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Post by 576 Gemini 2 on Apr 6, 2024 20:41:25 GMT 1
63290 was noticed parked at Lee Mount with black & yellow tape across the entrance door & emergency exit this morning was working the 06.55 512 to Mixenden according to bustimes it had been since 07.17. 69477 on the 09.40 508 to Leeds got as far as Stump Cross before it developed an issue, passengers had just been transfer onto replacement bus 69578 when I passed it at 10.05 on a 681 6/4/24
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Post by WYBS on Apr 6, 2024 22:03:34 GMT 1
Keighley 2756 broken down this evening at Rock Lane, Bramley. Rain pouring down. Quite a few rail passengers on board I would imagine, given the current Northern strike action. Not exactly a great look for the bus industry, having to put 19 year old buses onto a service you know is going to be busier than usual, with an hour wait for the next one if somethings breaks down.
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Post by Burnside on Apr 7, 2024 9:46:12 GMT 1
Keighley 2756 broken down this evening at Rock Lane, Bramley. Rain pouring down. Quite a few rail passengers on board I would imagine, given the current Northern strike action. Not exactly a great look for the bus industry, having to put 19 year old buses onto a service you know is going to be busier than usual, with an hour wait for the next one if somethings breaks down. All buses break down at times, even brand new ones. Most passengers won't have cared or even noticed it's age, plus those upstairs would have had extremely comfy coach seats.
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Post by pricel on Apr 7, 2024 11:10:03 GMT 1
Keighley 2756 broken down this evening at Rock Lane, Bramley. Rain pouring down. Quite a few rail passengers on board I would imagine, given the current Northern strike action. Not exactly a great look for the bus industry, having to put 19 year old buses onto a service you know is going to be busier than usual, with an hour wait for the next one if somethings breaks down. All buses break down at times, even brand new ones. Most passengers won't have cared or even noticed it's age, plus those upstairs would have had extremely comfy coach seats. You're right buses do break down at times, but you would actually be surprised by how many non enthusiasts know how to tell the age of a vehicle by looking at the number plate. You would be surprised by the amount of passengers that do care about how new the bus is but not to the point where it stops them from getting the bus as it still carries them from A to B. However, you can take one look at any tweets or Facebook posts First West Yorkshire make about their new Electric fleet for Leeds and there's always a couple non-enthusiasts making a comment on how Halifax, Huddersfield and even Bradford in some cases only gets the oldest buses. Some non enthusiasts care, some don't.
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Post by WYBS on Apr 7, 2024 12:02:21 GMT 1
Keighley 2756 broken down this evening at Rock Lane, Bramley. Rain pouring down. Quite a few rail passengers on board I would imagine, given the current Northern strike action. Not exactly a great look for the bus industry, having to put 19 year old buses onto a service you know is going to be busier than usual, with an hour wait for the next one if somethings breaks down. All buses break down at times, even brand new ones. Most passengers won't have cared or even noticed it's age, plus those upstairs would have had extremely comfy coach seats. Whilst I do agree that they are comfy upstairs, I think it's still pretty obvious to the general public how old they are. Presumably from how loud the B7s are. I know people who know nothing about buses and moan about how old some buses are. Over the past 6 months or so, I've seen plenty of B7TLs and B9TLs broken down on the 60/A. More than I've seen on any other route I've lived on (well, with a kosher operator anyway).
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Post by mattb7tl on Apr 7, 2024 16:56:54 GMT 1
Geminis have aged well but the last couple of years have been harsh on the design The industry has gone towards sharp angular designs like we see on the new enviros as well as the streetdecks. Same trend is seen in cars with new vehicles mostly having sharp headlights, or even bodywork in some cases. People will be able to tell even if they haven't seen a modern bus.
