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Post by deerfold on Jan 28, 2019 9:18:28 GMT 1
There's comments about not not having a parent company, "Foreign owned multinationals" which seems to be a favourite phrase when referring to Transdev. "We work in partnership with those who appreciate how we can help them" - you don't think that's a reference to Transdev (though neither seem willing so speak to the other)? What does seem to be missing is any actual details about the fare changes. both of them two quotes can also be aimed at Arriva though. Transdev & HCT could do with teaming up to promote each other's Harrogate services that run on the same corridors and they can both do the same York side with First, York Pullman & Reliance and say offer an interservice saver scheme or fares. It's worked for Transdev as York side they show and promote Arriva's 42 weekend timetables as well as showing the ex-Stephensons routes Reliance have taken on. It's what's needed if they want to get people to stop using their cars amd onto buses. HCT do well for themseleves are smartly turned out as are the drivers. When i've been in Leeds recently i've noticed the 64 always has a decent footfall and the drivers go out of their way to help passengers on and off the bus. Now in regards to Arriva First or Transdev that can be a rarity. They could be aimed at Arriva - but as I said, they regularly use one of them when referring to Transdev. If HCT stopped their constant digging, maybe they could work on a positive relationship with Transdev.
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Post by SCH117X on Jan 29, 2019 8:58:04 GMT 1
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Post by SCH117X on Jan 29, 2019 9:00:18 GMT 1
They could be aimed at Arriva - but as I said, they regularly use one of them when referring to Transdev. If HCT stopped their constant digging, maybe they could work on a positive relationship with Transdev. Problem is they do not realise that - one way they could instantly improve the relationship would be to sell to Transdev at cost price the bus company names they bought to spite them.
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Post by SCH117X on Feb 3, 2019 13:49:36 GMT 1
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Post by chas on Mar 8, 2019 0:10:12 GMT 1
One of our neighbours who rang about a missing bus was told that Connexions would not be running the X70 through Follifoot for much longer. Another was told by a Transdev driver that they would shortly be running the service again.
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Post by SCH117X on Mar 8, 2019 20:49:00 GMT 1
You can follow most of Connexions services at bustimes.org/vehicles, clicking on a vehicle denoted by the service number icon reveals its type, reg no service, destination and how late/early it is. Buses running empty to/from Tockwith are shown as being in service giving some intriguing route extensions!
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Post by chas on Mar 9, 2019 11:59:21 GMT 1
You can follow most of Connexions services at bustimes.org/vehicles, clicking on a vehicle denoted by the service number icon reveals its type, reg no service, destination and how late/early it is. Buses running empty to/from Tockwith are shown as being in service giving some intriguing route extensions! A very good map showing all the services. However most of the X70 services are shown as going to Tadcaster regardless of direction of travel, which hasn't been served since last year. Others show Harrogate when going towards Wetherby.
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Post by stevieinselby on Mar 9, 2019 13:48:53 GMT 1
You can follow most of Connexions services at bustimes.org/vehicles, clicking on a vehicle denoted by the service number icon reveals its type, reg no service, destination and how late/early it is. That's cool! A shame that they are almost the only operator in Yorkshire that's using it ... plus TM Travel, but I think that's it. Maybe Rosso can convince their new management to spread the love around the rest of the group.
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Post by rwilkes on Mar 9, 2019 20:43:38 GMT 1
First have a system like this but I do not think it is on show. I have seen it twice with groups and after being talked through how it is used to try deal with congestion everyone is a friend of First, at least for a while. They see the congestion horror that is the daily life of a bus company and wonder how the buses cope
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Post by SCH117X on Mar 9, 2019 21:27:56 GMT 1
A very good map showing all the services. However most of the X70 services are shown as going to Tadcaster regardless of direction of travel, which hasn't been served since last year. Others show Harrogate when going towards Wetherby. Does that imply the bus is transmitting the wrong data - ie the ticket machine has not been reset / corrected - have seen a X52 to Ilkley following the X70 route so I presumed (given it was between two X70s) that was a vehicle running empty which had last worked a X52
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Post by chas on Mar 10, 2019 14:47:14 GMT 1
A very good map showing all the services. However most of the X70 services are shown as going to Tadcaster regardless of direction of travel, which hasn't been served since last year. Others show Harrogate when going towards Wetherby. Does that imply the bus is transmitting the wrong data - ie the ticket machine has not been reset / corrected - have seen a X52 to Ilkley following the X70 route so I presumed (given it was between two X70s) that was a vehicle running empty which had last worked a X52 I have no idea how the system works but you may be right.
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Post by dwarfer1979 on Mar 11, 2019 9:09:20 GMT 1
First have a system like this but I do not think it is on show. I have seen it twice with groups and after being talked through how it is used to try deal with congestion everyone is a friend of First, at least for a while. They see the congestion horror that is the daily life of a bus company and wonder how the buses cope Almost all companies will have a similar system for internal use and to feed the RTI systems where available. It appears this system merely takes a raw feed that is coming from the buses but doesn't have the full data to enable accurate usage that would come from an official system to allow you to actually match things to what they actually are. The buses, generally though some machines have full details loaded onto the machine as well (some level of this will be required for things like touch-on-touch-off or for automatic stage progression), only know the route number & journey code they are running which is transmitted along with a location back to the base system which matches the information to the schedule to work out which actual timetabled journey is referred to and how that compares to the schedule before sending that out to the official recipients (company apps, tracking systems at the depot & roadside signs for instance). Without the back office data all you know is where the bus is and what route the ticket machine is logged into, if the driver hasn't logged off at the end of a trip and gone off dead to somewhere else it will still show as being on whichever service it was last logged into.
