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Was there any non-Eastern Coach Works bodied Bristol VRs ordered by NBC or was it only municipals like Dundee and Cardiff?

You would be surprised. 1690474135 Surely increasing frequencies takes pressure off the drivers at least in the short term as there will be more buses carrying the same amount of passengers until the numbers travelling build back up again.

They had a very large fleet in the 70s and 80s and their network stretched from the east end of Glasgow down to Berwick. My estimation is they had a fleet between 400 and 500 buses from depots in Baillieston, Airdrie, Bathgate, Broxburn, New Street in Edinburgh, Dalkeith, Musselburgh...

I'm sure I read somewhere that Alexander Dennis have plans to launch an E500 EV.

Quite a substantial number of Dundee's fleet is from 68 to 71 reg. The newest bus was delivered around the same time as Lothian's newest bus except the demonstrator. I cant comment on Go North East.

I remember the Strathclyde Buses, Kelvin Central and Clydeside 8xx night buses from George Square, but I thought First ran some Overground routes 24hrs every day of the week in the early 2000s which was quite a big thing at the time. 1689030149 I thought that rule applied to all operators but...

I thought NEC cards weren't valid between 0100 and 0400?

Probably because they don't make enough of a financial return to warrant new vehicles and they wont be the only operator in that situation. 1688838022 And yet they seem pretty good on the motorway.

A massive downgrade on the Scania L113 which they ''succeeded''. They were total bone shakers, not nice to drive or to be a passenger on. When driving over potholes and poor road surfaces the steering column and dashboard would shake and shudder really badly. As they got older, the smell of...

Significant numbers of Volvo Olympians for numerous operators were specified without and rear lower and upper deck windows to allow for advertising. 1687722281 You can still see out of the windows but I can't say I'm a fan of that style of advert application myself but it's become fairly common...

I may have misunderstood you. If the bus has an all over advert with contravision windows you can still see out although not as well as clear windows. 1687716465 Given the challenges currently facing the industry I would say it's worthwhile.

So you would be quite willing to cross a picket line in the event of an industrial dispute?

Well said

It's called contravision and you can see out of the windows although not as well. AH101, which is still alive in preservation, was one of the first I can remember turned out in this style...

It's a pity they're absolutely awful buses. The last good low-height deckers I can remember were the ECW bodied Leyland Olympians with TL11 engines but the many years they spent on the 66 eventually took their toll on them. The N--- VOS and P--- TGD Volvo Olympians with Alexander RL bodies...