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Post by sharksmith on Apr 7, 2024 17:38:24 GMT 1
Geminis have aged well but the last couple of years have been harsh on the design The industry has gone towards sharp angular designs like we see on the new enviros as well as the streetdecks. Same trend is seen in cars with new vehicles mostly having sharp headlights, or even bodywork in some cases. People will be able to tell even if they haven't seen a modern bus. Having said all of that, the London Bus Safety Standards are requesting more rounded front ends for vehicles and more sloped fronts. Vehicles praised for their safety are the Optare Solo and NRM so it's likely we'll see a move away from the body styles with sharp angular bodywork designs. Indeed the press release from ADL regarding the Enviro 100EV and 400EV specifically mentions how they have been designed to take into account Londons new safety requirements. One other thing which sounds interesting is the idea of some form of airbag under the front of the bus to stop pedestrians from going under the bus in the event of a collision. Probably for discussion in a different thread though, along with why are UK built midibuses currently so poor. I've ridden both Streetlites and almost brand new Bee Network spec E200MMC's in the last week which were appallingly built, to a standard no car owner would ever accept.
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Post by driver6540 on Apr 7, 2024 22:07:45 GMT 1
Geminis have aged well but the last couple of years have been harsh on the design The industry has gone towards sharp angular designs like we see on the new enviros as well as the streetdecks. Same trend is seen in cars with new vehicles mostly having sharp headlights, or even bodywork in some cases. People will be able to tell even if they haven't seen a modern bus. Totally agree, I've always thought of the original Gemini and Eclipse as a modern "design classic" even now some 24 years after their introduction, to me they still look kinda contemporary. Many enthusiast's branded them "Nokia faces" when they appeared in service originally. Aesthetically I think Wright's got it bang on with their styling whereas today's current crop of offering's with the sharp angular styling all look a bit bland and "samey-samey" in design to me.
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Post by rodneytrotter on Apr 7, 2024 22:31:08 GMT 1
Geminis have aged well but the last couple of years have been harsh on the design The industry has gone towards sharp angular designs like we see on the new enviros as well as the streetdecks. Same trend is seen in cars with new vehicles mostly having sharp headlights, or even bodywork in some cases. People will be able to tell even if they haven't seen a modern bus. Totally agree, I've always thought of the original Gemini and Eclipse as a modern "design classic" even now some 24 years after their introduction, to me they still look kinda contemporary. Many enthusiast's branded them "Nokia faces" when they appeared in service originally. Aesthetically I think Wright's got it bang on with their styling whereas today's current crop of offering's with the sharp angular styling all look a bit bland and "samey-samey" in design to me. There's still Arriva buses going around with the even older Classic Wright Styling! The Commanders
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Post by tankomuncher on Apr 8, 2024 16:37:27 GMT 1
Connexions's Castrosua on 412
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Post by joseph on Apr 8, 2024 19:51:19 GMT 1
Anybody know what's either happening or has happened to the Park and Ride shelter on Boar Lane only it looks half demolished. Is this a WYCA approach to stop homeless people sleeping in it? Either way it's not something motorists want to spot lol.
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on Apr 9, 2024 9:12:45 GMT 1
For the first time in nearly two months, 69581 is running out of Todmorden depot after it became fully DD since the February service changes.
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Post by pricel on Apr 9, 2024 18:38:43 GMT 1
First Halifax 33706 first day out on publics today, I spotted it around 20 past five in Halifax as I left on the 586
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Post by mattb7tl on Apr 9, 2024 18:53:10 GMT 1
For the first time in nearly two months, 69581 is running out of Todmorden depot after it became fully DD since the February service changes. Is it still chaos with the service changes?
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on Apr 9, 2024 20:21:24 GMT 1
For the first time in nearly two months, 69581 is running out of Todmorden depot after it became fully DD since the February service changes. Is it still chaos with the service changes? Yeah, all running time in all the wrong places. From what once was a super reliable service has now been decimated. Nobody has a good thing to say it is an abomination of what it once was.
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Post by pricel on Apr 9, 2024 21:53:15 GMT 1
Is it still chaos with the service changes? Yeah, all running time in all the wrong places. From what once was a super reliable service has now been decimated. Nobody has a good thing to say it is an abomination of what it once was. Don't understand how they thought they could run an every 20 minute service between Halifax and Tod but still have a half hourly service to Burnley and Rochdale, without the 589. I liked the simple days where it were 1 Burnley and Rochdale an hour from Halifax, 4 buses per hour between Calder Valley and Halifax and a full 589.