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Post by chas on Mar 11, 2019 9:36:16 GMT 1
First have a system like this but I do not think it is on show. I have seen it twice with groups and after being talked through how it is used to try deal with congestion everyone is a friend of First, at least for a while. They see the congestion horror that is the daily life of a bus company and wonder how the buses cope Almost all companies will have a similar system for internal use and to feed the RTI systems where available. It appears this system merely takes a raw feed that is coming from the buses but doesn't have the full data to enable accurate usage that would come from an official system to allow you to actually match things to what they actually are. The buses, generally though some machines have full details loaded onto the machine as well (some level of this will be required for things like touch-on-touch-off or for automatic stage progression), only know the route number & journey code they are running which is transmitted along with a location back to the base system which matches the information to the schedule to work out which actual timetabled journey is referred to and how that compares to the schedule before sending that out to the official recipients (company apps, tracking systems at the depot & roadside signs for instance). Without the back office data all you know is where the bus is and what route the ticket machine is logged into, if the driver hasn't logged off at the end of a trip and gone off dead to somewhere else it will still show as being on whichever service it was last logged into. Thank you for this info.
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Post by SCH117X on Mar 15, 2019 10:48:49 GMT 1
Presumably something wrong with the interpretation of the data on the 13 in York as every time I look they are either horrendously late or incredibly early, as I type this one is apparently 40 minutes early and another 29 minutes early while the others are late by 24 and 25 minutes. 2 412s have just passed each other both described as "to Wetherby" and a "X52 to Ilkley" is ambling along Southfield Lane Tockwith. Noticed that X6As are shown as X6s.
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Post by daveshipley on Mar 20, 2019 15:37:58 GMT 1
Where has the company twitter account gone ? 🤯
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Post by gledhill56 on Mar 20, 2019 17:24:18 GMT 1
Or you’ve been blocked too like me for criticising a level crossing failing in York and Craig thinking I was having a dig at his buses constantly failing which was totally untrue.
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Post by mk2mcw on Mar 20, 2019 18:08:53 GMT 1
They deleted it because they said they were getting abuse from passengers
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Post by mk2mcw on Mar 20, 2019 18:10:10 GMT 1
They deleted it because they said they were getting abuse from passengers it says on their Facebook
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Post by SCH117X on Mar 20, 2019 18:35:50 GMT 1
Still a (dead) link on their web page and no doubt will be for ages as will the twitter logo etc on their buses - they have not even hairblowered off the vinyls for the extinct Calcaria Connexion
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Post by deerfold on Mar 20, 2019 20:23:19 GMT 1
And by abuse, they mean questions and complaints.
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Post by SCH117X on Jun 7, 2019 18:12:34 GMT 1
The three Optare Tempos they had have gone to Brylaine of Boston - according to Lincolnshire Bus Fleet News during April, they do mistakenly list YJ56ATU as from Stagecoach, presumably as it was never repainted by Connexion lincsbusfleetnews.blogspot.com/
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Post by chas on Jun 26, 2019 20:16:11 GMT 1
Connexions have acquired the first of reportedly four ex Ipswich Scania OmniCity reg YN56NVB. All will be branded for the 64 where YN56NVB was working yesterday. See m.youtube.com/watch?v=VkzH4vW4i4c.
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Post by rst1987 on Jun 26, 2019 21:26:33 GMT 1
Connexions have acquired the first of reportedly four ex Ipswich Scania OmniCity reg YN56NVB. All will be branded for the 64 where YN56NVB was working yesterday. See m.youtube.com/watch?v=VkzH4vW4i4c. They also got a few ex-Go North East Wright Solars for X1 service. The vehicles will be entering service in July.
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Post by neukit on Jun 26, 2019 22:39:40 GMT 1
Connexions have acquired the first of reportedly four ex Ipswich Scania OmniCity reg YN56NVB. All will be branded for the 64 where YN56NVB was working yesterday. See m.youtube.com/watch?v=VkzH4vW4i4c. They also got a few ex-Go North East Wright Solars for X1 service. The vehicles will be entering service in July. Hopefully they’ll last a bit longer than the last fleet they acquired for the X1.
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Post by SCH117X on Jun 28, 2019 12:43:48 GMT 1
Presumably the Tempos had some unique components which meant they could not readily rob another vehicle for them. So that's at least 7 vehicles they are adding to the fleet, wonder what is being disposed of; one of the ex Reading ex Eddie Brown Solars has never been repainted and is externally is looking pretty tatty - its on the X52 today. The other day they had another one of those the X52 which had a sign on it saying they issued First Leeds tickets (for the 64) - wonder how much confusion that caused between Pool, Otley and Ilkley
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