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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Apr 20, 2024 4:58:03 GMT
Random question but why does RP seem so obsessed with using the 13-reg VHs on the 18? I know the on paper allocations are nominal in practice, but they were sent for the 220 and they seem to spend very little time on the route. I know a bus is a bus but I’m just intrigued because there must be a reason for it. (Is it due to them being unreliable and with WJ being mid route, the bus is never too far away from the garage in case it goes wrong?) This does give rise to the possibility that 67-reg Frogfaces become standard on route 220, while routes 18 & 266 gain new buses with RATP or an alternative operator (potentially Metroline).
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Apr 20, 2024 4:02:06 GMT
I think the Richmond-Wimbledon route should be extended to Streatham, not just for the links it would provide, but for connections with the Streatham-Eltham route.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Apr 20, 2024 3:52:44 GMT
Is there any way of merging the two Superloop threads? Just a suggestion! If anything, I thought this thread would be under Consultations rather than the current routes section. I thought the same about the Golders Green to Stamford Hill route proposal.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Apr 20, 2024 3:34:33 GMT
Randomly came across a picture of a DW on the 48 and my mind went blank. Then remembered 48 was under Arriva with LTs when it got axed which in itself was weird but the DWs even weirder. Absolutely no recall on them. I guess Metroline on the 34 is another that was a weird oddity, especially the Enviros. In time Metroline running route 34 will indeed seem an aberration, given that they did not even bid to regain it this time.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Apr 20, 2024 3:32:54 GMT
TBH I can't be bothered to read this whole thread. Most routes provide unique direct connections, or are somewhere the only route along a section of road.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Apr 14, 2024 13:49:42 GMT
Are the remaining scannias at PD allocated for a route and if so, what route? Are the remaining scannias at PD allocated for a route and if so, what route? I think these are just spares. Even if just spares, I reckon route 96 is still their most likely route.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Apr 14, 2024 13:47:00 GMT
Maybe route 19 could be withdrawn between Highbury Barn and Finsbury Park, plus 263 diverted at Archway to Finsbury Park via route 210. Then route 210 diverted to Finsbury Park via routes 19 & 263 then extended to Stamford Hill. This would eliminate the need for route 210 to become single-decked.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Apr 14, 2024 11:19:05 GMT
It occurs to me that with HT about to gain route 31, HT could have the largest EvoSeti allocation for Metroline and possibly in London, if not the rest of the country too.
HT will have VMHs on routes 4, 30, 31 & 274. This will not be for long, as route 4 has electric buses specified for its next tender. Route 30 seem vulnerable to loss to Stagecoach - but whether to an established depot, or ex-Tower Transit or HCT would as yet be unclear.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Apr 14, 2024 11:15:45 GMT
Arrange for all garages north of the Thames to be Metroline and all garages south of the Thames Go-Ahead!
Joking aside, something that is often lacking as a result of central London route changes in recent years is the option of direct bus routes where even Underground journeys require a change. An example is Bank to Piccadilly Circus. I would look at more options for direct bus routes where they are no simple Underground or National Rail connections. This may include changes outside central London too.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Apr 14, 2024 6:08:54 GMT
I wonder why the Metrodeckers have remained out of service for going into months while the Metroline and RATP examples continue in service.
I shall probably be in the Mitcham/Wimbledon area in September but am already doubting they will be back in service even by then.
It will be a wider inner south London trip, taking in Streatham/Brixton and potentially Crystal Palace too.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Apr 14, 2024 6:04:10 GMT
I can see a couple being preserved. Maybe TFL redo a heritage route with these LTs I could see the museum taking one and maybe a private owner with deep pockets but they will much more complicated & expensive to operate and maintain compared to most preserved vehicles whilst a heritage route using these wouldn't really be a heritage route - they're not even 20 years old and there are better things to be spending money on. Maybe the London Bus Company or the Bromley Preservation Trust will want to preserve one. If the latter, then one that will have been on route SL3 briefly would be appropriate.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Apr 13, 2024 21:29:28 GMT
Oh no 🙈 no appearance of VMHs on the 28/N28. I wonder what is going happen to the 206 well the double deck working. Right now the 206 uses one of the VMHs from the 31 batch and the 31 is moving to HT what will the 206 be using the VWs or as it’s contract starts around the corner will it use a WDE as WJ is wired up? Yes, that is a pity. When I saw an RATP VMH on route 28 this lunchtime I started looking forward to strays off route 31 appearing on route 28. Oh well, it means that routes 28, 31 & 328 will all be with one company not owning X but all different garages (WJ, HT & W respectively).
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Apr 13, 2024 21:26:13 GMT
So with the the 83 batch, will W7 be retained with WDEs and so 83 will need a new batch? Probably depends what type gets ordered for the W7. If Metroline go for more Streetdecks for most of their new vehicle orders, they may just enter service as needed, and not bother switching batches to the intended routes. But if Metroline instead order BZLs or anything else, those WDEs likely will end up on the 83 eventually. I thought there would be a change of plan is that route W7 would absorb the spare route 17/43 BDEs. Maybe these could go to EW to top up route 142, releasing its WDEs to other routes, probably route 113?
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Apr 13, 2024 21:21:43 GMT
Goodness me, it's all go at Holloway. Just seen a company post, which says the 31 moves to HT from 4 May. So, WJ may not have enough space for route 28 without something leaving. HT did have a Mon-Fri allocation on route 31 in 1987-89.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Apr 13, 2024 21:20:30 GMT
HT starts type training on WDEs from 12 April, with the intention that the type will start to enter service on the W7 from 4 May. So, before routes 83/297, 113 officially and 263 (instead of E2/E8)
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