AndrewTaylor95
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There's buses off for maintenance work, it's not unusual for buses to head to other depots to help out while they're shortCould be, since apparently there was one of the very short Solo SRs on the 3 & 6A earlier this week.
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UPDATE - 63110 has been back at Blantyre for a while now. 63104 is still at Dumbarton.
53253 has been pulled for the 31 today, effectively swapping with 64119. Exact same thing happened last week, except it was for the sake of the 128 and it was swapped with 67829.
It makes sense when 53254 is VOR, also that the 128 is WF only and Caley cannot just take it off the road, so two working Solos on any given day is a must.
It makes sense when 53254 is VOR, also that the 128 is WF only and Caley cannot just take it off the road, so two working Solos on any given day is a must.
JumpinTrainz
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Looks like they are starting to paint Caledonia’s E200EVs.
Heard from first management that dumbarton is getn upgrade of buses, was in a local new report about dumbarton depot bus service problems
Metal Mickey
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What do you mean by WF?
Source to local news report?
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There was talk of re-routing the 1 to accommodate deckers pre-Covid.
They could put the 11 to mountblow along dumbarton road, and re route 1 and 1a along second avenue to allow decker to be used
ScotRail158725
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yes
There was talk earlier this year that the road under the bridge over Kilbowie road was going to be lowered. Wether or not West Dunbartonshire council actually do it is a different story.
Metal Mickey
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Only some of them.
Due to be lowered in October, according to press
Only the batch with Airport Racks originally for the 77.
AndrewTaylor95
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The old 77 batch, The Sole 72 plate and the 23 plate are the rest are the same
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One of the Geminis finally have Next Stop Announcements displays fitted SF09 LEJ 37748
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AndrewTaylor95
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Why would newer buses be withdrawn before older buses
jazza374
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Overtown based 44670 been repainted into a heritage Central SMT livery to mark 100 years since the foundation of the company that became Central SMT.
(accessibility info - Pic shows a ADL 200MMC fleet number 44670 repainted into a heritage Central SMT Livery parked in Caledonia First Bus depot Glasgow)
Pics taken from Facebook and were taken by and copyright of Cameron Ross.
(accessibility info - Pic shows a ADL 200MMC fleet number 44670 repainted into a heritage Central SMT Livery parked in Caledonia First Bus depot Glasgow)
Pics taken from Facebook and were taken by and copyright of Cameron Ross.
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Because their not as reliable as the geminis
They aren't going to withdraw them when there is older vehicles still in service, it's as simple as that.
TheGrandWazoo
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There are plenty of examples of newer buses being withdrawn ahead of older ones. Not least the e400Hs - if there's a issue with vehicles (like the hybrids) or if they're non standard.
However, the B9s are getting on and are being withdrawn in increasing numbers around the country.
AndrewTaylor95
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Might be so but Gemini's will be well away before the E400s
Metal Mickey
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I hope they do a double decker as well with Central Scottish decals.
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Geminis are 3-4 years older and likely to be more rotten underneath.
It’s at GVVT today!
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Even bigger surprise, 37751 SF09 LFB is in preservation now!
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AndrewTaylor95
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Where have you been it was bought ages ago for preservation it has it's own Facebook page dedicated to it, Was bought early in the Spring round about March/April time
It wasn’t mentioned much on the forums, so I must of just not seen it.
Very smart, are they going to have a crippling drivers strike to fully recreate the glory days? (I jest, of course!)