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Post by capitalomnibus on May 14, 2024 22:41:21 GMT
A more formal announcement soon but the final works for NS electrification has been completed so garage is live but waiting for a formal announcement before any definite They seemed to have being doing more electrical work again digging up the road in North Street today
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 14, 2024 22:39:44 GMT
If the 242 buses were capable of using the Volvo BZLs, this would allow Electroliners to sometimes stray on the D7. However, the issue is that since this is not possible, the Electroliners may be always required on the 242, unless an E40H randomly strays on the route as usual, then the chances of an Electroliner appearing on the D7 could quite like 30-40%! Looking forward to see HK wired up, and have BZLs and Electroliners running out of the garage! There is no confirmation that there is a restriction on the 242 at the hospital - the BZL double deckers complete length is 10.9m which is the same as the W15 SEe's which serve the same roads. Let's actually wait and see what happens in practice. It is not the hospital is the Dunlace Rd and Redwald Rd the problem. Many times the HV's or VLW/DW's prior got blocked in by badly parked vehicles etc and then other buses just used the rest of Chatsworth Rd. It was also a problem years ago when the DLA's initially were put onto the route.
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 14, 2024 22:36:53 GMT
Yes, I miss the old section - on Wednesdays, I finished college early so I ended up riding buses for the rest of the day and I rode the 276 (or 308 with Marshalls over the old Temple Mill Lanes routing) during the ALX200 days a fair bit between Stratford & Hackney, good times. Good times good times. When going to Hackney from Stratford I'd hop on the 308 over the 276 and the S2 (My God that bus was agonisingly long winded) The S2 went all the way around the world
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 14, 2024 22:28:43 GMT
I suspect before September the consultation(s) will have kicked off. I also personally suspect most of the routes will have been introduced by the end of next calender year (2025) and also that they will all use EVs from the start - potentially some orders being rejigged to kick off Superloop routes (I might be wrong but I doubt new Superloop fleet will be any different to normal ones bar external paint job) I've got some ideas of my own on some possible adjustments to the existing/proposed Superloop network which i will aim to post here soon Wasn't it mentioned that Superloop buses will have a dedicated Superloop interior? I'm sure I read it somewhere. We will probably start finding out when the SL1 buses arrive! There was also meant to be special uniforms, but that seems to have been phased out.
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 14, 2024 9:28:23 GMT
Another update: Elizabeth Line: 4G coverage is now live at all the new stations on the Central core. Work is now proceeding on the tunneled sections, with Bond Street-Liverpool Street due to go live in the next few weeks and the whole line should go live later in the year. Northern Line: work is now proceeding on the Stockwell-Morden section with stations and tunnels becoming live during the Summer. . Piccadilly Line: Covent Garden station has now gone live, Piccadilly Circus to Hyde Park Corner is due to go live in the next few weeks. Victoria Line: Euston to Warren Street is now live. TfL's expectation is that 80% of its sub-surface stations and the entire Elizabeth Line will have 4G coverage by the end of this year. The intention is that, apart from a few sub-surface locations, the entire sub-surface Underground, plus tunnelled sections of the DLR and London Overground, will have live 4G coverage (plus 5G coverage in tunnels, but not at stations) by the end of 2025. It is worth re-iterating that the work is being paid for by Boldyn Systems, who will lease capacity to the mobile phone providers, and comes at no cost to TfL. The system will also host the new Emergency Services Network (ESN) which, when fully operational, will give First Responders access to information, data and images during live incidents and emergencies. Phone signal goes live on 25% of underground TubeAround 25% of London's underground Tube lines now have phone signal, as the project continues for full coverage across the whole network.www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy9xxlky2pno
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 14, 2024 1:01:31 GMT
my predictions: 55/N55 - arriva CT or SF 56 - Go Ahead London General - RA 308 - arriva CT or SF 397 - arriva EC 488 - Go Ahead Dockland Buses - SL W16 - Go Ahead London General - NP There's also a chance that the 55/N55 could go to RAPT westborne park because its not that far from oxford circus but it seems illegal for a RAPT bus to go through Hackney and Leyton I would say the chances of RATP bidding for an winning the 55 from X would be about the same as us all waking up on the moon tomorrow!๐ Funny, but none of us would have thought years ago we would have seen Metroline go for route 30
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 14, 2024 0:56:04 GMT
Gonna speak like someone else now but the 55/56, is a two horse race between Stagecoach & Arriva! I can't comment on the 56 as I've never driven it but Arriva are more than welcome to take the 55. It's an absolute headache of a route. More realistically I would imagine it'll be retained by Stagecoach moving to HK. Having the changeover in the middle of the route would work alot better I think as currently when there's major delays the main curtailment is Bakers Arms but this is often made difficult due to driver changeovers. 38 is far more a headache than the 55. The 55 is easier in comparison!