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Post by WYBS on Apr 9, 2024 23:21:41 GMT 1
Yeah, all running time in all the wrong places. From what once was a super reliable service has now been decimated. Nobody has a good thing to say it is an abomination of what it once was. Don't understand how they thought they could run an every 20 minute service between Halifax and Tod but still have a half hourly service to Burnley and Rochdale, without the 589. I liked the simple days where it were 1 Burnley and Rochdale an hour from Halifax, 4 buses per hour between Calder Valley and Halifax and a full 589. Because it's First. Don't read too much into it. Inept management who are more concerned about a computer system than actual people using their services! I've heard ASDA are only going to stock apples on Tuesdays and Saturdays, because the computer data tells management that those are the days that they sell the most, despite customers wanting to buy them everyday and staff getting sick of telling customers that they don't stock them everyday... Also, the quantity put out in the store is going to vary by the minute based on AI information. Now, unfortunately for the customers, the nearest alternative shop is 18 miles away, so tough, they'll just have to deal with it or grow their own! Sounds pretty crazy, right?
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on Apr 10, 2024 18:37:03 GMT 1
37710 changed over this morning due to the cab seat not going back far enough, replaced with 37130 advertising the 'Elland Lines' in Rochdale & Burnley today.
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Post by 576 Gemini 2 on Apr 11, 2024 16:06:22 GMT 1
37296 broken down while on 13.52 X63 Bradford-Huddersfield at Bankfoot 11/4
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Post by pricel on Apr 11, 2024 16:50:22 GMT 1
37710 changed over this morning due to the cab seat not going back far enough, replaced with 37130 advertising the 'Elland Lines' in Rochdale & Burnley today. Should get rebranded to become "far from Elland"
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Post by WYBS on Apr 11, 2024 17:28:34 GMT 1
37710 changed over this morning due to the cab seat not going back far enough, replaced with 37130 advertising the 'Elland Lines' in Rochdale & Burnley today. Should get rebranded to become "far from Elland" There was one in Leeds yesterday. Great advertising! I'm sure the Elland Lines will be the talk of everyone going up Armley Road. Same as the 'advertising' of the PR1 that I saw yesterday up at Headingley. Why yes, people in North Leeds are going to use a P&R site south of the city centre. The mind boggles.
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Post by pricel on Apr 11, 2024 17:43:20 GMT 1
Should get rebranded to become "far from Elland" There was one in Leeds yesterday. Great advertising! I'm sure the Elland Lines will be the talk of everyone going up Armley Road. Same as the 'advertising' of the PR1 that I saw yesterday up at Headingley. Why yes, people in North Leeds are going to use a P&R site south of the city centre. The mind boggles. Weren't the park and ride buses funded by WYCA for specifically the "park and ride routes".
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Apr 11, 2024 19:10:39 GMT 1
There was one in Leeds yesterday. Great advertising! I'm sure the Elland Lines will be the talk of everyone going up Armley Road. Same as the 'advertising' of the PR1 that I saw yesterday up at Headingley. Why yes, people in North Leeds are going to use a P&R site south of the city centre. The mind boggles. Weren't the park and ride buses funded by WYCA for specifically the "park and ride routes". They are exactly the same as any other Streetdeck in Leeds
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Post by jus363 on Apr 11, 2024 19:26:55 GMT 1
Should get rebranded to become "far from Elland" There was one in Leeds yesterday. Great advertising! I'm sure the Elland Lines will be the talk of everyone going up Armley Road. Same as the 'advertising' of the PR1 that I saw yesterday up at Headingley. Why yes, people in North Leeds are going to use a P&R site south of the city centre. The mind boggles. Said it before branding doesn't work especially when the X1 & 501 interworks with other routes in Halifax.
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Apr 11, 2024 22:45:48 GMT 1
This thread used to be light hearted, now it seems every ‘sighting’ is basically used to start off a rant
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