the route when it was operated by Scorpio Coaches in the 80’s. It ran to Northolt via the Racecourse Estate and South Harrow to Ruislip. I’m visiting my mum over the weekend....If I get a chance I’ll have a rummage in the loft for my old bus maps from around that time. The history of the routing seems very sketchy online.
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