the original Leicester Sapphire buses (routes 31/31A) had extra leg room with normal seating
I don't think they were down seated when they were refurbished for Sapphire though?
I think it was going to be a 720.
That one does ring a bell actually so you're probably right. Being buses new for the route its probably more likely.
The Pulsars for the 7 had exactly that, single seats on the nearside for the first two or three rows reducing seating capacity.
Thanks. Perhaps there was a perception people wanted a single seat.
Because Deutsche Bahn don't know what they wish to do. In parts of Arriva, there are some large potential liabilities so that it depresses the sale price and it doesn't reflect the value they have on Arriva.
"large potential liabilities" - care to expand?
Locally the reaction is not good as expected for those with an interest, the majority of passengers have little or no clue for what is in store for them as yet it seems.
Unsurprisingly for Arriva, they also haven’t mentioned the KCC contracted journeys on the 155, run by Nu-Venture on evenings and Sundays, which will continue to operate - rather pointlessly seeing as there will be no Mon-Sat daytime service
No, the 155 is the only bus from Maidstone to Aylesford village. There is a railway station... on the other side of the river!
Whilst there is a frequent service along London Road this is a long trek from the core of historic Aylesford (about a miles walk from the old bridge). Effectively Aylesford village and The Friars now goes unserved during the day, other than Farleigh Coaches school service (the same goes for the villages of Eccles, Burham and Wouldham).
I think they will cut out doing the town loop both ways and cut the layover in Ellesmere. That'd bring it to a 90 min round trip.
Bus companies want profits from day 1 (or not far after) else they cut it. That's the issue. Not the first and not the last. The X4 is dead though. Probably due to the fact it has no purpose and people got used to the poorer service and the X4s links had zero advertising. Shrewsbury Hospital bus stop is a shambles too which doesn't help.
Oswestry can't be doing well with this PVR cut. Got to be for the chopping block soon.
Yes their doesn't appear to be much publicity although the Shropshire Star reports that Shrewsbury Town council passed a motion condemning the cuts; I'm not sure that will make a difference if no money is forthcoming. Not good for their plans to pedestrianise the town centre if there are no buses. The most shocking is the removal of the 20 to Radbrook Green; this serves a large proportion of the south of the town. I remember the 20 from the days of Transit/Freight Rover bread vans, the Carlyle Ivecos and then the Darts.
It's a nationwide disease Arriva is suffering, they're fairly poor almost everywhere they operate! Ageing fleet, reducing margins, unreliable services all around.
My impression is that it will not, I have read somewhere that there is going to be a diversion of Fastrack A to serve the Amazon site (whether it would just be some journeys or all, I don't know). I caught a late running AZ about ten days ago, mid-afternoon (covering the eastern section); I was the only passenger throughout so for a journey approaching half an hour they* earn't whatever the going rate for my Old Man's Bus Pass is!
The AZ as we know it will be withdrawn, and Go-Coach operation will cease after 2nd April.
or catch the 'all-stops' long-established 480, timetabled for 32 minutes and, in experience, takes no more than a few minutes longer in off-peak times.
Not surprised. There is a timetable at Greenhithe Station - but at the wrong stop!
For those that do not know it involves crossing the road using a bridge which is intended to link the town to the station and is not designed for moving at speed. It does look like some have tried vaulting the metal railings that separates the two carriageways but crossing these heavily used roads would present its own difficulties. It might suit an Olympic hurdler.
Indeed! The route via Stone is somewhat faster, although less frequent.
I think this came into force when the works started at Garrick Street. Last time I was in Gravesend that was still down to one lane, and presumably Overcliffe allows it to layover sensibly as well.
In turn, I am indebted to whoever provided the information to the M&D and East Kent Bus Club!
