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Post by SouthLondoner468 on Oct 6, 2024 23:51:22 GMT
Despite how careful I was on my list for the Exclusively Diesel routes thread, spotted some errors! Just to be sure if anyone can help: 81, 118, 127 & 129- do they see regular Hybrid strays? I have removed it from the list. Not sure if any strays happen on the 250 & 289 atm I have also removed the 108, even tho it is not fully EV converted yet it sees them daily (think a couple of SEes?) 250 sees ESs every weekday, and even saw an ES yesterday. 289 is yet to see an ES |
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Post by vjaska on Oct 7, 2024 0:37:19 GMT
Despite how careful I was on my list for the Exclusively Diesel routes thread, spotted some errors! Just to be sure if anyone can help: 81, 118, 127 & 129- do they see regular Hybrid strays? I have removed it from the list. Not sure if any strays happen on the 250 & 289 atm I have also removed the 108, even tho it is not fully EV converted yet it sees them daily (think a couple of SEes?) 118 does see WHV's from time to time, some EH's also pop on as well. The 250 sees a HA every now and then and the odd ES has started appearing (yet to see it with my own eyes yet) - I would like to do the HA working myself but it never happens when I'm available. |
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Post by abellion on Oct 7, 2024 5:23:42 GMT
Despite how careful I was on my list for the Exclusively Diesel routes thread, spotted some errors! Just to be sure if anyone can help: 81, 118, 127 & 129- do they see regular Hybrid strays? I have removed it from the list. Not sure if any strays happen on the 250 & 289 atm I have also removed the 108, even tho it is not fully EV converted yet it sees them daily (think a couple of SEes?) The 127 occasionally uses the 119’s WHVs and the 81 uses VWHs sometimes, someone more local can get a better scope of how often for the latter |
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Post by M1104 on Oct 7, 2024 6:37:58 GMT
Despite how careful I was on my list for the Exclusively Diesel routes thread, spotted some errors! Just to be sure if anyone can help: 81, 118, 127 & 129- do they see regular Hybrid strays? I have removed it from the list. Not sure if any strays happen on the 250 & 289 atm I have also removed the 108, even tho it is not fully EV converted yet it sees them daily (think a couple of SEes?) The 118 tends to have at least one hybrid appear from late evenings, likely down to driver preference. This is in addition to whatever may appear on route during the day. I imagine the 337 is similar if any breaks are taken from SW from late evenings |
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Post by abellion on Oct 7, 2024 12:39:43 GMT
Despite how careful I was on my list for the Exclusively Diesel routes thread, spotted some errors! Just to be sure if anyone can help: 81, 118, 127 & 129- do they see regular Hybrid strays? I have removed it from the list. Not sure if any strays happen on the 250 & 289 atm I have also removed the 108, even tho it is not fully EV converted yet it sees them daily (think a couple of SEes?) The 118 tends to have at least one hybrid appear from late evenings, likely down to driver preference. This is in addition to whatever may appear on route during the day. I imagine the 337 is similar if any breaks are taken from SW from late evenings The 337 is missing E161, E162 and WVL435 so it uses hybrids more often, such as EH14 today. The 118 I always assumed they popped up at night because of Es needing to head back to the garage for whatever reason given the routes strangely long operating hours |
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Post by lj61nwc on Oct 7, 2024 13:23:56 GMT
The 118 tends to have at least one hybrid appear from late evenings, likely down to driver preference. This is in addition to whatever may appear on route during the day. I imagine the 337 is similar if any breaks are taken from SW from late evenings The 337 is missing E161, E162 and WVL435 so it uses hybrids more often, such as EH14 today. The 118 I always assumed they popped up at night because of Es needing to head back to the garage for whatever reason given the routes strangely long operating hours There were more hybrids than usual on the 118 until E147 came back last week after being VOR for 6 months. There tends to be more hybrids out during evenings and nights because the drivers know they will be available to use after the afternoon peak run in has finished. They usually do a switch out by driving to SW and back during their stand time at Brixton. |
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Post by yunus on Oct 7, 2024 22:26:02 GMT
Just to confirm, is it the Dartford Fast-track routes A & B that run to Bluewater moving over to GoAhead soon with the intention to use EVs?
