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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2009 17:50:04 GMT
Oh and the NTC at Lewisham had a go at me for parking in the Bus Station on my meal relief at midnight, because I wasn't a London Bus  You was a london bus, just not on a london bus service!!!  I would have just changed the blinds to show 89, then they could'nt have moaned at ya!!! lol I did'nt have any NTC's moan at me when i sat at Eltham Bus Station for 12 mins (coz i was well early) with my engine running!!! There were 6 NTC's vans there!! (yes i know theres an NTC base there)! Thats what our 661 driver used to do At Eltham put 132 up. Easily fooled BSCs. ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by lc1 on Mar 9, 2009 18:25:45 GMT
I would have just changed the blinds to show 89, then they could'nt have moaned at ya!!! lol I did'nt have any NTC's moan at me when i sat at Eltham Bus Station for 12 mins, coz i was well early, thanks to PVL 178's great voith gearbox, and i had my engine running!!! There were 6 NTC's vans there!! (yes i know theres an NTC base there)! I couldn't be bothered, in the end he said to just stay where as I was as I was one of them  , although he did later move the other two that parked up in there ;D He knew I was RR anyway as he moaned at the way I parked at Eltham and I was well early there as well as I wasn't going the official way, I was coming back along Kidbrooke Park Road, then Rochester Way and Well Hall Road |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2009 19:09:14 GMT
I would have just changed the blinds to show 89, then they could'nt have moaned at ya!!! lol I did'nt have any NTC's moan at me when i sat at Eltham Bus Station for 12 mins, coz i was well early, thanks to PVL 178's great voith gearbox, and i had my engine running!!! There were 6 NTC's vans there!! (yes i know theres an NTC base there)! I couldn't be bothered, in the end he said to just stay where as I was as I was one of them , although he did later move the other two that parked up in there ;D He knew I was RR anyway as he moaned at the way I parked at Eltham and I was well early there as well as I wasn't going the official way, I was coming back along Kidbrooke Park Road, then Rochester Way and Well Hall Road Not in DD I hope trees on Rochester Way is the reason DD not allowed on 132. |
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Post by lc1 on Mar 9, 2009 19:25:38 GMT
I couldn't be bothered, in the end he said to just stay where as I was as I was one of them , although he did later move the other two that parked up in there ;D He knew I was RR anyway as he moaned at the way I parked at Eltham and I was well early there as well as I wasn't going the official way, I was coming back along Kidbrooke Park Road, then Rochester Way and Well Hall Road Not in DD I hope trees on Rochester Way is the reason DD not allowed on 132. Yes in a DD, the trees are not that bad especially if you drive wide from the kerb better than taking it over the weak bridge in Kidbrooke Park Road. |
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Post by eggmiester on Mar 10, 2009 16:41:20 GMT
I went that way as well, to avoid that tight bit over the brige in kidbrook park road, where theyve stuck those stupid bollard things, making the road narrow, had no option but to nudge the kerb on my first trip to NX, something which i was not happy about, so on my second trip i used Rochester Way, but i went down towards the Yorkshire Grey and onto the A2 then came off at the Kidbrooke Pk Rd turn to serve Kidbrooke Stn then 'line of route' into Lewisham!
I have myself taken PVL's down Rochester way and the trees are fine!!!! too much fuss over nothing i think!
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Post by firstboy on Mar 15, 2009 20:12:12 GMT
Are the rail Replacements a free service?
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Post by jrussa on Mar 15, 2009 20:33:47 GMT
Are the rail Replacements a free service? Not really, but it is in a way, because they do not really check for your tickets or oyster!! |
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Post by eggmiester on Mar 15, 2009 21:26:14 GMT
Really you are required to have a train ticket and a railway revenue official can board a rail replacement bus and perform a ticket check. Whilst Travelling on a Rail Replacement bus you are still bound 'as a customer' by the national conditions of carriage (for national rail services) or by TFL's own Con's of Carriage (LUL and DLR).
The rail operating companies are required by Law to provide a replacement service when trains are not operating over a section of line for whatever reason, this could be by Bus, Plane, Taxi, or an alternative Train, as long as the scheduled destinations are served. However in emergency situations, as long as alternatives are availble they have no requirement.
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Post by eggmiester on Mar 15, 2009 21:32:19 GMT
Rail Replacements,
Sat 14th March,
LC - Hasting to Wadhurst (Southeastern), BX providing NV's 173, 183, 165 and a PVL
LC - Lewisham - Charlton (Southeastern) - BX, PVL's
Sun 15th March
LC - Lewisham - Charlton (Southeastern) - BX PVL's.
Next Weekend, LC (BX) have scheduled replacements on the following:
Strood - Rainham (kent) 'slow' (southeastern) both sat & sun
Strood - Gillingham 'fast' (southeastern) both sat & sun
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Post by lc1 on Mar 16, 2009 6:25:39 GMT
We also have two Strood to Gillingham and one Strood to Rainham scheduled for every night this week (Monday to Thursday)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2009 17:31:24 GMT
And you lot were telling us theres a shortage of overtime down there?
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Post by eggmiester on Mar 16, 2009 17:54:11 GMT
And you lot were telling us theres a shortage of overtime down there? Yes there is a shortage of O/T if you don't do rail work!! Most of the overtime at the moment is purely Rail work or the odd Night Bus. Even the O2 shuttles which BX now run are given out as overtime! |
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Post by lc1 on Mar 17, 2009 3:37:38 GMT
And you lot were telling us theres a shortage of overtime down there? Yes there is a shortage of O/T if you don't do rail work!! Most of the overtime at the moment is purely Rail work or the odd Night Bus. Even the O2 shuttles which BX now run are given out as overtime! As egg said the only OT I'm getting at the moment is Rail work, still I'm not complaining as I prefer it ;D This weeks rail jobs are being supplement by one from Metrobus (doing Meopham (or somewhere like that) through to Rainham and TravelMaster who are running with the BX Rainham bus. and the BX Rainham bus is also doing the first train in the morning Gilligham to Strood Tonight BX sent out one Enviro (E44 I think and I picked PVL259 ;D) and TravelMaster were using there 58 plate E400 (I noticed this didn't have the seat behind the driver's cab that we do on our's) The O2 Shuttle was done by NV173 although he didn't pick anyone up so had a early finish. |
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Post by firstboy on Mar 17, 2009 15:23:05 GMT
The resson i ask is because when the northern line was closed stockwell to morden i wanted to use it from tooting broadway but instead i was going to use the 155 to stockwell, then a man from London undeground said all railreplacements are free.
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Post by lc1 on Mar 17, 2009 19:33:42 GMT
The resson i ask is because when the northern line was closed stockwell to morden i wanted to use it from tooting broadway but instead i was going to use the 155 to stockwell, then a man from London undeground said all railreplacements are free. Don't you work for first? |
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, although he did later move the other two that parked up in there ;D
