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Post by SCH117X on Apr 2, 2016 23:36:26 GMT 1
Speculation on the Yahoo Blazefield Group whether the Geminis will prove to be up to the job as their reliability on the 36 since rebuilding was not that spectacular with replacement vehicles having to be called on quite often (the Presidents and B10BLEs).
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Post by dwarfer1979 on Apr 3, 2016 9:11:40 GMT 1
Some constructive negatives No real time tracking currently Buses seem a tad sluggish on the motorway losing power when going up a slight incline, sometimes as low as 50mph, are they speed limited or could they reach 70? I don't know what the buses are capable of, but legally they can't go over 63mph. Buses are limited to 59mph (coaches are limited to 62.5mph, there are some difference on vehicles of this age over safety systems like roll-over protection), I'm don't know if these Volvos are special but I haven't come across any low-floor deckers (& I have driven Tridents, B7TLs, Scanias & DAFs all provincial spec rather than the slower London specs) that can actually reach that high with most I have driven topping out in the mid-50's so dropping slightly on an incline to 50mph wouldn't be that unusual. Just from feel I suspect that this is due to the gearing/engine rather than an actual limiter (certainly on the DAFs the cut-off was a little jerky rather than the cleaner cut-off you feel on coaches with limiters).
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Post by SCH117X on Apr 5, 2016 21:41:29 GMT 1
Identifying the vehicles from the rear promo is not wholly possible due to 3609 and 3610 having the same 3608 we're ZAPPING for less 3609 we're ZAPPING the quick way 3610 we're ZAPPING the quick way 3611 we're ZAPPING for fun 3612 we're ZAPPING for work
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Post by kevg on Apr 16, 2016 22:14:10 GMT 1
Currently on 3611 ZAPPING to Leeds & loving it. I've been out with very good friends & it's been so easier to get on to rather than the train & I wish Transdev all the very best.
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Post by WYBS on Apr 17, 2016 12:09:41 GMT 1
Forgot to Mention that 3610 broke down in York Stonebow on Friday, Leaving us all waiting about 50 mins for the next bus. I didn't see if it got towed away but it didn't look to be going anywhere in a hurry.
I think this is going to happen commonly whilst working on CityZap. You can't trust them to run up and down motorways all day everyday without there being faults.
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Post by SCH117X on Nov 23, 2016 17:51:59 GMT 1
Cityzap has won the UK Bus Awards "Making Buses a Better Choice" award
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Jul 15, 2017 18:41:48 GMT 1
A positive and negative review of the Cityzap today.
Due to York Races the timetable for this and the Coastliner was all over the place, the bus departing Leeds looked to be 15 mins late, it was actually 45 mins late and as a result the driver let everyone on for free.
But surely on race days the PVR should be increased, as with a tight timetable there is no way to get back on track. By 4pm, many hours after the race traffic had cleared, 3 of the 4 bus allocation was all on The Stonebow at the same time, so the timetable was still heavily disrupted.
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Post by northerner on Jul 15, 2017 20:20:39 GMT 1
A positive and negative review of the Cityzap today. Due to York Races the timetable for this and the Coastliner was all over the place, the bus departing Leeds looked to be 15 mins late, it was actually 45 mins late and as a result the driver let everyone on for free. But surely on race days the PVR should be increased, as with a tight timetable there is no way to get back on track. By 4pm, many hours after the race traffic had cleared, 3 of the 4 bus allocation was all on The Stonebow at the same time, so the timetable was still heavily disrupted. I suspect CityZap is harder to regulate than 'standard' services, as by running a bus out of service it wouldn't catch much time. Although in the case of 3 together it would probably make sense to cancel both the outward and return journeys of the bus with the biggest delay to ensure its next trip ran to time. It would also depend on how the drivers are allocated, as I would think they are dedicated to CityZap and don't cover other York services, so it would also be a case of ensuring drivers don't exceed their maximum hours between breaks, which could then impact later journeys. Maybe Transdev don't have drivers sat around ready to cover for disruption (actually does this exist in the bus industry?)
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Post by Arriva Wakefield on Jul 16, 2017 14:40:50 GMT 1
I can't speak for York and CityZap, but at Malton when buses are running late, we do try and put spare buses out and keep services to the correct times, unless that would stop any connecting passengers from making their intended journey.
With CityZap, as mentioned, the only real way to regulate the service is either send a driver out with a spare bus, or drop a journey (or in reality a complete round trip).
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Jul 16, 2017 15:37:22 GMT 1
On race days and on busy days they should try and drop back a duty at the York end, so at least all journeys would leave York right time, as with the delays mostly being coming into York, this is a struggle on busy days which has a knock on effect at the Leeds end.
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Post by stevieinselby on Jul 16, 2017 17:46:00 GMT 1
Agreed. Sure, there will always be times when traffic is unexpectedly snarled up and it may not be possible to deploy a spare vehicle and driver at short notice - that's just a fact of life, and we have to live with it - but York Races are not unexpected, they are totally predictable. The dates are known well in advance, and the disruption follows an established pattern.
Where services are only infrequent then it may not be plausible to put an extra bus on the route, but where there are already 3 buses allocated then it should be possible to schedule in a spare set for those days in order to maintain the service.
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