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Post by SILENCED on Jul 5, 2024 16:15:09 GMT
There's been report that Go Ahead are to nationally adopt a five digit fleet numbering system, which could effect the four digit number system located on fuel caps of London's examples. The general bonnet numbers (and letters) are said not to be affected Hmm, I seen a report that says the 10 acquired Enviro 400s from NXWM are the first vehicles to sport the new fleet numbers 80951-60 (non-London), and hints it will be applied to others.
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Post by busoccultation on Jul 5, 2024 17:02:44 GMT
There's been report that Go Ahead are to nationally adopt a five digit fleet numbering system, which could effect the four digit number system located on fuel caps of London's examples. The general bonnet numbers (and letters) are said not to be affected Hmm, I seen a report that says the 10 acquired Enviro 400s from NXWM are the first vehicles to sport the new fleet numbers 80951-60 (non-London), and hints it will be applied to others. That will be the ones acquired by Carousel to cover the need for extra buses when they start running the ex Arriva routes at the end of the month as confirmed on Oxford & Chilterns Bus Page. If that is the case that would be the end of Ee, SEe, EH, WHV, MHV, E, SE codes being used on Go-Ahead London buses should they also start using 5 digit national fleet numbering codes like First and Stagecoach have done.
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Post by lj61nwc on Jul 5, 2024 17:23:22 GMT
Hmm, I seen a report that says the 10 acquired Enviro 400s from NXWM are the first vehicles to sport the new fleet numbers 80951-60 (non-London), and hints it will be applied to others. That will be the ones acquired by Carousel to cover the need for extra buses when they start running the ex Arriva routes at the end of the month as confirmed on Oxford & Chilterns Bus Page. If that is the case that would be the end of Ee, SEe, EH, WHV, MHV, E, SE codes being used on Go-Ahead London buses should they also start using 5 digit national fleet numbering codes like First and Stagecoach have done.
They already have 4 digit code but that not displayed largely on vehicle, typically above fuel cap like M1104 has stated. So it won't be the end of Ee, SEe etc
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Post by bustler on Jul 6, 2024 8:05:00 GMT
I noticed that 3 ME'S returned to the 200 this week, ME'S 14 15 and 16 respectively, but were all withdrawn by Thursday. If these buses are charged and operatinal again then why aren't they running cnsistently?
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Post by bustler on Jul 6, 2024 8:06:04 GMT
sorry consistently
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Post by DE20106 on Jul 6, 2024 8:32:14 GMT
If you click on the cog button you can edit the post to correct your spelling mistakes
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Post by SN17MOA on Jul 6, 2024 8:56:33 GMT
I noticed that 3 ME'S returned to the 200 this week, ME'S 14 15 and 16 respectively, but were all withdrawn by Thursday. If these buses are charged and operatinal again then why aren't they running cnsistently? Me15 is currently out on the 200 and was out yesterday for a full day (Between 06:00 and 19:00). bustimes.org/vehicles/lgen-yj21eyu?date=2024-07-05They are probably slowly entering service after the completion of their required fixes. Me14 was out very recently. Might reappear more often in the coming days.
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Post by cl54 on Jul 6, 2024 9:55:38 GMT
I noticed that 3 ME'S returned to the 200 this week, ME'S 14 15 and 16 respectively, but were all withdrawn by Thursday. If these buses are charged and operatinal again then why aren't they running cnsistently? Me15 is currently out on the 200 and was out yesterday for a full day (Between 06:00 and 19:00). bustimes.org/vehicles/lgen-yj21eyu?date=2024-07-05They are probably slowly entering service after the completion of their required fixes. Me14 was out very recently. Might reappear more often in the coming days. ME15 has been out every day since the 2nd July. ME14 did a trip or 2 on the 2nd and 3rd but problems may have been identified. Getting them back into service will depend on having drivers up to date with their type training (and not being away on holiday).
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Post by southlondonbus on Jul 6, 2024 10:03:15 GMT
Me15 is currently out on the 200 and was out yesterday for a full day (Between 06:00 and 19:00). bustimes.org/vehicles/lgen-yj21eyu?date=2024-07-05They are probably slowly entering service after the completion of their required fixes. Me14 was out very recently. Might reappear more often in the coming days. ME15 has been out every day since the 2nd July. ME14 did a trip or 2 on the 2nd and 3rd but problems may have been identified. Getting them back into service will depend on having drivers up to date with their type training (and not being away on holiday). There might even be some new drivers who were unable to be type trained on them yet.
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Post by M1104 on Jul 6, 2024 10:29:00 GMT
Ee264 was spotted with a broken iBus display, supposed to be a full LCD sized one. I also noticed they don't have rear displays like other operators. It's bad enough TfL's taken so long to catch up on LED displays for buses only to then stop at full rear displays being optional. I'm especially a bit disappointed Go Ahead never went for them as for starters they make the E400EVs look even better throughout than they already do. I do wonder if TfL will eventually make that spec an obligation for later orders, like they did with the electric mirrors.
