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Post by rambo on Oct 19, 2011 1:00:19 GMT
Stayed at my mums over the weekend, she lives in a lovely village called milford on sea in hampshire. We went into lymington on saturday, about 5 miles away and got the bus. 1 bus per hour serves my mums village, I was allowed to use my staff pass  Double deck, single door bus, no assault screen and vinyl seats upstairs. Bus stops every half a mile instead of every 100 yds!! The oaps have to touch in thier pass and get given a printed ticket, which, does slow down the boarding a bit. It was a nice experience, everyone well behaved, no smelly passengers and none of the teenagers were playing music on thier phones!! I shall be looking into moving down there for sure!! All the driver I saw were wearing full uniform and the 2 drivers I spoke to were very polite and friendly. 10/10 dorset and wilts bus company. |
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Post by lonmark on Oct 19, 2011 14:45:05 GMT
I guess the London and Village of hampshire are different!!! London is cheap and fast but yes dirty and smell but in Hampshire, slow n ££££ but nice and smooth! lol
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Post by jay38a on Oct 19, 2011 18:47:25 GMT
Ive always had a good experience of Wilts & Dorset, one driver which i did mention on here on Route 50 from Swanage to Bournemouth was a great laugh, another driver i had on the 183/4 from Salisbury to Weymouth (route split at Blandford due to length, but bus does both parts) was as good. Overall my expericence is Go Ahead companies are good due, which i suspect is down to the nature of the Go Ahead set up where local management (abit in this case Go South Coast) are left to do their own things as they know more then say head office in London.
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Post by smiler52 on Oct 23, 2011 14:01:18 GMT
they have vinyl seats on the top deck as w&d some times take the roofs off in the summer as they got Volvo B7TL with Myllennium Vyking (convertible open-top) thanks
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Post by rambo on Oct 23, 2011 14:59:04 GMT
Hi smiler, what sort of money are wilts and dorset drivers on?
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Post by smiler52 on Oct 23, 2011 15:18:44 GMT
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Post by jay38a on Oct 23, 2011 16:59:17 GMT
they have vinyl seats on the top deck as w&d some times take the roofs off in the summer as they got Volvo B7TL with Myllennium Vyking (convertible open-top) thanks The Vikings on the X1/2 do not have their roofs taken off now due to OAPs moaning about not having enough space to sit in the warmth downstairs  . |
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Post by smiler52 on Oct 23, 2011 17:08:57 GMT
they have vinyl seats on the top deck as w&d some times take the roofs off in the summer as they got Volvo B7TL with Myllennium Vyking (convertible open-top) thanks The Vikings on the X1/2 do not have their roofs taken off now due to OAPs moaning about not having enough space to sit in the warmth downstairs . oh my god they are horrid in the heat they get very hot and the seats feel very hot and the upper deck in the winter is very cold |
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Post by rambo on Oct 23, 2011 19:38:25 GMT
Cheers for that, I'm going to look into moving that way in the new year. Got to get away from london! Blue triangle gaurentee me 37.5hrs per week, what about wilts&dorset? |
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Post by smiler52 on Oct 23, 2011 19:57:05 GMT
Cheers for that, I'm going to look into moving that way in the new year. Got to get away from london! Blue triangle gaurentee me 37.5hrs per week, what about wilts&dorset? im not sure mate |
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Post by smiler52 on Oct 24, 2011 13:09:20 GMT
Ive always had a good experience of Wilts & Dorset, one driver which i did mention on here on Route 50 from Swanage to Bournemouth was a great laugh, another driver i had on the 183/4 from Salisbury to Weymouth (route split at Blandford due to length, but bus does both parts) was as good. Overall my expericence is Go Ahead companies are good due, which i suspect is down to the nature of the Go Ahead set up where local management (abit in this case Go South Coast) are left to do their own things as they know more then say head office in London. i thought go-ahead head office was in gates head thanks |
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Post by smiler52 on Oct 24, 2011 13:27:02 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2011 15:32:06 GMT
My thoughts are the same with Stagecoach East Kent in Canterbury. 10/10 for them aswell!
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Post by rambo on Oct 24, 2011 21:59:08 GMT
Next time i'm down at my mums I will pop into the office at poole and have a chat.
Need to find out where they run thier routes from and where I will have to sign on to start work.
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Post by snowman on Oct 25, 2011 5:54:29 GMT
Next time i'm down at my mums I will pop into the office at poole and have a chat. Need to find out where they run thier routes from and where I will have to sign on to start work. This thread is nostalgic for me as I lived in New Milton whilst growing up. Lymington bus station / garage would be a good starting point Things might have changed as Go-Ahead now own it, the website is here, especially as website gives contact address in Newport (might be shared with Southern vectis) www.wdbus.co.uk/about-us/Looks like the old routes Lymington-New Milton-Christchurch are now X1 and X2, used to be 121,122,123,124 route maps here (there are others for Bournemouth area, Salisbury area, and longer distance) www.wdbus.co.uk/site/uploads/publications/133.pdfThe fleet is mixed, think there is some open toppers in Swanage and New Forest tour routes |
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