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Post by abellion on Jun 16, 2024 13:52:24 GMT
WHV69 on the 147 had 608 on the rear blind. Also its a bit weird it still has the rear advert for Carshalton College. I don't think anyone in East Ham and Upton Park would be considering that move The ad must have been set up under the impression that the bus would be running on the 80 or 151 as it used to, you’d think they would re-do the advert onto another bus so that the college is getting their money’s worth being advertised around their catchment area.
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Post by aaron1 on Jun 16, 2024 18:00:43 GMT
DE1972 on the 316 got no Destination blinds
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Post by Busboy105 on Jun 16, 2024 22:46:39 GMT
WHV69 on the 147 had 608 on the rear blind. Also its a bit weird it still has the rear advert for Carshalton College. I don't think anyone in East Ham and Upton Park would be considering that move The ad must have been set up under the impression that the bus would be running on the 80 or 151 as it used to, you’d think they would re-do the advert onto another bus so that the college is getting their money’s worth being advertised around their catchment area. Exactly
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Post by ServerKing on Jun 17, 2024 2:19:31 GMT
There are photos on The London FB of the bandit blinds on MHV2 and WHV 114 on the 262 and 473. It really is shabby unprofessional look.
I will repeat my reply here to what I said on that group. It's a shame there is no joined up thinking and working between companies to share resources that are not needed any longer! Stagecoach changed the blinds on the Streeddecks a few weeks before the 262 and 473 were lost and probably had a few spare sets that they could have loaned Go Ahead. Even WH probably had some spare from the ex route 97 Scanias! I know the companies are competitors but it would have saved the shambolic bandits we have at the moment.
Just seen the pics, absolutely appalling from Go-Ahead on both of those routes and even worse on the 473 where it does the double run at City Airport where buses in both directions stop at the same time, they already had the 262 & 473 for two months already so they should at least get a sufficient number of buses blinded for the route which they clearly haven't. What I don't understand is that Go-Ahead hasn't been heavily criticised by others for the horror show with blinds on the 262/473 since they took over the route, while Arriva got bashed left, right and centre on the SL2's first day by everyone for not being fully blinded which they least tried to put some effort by having the front number blinds and the blind situation on the SL2 was mostly sorted by the following week.
Both operators' presentations further highlight why traditional roller blinds are doomed. Lead times are too long for a small team to produce these when everyone else has moved on to LEDs. TUK's retrofitting of LED blinds to some of the buses on the 344 shows it can be done properly. And those retrofitted buses will be versatile as they can "hit the ground running" if transferred to othsr garages and routes. They can spend £££s renaming Overground routes but not enough for people to know where their bus is going
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Post by WH241 on Jun 17, 2024 8:27:40 GMT
19800 on the 241 to Royal Wharf but displaying Prince Regent (probably old blinds) and also showing 177 on the rear. 19830 on the 241 today is also displaying Prince Regent when heading to Royal Wharf! Not sure if these buses can display 241 Prince Regent on the side blind or if they have been bodged to use Prince Regent on the front (old 473 short turn).
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Post by kmkcheng on Jun 18, 2024 12:46:34 GMT
ADH45293 on H14 with blank rear blind
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Post by ThinLizzy on Jun 18, 2024 13:09:45 GMT
19800 on the 241 to Royal Wharf but displaying Prince Regent (probably old blinds) and also showing 177 on the rear. 19830 on the 241 today is also displaying Prince Regent when heading to Royal Wharf! Not sure if these buses can display 241 Prince Regent on the side blind or if they have been bodged to use Prince Regent on the front (old 473 short turn). Not sure how old the blindset is, but it may be from when the 241 was diverted to Prince Regent when Victoria Dock Road was closed
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Post by WH241 on Jun 18, 2024 13:25:45 GMT
19830 on the 241 today is also displaying Prince Regent when heading to Royal Wharf! Not sure if these buses can display 241 Prince Regent on the side blind or if they have been bodged to use Prince Regent on the front (old 473 short turn). Not sure how old the blindset is, but it may be from when the 241 was diverted to Prince Regent when Victoria Dock Road was closed They are that old, the road opened around 2014 and back then WH was still mainly Tridents and the E400s had Dayglo sets. I think the oldest blinds sets were from around 2017 in the Scanias which might have been used as a last resort in the transferred E400s.
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Post by ThinLizzy on Jun 18, 2024 13:53:25 GMT
Not sure how old the blindset is, but it may be from when the 241 was diverted to Prince Regent when Victoria Dock Road was closed They are that old, the road opened around 2014 and back then WH was still mainly Tridents and the E400s had Dayglo sets. I think the oldest blinds sets were from around 2017 in the Scanias which might have been used as a last resort in the transferred E400s. I didn't realise it was that long ago, time has absolutely flown by!
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Post by M1104 on Jun 21, 2024 13:16:32 GMT
2419 last night on the 344 showing 345 on the front, destination and rear blinds were blank
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Post by martynl on Jun 22, 2024 22:20:45 GMT
Saturday afternoon and EH318 is on the 320 but still thinks it's on the 664! Here it is waiting at those so annoying temporary lights on Westerham Road heading for Biggin Hill Valley.... Attachments:
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Post by ThinLizzy on Jun 22, 2024 23:30:21 GMT
Saw a photo of Sullivan Buses E63- Blank front blinds with A4 "217" stuck in the windscreen with 298 Southgate on the side blinds.
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Post by Busboy105 on Jun 23, 2024 22:41:32 GMT
HA22 on the 250 still has the Croydon Town Centre blinds for it
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Post by djs76 on Jun 24, 2024 11:17:57 GMT
Saw an unidentified LT on route 76 this morning near St Paul's blinded for Waterloo Bridge. Is this an error or does it just mean the bus won't go all the way to the station? I assume if it is correct, it will just circumnavigate the roundabout at the southern end of the bridge.
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Post by greenboy on Jun 24, 2024 11:41:07 GMT
Saw an unidentified LT on route 76 this morning near St Paul's blinded for Waterloo Bridge. Is this an error or does it just mean the bus won't go all the way to the station? I assume if it is correct, it will just circumnavigate the roundabout at the southern end of the bridge. Most buses on the 76 are curtailed at Aldwych so presumably a problem with the Bayliss Road stand as other routes seem to be running normally?
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