Tommy Walters
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From my experience not many people go there for a drink. Mainly full of families with screaming kids!
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From my experience not many people go there for a drink. Mainly full of families with screaming kids!
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Tommy Walters
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Hengrove were desperate enough to bring out 32289 & 32292 earlier!
This begs a question: are Metrobus/Airport vehicles not allowed to be used outside of their allocated routes for contractual reasons? This could be why many of the m2/m3 and all of the A1/A3 vehicles are still parked up!
TheGrandWazoo
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In the case of the Airport ones, almost certainly.
Not so certain about metrobus as liveried examples were used in Bath before and after metrobus use.
I think they hid the Metrobus vehicles in Bath whilst they waited for the infrastructure! The m3 is the big waste where hardly any of the fleet was required in all day service even before this all kicked off.
TBH I don’t know about the metrobus, but the airport buses are a nono. They are all parked up at the airport out the way.
They were also using 32260 (I think it was this one) on the Hengrove Staff Bus and it sadly expired in the Bus Station.
Marcus Fryer
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Also 32288 - was on the 75 Filton-Bedminster shorts this afternoon.
TheGrandWazoo
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Not all the Airport ones are there; one was in Hengrove depot today.
That was my point; they could hide them again in Bath?
Flinn Reed
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Do you know what the PVRs are for the Bristol routes?
They must have brought one back then to start getting them ready for service. Also, they will also need the guide wheels refitting, they were all taken off with the closure of Cumberland Road.
Before the service was suspended only 3 of them were ready for service, 2 to run the service and 1 to act as a spare.
They may also be using this to test how best to fit a temporary screen to the cab as none of these nor the A3 E200MMCs have assault screens. I don’t think the drivers would accept the transparent shower curtains some operators have fitted. If they can’t fit a worthwhile of some sort, I can see a compromise being made with the airport to use an E400MMC of some sort or Streetdeck on the A1 and Streetlites on the A3.
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cnjb8
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Has First South Yorkshire got one of the former West Yorkshire Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2s in use at Bath?
Streamr_MXP
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Are you talking about 36228, 36229, 36230, 36231, 36232, 36233 and 36234? As they transferred down from Leeds in August last year.
cnjb8
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Yes. According to UK Buses fleet lists, 36228 has transferred to First South Yorkshire.
Buses in Bath
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Its tracking on the 21 today. When did they say it transferred?
cnjb8
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As of this month. Although it's best to take UK Buses Fleet Lists with a pinch of salt.
Buses in Bath
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I think so because I'm not sure why it would transfer. Unless they swapped it for the Streetdeck Bristol got but that's unlikely.
I’ll try and get the exact figure when I’m in the depot but;
1/2 34
3/4 15
6/7 12
17 5
42/43 19
44/45 12
48/48a/49 25
73 9
again all are a rough estimate as it’s been 12 weeks since a normal run out !
Westonian
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Weston X5 and 1 not tracking - 33416 and 33417 doing the honours today
robert west
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32551 has apparently appeared at basildon
Well it’s been tracking there on Bustimes.org for the last few days
Also 32547 has come to Colchester in the last few weeks
TheGrandWazoo
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Probably. No mention of it on the SY Bus Forum.
Tommy Walters
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Think my question has (rather handily) been answered, as 36810 off the m2 is tracking on the 96 this morning!
TheGrandWazoo
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Well, the ticket machine is tracking....
Tommy Walters
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Of course. We can't guarantee for certain whether it really is that Scania.
Could be one of the recently arrived Streetdecks, I suppose?
matt_splat
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Considering it did one trip on the 96 and then was replaced maybe could have just been what was spare and able to go out at the time
freetoview33
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Think you might be right 96 has become a route where whatever is free is sent out on it.
Tommy Walters
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Found some photos of the new NAT operation of the Severn Express. They are using Citaros on there it seems, mostly some ex-London 12-plate examples that used to work on the X26 there!
ValleyLines142
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Currently on ex-Manchester 33722 on the 19. Does anyone know if the bus stops at Parkway are back open as normal, or are they still the temporary ones at the front by the taxi rank?
Yesterday afternoon there was a m2 Scania minus guidewheel on the Hengrove Staff Bus
Tommy Walters
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I reckon this could well have been the same vehicle (36810). It hasn't been used on the m2 since the tracker started working again, and this could be why!
Most probably, it was used to replace 32260 which expired in the Bus Station on the Staff Bus again, after 33415 had done a return trip to Hengrove and back.