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Post by whereami on Mar 31, 2016 20:19:15 GMT 1
No low bridges on Doncasters well only one is on Leeds at South Midford train station but is 16" in middle of the road well having the full height geminis with yorkshire will mean that they cant shift around the depots as easily as the other depots have had all theyre routes change since the leyland and volvo olympians let alone the dennis arrows hecky had. The Dennis Arrows and the M reg Volvo Olympians were 14' 3" and were used on all of Heckmondwike's routes. The G reg Volvo Citybuses that were based at Heckmondwike before being replaced by the M reg Olympian were supposed to be 14' 6"
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Mar 31, 2016 20:27:48 GMT 1
That doesn't seem like a fair swap ! I think the Darren's are the smartest in the fleet ( looks wise ) the olympus may be there on loan although it would have made sense to send either a lowlander,alx400 or any ikarus/prestige/alx200/alx300/pointer/solo that hasnt gone for scrap as that would be more useful as 7485 is restricted to routes it can go on like the olympians were and cant go elsewhere unlike the other options. Not entirely sure any of that list would do much good on the X93 to Whitby. Hopefully it's just a temporary loan until something better comes along.
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Post by mark51953 on Mar 31, 2016 20:31:42 GMT 1
The thing is now Yorkshire is part of the North East anything could happen just look at the cast offs that are at Yorkshire Tiger at the minutes
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Mar 31, 2016 20:43:40 GMT 1
Yorkshire and North East come under the same management structure you mean.
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Post by timelesstable on Mar 31, 2016 20:51:06 GMT 1
well having the full height geminis with yorkshire will mean that they cant shift around the depots as easily as the other depots have had all theyre routes change since the leyland and volvo olympians let alone the dennis arrows hecky had. The Dennis Arrows and the M reg Volvo Olympians were 14' 3" and were used on all of Heckmondwike's routes. The G reg Volvo Citybuses that were based at Heckmondwike before being replaced by the M reg Olympian were supposed to be 14' 6" Yes and look at the numbers of those which were confined to barracks on a daily basis while the front domes were repaired or filled. Arriva Heckmondwike got through more filler in a week than the other depots did in a year
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Post by rst1987 on Mar 31, 2016 22:13:40 GMT 1
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Post by 112jct41 on Mar 31, 2016 22:43:36 GMT 1
well having the full height geminis with yorkshire will mean that they cant shift around the depots as easily as the other depots have had all theyre routes change since the leyland and volvo olympians let alone the dennis arrows hecky had. The Dennis Arrows and the M reg Volvo Olympians were 14' 3" and were used on all of Heckmondwike's routes. The G reg Volvo Citybuses that were based at Heckmondwike before being replaced by the M reg Olympian were supposed to be 14' 6" but surely as an ex-arriva employee you would want to see vechiles been swapped that could be used at all arriva depots and not stuck at just the one, even when dewsbury had 621 & 637 on loan these were confined to 281/282/283 although 621 did the 213 and 637 was used on 280. When 260 was used at dewsbury it also went on the 128/130/205/212 boards and it wouldnt suprise me if it didnt do the others as well. The stated examples are ones i can remember from recently even 230 did every route although i dont know about 202/203 route whilst at dewsbury as did 216.
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