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Post by kendall17 on Mar 9, 2009 10:51:05 GMT 1
Can someone please tell me when these will finally be scrapped?
was on 40622 on the 46 this morning and ive never been on such a sluggish and slow bus.
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Post by Craig on Mar 9, 2009 19:11:37 GMT 1
I wouldn't imagine that they have much longer, but the 46 is one of those routes that seems to get certain drivers who don't seem to quite grasp the idea of speedy but safe driving... are you sure it wasn't the driver at fault?!
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Post by kendall17 on Mar 9, 2009 19:45:34 GMT 1
It sounded like the engine was struggling but i did notice the driver playing with the gearbox selector (R N D 1 2 3) sort of thing so possibly was. They're poor buses anyhow and cant wait for them to go.
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Post by www.buseireann.ie on Mar 9, 2009 22:21:22 GMT 1
Most roads on the 46 route have a speed limit of 20 to 30 miles an hour so a dart is perfect for this route. It doesn't matter how safe you speed, your not going to stop a child getting killed at 34 miles an hour, you may save their life at 24 miles an hour however. I know how alert you have to be when in charge of an energetic 7 year old, and speeding motorists REALLY don't help things!
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Post by kendall17 on Mar 10, 2009 9:56:48 GMT 1
Dart is ideal for speed but not capacity, imagine what it was like on the peak Gildersome-morely-leeds? Im glad he wasn't speeding but the bus' speed of the mark was poorer than normal.
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Post by billycarne on Mar 14, 2009 2:54:43 GMT 1
the darts in leeds for some reason are limited to a realy low speed, other darts such as the ALX200's at arriva selby seem to be able to get speeds of up to 70mph!
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Post by A1YBG on Mar 14, 2009 8:26:31 GMT 1
Some of the Arriva Dewsbury Darts struggle in Batley Carr as they seem to really rev up the hill on the 281. Some have stalled halfway up and some burn the tyres!
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Post by 37228 on Mar 16, 2009 20:31:02 GMT 1
Are they low floor darts you have at leeds?
All we have left at Doncaster are SPD'S and they are about finished loads of problems. All should be going later this year
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Post by Matty on Mar 16, 2009 20:44:51 GMT 1
No they are M reg dash darts.
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Post by kendall17 on Mar 16, 2009 20:51:24 GMT 1
No they are M reg dash darts. And N plated Plaxton Pointers |
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Post by 37228 on Mar 16, 2009 21:37:32 GMT 1
No they are M reg dash darts. And N plated Plaxton Pointers I didnt realise you still had them, We got a few from Leeds 40544/5/6/7 not bad buses when we had them sadly all scrapped now |
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Post by kendall17 on Mar 16, 2009 22:00:29 GMT 1
And N plated Plaxton Pointers I didnt realise you still had them, We got a few from Leeds 40544/5/6/7 not bad buses when we had them sadly all scrapped now Sadly? i'd be celebrating if i was you. |
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Post by 37228 on Mar 16, 2009 22:04:03 GMT 1
I didnt realise you still had them, We got a few from Leeds 40544/5/6/7 not bad buses when we had them sadly all scrapped now Sadly? i'd be celebrating if i was you. They were alot more reliable than the SPD's we have, i will defiantly be waving these out of Ledger Way |
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Post by www.buseireann.ie on Mar 17, 2009 0:19:26 GMT 1
Is it me, or are the K reg darts more powerful than all other darts? They certianly have some pace in them compared to say an M reg one.
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Post by 37228 on Mar 17, 2009 9:43:30 GMT 1
Is it me, or are the K reg darts more powerful than all other darts? They certianly have some pace in them compared to say an M reg one. We had K-reg darts 40505/6/7/8/9/10/11/12 and they were alot more power than the N-reg darts 40544/5/6/7 at Doncaster |
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Post by Matty on Mar 17, 2009 11:39:50 GMT 1
No they are M reg dash darts. And N plated Plaxton Pointers Most of the N reg Pointers are going to Tanzania three are stored at Halifax at the moment with no tax, registration and painted white. |
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Post by kendall17 on Mar 17, 2009 11:57:48 GMT 1
And N plated Plaxton Pointers Most of the N reg Pointers are going to Tanzania three are stored at Halifax at the moment with no tax, registration and painted white. Yes they are but there are still a few about in service. |
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Post by pub146g on Apr 27, 2009 22:04:29 GMT 1
Can someone please tell me when these will finally be scrapped? was on 40622 on the 46 this morning and ive never been on such a sluggish and slow bus. Looks like your wish will finally happen! I've been told that all Leeds Darts will be off by the end of this week. To partly replace them at least six Volvo B6 have been transferred to Leeds from York today. Don't blame me though if they're not all off by the weekend, it's just what I was told in the depot today. |
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Post by kendall17 on Apr 28, 2009 11:11:06 GMT 1
Can someone please tell me when these will finally be scrapped? was on 40622 on the 46 this morning and ive never been on such a sluggish and slow bus. Looks like your wish will finally happen! I've been told that all Leeds Darts will be off by the end of this week. To partly replace them at least six Volvo B6 have been transferred to Leeds from York today. Don't blame me though if they're not all off by the weekend, it's just what I was told in the depot today. At last, but are the B6s a decent replacement? |
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Post by jabbott1987 on Apr 28, 2009 12:47:31 GMT 1
These will be 40571-79/87 and they Volvo B6BLE with Wright Crusader 2 bodywork.
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Post by www.buseireann.ie on Apr 28, 2009 23:04:25 GMT 1
The dart is better performance wise than the B6. For those who thought the dart was a snail your in for one hell of a shock, just watch the funeral procession pass you by!
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Post by tommyinyork on Apr 29, 2009 0:14:41 GMT 1
whats coming to York in place ?
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Post by billycarne on Apr 29, 2009 1:34:32 GMT 1
the darts are not a slow bus, the leeds ones we have have a strange gearbox configeration which only allows them to do just over 30mph. there are darts in other fleets that will beat a lot of boy racers out there
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Post by A1YBG on Apr 29, 2009 17:43:56 GMT 1
Just look at the Darts that appeared on BBc Top Gear a few months ago. They went at some speed!!!
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Post by Steve Macz403 on May 1, 2009 17:50:41 GMT 1
Arriva's Alx 200 Darts have some speed in them, compare that to an Alexander Dash/Plaxton Pointer of First Leeds.
When First leeds darts were new in 1995/96 were they built to go slow, or was the gearbox placed on them later on to restrict their overall performance.
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