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Post by DE20106 on Sept 9, 2024 14:08:12 GMT
TUK’s Kites only have one opening window on the kerb side. And The build quality is awful you’re right. TUK’s 1707 rattled like an old E200 thanks to badly fitted grab poles. Typical ‘that’ll do’ British attitude, make it look quite nice to mask the cr*p underneath I think it's a real shame cause I really like the interior design of them but they're the only bus I've been on that feels like it's going to fold in on itself when it takes a corner. I do think they're slightly batch dependant, E6's seem much worse than the R70's Okay that gives me confidence that future Kites will be better quality then. 1707 is a 73-reg E6 Kite, haven’t done a newer E7 or R70 yet so hopefully they’ll be better, but 1707 really was truly shocking. It’s just extra disappointing when Wright used to be the epitome of quality, and used to make vehicles so much better than this
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Post by YX18KVJ (DLE30221) on Sept 9, 2024 15:48:14 GMT
I think it's a real shame cause I really like the interior design of them but they're the only bus I've been on that feels like it's going to fold in on itself when it takes a corner. I do think they're slightly batch dependant, E6's seem much worse than the R70's Okay that gives me confidence that future Kites will be better quality then. 1707 is a 73-reg E6 Kite, haven’t done a newer E7 or R70 yet so hopefully they’ll be better, but 1707 really was truly shocking. It’s just extra disappointing when Wright used to be the epitome of quality, and used to make vehicles so much better than this 1707 is for the E7, not E6
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Post by LK65EBO on Sept 9, 2024 21:05:14 GMT
Does anyone know if VH45302 is the 681s third bus? It now has FW codes on it.
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Post by jake on Sept 9, 2024 22:12:14 GMT
so what was the point of it moving to V in the first place, maybe unless it has electrics for it’s new contract? either way couldn’t it at least move to S, Westbourne Park to North Acton seems like a long, unnecessary dead run. Doesn’t V have chargers also I don’t think a dead run from North Acton to X is long. X isn’t that far from North Acton. Also both Westbourne Park and Hammersmith is served by the H&c city line which makes for an easy changeover. I believe the reason the 218 was moved to V was to fill the gap and to take some of the drivers who didn’t want to go with the 9 to Metroline after the 9 was loss to Metroline. The 218 is getting electrics for its new contract. I understand, I was just comparing it to S. not that big of a deal either way
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Post by paulo on Sept 9, 2024 22:25:20 GMT
Does anyone know if VH45302 is the 681s third bus? It now has FW codes on it. I thought it was a loan from AV but maybe not. With the LTs moving in for the H98 perhaps AV don’t need a 6th hybrid for the 698 anymore.
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Post by jake on Sept 10, 2024 15:04:52 GMT
MMCs with AV codes on the 283, possibly on cover for the refurbishments?
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Post by lj61nwc on Sept 13, 2024 13:09:01 GMT
I'm sorry but some of the drivers on the K1 are disgraceful and keep making certain rude gestures at drivers. I've seen this multiple times, scenario is, the driver is front is curtailed due to roadworks causing delays and directs passengers to the bus behind which isn't curtailed. However when the bus behind arrives, they skip the stop and makes a certain gesture towards the curtailed driver in front. This has genuinely happened repeatedly by different drivers.
On the other hand, the K2 seems to have a nice group of drivers who know how to play ball and hold back if there's a curtailed bus slightly behind them.
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Post by COBO on Sept 14, 2024 14:15:01 GMT
RATP will need to create new blinds for their new turns on the 395 because if a 395 has a Greenford Westway Cross you assume that it would turn at Greenford Westway Cross except for the one I was on. It had Greenford Westway Cross as its destination blind but didn’t go to Greenford Westway Cross but instead turned at Clare Road. So RATP you need to get Oldfield Circus and Clare Road put on your destination blinds for the 395s that turn at Oldfield Circus and the 395s that turn at Clare Road.
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Post by jake on Sept 14, 2024 20:25:57 GMT
This probably sounds really stupid, why can't DDs go down small, tight roads if they have the same wheel-base, length and width as double door SDs, that would be the only restricting factor right?
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Post by lj61nwc on Sept 14, 2024 20:39:25 GMT
This probably sounds really stupid, why can't DDs go down small, tight roads if they have the same wheel-base, length and width as double door SDs, that would be the only restricting factor right? Trees are another factor, bridges as well
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Post by jake on Sept 15, 2024 14:54:47 GMT
This probably sounds really stupid, why can't DDs go down small, tight roads if they have the same wheel-base, length and width as double door SDs, that would be the only restricting factor right? Trees are another factor, bridges as well I meant excluding those factors, every route that goes down small tight roads only operates SD's. Since the only difference is height and if that's not a restricting factor (i.e. no bridges, trees etc.) then what's to stop them? Unless there are other factors to take into account, yet i'm pretty sure there are DD buses with the same wheelbase and length as SD buses
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Post by busboy17 on Sept 15, 2024 15:08:32 GMT
Trees are another factor, bridges as well I meant excluding those factors, every route that goes down small tight roads only operates SD's. Since the only difference is height and if that's not a restricting factor (i.e. no bridges, trees etc.) then what's to stop them? Unless there are other factors to take into account, yet i'm pretty sure there are DD buses with the same wheelbase and length as SD buses Resident's are also a factor don't quote me on this but 316? comes to mind.
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Post by Gary on Sept 15, 2024 15:46:58 GMT
I meant excluding those factors, every route that goes down small tight roads only operates SD's. Since the only difference is height and if that's not a restricting factor (i.e. no bridges, trees etc.) then what's to stop them? Unless there are other factors to take into account, yet i'm pretty sure there are DD buses with the same wheelbase and length as SD buses Resident's are also a factor don't quote me on this but 316? comes to mind. 216 has had an on/off ban on deckers for this reason. The residents in question are some of the Lower Sunbury folk. SLE’s were allocated some years ago, suggesting that the ban had been lifted, until the unfortunate death of a pedestrian seemingly put an end to double deckers on this route. They still send out the occasional double deckers for the flower show.
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Post by jake on Sept 15, 2024 16:55:24 GMT
Resident's are also a factor don't quote me on this but 316? comes to mind. 216 has had an on/off ban on deckers for this reason. The residents in question are some of the Lower Sunbury folk. SLE’s were allocated some years ago, suggesting that the ban had been lifted, until the unfortunate death of a pedestrian seemingly put an end to double deckers on this route. They still send out the occasional double deckers for the flower show. How did the fact that someone passed and it was a DD interlink? surely if the same conditions were met but with a SD instead the incident would've happened either way? DD's just accomodate more people?
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Post by jake on Sept 15, 2024 16:58:53 GMT
most rush hour times your squashed into an SD with people having to wait for the next bus, sometimes the 3rd bus to come along. Especially in communities where the single route is the only form of transportation they have/they rely on, it makes you wonder why they just can't put a spare DD on the route during peak r.h; the 95 does this sometimes?
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