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Post by VMH2537 on Nov 12, 2022 10:15:15 GMT
BCE47087 (first of 49 batch) has moved to BT and 125 47129 has also moved to SO, though I'm not sure why 87 has moved rather than 146. |
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Post by andyc on Nov 12, 2022 11:34:55 GMT
Temporary cover whilst 47132 has some remedial works attended to - When 47132 is ready, it will move to SO to move the last 125 bus across.
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Post by dragonman on Nov 12, 2022 14:04:24 GMT
oh i see, i thought they were all gonna get the RATP seat moquette. Once they're at BT can we expect to see them straying on routes such as the H12, 79 and 340? This is another forum myth that comes up time and time again thinking that when companies are taken over they will go to the expense of fitting new seating moquette. The same was suggested when stagecoach took over LI garage. that wasn't why i was asking though, i meant i thought they would all be getting the RATP seat moquette as they're in the process of being refurbished for the route 13 tender renewal. |
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Nov 12, 2022 14:06:16 GMT
This is another forum myth that comes up time and time again thinking that when companies are taken over they will go to the expense of fitting new seating moquette. The same was suggested when stagecoach took over LI garage. that wasn't why i was asking though, i meant i thought they would all be getting the RATP seat moquette as they're in the process of being refurbished for the route 13 tender renewal. Yes, all of the 13s buses should be getting the RATP seats. Quite a few of them already have it. |
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Post by dragonman on Nov 12, 2022 14:10:41 GMT
that wasn't why i was asking though, i meant i thought they would all be getting the RATP seat moquette as they're in the process of being refurbished for the route 13 tender renewal. Yes, all of the 13s buses should be getting the RATP seats. Quite a few of them already have it. although now i remember, weren't some of them refurbished before RATP & TT merged, meaning that those ones got reupholstered with the TT moquette? |
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Post by WH241 on Nov 12, 2022 14:59:17 GMT
This is another forum myth that comes up time and time again thinking that when companies are taken over they will go to the expense of fitting new seating moquette. The same was suggested when stagecoach took over LI garage. that wasn't why i was asking though, i meant i thought they would all be getting the RATP seat moquette as they're in the process of being refurbished for the route 13 tender renewal. Perhaps you need to be clearer in your posts. The the 13 batch of buses have started to be refurbished many months ago so you gave the impression the seating would be changed again after the sale to RAPT. |
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Post by dragonman on Nov 12, 2022 15:33:14 GMT
that wasn't why i was asking though, i meant i thought they would all be getting the RATP seat moquette as they're in the process of being refurbished for the route 13 tender renewal. Perhaps you need to be clearer in your posts. The the 13 batch of buses have started to be refurbished many months ago so you gave the impression the seating would be changed again after the sale to RAPT. how about the ex TT ADHs, have they already been refurbished, or will they be getting the blue moquette treatment as well? |
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Post by VMH2537 on Nov 12, 2022 16:51:45 GMT
Perhaps you need to be clearer in your posts. The the 13 batch of buses have started to be refurbished many months ago so you gave the impression the seating would be changed again after the sale to RAPT. how about the ex TT ADHs, have they already been refurbished, or will they be getting the blue moquette treatment as well? There is no cost-benefit to doing that. Again the ADHs have been recently refurbished when Tower Transit gained the 414 route. I don't see why buses will be refurbished because they changed operation unless the refurbishment wasn't completed such as with the 13 VMHs. What matters is long the operator has the buses to fulfill their contract requirements. |
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Post by ADH45258 on Nov 12, 2022 17:04:29 GMT
Yes, all of the 13s buses should be getting the RATP seats. Quite a few of them already have it. although now i remember, weren't some of them refurbished before RATP & TT merged, meaning that those ones got reupholstered with the TT moquette? I think those examples were refurbished for the 308's new contract, moving to LI shortly before RATP took over X. |
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Post by twobellstogo on Nov 12, 2022 18:00:36 GMT
What is it about the 65 on a Saturday lunchtime/early afternoon that means it always, always runs in a pattern of three buses within a minute of each other, then a yawning great gap of 20 minutes, then another three buses within a minute of each other, etc, etc 🙄
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Post by dlroper on Nov 12, 2022 18:41:53 GMT
What is it about the 65 on a Saturday lunchtime/early afternoon that means it always, always runs in a pattern of three buses within a minute of each other, then a yawning great gap of 20 minutes, then another three buses within a minute of each other, etc, etc 🙄 Agreed it is a thing on that route, I have waited for an H37 on occasion at Richmond Station at normal service intervals and witnessed up to 5-6 65's go towards Kingston and 3-4 in reverse - even if the H37 is due or in low minutes there there's usually 1 - 2 65's before it. There'll be some law of thermo-omnibusmathics that covers it 😁😁 |
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Post by sleckdeck on Nov 13, 2022 14:06:51 GMT
What is it about the 65 on a Saturday lunchtime/early afternoon that means it always, always runs in a pattern of three buses within a minute of each other, then a yawning great gap of 20 minutes, then another three buses within a minute of each other, etc, etc 🙄 It always bunches from Kingston to Ealing Broadway late at night, buses will get rammed from Richmond to Ealing (this is why Brentford has a frequency of 4 minutes) with 2 empty buses right behind. |
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Post by TA242 on Nov 13, 2022 18:47:10 GMT
VH45250 BT > WK It's not looking GUD for the SPs there, if you get the reference. Quick check of LVF showing following SPs not been out for few days (or longer) SP 40165-168, 176, 184-186, 190, 191 and since the transfers to 125 this week, following haven’t been out yesterday or today SP 40169, 171, 173, 174, 180 time will tell, how many (if any of these) get used again SP40167 has already been sold on to Whippet Coaches. Reportedly another one has followed suit, I do not have identification for it however. |
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Post by dragonman on Nov 14, 2022 13:47:43 GMT
Why aren't there any VHRs on the 125 i thought these would be staying on the route even once all the BCEs had been allocated to it as well?
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Post by ADH45258 on Nov 14, 2022 13:54:33 GMT
Why aren't there any VHRs on the 125 i thought these would be staying on the route even once all the BCEs had been allocated to it as well? The VHRs will only be used in the peaks as a crosslink from the 698, same with the X140 |
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