Incorrect Allocations-August 2008.

[jackh]

Bramley Depot must of been short of Customer Hosts as Alexander ALX400s 30941 and 30944 were on the ftr4 service today. The destinations still alternate between the terminus and Olive Line. You would of thought somebody at First would have reprogrammed the 4 destinations on normal buses to show "ftr replacement" alternating between the destination.

[nick]

Lots of 'Broken' down buses today in leeds.

Striders were out in full force, 1 and others. Looks like the headingley corridor suffoured worst though.

[jackh]

The Striders apart from the vibrations when stationery provide a better ride than the older Wright Axcess-ultralows which appear to have no suspension with rattling and the body flexing over uneven road surfaces.

In a way, the Strider is a symbolic bus of the county as it was developed in partnership with Yorkshire Rider for the Superbus project on the Scania N113CRB chassis. Theres more of them here than anywhere else in the county with Arriva, Blazefield and First owning them on various chassis.

[Craig]

Indeed, it was the partnership between Alexander and YR that gave it the name StRIDER.

[iluvmilian]

Aug 1, 2008 13:13:17 GMT 1 @jackh said:

Bramley Depot must of been short of Customer Hosts as Alexander ALX400s 30941 and 30944 were on the ftr4 service today. The destinations still alternate between the terminus and Olive Line. You would of thought somebody at First would have reprogrammed the 4 destinations on normal buses to show "ftr replacement" alternating between the destination.

but only people that are interested are bothered that its not a ftr jack..
the general public probably dont care what bus turns up as long as if it takes them from a to b
so there probably isnt much point to it saying.."ftr replacement"

[jackh]

I understand that to most people, a bus is a bus to them as long as it gets them to their destination. But, the ftr in First's eyes a quality bus service so if they're unable to put a StreetCar out and replace it with a normal service bus, in terms of customer service, it seems a reasonable idea to have the buses destination to alternate between the terminus and "ftr replacement".

[jimbob90]

There was a 'Connecting Wakefield and Dewsbury' branded Wright Commander on the 203 late last night.

[jackh]

Arriva Yorkshire Dennis Dart P184VUA 184 was on the 202/203 today. Also back to First, Wright Eclipse Gemini 37030 was on the 37 today.

[jimbob90]

Still can't believe that they allocate Dennis Darts to the 202/203. Saw one on Dewsbury Road the other evening around 7pm completely packed, although there seems to always be at least one Lowlander in an accident.

[A1YBG]

Ikarus 57/58 make a few appearances on 202/3. Mainly in Evening Peak Times!!! People standing before it leaves the Bus Station in Leeds!!!!!

[pub146g]

Aug 1, 2008 16:32:06 GMT 1 Craig said:

Indeed, it was the partnership between Alexander and YR that gave it the name StRIDER.

Yes that's right, and it's the reason West Riding/Yorkshire Woollen (as they were then) refused to have the Strider badge applied to any of their vehicles as it would be seen to be advertising a competitor.

[mattyr88]

aye them scania n113 striders are beasts though

[kendall17]

anyone explain this... an '06 plate gemini on the 37 around 8AM, then this afternoon 66998 YJ07LWF was on the 42.

Saw 8995 WY on the 91 this morning, wish it was going t'other way though

[jackh]

Stagecoach unusually had a "frequento" branded Dennis Trident on the X62 today into Leeds. Now some of these Tridents based at Hull do have tachographs fitted so their appearances into Leeds may become more common.

[jabbott1987]

A First Bradford Orange Line(er) seen in Leeds bus station it was either on the 15 or the 670 around dinner time.

Wish I say that Trident on the X62 bet it didn't stay on it for long.

[beastexpress]

On Friday 1st on the 571 out of Bradford Interchange they were using a Merc Minibus style contracption.

Sounds on its way out either shocker or drive shaft problems.

[leedstom]

On the 757 on Saturday, they were using a ALX400 on the 22:22 from the Airport.

[Burnside]

B7RLE was on 33 at Guiseley about 3.45pm. Almost certain it was 66703, but i was driving in the opposite direction!

[T101VWU]

ex- manchester alexander royale 30244 was operating the 16 claret line seen today at 12:00 at lbs

[A1YBG]

66703 was indeed on 33. i saw it in leeds bus station this morning. also stagecoach trident was again used on x62 seems to be on this alot now along with the usual coach.

[jackh]

There was a Darwen Olympus on the the 427 to Bradford, seen from the 110 at Newton Bar so couldn't get ID of bus in question.

[puggy]

Leyland Olympian 31150 was on the 576 coming into Bradford Centenary Square after 9.30 this morning

[A1YBG]

arriva's new eclipes 1111 was on 219 tea time. i wondered how long it would be before the 254/5 branded buses come onto my routes! was nice tho keeping dry no leaks or no steaming windows!

[kendall17]

R924 WOE was on the 2/3/12/13 today

[Steve Macz403]

so many misallocations today seen a Volvo olympian 30245 on 16, another volvo olympian and a lance were on 254 in Leeds. What happened to the new B7RLE eclipse , they've gone on other routes. i've already seen a brand new eclipse on 256 in Bradford Interchange. (maybe they should have included in the branding lol)