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Post by COBO on Mar 14, 2024 8:26:03 GMT
I see that a pair of DDEs have gone over to the 395. Are DDEs to go over to SO for the 395 to replace the DEs. I thought they would have stayed at BT for the 326 to get rid of the DEs on that route.
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Post by i3lu on Mar 14, 2024 23:38:49 GMT
Probably due to capacity reasons the DDEs are going to the 395 and 326 keeping DEs and DMEs allocation.
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Post by rj131 on Mar 15, 2024 0:05:10 GMT
Probably due to capacity reasons the DDEs are going to the 395 and 326 keeping DEs and DMEs allocation. I think that’s quite sensible taking smaller single deckers off such a busy route like the 326. The 395 is a busy route too for type of route it is, but for its narrow dimensions the buses are more probably more suited to it
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Post by BusesInLondon on Mar 15, 2024 10:11:01 GMT
Have the spare DLEs from the 223 and 228 been allocated. Could be used to send some DMEs from RP to BT to oust the DEs at BT?
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Post by COBO on Mar 15, 2024 10:31:25 GMT
Have the spare DLEs from the 223 and 228 been allocated. Could be used to send some DMEs from RP to BT to oust the DEs at BT? No they haven’t they’ve just been spares at different garages.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Mar 16, 2024 6:45:17 GMT
There’s a ratp Westbourne Park streetlite parked on Marble Arch stand blinded 488 Dalston junction 😂 That could be an advance guard in case RATP buy LI from Stagecoach
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Mar 16, 2024 6:48:21 GMT
It’s simply a case of people having an irrational dislike of this operator. With exception of perhaps the Arriva thread, this thread is littered with negative aspects of an operation, which currently as I’m sure certain posters will dislike , is actually improving overall and at the top of some charts. The 237 currently has gaps in service and the 235 has a curtailment. Not going to stop pointing my point out I’m afraid. Definitely not going to disagree with you that RATP as a whole are improving and getting their house in order. You’d be very interested to hear that a few years ago RATP really was the darling of this forum. About six years ago when they were on their relentless winning streak (which somewhat turned into a poison chalice), everyone was cheering them on and it was them who the biases were in favour of I remember thinking at that point that RATP was the most popular operator on here. I sometimes found so many new pages added, especially after I'd had a 2 week break from the forum, that I had to skip some of the first ones.
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Post by COBO on Mar 16, 2024 14:40:00 GMT
I see the DDEs still have TV bus codes.
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Post by COBO on Mar 16, 2024 23:50:20 GMT
I wonder if the DDEs will get a repaint and refurbished or will be left as they are.
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Post by COBO on Mar 16, 2024 23:52:09 GMT
Did the 220s ADEs get a refurbishment and a repaint before they were withdrawn?
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Post by paulo on Mar 17, 2024 8:54:47 GMT
Did the 220s ADEs get a refurbishment and a repaint before they were withdrawn? Yes
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Post by Volvo on Mar 20, 2024 5:22:27 GMT
Looks like BT is almost ready to get full BE allocation for the 226. Also none of the remaining 4 buses at S have been in service today, looks like after this huge running long running saga the 226 will be fully EV soon. Volvo won’t be happy as he can’t stand those BEs 😂😂 Yes the route is fully BE operated now, I am on one today and cannot stand the things. The driving position is actually better in the BCEs as the steering wheel/dashboard has more adjustment, green road is so over sensitive on these things that if you breathe a bit too hard the light goes orange (green road is actually nonsense imo, such a poorly calibrated system that gives you different readings based on bus type along the same roads and sometimes even the same bus on the same roads gives you a different reading across two rounds with the same driving) speaking of poor calibrationg the ISA in the BEs is so annoying you'll be in a 20 and it won't let you do more than 17 then the system has some connection issue and keeps going on/off so your doing 17-20, 20-17, 17-20 so annoying. Then you get to a 30 and it still reads 20 after like 350 yards before it switches to 30 and the same thing from 30 to 40 sometimes or even worse this morning I was running light to Ealing and was on hanger lane which is a 40 and it started reading 20 and suddenly started slowing the bus down with vehicles behind me and they started beeping at me.
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Post by COBO on Mar 20, 2024 6:42:58 GMT
Also none of the remaining 4 buses at S have been in service today, looks like after this huge running long running saga the 226 will be fully EV soon. Volvo won’t be happy as he can’t stand those BEs 😂😂 Yes the route is fully BE operated now, I am on one today and cannot stand the things. The driving position is actually better in the BCEs as the steering wheel/dashboard has more adjustment, green road is so over sensitive on these things that if you breathe a bit too hard the light goes orange (green road is actually nonsense imo, such a poorly calibrated system that gives you different readings based on bus type along the same roads and sometimes even the same bus on the same roads gives you a different reading across two rounds with the same driving) speaking of poor calibrationg the ISA in the BEs is so annoying you'll be in a 20 and it won't let you do more than 17 then the system has some connection issue and keeps going on/off so your doing 17-20, 20-17, 17-20 so annoying. Then you get to a 30 and it still reads 20 after like 350 yards before it switches to 30 and the same thing from 30 to 40 sometimes or even worse this morning I was running light to Ealing and was on hanger lane which is a 40 and it started reading 20 and suddenly started slowing the bus down with vehicles behind me and they started beeping at me. How are they on dual carriageways?
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Post by Volvo on Mar 20, 2024 14:55:35 GMT
Probably due to capacity reasons the DDEs are going to the 395 and 326 keeping DEs and DMEs allocation. The DDEs originally came for the take up of the 226 then it was deemed they would stay for the 326 allocation which I thought was ridiculous because they are too small. So now the plan is the 326 keeps DE & DME and the DDEs go to the 395.
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Post by Volvo on Mar 20, 2024 14:57:42 GMT
Yes the route is fully BE operated now, I am on one today and cannot stand the things. The driving position is actually better in the BCEs as the steering wheel/dashboard has more adjustment, green road is so over sensitive on these things that if you breathe a bit too hard the light goes orange (green road is actually nonsense imo, such a poorly calibrated system that gives you different readings based on bus type along the same roads and sometimes even the same bus on the same roads gives you a different reading across two rounds with the same driving) speaking of poor calibrationg the ISA in the BEs is so annoying you'll be in a 20 and it won't let you do more than 17 then the system has some connection issue and keeps going on/off so your doing 17-20, 20-17, 17-20 so annoying. Then you get to a 30 and it still reads 20 after like 350 yards before it switches to 30 and the same thing from 30 to 40 sometimes or even worse this morning I was running light to Ealing and was on hanger lane which is a 40 and it started reading 20 and suddenly started slowing the bus down with vehicles behind me and they started beeping at me. How are they on dual carriageways? They are sturdy, the accelerate quick but are limited to 42 if you try to go over you get a reading showing over speed and the bus just starts to slow back to 42, the same as the BCEs. And if you happen to get one where it decides to read the speed signs from side roads then that's annoying and unsafe to say the least.
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