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 14, 2024 0:55:24 GMT
Stagecoach has surrendered 6 more routes [T]55/N55 - 28th February 2025. [T]56 - 28th February 2025. [LI]308 - 7th March 2025. [AW]397 - 28th February 2025. [LI]488 - 28th February 2025. [AW]W16 - 7th March 2025. Gonna speak like someone else now but the 55/56, is a two horse race between Stagecoach & Arriva! Probably a one horse race between Stagecoach only. The 56 possibly could be taken on by Arriva, but the 55 would be too tight to be at [CT]. I can see it on renewal next year running the majority of the service out of [HK] with breaks taken there. It would be easier to maximise more out of the route than it currently is at [T]
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 12, 2024 16:02:13 GMT
Hardly not that long. Buses are VOR all the time, just many do not make it to LVF etc. Even some HV's can be VOR for 3-5 months awaiting decisions over purchasing of high end parts or external contractors to do work. Some get it a lot. I remember T275 was one that kept being VOR a lot down to multiplex wiring problems causing numerous breakdowns on the road. I remember the Stagecoach 56 Hybrids use to suffer with Multiplex Failure a lot. The controllers and the engineers would always instruct us to not switch the engine off or let it time out as the bus wouldn't be able to restart. I dont think I've ever came across it driving the Enfield T buses. It does not happen that much but it does, they generally tend to be ok. The earlier ones were worse with ECU's being damaged and various wiring damaging internally, with various looms having to be replaced.
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 11, 2024 22:00:54 GMT
DW212 on VOR - last seen 4th April 2024! Any reason why itโs VOR? Hardly not that long. Buses are VOR all the time, just many do not make it to LVF etc. Even some HV's can be VOR for 3-5 months awaiting decisions over purchasing of high end parts or external contractors to do work. Some get it a lot. I remember T275 was one that kept being VOR a lot down to multiplex wiring problems causing numerous breakdowns on the road.
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 10, 2024 20:19:42 GMT
So what did the native B7TL's from Go - Ahead have for gearboxes. I thought the earlier ones were 5 speed ZF as well with the last ones being 6 speed. I think it was more than ECU mapping the difference between the 215 and 250 bhp examples. I have the literature somewhere from years ago from Volvo. It is strange that TfL had purchase the higher powered buses for East Thames Buses as by then there was a ban on the higher powered engines unless dispensation was given. This was from 2001 AVL1 - 46 - 5 speed ZF EVL1 - 52 - 3 speed Voith PVL1 - 55 - 5 speed ZF PVL56 - 178 - 3 speed Voith PVL179 - 195 - 5 speed ZF PVL196 - 207 - 3 speed Voith PVL208 - 355 - 5 speed ZF PVL356 - 389 - 4 speed Voith PVL390 - 419 - 5 speed ZF WVL1 - 121 - 3 speed Voith WVL122 - 212 - 4 speed Voith WVL213 - 272 - 6 speed ZF Quite a few B7TLs have the 250bhp config - the VWLs, also the 55 plate VLAs with Arriva and 55 plate VNWs. Other operators went for higher ratings. Not just Connex but London United for their X plate Tridents. I am struggling to think of what VLA's had 250bhp at Arriva. I know many had been changed including VLW's with a remap and different throttle position sensor which had get rid of kick down. But there were ways to change back the pedal and some of these after were extremely fast and could hold the revs all the way in gears to near the 3000 rpm limit. The only downside of this with constant kickdown was that it caused the gearbox to overheat at times.
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 10, 2024 20:11:17 GMT
The 173 WAS poo until the final schedule change under Arriva which they were fighting for years to get an extra bus, then there were hardly much turns or reduced service unless something drastic happened. The running time was unrealistic and whilst you see Beckton as the prime part of the route it is NOT. The northern section and also the Heathway part is very busy compared to the Beckton stretch The curtailment point at Newham showcase also reduced the Ripple Road curtailments. The route was a success finally. The only downside on the renewal was the price which the company were not prepared to accept, then HENCE it went to Stagecoach. However the Beckton part still very much had solid usage levels and was not worthy of the constant abandonment. It used to happen for 3-4 hours per day. There was a lot of roadworks on the Heathway and in Chadwell Heath, not much the operator could have done unless they wanted to incur heavy fines. Don't worry Stagecoach are back in that position in the tables, which I notice you have kept quiet on over the past few months. It was all good for you to poke fun when they only had a small uprising for half a year, the first the many years above Arriva.
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 10, 2024 11:10:31 GMT
Your fictitious lies about the 173, when I have seen Stagecoach do the same and worst put many of them into Chadwell Heath or Becontree Heath and peeing off many of the people of Chadwell Heath Lane which has more people using it than the withering section at Beckton. even worse many NHS staff complain over this who work at King George Hospital The bit of the 173 that traverses one of the busiest roads in the country is the withering section, and the crowds that get on at Beckton can easily be ignored? It's not lies because it has literally happened to me multiple times. Whether you are happy to admit it or not, Stagecoach has been a remarkable improvement to the route and I know multiple users myself who would agree the same. The 173 WAS poo until the final schedule change under Arriva which they were fighting for years to get an extra bus, then there were hardly much turns or reduced service unless something drastic happened. The running time was unrealistic and whilst you see Beckton as the prime part of the route it is NOT. The northern section and also the Heathway part is very busy compared to the Beckton stretch The curtailment point at Newham showcase also reduced the Ripple Road curtailments. The route was a success finally. The only downside on the renewal was the price which the company were not prepared to accept, then HENCE it went to Stagecoach.
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 10, 2024 11:04:14 GMT
Loads of route testing has been done for many routes where the type may never end up being used or even run from certain garages. I remember following a LT whilst driving a 121 that was doing road testing for the 307 around the summer of 2022, I couldn't imagine that ever realistically working I remember in 2012/3 that a few routes were evaluated with the early LT's 1-8. This being 253 and 254, 106, 78, 168, 242, 149, 73
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 10, 2024 9:26:10 GMT
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