Recent content by Pat1105

Ipswich Buses are the only company to use Optare Tempo Srs

Always interesting on the 223 in summer, with overheating solos going up Duke Street!

I've always found Optares to have pretty good build quality. As mentioned above, ADL have improved quite significantly of late.

Optare Versa - Cummins isbe Optare Solo - Allison AT545

A suggestion that I would make is that a child fare should be charged if the child does not take up a seat.

Where I used to live, there was an estate where kids on one side of the road had a free bus pass, whereas the other side didn’t. Lead to some very disgruntled students, who had to pay and others didn’t.

The WM Bus livery concept I think is rather ill thought out. Unless TfWM are going to pay for the respraying of vehicles themselves, no operator will want to to this. Also, this is a problem, especially for smaller operators who can’t afford to have vehicles off the road.

In the West Midlands, a child fare is up to 18, provided that the relevant photocard is shown. If a card isn’t shown, then the full adult fare should be charged.

Banga Buses in Wolverhampton have their depots at Vicarage Road and Hickman Avenue, 1.2 miles away from each other

Cue Highland’s annual network changes! I’ve lost count of the amount of times they’ve changed things

Releasing the handbrake when the bus is kneeled causes the bus to raise again. Saves having to press the button. Also stops you driving around with the bus kneeled

Stagecoach South Wales’ 83 (Monmouth- Abergavenny) turns twice at Dingestow and The Bryn. Stagecoach Highland 16 (Inverness - Foyers) reverses at Lower Foyers

Scarborough - lots of services departing from all over the town centre

Bilston - nice and open with a variety of vehicles passing through

Some operators actively charge lower prices for fares that are paid by contactless. I guess, it’s to encourage more use of contactless payments. Similarly, in the West Midlands, tickets bought on Swift PAYG are cheaper.