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Post by snoggle on Apr 27, 2016 8:06:51 GMT
Until it leaves N, the 417 would of been an excellent choice because you have the steep Crown Dale & Central Hill sections to see how they fair with the hills and the 2 or 176 would of represented a 'tough' workout mixed in with heavy traffic conditions. Pretty much my thinking on the matter. Still when they do turn up on the 123 I haven't got far to go to photograph them.
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Post by capitalomnibus on Apr 28, 2016 10:55:25 GMT
As I mentioned in the first post it would be a 2 month trial on route 123. Yes you did. I was sceptical about it. To be honest I still think it's a bit of an odd choice really given all the past debate about the relative unsuitability of hybrids [1] on longer routes with some faster running sections which the 123 does have. Obviously as they're VLAs Arriva don't have too many garages left with those as a type still in use. I'd have expected Norwood or possibly DX to offer a better choice of "tough" route on which to test a hybrid conversion. [1] debates passim as to why AR's Volvo B5LHs don't have the 123 on their blind set. They also don't have 230, even on the new blindest IIRC. Im sure it was to do with them not being a zone 1 central route, but I am sure 41 is on the blindest though.
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