X68 PM Alloction

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How many buses do PM put out on the X68 and what run no's are these, also am or pm peak buses?

[jay38a]

PM operate 1 bus in the evening peak only I think. It operates 2 journeys and one of them is the 2nd to last journey from Russell Square

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Think your correct PVL341 is on it now, any idea of run no or which route it works off? LVF says PVL341 was on 363 this morning, some guessing the X68 bus works of that?

[Deleted]

From observations, the running number is PM501, which doesn't seem to fit with any other running number sequences at PM.

[DT 11]

Aug 14, 2013 20:01:56 GMT @dml649 said:

From observations, the running number is PM501, which doesn't seem to fit with any other running number sequences at PM.

It is a standalone bus. Not interworked with anything.

[sw11simon]

Thinking back to when this was tendered, 1 PM peak bus was put into PM due to route 63 using 1 more bus in the morning than the evening peak. This meant it saved buying another bus therefore reduced the tender price, making the bid more competitive. Therefore it is officially using a bus of the 63 allocation, however only PVL's are blinded for it (it was cheaper to re-blind manual blinds). It works the second and second last departures from Russell Square in the afternoon, 16.05 & 18.30. Only 3 buses do 2 trips in the afternoon. In the morning no buses do 2 trips, early ones run onto the 68 or 468 after their trip.