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Post by vjaska on Jul 28, 2021 23:01:17 GMT
So the hydrogen buses can't serve part of the route 7? What were they doing before yesterday? Didn't they test the route beforehand? I'm so confused... Didn't a similar thing happen with the 393? Where buses were ordered but were too long for the route or something? The buses for the 393 were of the incorrect length which meant they loaned in some ENS vehicles from Arriva to run alongside their own DEM's until the correct length buses were ordered. The oddity with this is the hyrodgens were serving the usual route when they first entered service so can only presume some sort of restriction has only recently cropped up? On a slightly different note, TfL is saying this - tfl.gov.uk/bus/status/?Input=7+towards+East+Acton&lineIds=7&direction=inbound
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2021 23:02:37 GMT
27th July at 2008Hrs New Hydrogen buses on the route unable to make the turn as the buses are longer, older buses to remain on LOR Routes Affected: 7 Update 0825 hrs 28/07/21 Following a risk assessment from the NTC all buses are to remain on diversion. From Westbourne Grove A Westbourne Grove R Kensington Park Road L Elgin Crescent R Ladbroke Grove to LOR This seems to be a better situation than last night, only the Hydrogens were diverted whereas this morning it was switched over to the VWHs being placed on the same diversion, presumably to prevent confusion. I wonder what's actually causing the issue and whether it's fixable. Would be funny if yet another Metroline route can't take its buses after the 487, U10, 393 and 324. Roadworks in the middle of the four way junction on Westbourne Grove with Chepstow Road, Chepstow Place and Pembridge Villas.
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Post by COBO on Jul 28, 2021 23:11:54 GMT
So the hydrogen buses can't serve part of the route 7? What were they doing before yesterday? Didn't they test the route beforehand? I'm so confused... Didn't a similar thing happen with the 393? Where buses were ordered but were too long for the route or something? The buses for the 393 were of the incorrect length which meant they loaned in some ENS vehicles from Arriva to run alongside their own DEM's until the correct length buses were ordered. The oddity with this is the hyrodgens were serving the usual route when they first entered service so can only presume some sort of restriction has only recently cropped up? On a slightly different note, TfL is saying this - tfl.gov.uk/bus/status/?Input=7+towards+East+Acton&lineIds=7&direction=inboundAccording to that the 7 goes to East Croydon.
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Post by Nathan on Jul 28, 2021 23:15:04 GMT
So the hydrogen buses can't serve part of the route 7? What were they doing before yesterday? Didn't they test the route beforehand? I'm so confused... Didn't a similar thing happen with the 393? Where buses were ordered but were too long for the route or something? The buses for the 393 were of the incorrect length which meant they loaned in some ENS vehicles from Arriva to run alongside their own DEM's until the correct length buses were ordered. The oddity with this is the hyrodgens were serving the usual route when they first entered service so can only presume some sort of restriction has only recently cropped up? On a slightly different note, TfL is saying this - tfl.gov.uk/bus/status/?Input=7+towards+East+Acton&lineIds=7&direction=inboundMaybe there was flooding in the area recently being there are works being done? This has kinda cropped up everywhere recently to be fair. EDIT: Just read @busenthusiast56 's post above
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Post by YY13VKP on Jul 28, 2021 23:19:22 GMT
27th July at 2008Hrs New Hydrogen buses on the route unable to make the turn as the buses are longer, older buses to remain on LOR Routes Affected: 7 Update 0825 hrs 28/07/21 Following a risk assessment from the NTC all buses are to remain on diversion. From Westbourne Grove A Westbourne Grove R Kensington Park Road L Elgin Crescent R Ladbroke Grove to LOR This seems to be a better situation than last night, only the Hydrogens were diverted whereas this morning it was switched over to the VWHs being placed on the same diversion, presumably to prevent confusion. I wonder what's actually causing the issue and whether it's fixable. Would be funny if yet another Metroline route can't take its buses after the 487, U10, 393 and 324. What happened with the 487?
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Post by vjaska on Jul 29, 2021 1:15:27 GMT
This seems to be a better situation than last night, only the Hydrogens were diverted whereas this morning it was switched over to the VWHs being placed on the same diversion, presumably to prevent confusion. I wonder what's actually causing the issue and whether it's fixable. Would be funny if yet another Metroline route can't take its buses after the 487, U10, 393 and 324. What happened with the 487? There's a stop where the MMC's couldn't serve it safely so they got diverted to UX
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Post by kmkcheng on Jul 29, 2021 5:49:04 GMT
This seems to be a better situation than last night, only the Hydrogens were diverted whereas this morning it was switched over to the VWHs being placed on the same diversion, presumably to prevent confusion. I wonder what's actually causing the issue and whether it's fixable. Would be funny if yet another Metroline route can't take its buses after the 487, U10, 393 and 324. What happened with the 487? The DELS were too long to serve the westbound Park Royal station stop. I forgot if it was the entrance or exit of the road that would caused the DELs to overhang into the middle lane of the A40
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Post by mkay315 on Jul 29, 2021 7:03:23 GMT
What happened with the 487? There's a stop where the MMC's couldn't serve it safely so they got diverted to UX That's correct. Its in the Park Royal area.
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Post by LondonNorthern on Jul 29, 2021 11:55:18 GMT
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Post by LondonNorthern on Jul 29, 2021 16:27:13 GMT
Is it me or is Metroline dumping all their older E200s at AH? First we had DE872, then we got DE869, DE868, DE876 and DE875. Jack said that DE1012/13/14 and 1154/55 were moving away so maybe they're replacing them? If I were to speculate a bit- I'd say that the older ones will be withdrawn, including the ex first ones, when the 117 is lost and some of the LK09s will stay on for the 533 It's likely down to the 117 being lost.
At least you don't have DE870/871/1024 there. Now those are awful
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2021 16:45:11 GMT
Interesting that Cricklewood have gotten an Ex first now in the form of TE1575 (in surprise) Stop it!
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Post by cc2005 on Jul 30, 2021 10:45:35 GMT
Interesting they didn't remove the air cooling unit above the staircase on conversion to open top - must add extra weight and, clearly won't be needed!
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Post by SILENCED on Jul 30, 2021 10:54:27 GMT
Interesting they didn't remove the air cooling unit above the staircase on conversion to open top - must add extra weight and, clearly won't be needed! From what I can make out just a 1 bus operator, so probably saw the removal as an unnecessary cost during conversion, but would probably have been better in the long term.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2021 12:11:52 GMT
Interesting they didn't remove the air cooling unit above the staircase on conversion to open top - must add extra weight and, clearly won't be needed! From what I can make out just a 1 bus operator, so probably saw the removal as an unnecessary cost during conversion, but would probably have been better in the long term. Has the seat moquette been changed?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2021 12:27:51 GMT
VWH2286 is the first VWH to move over from PV to W, currently out on the 328. Quite interestingly, quite a few other VWHs such as VWH2111/2112 have moved in, not too sure what the movement patterns are especially with cuts to routes and more to come.
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