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Post by 112jct41 on Apr 4, 2016 13:10:26 GMT 1
AY 1926 having a day on 126/127 and 1914 is on 281/283 today.
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Post by 112jct41 on Apr 3, 2016 20:48:29 GMT 1
FWY 47493 just passed me on tonights first run on 229 to Huddersfield.
I also saw a white VW Bluebird pull of from Centenary Way and onto Bradford Road Batley bound 5 mins b4 I saw 47493.
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Post by 112jct41 on Apr 3, 2016 10:10:19 GMT 1
Arriva Yorkshire never used or even had solos when they ran the route. You may be thinking of when Centrebus Holdings ran the route until late 2013. That's what I was thinking, too. AY only got 3 Solo's in the fleet, when they took over Wakefield City Bus off Star Travel, Ossett. Wasn't the smallest low floor buses in the fleet before and after the Solo's arrived, V reg Mini Pointer Darts/ 14 plate Mini E200's? thats right, the v reg mini pointers and w reg 230 were thw smallest lowfloor buses then the solos were added to the list and its now the mini (crappy) e200s and the 8 solos (3041-3044 at BI and 3050-53 at Selby (does anyone if 230 is still part of the fleet or is it off to the DVT fleet???))
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Post by 112jct41 on Apr 2, 2016 21:46:44 GMT 1
Are they any good or a case of they would be better on the scrapheaps??? If they are urban90 they'll be uncomfy wereas 651-674 were/are alexander dennis own style. Arriva London doesn't have any 55 plate presidents, they don't have any presidents anymore, and I'm not sure anyone had 55 plate ones, hadn't the model been discontinued by then? The seats are being replaced by Max leather ones, but not all have been done yet, as they haven't entered service on Max routes yet, but have been drafted in for Metro replacements. Nobody is scrapping a 55 plate bus. Arriva's ALX400s were W reg, much older. The style of seating isn't usually a deciding factor when deciding to scrap a bus. Okay I hold my hands i may have misworded my previous post, What i mean is are the 55 plate ALX400s any good on hills like 651-674 were/are or would the be used as a quicker to the scrapheap??? The part re the seats is that urban90 seats arent comfy on long runs eg 229, 212 or 268/268a were as the style of seat on 651-674 examples are comfortable and did good on long routes.
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Post by 112jct41 on Apr 2, 2016 20:50:19 GMT 1
And not necessarily Geminis we get but 55 plate alx400s like ANE just have done and these have received MAX livery or it could be 55 plate presidents at the worst. Volvo B7TL / ALX400 with Max livery but urban90 seats internally! We have been using some of them on Metro replacements recently in North Tyneside. Are they any good or a case of they would be better on the scrapheaps??? If they are urban90 they'll be uncomfy wereas 651-674 were/are alexander dennis own style.
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Post by 112jct41 on Apr 2, 2016 20:11:43 GMT 1
Would this also mean the end for the Selby President? Are 10 year plus ex-London Geminis really something you be crossing your fingers for................... If 55 plates (and from Arriva London) then they'll be DB250s not B7TLs And not necessarily Geminis we get but 55 plate alx400s like ANE just have done and these have received MAX livery or it could be 55 plate presidents at the worst and thats if AY even get 55/05 plate "hand me downs" we could get 51 plate like ANE or even 02/52, 03/53 or 04/54 either way it could be Volvo B7 we get or DAF or if it is alx400s it could be alexander dennis like some of the YT more recent ones.
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Post by 112jct41 on Apr 2, 2016 17:15:23 GMT 1
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. The vechiles I listed are ones that could have come to selby and/or any other Yorkshire depot and not be stuck at selby like 7485 will more than likely be.
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Post by 112jct41 on Apr 1, 2016 20:43:02 GMT 1
LOT White Solo R5* LOT on BCB sporting a Green offside rear corner bumper panel? Seen one registered R55 LOT fleet no Ladies9 on Morley Street, think that could be the one not 100% certain though Spot on 32526 thats the only solo to have R5*LOT for its reg the other 2 are R60LOT & R90LOT
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Post by 112jct41 on Apr 1, 2016 18:53:54 GMT 1
1914 on 28/283. It would seem that since the changes that 253/278/282 now all interwork and 281/283 interwork.
UID 202/203 e400 on 126/127 whilst either 1103, 1104 or 1106 was on 268.