Are there any plans for the 480?
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Post by yunus on Oct 8, 2024 18:12:12 GMT
Just to confirm, is it the Dartford Fast-track routes A & B that run to Bluewater moving over to GoAhead soon with the intention to use EVs? Are there any plans for the 480? Quoting myself - seems on an article the above is correct. Will Arriva change to running the 480 from DT? |
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Post by vjaska on Oct 8, 2024 19:40:33 GMT
Just to confirm, is it the Dartford Fast-track routes A & B that run to Bluewater moving over to GoAhead soon with the intention to use EVs? Are there any plans for the 480? Quoting myself - seems on an article the above is correct. Will Arriva change to running the 480 from DT? DT is a TfL garage and hasn't operated provincial routes for many years now so I very much doubt the 480 will run from DT and will remain at Northfleet with the rest of their provincial work. |
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Post by abellion on Oct 13, 2024 16:27:13 GMT
How can a driver get a bus to over-rev / “trick” the bus into revving highly? I see the latter term applied to some Euro5/6 Voiths especially which love to barely rev and are boring, but on some YouTube videos you can hear some holding it like a ZF.
I saw a video of E114 repeatedly over-revving and it surprised me because I’ve never heard an LX09 do that ever, be it in TfL service or whilst speeding on Rail Replacement. I had a T on the 217 the other day make a noise which sounded like an over-rev whilst being floored but it only did it for a second at most at a time
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Post by enviro498 on Oct 13, 2024 17:13:18 GMT
How can a driver get a bus to over-rev / “trick” the bus into revving highly? I see the latter term applied to some Euro5/6 Voiths especially which love to barely rev and are boring, but on some YouTube videos you can hear some holding it like a ZF. I saw a video of E114 repeatedly over-revving and it surprised me because I’ve never heard an LX09 do that ever, be it in TfL service or whilst speeding on Rail Replacement. I had a T on the 217 the other day make a noise which sounded like an over-rev whilst being floored but it only did it for a second at most at a time The LX09 Es have the older ZF Ecomat gearbox, which you can trick to hold gears by pumping the throttle. E114 is also a very good bus compared to the others in the batch. From my point of view as a passenger, it appears like all the other LX09s at RR have performance restrictions. |
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Post by vjaska on Oct 13, 2024 17:17:45 GMT
How can a driver get a bus to over-rev / “trick” the bus into revving highly? I see the latter term applied to some Euro5/6 Voiths especially which love to barely rev and are boring, but on some YouTube videos you can hear some holding it like a ZF. I saw a video of E114 repeatedly over-revving and it surprised me because I’ve never heard an LX09 do that ever, be it in TfL service or whilst speeding on Rail Replacement. I had a T on the 217 the other day make a noise which sounded like an over-rev whilst being floored but it only did it for a second at most at a time The LX09 Es have the older ZF Ecomat gearbox, which you can trick to hold gears by pumping the throttle. E114 is also a very good bus compared to the others in the batch. From my point of view as a passenger, it appears like all the other LX09s at RR have performance restrictions. Some of them have been like that for years in terms of performance restrictions - E110 is a good one though |
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Post by yunus on Oct 13, 2024 20:42:09 GMT
Is there anything preventing a Hybrid stray on route 194 or 403?
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Post by abellion on Oct 13, 2024 20:44:51 GMT
Is there anything preventing a Hybrid stray on route 194 or 403? Nope, they’ve both used hybrids |
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Post by yunus on Oct 13, 2024 20:49:31 GMT
Is there anything preventing a Hybrid stray on route 194 or 403? Nope, they’ve both used hybrids Ahh never knew. I guess the SL7 never uses Hybrids around Croydon? |
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