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Post by kmkcheng on Jul 28, 2022 15:48:17 GMT
There’s a picture on The Londoner FB page BCE47103 departing on the X140 with the blind unit seemingly detached from whatever holds it in place in the blind box
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Post by adl on Jul 28, 2022 15:54:30 GMT
Does anyone know what Vhs will be allocated to which route following them being released from the 125 and the rest from the 49.
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Post by j67 on Jul 28, 2022 16:02:19 GMT
Does anyone know what Vhs will be allocated to which route following them being released from the 125 and the rest from the 49. VH45148-50 & VH45247-50 should return to WK for 116 & 423. Not sure about the rest.
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Post by YX10FFN on Jul 28, 2022 16:05:18 GMT
Does anyone know what Vhs will be allocated to which route following them being released from the 125 and the rest from the 49. Following contract renewals, VHs released from those routes will end up on the 71 at FW and 418 at TV.
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Post by Volvo on Jul 28, 2022 19:19:33 GMT
6 buses are parked here Monday to Saturday for the 142 and 6 buses on Sunday (4x 142 and 2x H12) due to lack of space at BT. Speaking of which, the good thing about this is you can choose any bus from what's available. This morning there were ADEs17, 36, 309 & ADH58. Ordinarily I would have taken the 67reg ADH however seeing as I had ADH61 yesterday on the H12 and I do usually get a 67reg when I do the H12s I decided to take ADE309. It wasn't as quick as when I drove it couple weeks ago, it was a bit slower to pull away but overall still a good bus and far better than any of the other ADEs atm, which all need some TLC tbh. Also for some reason the images on the monitor were switched around so when looking at the upper deck it was as if looking at a LHD bus was doing my OCD in. Interesting, thanks for this. Do you then have to take your bus (in this case ADE40309) back to the same place or back to BT garage? The buses return to BT to be re fueled and cleaned then the shunters take them back to that spot.
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Post by Volvo on Jul 28, 2022 19:20:43 GMT
6 buses are parked here Monday to Saturday for the 142 and 6 buses on Sunday (4x 142 and 2x H12) due to lack of space at BT. Speaking of which, the good thing about this is you can choose any bus from what's available. This morning there were ADEs17, 36, 309 & ADH58. Ordinarily I would have taken the 67reg ADH however seeing as I had ADH61 yesterday on the H12 and I do usually get a 67reg when I do the H12s I decided to take ADE309. It wasn't as quick as when I drove it couple weeks ago, it was a bit slower to pull away but overall still a good bus and far better than any of the other ADEs atm, which all need some TLC tbh. Also for some reason the images on the monitor were switched around so when looking at the upper deck it was as if looking at a LHD bus was doing my OCD in. I had a ride on ADH28 today, I thought it was quite nippy. I haven't had that bus in a while, a very long while. The last time I did it was a rocket but that was early last year.
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Post by paulo on Jul 28, 2022 22:23:01 GMT
Does anyone know what Vhs will be allocated to which route following them being released from the 125 and the rest from the 49. VH45148-50 & VH45247-50 should return to WK for 116 & 423. Not sure about the rest. As a guess, VH45124-132 will be TV, VH45133-144 will be FW.
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Post by snowman on Jul 29, 2022 7:34:44 GMT
VH45148-50 & VH45247-50 should return to WK for 116 & 423. Not sure about the rest. As a guess, VH45124-132 will be TV, VH45133-144 will be FW. Probably slightly more for TV (in addition to VH45310-7 for 406) it has route 418 (7 buses) and 4 school routes due to use VHs : (routes 613, 639, 662, 670) so will need nearer 10-11 more VH (already has 45122-3) depending on how many spares Remains to be seen how long TV keeps a few ADEs for routes like 293, 467 etc
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Post by paulo on Jul 29, 2022 7:40:10 GMT
As a guess, VH45124-132 will be TV, VH45133-144 will be FW. Probably slightly more for TV (in addition to VH45310-7 for 406) it has route 418 (7 buses) and 4 school routes due to use VHs : (routes 613, 639, 662, 670) so will need nearer 10-11 more VH (already has 45122-3) depending on how many spares Remains to be seen how long TV keeps a few ADEs for routes like 293, 467 etc Don’t forget TV has 45162-4 also although these may return to FW when extra 15 reg move in which may mean more of 45124-144 to TV.
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Post by paulo on Jul 29, 2022 7:40:26 GMT
As a guess, VH45124-132 will be TV, VH45133-144 will be FW. Probably slightly more for TV (in addition to VH45310-7 for 406) it has route 418 (7 buses) and 4 school routes due to use VHs : (routes 613, 639, 662, 670) so will need nearer 10-11 more VH (already has 45122-3) depending on how many spares Remains to be seen how long TV keeps a few ADEs for routes like 293, 467 etc Don’t forget TV has 45162-4 also although these may return to FW when extra 15 reg move in which may mean more of 45124-144 to TV.
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Post by southlondon413 on Jul 29, 2022 8:05:25 GMT
As a guess, VH45124-132 will be TV, VH45133-144 will be FW. Probably slightly more for TV (in addition to VH45310-7 for 406) it has route 418 (7 buses) and 4 school routes due to use VHs : (routes 613, 639, 662, 670) so will need nearer 10-11 more VH (already has 45122-3) depending on how many spares Remains to be seen how long TV keeps a few ADEs for routes like 293, 467 etc The 613, 639, 662 and 670 already have VH. They don’t need extra for these routes. The 613 and 662 have had a VH allocation for years now.
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Post by george on Jul 29, 2022 19:11:05 GMT
Pretty sure I just seen a 85 driver wearing an Arriva top. Colour was the same but couldn't quite make out logo. This got me wondering as any route ever gone from Arriva to London United I can only think of arriva to London sovereign.
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Post by busoccultation on Jul 29, 2022 19:32:57 GMT
Pretty sure I just seen a 85 driver wearing an Arriva top. Colour was the same but couldn't quite make out logo. This got me wondering as any route ever gone from Arriva to London United I can only think of arriva to London sovereign. It could be that driver was with Arriva Guildford until recently when they closed their Guildford depot and then joined RATP shortly after that. Likewise, I did see a K1 driver a few months after when RATP got the route back in 2020, wearing bits of the Stagecoach uniform where there is a good chance that he originally worked for Stagecoach South.
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Post by kmkcheng on Jul 29, 2022 20:05:27 GMT
Pretty sure I just seen a 85 driver wearing an Arriva top. Colour was the same but couldn't quite make out logo. This got me wondering as any route ever gone from Arriva to London United I can only think of arriva to London sovereign. The 85 has been operated by Arriva before, as part of London & Country working out of Addlestone and Leatherhead depots between 1990 and 1998. Leatherhead then shut and the 85 operated out of FW but still used Arriva drivers before London United took over in 1999
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Post by snowman on Jul 30, 2022 7:42:28 GMT
Anyone know what is happening with the chargers at Edgware or Hounslow Heath
Last I heard few weeks ago, 125 was expected to convert at Edgware late July, and 235 expected to convert early August
Clearly that Edgware date appears to have slipped again.
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