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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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Post by 112jct41 on Mar 31, 2016 19:58:14 GMT 1
Another thing ive noticed since i googled 7485 is the number of ALX400s in MAX livery thats brought up too.
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Post by 112jct41 on Mar 31, 2016 19:51:15 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.
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Post by 112jct41 on Mar 31, 2016 19:28:10 GMT 1
Selby now 150 finished haven't got any low bridges on any services what about on runs to donny
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Post by 112jct41 on Mar 31, 2016 18:56:58 GMT 1
Well Ive just googled said 7485 and am afraid theyre older than the YT ones as 7485 is a 51 plate. 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.
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Post by 112jct41 on Mar 31, 2016 18:52:15 GMT 1
Well Ive just googled said 7485 and am afraid theyre older than the YT ones as 7485 is a 51 plate. Excluding the remaining Presidents at Selby it would make these ex-London ones the oldest deckers in the Arriva Yorkshire fleet................. thats correct.
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Post by 112jct41 on Mar 31, 2016 18:34:44 GMT 1
Been told this morning by a fitter at Selby that the 1800's from Selby are going to Redcar in exchange for the B7's as can't manage hills around Whitby Anyone know the reg of these , newer than the 08's?? Well Ive just googled said 7485 and am afraid theyre older than the YT ones as 7485 is a 51 plate.
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Post by 112jct41 on Mar 30, 2016 17:01:39 GMT 1
FWY Leeds 30928 on 54 whilst Huddersfield had 30822 on driver training for 229.
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Post by 112jct41 on Mar 29, 2016 23:12:11 GMT 1
Bonus: I saw YN03 UVZ (737/747 branded) on the 29 in Leeds. Is it in a new livery or am I going mad? No photos exist of it in the 747/737 livery. It was a real bonus because earlier this month 782 (YN03 UVZ) was in Tiger Orange at Waterloo You're right there timelesstable. I saw it on the 17:10 232 from Wakefield last thursday and there is no way on earth that it can get to thorntons and back for a makeover in 4 days as it took the other vehicles a lot longer even those to be painted in standard tiger livery (831-834 took 3 to 4 weeks AT LEAST if my memory serves correctly) so WYBS no way it was 782 unless its had a jet from a Concorde fitted.
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Post by 112jct41 on Mar 28, 2016 19:47:26 GMT 1
FWY Huddersfield 47499 on the first of tonights 229 leeds bound with both drivers flying solo on the run as both had to ask me if they were on track for Birstall.
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Post by 112jct41 on Mar 27, 2016 22:23:30 GMT 1
FWY Huddersfield ?69651 on 229 with destination showing leeds the changing to huddersfield then back again, is it like this on all the huddersfield fleet???
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Post by 112jct41 on Mar 27, 2016 20:11:27 GMT 1
Apparently now owned by Harrogate Coach Travel Yeah Harrogate Coach have owned this and another since the summer but both came b4 xmas.
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Post by 112jct41 on Mar 25, 2016 20:37:01 GMT 1
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Post by 112jct41 on Mar 24, 2016 23:11:09 GMT 1
I was on a 757 at the weekend for the first time, I can't say I was impressed. There was litter all over the place and the floor was covered in mud. I know they can't help what passengers do, but at 11am on a Saturday morning on an otherwise empty bus it seems unlikely it was all dropped that morning. Despite being a fairly new bus, the rattling was terrible and it sounded very unhappy when we hit a pothole. As an aside, I couldn't find the plug sockets advertised. Was I looking in completely the wrong place, or are they missing at the moment? The plugs are under the seat Funny as thats where the 229 ones are but there usb only.
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Post by 112jct41 on Mar 23, 2016 21:07:27 GMT 1
When passing bridge garage this morning a second Tiger Blue Wrightbus was there as well as the first T.B one and the Royale from Firstbus. Are YT having a massive run of bad luck lately??? Bridge Garage have been known to do some maintenance work for Tiger Never knew that. I know the one thats been there the longest is parked in between the towtrucks and looks to have been in an accident.
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Post by 112jct41 on Mar 23, 2016 19:42:33 GMT 1
If this is the one i think it is then its the Alexander Dennis ltd & BVD (or BVB cant remember which) then its been known since before Xmas as route one did an article on it.
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