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Post by jackh on Jul 8, 2008 9:14:07 GMT 1
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Post by olympian on Jul 8, 2008 22:20:00 GMT 1
I have been told by a driver they are to be repaited into the inteurban livery aprantly, wether this happens or not who knows
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Post by A1YBG on Jul 9, 2008 16:50:27 GMT 1
Not Quite ALL Low floor. There are still some Olympians (515 - 521) running on these routes. Just MORE chance of getting a low floor bus. They need double decks on the 229 and 219 in peak times. They are way Overcrowded when its a single deck!
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Post by jimbob90 on Jul 15, 2008 22:59:18 GMT 1
Will be a shame to see the Lances go as they're still a pretty solid bus. A fresh coat of paint and they'd definitely have a few more years left in them. The same applies to the Volvo B10B's.
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Post by jackh on Jul 15, 2008 23:21:24 GMT 1
Will be a shame to see the Lances go as they're still a pretty solid bus. A fresh coat of paint and they'd definitely have a few more years left in them. The same applies to the Volvo B10B's. Really??? Most of them the chassis and bodyframe are well and truely past it hence their flexing when going over pot holes etc. So they would need body rebuilding and interior refurbishment along with the repaint. But that wouldn't be financially viable so wouldn't happen so the best thing to do is get them withdrawn. |
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Post by angrycommuter on Jul 16, 2008 8:51:30 GMT 1
The Lance's had the worst seats of any Arriva bus. No legroom or padding. They also appeared underpowered, making lots of noise but not really getting anywhere. I won't be sorry to see them go.
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Post by guyarab on Jul 16, 2008 10:23:20 GMT 1
Neither will I.
When they first appeared I complained about such as the front offside seat without forward view, poor interir lighting, lack of legroom (on some of the seats knees were perched too high to fit IN the knee-hole), the pair of deats over the rear wheels were too high and the seats had no padding.
I remember the part of the reply which stood out was, "the seats are ergonomically designed"! In other words you don't bounce down on them twice!
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Post by the110 on Jul 16, 2008 11:00:34 GMT 1
Some of these new buses are in Liverpool for the Tall Ships. Arriva are running shuttle buses there and have taken some buses from each depot (only the good ones). They are due to return next Monday/Tuesday so could be inservice then.
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Post by A1YBG on Jul 16, 2008 14:22:41 GMT 1
Most of the Lances leak when its raining. 819 and 830 being the worst. You will notice there is a line of wet patch all the way the middle of the roof. I have been on these 2 a few times when its raining. Trust me u dont want to be sitting near the window as more water comes from above!!
The new buses have 45 seats if noone knows that yet. Thats good news for my route 229/219
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Post by angrycommuter on Jul 16, 2008 15:41:43 GMT 1
There is one Lance that leaks on the seat next to the step mid-way down the bus. The speakers from the doomed Yorkshire Buses TV that was installed in the late 80's/early 90's seem to channel the water down from a leak in the roof and drop it on just that on seat.
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Post by jimbob90 on Jul 16, 2008 17:41:57 GMT 1
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Post by jimbob90 on Jul 21, 2008 20:55:18 GMT 1
Today I saw YJ08DZB Wright B7RLE in Kirklees in Interurban livery. It only had Arriva on the destination. This is the bus you saw in Kirklees, although by the looks of it it isn't for Arriva Yorkshire. arriva-merseyside.fotopic.net/p52024532.html |
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Post by jackh on Jul 21, 2008 20:58:35 GMT 1
So it must of paid a visit to the Arriva Bus & Coach dealership at Gomersal.
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Post by kendall17 on Jul 21, 2008 21:46:18 GMT 1
These buses don't suit interurban livery! the old style looks better.
on the wright eclipse note, what happened to the bus of the future? it looked good and should be widely used
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Post by mattyr88 on Jul 25, 2008 22:58:12 GMT 1
saw one of these new B7RLE on the dewsberry 245 bus i think it was, around 3 40 on boar lane. looks quite nice,
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Post by A1YBG on Jul 26, 2008 7:09:55 GMT 1
There is NO 245 route anywhere? Did u mean the 254? Leeds to Dewsbury That left Leeds Bus Station at 3.33. Sound more like this one.
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Post by mattyr88 on Jul 26, 2008 18:59:58 GMT 1
yep that one lol,
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Post by angrycommuter on Jul 28, 2008 10:22:15 GMT 1
One of the new buses was on the X25 this morning.
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Post by jackh on Jul 29, 2008 13:19:47 GMT 1
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Post by jackh on Jul 31, 2008 15:15:42 GMT 1
1110 YJ08DVR is also out on the road today and wears branding for the 254/255 service in purple. It appears not be a "Connecting..." branded route.
Sorry, no photo yet.
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Post by guyarab on Aug 1, 2008 9:07:05 GMT 1
Saw 1101 (YJ08 DVB) on 254 in Heclmondwike this morning, on its way to Dewsbury. On the cove panel it shows 254/255 with the town names and under the windows it reads "254/255 Connecting Cleckheaton and Leeds".
It dosen't say with what it is connecting Cleckheaton and Leeds, perhaps Heckmondwike and Dewsbury/Brighouse?
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Post by jackh on Aug 1, 2008 13:10:00 GMT 1
I suppose a more generic brand name could of been used to take into account Heckmondwike and Dewsbury too with "Connecting Leeds and Spen Valley" name. Also, do note that the Connecting Cleckheaton and Leeds vinyls are only on the nearside of the buses. Is this so adverts can be applied on the offside and the rear of the buses? More B7RLEs seem to be out in service today with the following noted and photographed, all of these also wear the branding for the services: 1100 (YJ08DVA) jacksbusphotos.fotopic.net/p52410985.html1105 (YJ08DVH) jacksbusphotos.fotopic.net/p52410986.html1111 (YJ08DVT) jacksbusphotos.fotopic.net/p52410986.html |
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Post by jimbob90 on Aug 1, 2008 18:26:08 GMT 1
I quite like the Purple branding, and imagine this means there are no current plans to repaint the buses into Interurban Livery now that branding has been applied.
On the subject of branding, I still can't understand why Arriva chose the unusual Grey and Red branding for the Darwens on the 110 service. I suppose it's supposed to be similar to Harrogate and District's 36 Branding, but I don't think it stands out as much as the Red 202/203 branding or the Blue 'Connecting Hemsworth' branding.
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Post by jackh on Aug 1, 2008 18:33:56 GMT 1
If you think about, Dewsbury is doing quite well out of Arriva's investment in new buses in the last couple of years.
The 14 VDL DB250/East Lancs Lowlanders for the 202/203
The 7 VDL SB200/Wright Commanders for the 126/127
The 13 Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Urbans for the 254 getting delivered at the moment.
Then the pending delivery of 14 Volvo B9TL/ADL Enviro400s for the 268.
If Arriva were to get some new buses for the 281/283 which could displace the Darts onto the routes with the Ikarus DAFs on. All bus routes into Dewsbury could be low floor.
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Post by jackh on Aug 1, 2008 19:37:55 GMT 1
Back to the point of interworking, I went over to Cleckheaton on the 254 (not a new bus) to see if I would be able to get more photos there but the sun was in wrong place to get decent shots.
When coming back into Leeds, I boarded Dennis Lance 823 which was doing the short working on the 254 from Cleckheaton. When the Lance pulled into the Stand, it showed 220 Cleckheaton on the destination before the driver changed it to 254 Leeds. I don't know if this is a rare interworking or not.
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