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Post by Alexis on Feb 26, 2024 14:04:58 GMT
I would say I get a passenger on my bus with one at least once a month. They are indeed still valid. The Staff Guide to Fares and Ticketing mentions that they are still available for order in bulk for groups in addition to refunds as a poster alluded to earlier. I do wonder what groups might still request them in this day and age? Event organisers for their staff? Charity groups perhaps?
Wonder if you'd have an idea from those who you see using them. I don't imagine that they are people who've been hoarding them since 2008 I've been told they're given by prisons and hospitals, and now that I think about it I usually get them by King's College Hospital and sometimes near Lewisham Hospital too.
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Post by mondraker275 on Mar 3, 2024 8:17:02 GMT
What route has the longest distance between its terminating stop and stand? SL2 is quite a bit.
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Post by kmkcheng on Mar 3, 2024 9:47:11 GMT
What route has the longest distance between its terminating stop and stand? SL2 is quite a bit. I would say the recently introduced extension of the 223 is a candidate (if the drivers even bother to use it anymore). The distance between the Harrow View terminus and Oxhey Lane is more than a mile away. Google map had the drive up to the stand as 1.3 miles.
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Post by southlondonbus on Mar 3, 2024 17:33:15 GMT
What route has the longest distance between its terminating stop and stand? SL2 is quite a bit. I would say the recently introduced extension of the 223 is a candidate (if the drivers even bother to use it anymore). The distance between the Harrow View terminus and Oxhey Lane is more than a mile away. Google map had the drive up to the stand as 1.3 miles. Probably similar to the 171 thou that's to turn around as opposed to standing.
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Post by COBO on Mar 6, 2024 18:24:57 GMT
I wonder how do TfL decide what’s an ideal location for a bus stop?
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Post by DT 11 on Mar 6, 2024 18:26:42 GMT
I wonder how do TfL decide what’s an ideal location for a bus stop? Planning Permission and the same applies to Dolly Stops.
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Post by COBO on Mar 7, 2024 21:59:36 GMT
How many Leyland Titans and mark 1 MCW Metrobuses are still around in preservation?
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Post by capitalomnibus on Mar 8, 2024 10:41:17 GMT
How many Leyland Titans and mark 1 MCW Metrobuses are still around in preservation? I guess asking LOTS or PSV Circle would get an answer
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Post by southlondonbus on Mar 10, 2024 20:07:50 GMT
Looked a good running day today in Golders Green. Gutted I missed it with Ms out and Leyland Nationals. I hope there's another one soon.
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Post by VWH1413 on Mar 10, 2024 20:38:04 GMT
Looked a good running day today in Golders Green. Gutted I missed it with Ms out and Leyland Nationals. I hope there's another one soon. There’s a Barking garage open day on 23rd March that will also run 62/145 vintage routes. Ensign’s 192 (metrobus) and T1064 should be appearing. Can confirm Golders Green was a fun one for reasons you said. Even if M394 skipped a running due to late start and poor weather during the day. Nicely run.
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Post by southlondonbus on Mar 10, 2024 21:08:12 GMT
Looked a good running day today in Golders Green. Gutted I missed it with Ms out and Leyland Nationals. I hope there's another one soon. There’s a Barking garage open day on 23rd March that will also run 62/145 vintage routes. Ensign’s 192 (metrobus) and T1064 should be appearing. Can confirm Golders Green was a fun one for reasons you said. Even if M394 skipped a running due to late start and poor weather during the day. Nicely run. Thanks for the heads up. I have to say I'm more interested in Ms and Ts rather then RTs and RMs really so its good to know T1064 will be out.
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Post by astock5000 on Mar 10, 2024 21:32:44 GMT
Looked a good running day today in Golders Green. Gutted I missed it with Ms out and Leyland Nationals. I hope there's another one soon. There’s a Barking garage open day on 23rd March that will also run 62/145 vintage routes. Ensign’s 192 (metrobus) and T1064 should be appearing. Can confirm Golders Green was a fun one for reasons you said. Even if M394 skipped a running due to late start and poor weather during the day. Nicely run. I skipped the Golders Green event mainly due to the weather, but might have gone had I known that the LSs were taking part. Good to hear it was enjoyable despite the conditions, and also that T1064 is planned for the Barking one - Titans being less common than Metrobuses at these running days.
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Post by yunus on Mar 10, 2024 22:56:45 GMT
Not fast as TFL but will eventually all buses outside of London become ZE?
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Post by TB123 on Mar 10, 2024 23:02:46 GMT
Not fast as TFL but will eventually all buses outside of London become ZE? Normal services, yes.
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Post by yunus on Mar 10, 2024 23:33:31 GMT
Not fast as TFL but will eventually all buses outside of London become ZE? Normal services, yes. Cheers. I am aware that Stagecoach want all buses ZE by 2035 but wonder if the smaller operators in Essex for example will follow? Iinteresting to see will be the coaches whether National Xpress or Oxford Tube etc.
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