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Some limited observations from my commute today on the Cambridge Line into London, with the caveat that today being a Monday, things are relatively quiet. My morning Brighton train previously would follow the Letchworth peak that runs 6 mins ahead. With the latter train now becomes a stopper...

I am currently on 1L48 (1724 King's Cross - Letchworth) which seems to be one of the ex-379 services now have a pair of 387s. On a flip side, 1T50 (1739 KX - King's Lynn) has gone 3x 379s.

You will struggle to get an answer on that one, on a UK-based forum where the type does not operate in this country. As for the BZL, the UK deckers supposedly have less range than Wrightbus/ADL/Chinese offerings based on Zemo certification data, so I doubt it will do any better in tri-axle form...

Some trains are running through Alexander Palace now and at King's Cross a few LNER services have appeared on the departure board. Hopefully things will start progressing shortly.

There is apparently some sort of issue just north of New Southgate which slows everything in both direction. I'm currently in a queue of train on board 1L50 (1954 to Letchworth) making very slow progress.

379029 is apparently one of the latest unit in operation, operating on 1L48 this evening (paired with 379002).

Both units have indeed operated 1Q09 (0745 Letchworth to King's Cross) this morning.

It is indeed 2x379 on the service, currently aboard. The rear unit is 379022. Have not gone around the check which one is at the front.

I can confirm that 700043 did run this morning in lieu of a 379, it is currently sitting at P1 at Letchworth.

The XLB is just the bodywork built on Volvo B8L chassis. I thought we are talking about the Trident/E400 chassis here which is two-axle only. The shortest E400s are largely aimed at the London operational constraints, where longer wheelbase vehicles are not suitable for a significant number of...

The tri-axle is Enviro 500, a completely different chassis with a different engine mount. As for lengths of the E400s, there are actually 3 versions - 10.3m, 10.9m and 11.5m. Strictly for the original E400s, these carry VIN# starting with SFD1, SFD4 and SFD6 respectively. Similar wheelbase...

In fairness, there are technical nerds like myself who are interested in the mechanical design and TR673 should not feel left out here...! I cannot elaborate on many of the changes you have listed. The short answer I think is that the basis structure of both diesel and hybrid chassis are...

IMO the Dart has done much more to establish Dennis as a key player in UK bus manufacturing. Whilst the Dominator did ok for Dennis through its production lifespan, by deregulation it was comprehensively outsold by pretty much all of its competitors in the UK market, except only the Leyland...

Norfolk Green was indeed a very well run operator, it actual won the UK Bus Operator of the Year and Independent Operator of the Year back in 2010. From memory the owner had some connections with Stagecoach and sold it to them when he realised he could not carry on for personal reasons. I...

These type of rotating seats are common in Taiwan, but I believe they can only be locked in either a forward or backward facing position only. In that photo, it actually looks like they were turned in such a way to give a wider gangway for rescuers to move up and down the carriages.