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Post by DE20106 on Jul 6, 2024 11:20:52 GMT
Ee264 was spotted with a broken iBus display, supposed to be a full LCD sized one. I also noticed they don't have rear displays like other operators. It's bad enough TfL's taken so long to catch up on LCD displays for buses only to then stop at full rear displays being optional. I'm especially a bit disappointed Go Ahead never went for them as for starters they make the E400EVs look even better throughout than they already do. I do wonder if TfL will eventually make that spec an obligation for later orders, like they did with the electric mirrors. The LCD iBus screens are terrible imo, I’ve been on so many buses where they don’t work properly, and in warm weather there isn’t enough power for the screen to work properly with the air cooling This was the state of Ee193’s display when I took it last month. I think something had hit it, bits of the screen on the left hand side kept flashing white on and off Not to mention the Arriva, Metroline and Stagecoach screens just displaying the next stop, none of the “x minutes to y Station” or list of the next few upcoming stops I strongly believe these ibus screens are just a waste of time, loads of them don’t work properly and don’t show anything more than a traditional dot matrix one did. Not to mention the dot matrix ones being way more reliable (only sporadic instances of them not working), and they could easily have been programmed to display a quick line to give extra stop information. There’s nothing these screens can’t to that the old ones can. It’s just change for changes sake if you ask me
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Post by vjaska on Jul 6, 2024 12:06:52 GMT
It's bad enough TfL's taken so long to catch up on LCD displays for buses only to then stop at full rear displays being optional. I'm especially a bit disappointed Go Ahead never went for them as for starters they make the E400EVs look even better throughout than they already do. I do wonder if TfL will eventually make that spec an obligation for later orders, like they did with the electric mirrors. The LCD iBus screens are terrible imo, I’ve been on so many buses where they don’t work properly, and in warm weather there isn’t enough power for the screen to work properly with the air cooling This was the state of Ee193’s display when I took it last month. I think something had hit it, bits of the screen on the left hand side kept flashing white on and off View AttachmentNot to mention the Arriva, Metroline and Stagecoach screens just displaying the next stop, none of the “x minutes to y Station” or list of the next few upcoming stops I strongly believe these ibus screens are just a waste of time, loads of them don’t work properly and don’t show anything more than a traditional dot matrix one did. Not to mention the dot matrix ones being way more reliable (only sporadic instances of them not working), and they could easily have been programmed to display a quick line to give extra stop information. There’s nothing these screens can’t to that the old ones can. It’s just change for changes sake if you ask me The old screens were becoming quite unreliable - all too often on my travels was I encountering screens not working properly. I disagree the new screens are a waste of time - they look modern and whilst yes some aren’t working properly, that’s always something that can be fixed. These screens can always be updated to include extra information and the old screens don’t have the space to include even more messages. The old screens are incredibly dated and look extremely basic and I’m glad we’re moving away from them
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Post by cl54 on Jul 6, 2024 15:35:42 GMT
Ee264 was spotted with a broken iBus display, supposed to be a full LCD sized one. I also noticed they don't have rear displays like other operators. It's bad enough TfL's taken so long to catch up on LCD displays for buses only to then stop at full rear displays being optional. I'm especially a bit disappointed Go Ahead never went for them as for starters they make the E400EVs look even better throughout than they already do. I do wonder if TfL will eventually make that spec an obligation for later orders, like they did with the electric mirrors. The only bus in London with LCD external displays is SEe9. They developed faults after a week in service and things got much worse and it was running on the 444 with A3 laminated paper panels in the windscreen. The supplier was unable to provide parts and the bus has been off the road since March. All the other displays are LEDs with a matrix of dots that the control unit switches on or off to create the letters and numbers. The TfL Head of Design is only interested in vanity projects like Superloop liveries and has neglected to get a specification for the LED displays issued.
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Post by M1104 on Jul 6, 2024 18:32:19 GMT
It's bad enough TfL's taken so long to catch up on LCD displays for buses only to then stop at full rear displays being optional. I'm especially a bit disappointed Go Ahead never went for them as for starters they make the E400EVs look even better throughout than they already do. I do wonder if TfL will eventually make that spec an obligation for later orders, like they did with the electric mirrors. The only bus in London with LCD external displays is SEe9. They developed faults after a week in service and things got much worse and it was running on the 444 with A3 laminated paper panels in the windscreen. The supplier was unable to provide parts and the bus has been off the road since March. All the other displays are LEDs with a matrix of dots that the control unit switches on or off to create the letters and numbers. The TfL Head of Design is only interested in vanity projects like Superloop liveries and has neglected to get a specification for the LED displays issued. I've made a mistake as I meant LED displays, will correct my original post
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Post by danorak on Jul 6, 2024 19:26:40 GMT
The LCD iBus screens are terrible imo, I’ve been on so many buses where they don’t work properly, and in warm weather there isn’t enough power for the screen to work properly with the air cooling This was the state of Ee193’s display when I took it last month. I think something had hit it, bits of the screen on the left hand side kept flashing white on and off View AttachmentNot to mention the Arriva, Metroline and Stagecoach screens just displaying the next stop, none of the “x minutes to y Station” or list of the next few upcoming stops I strongly believe these ibus screens are just a waste of time, loads of them don’t work properly and don’t show anything more than a traditional dot matrix one did. Not to mention the dot matrix ones being way more reliable (only sporadic instances of them not working), and they could easily have been programmed to display a quick line to give extra stop information. There’s nothing these screens can’t to that the old ones can. It’s just change for changes sake if you ask me The old screens were becoming quite unreliable - all too often on my travels was I encountering screens not working properly. I disagree the new screens are a waste of time - they look modern and whilst yes some aren’t working properly, that’s always something that can be fixed. These screens can always be updated to include extra information and the old screens don’t have the space to include even more messages. The old screens are incredibly dated and look extremely basic and I’m glad we’re moving away from them Possibly depends where you're travelling but in my neck of the woods, I genuinely can't remember being on a bus where the visual display wasn't working. The iBus displays have seemed far more resilient than those on trains. Where it sometimes falls down for me are gibberish audio announcements. The new generation of screen seems to try and cram too much information in for me, in such a small font that's unreadable.
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