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Went on 5 buses in Plymouth today (1 Stagecoach and 4 Go Ahead) and none of them had any next stop announcements. Are their any other places in the country that are that bad?

138 139 140 141 144 172 181 202 5037 6007 all left Milehouse for the last time last week. 1787001462 Further departures from Milehouse today are 6002 6010 6015 6017. Expected to go in the next few days are 168 1008 1282 1284 1285 1311 2464 4100 4101 6005 6012 6026 1787001539 go

The driver was

Travelling on a bus this afternoon 2 girls boarded both with their own tickets. Lady driver asked in a friendly manner where they had been and the older one answered swimming in our local pool. Driver also asked how old they were and the answer was 11 & 8. Now because both had paid it was not a...

Period 2 fleetcard says an allocation of 72 for a PVR of 65

What you have to remember when plugging in a bus to charge, when you flip the switch it is the same as putting 700 kettles on at the same time. Quote from a depot engineer on a visit to Plymouth depot.

Please can someone confirm the start date for St Helens & Birkenhead change overs. MTIA

1783186161 They could give them a good wash would be a start. Some buses have gone months without a wash and now the dirt is well ground in, it will be hard to ever make them clean again without a repaint.

Engine overheating presumably as the first pictures I saw showed the engine on fire.

YY66PCV came to Plymouth but sadly caught fire on Monday and is beyond repair

4033 not yet in service.

I have checked Bustimes for the fleet today and although not a lot of very new buses I don't think is a bad mix. 13 06 plates 2 07 11 57 4 60 18 11 6 12 1 62 1 13 23 63 1 14 6 64 25 65 2 16 2 66 13 17 15 18 1 19 12 69 28 20 42 70 2 71 2 22 5 25 Not a bad mix I would have thought...

Looe depot is in a farm yard and contains 4 or 5 buses, so not much cost there.

I thought it sounded familiar. I must be a little older as usually a PD1 Weymann or Roe. We were given a token to travel home from Collins Park on a service bus.

1779031274 Which town or city was this please?