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Post by WYBS on Apr 26, 2023 13:35:51 GMT 1
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Post by WYBS on Apr 23, 2023 22:41:30 GMT 1
Whilst capacity may be an issue on the D1, it would appear that the company have MUCH bigger fish to fry at the moment and I would expect this is pretty low on the agenda.
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Post by WYBS on Apr 23, 2023 21:40:33 GMT 1
The North East Bus and Coach Show will take place on Sunday 7th May 2023 at the Metrocentre (Coach Park), Gateshead. This was a great event last year with plenty of vehicles as well as Go North East opening up their Riverside depot; though I'm not sure the company is involved this year. www.nebpt.co.uk/events/pg3ev142.html
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Post by WYBS on Apr 23, 2023 21:30:02 GMT 1
Dewsbury Bus Museum will be holding a Spring running day at Arriva Yorkshire's Dewsbury Garage. Sunday 21st May 2023. Attachments:
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Post by WYBS on Apr 23, 2023 21:00:38 GMT 1
Team Pennine should get Rossos Gemini 2s for DenbyDarts. The services Rosso uses on them have 0 passengers. I think that would be a decent upgrade. I do feel bad that they renovated those enviros just for them to be on the edge of over capacity for the majority of the day. With the CEO vanishing, whoever in charge may end up being more willing to use deckers. If you look at the CEOs past company, in a city which has some of the highest bus usage outside of London, they seem to combat over capacity with a frequency increase, instead of deckers. With the state of the company at the moment what would be the cheapest option? Which new CEO are you talking of? Henri Rohard? I can only see that he has worked for Transdev.
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Post by WYBS on Apr 17, 2023 23:05:09 GMT 1
Unbelievably both short and long ( Pudsey ) trips ran today for a few hours. Until one parked up down a side road off the ring rd for a “rest” at least ! These that you see parked up, are they on the 30, or are they on school runs in the area? On the 30. Pretty much always one parked up on the ring road with No. 30 on the desti. One of them could frequently be found parked at the bus stop near KFC, before the roadworks commenced.
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Post by WYBS on Apr 17, 2023 20:17:48 GMT 1
Just seen 35621 at Rodley Roundabout on a 16 (not 16A), tracking on bustimes as heading to Pudsey, but quite late. Strange. Edit: looks like Farsley Town Street is closed on Google Maps. Edit #2: 35267 is now in Calverley! (Image attached). Attachments:
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Post by WYBS on Apr 17, 2023 20:13:11 GMT 1
Two on the bounce from Leeds caped. No bud for over a hour ! Unbelievable Monday 17th April BronteBus BI Keighley, Bus Station to Stanbury, Hob Hill 2.25pm, 3.25pm Stanbury, Hob Hill to Keighley, Bus Station 2.53pm, 3.53pm Aireline 60 Keighley Bus Station to Leeds Interchange 2.10pm, 3pm Leeds Interchange to Keighley Bus Station 4.30pm, 4.55pm the 62 Keighley Bus Station to Ilkley Bus Station 2.15pm Ilkley Bus Station to Keighley, Bus Station 4.19pm the 64 Ilkley Rail Station to Skipton, Bus Station 3.17 pm Skipton, Bus Station to Ilkley Bus Station 3.50 pm the 64 Ilkley Rail Station to Skipton, Bus Station 3.17 pm Skipton, Bus Station to Ilkley Bus Station 3.50 pm Dalesway 66 Keighley, Bus Station to Skipton Bus Station 3.05pm Skipton Bus Station to Keighley, Bus Station 4pm theShuttle 662 Keighley Bus Station to Bradford Interchange 1pm, 1.30pm, 2.10pm, 2.30pm, 3pm, 3.26pm, 3.41pm, 4.20pm Bradford Interchange to Keighley Bus Station 1.58pm, 2.28pm, 3.13pm, 3.37 pm, 4.07pm, 4.37 pm, 4.52pm, 5.31pm The last time I got a bus home from town (carrying a brand new guitar I'd just bought) there were two single deckers at rush hour. They were both, of course rammed; especially now with the extra custom from 508 passengers. Had to stand next to the driver, desperately clinging onto my new Adrian Smith Jackson San Dimas and get on and off everytime the doors opened! Out of interest can the Presidents not run into Leeds because of the clean air zone in Shipley? This was Easter holidays so should have been plenty available.
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Post by WYBS on Apr 15, 2023 15:56:26 GMT 1
Not sure what's going on at Keighley recently but there are strange allocations all over the place! Too many to list.
Is there a vehicle shortage?
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Post by WYBS on Apr 15, 2023 10:57:54 GMT 1
Cannot find any trace of a timetable change but have seen Connexions X52s following the new 36 from Leeds route to Harrogate Bus Station. I can't find a service change that states that the 923 officially no longer serves Scarcroft; but you'll be hard pressed to board one there.
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Post by WYBS on Apr 14, 2023 18:00:35 GMT 1
Hmmm Attachments:
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Post by WYBS on Apr 14, 2023 16:14:21 GMT 1
Isn't promotions/branding & the such approved by head office rather than the depot themselves? So they probably had a say in the stopping of HX Connect (over 'where the money was spent' maybe it needs to be pointed out a number of their B9s got a full interior refurb what the likes of Huddersfield didn't get so they was lucky on that front) I Think the repainting of elderly fleet was down to training new staff/practice purposes - Stagecoach have done this for a number of years (as if a vehicle is getting withdrawn soon it's less of a problem if a repaint is not exactly correct) unless it was just a coincidence First had a number of older B7s repainted at a time there was a big recruitment drive across all areas of staff. There has been promotion online with the Peace Hall featuring in their twitter ads of where you can travel to (minor admittedly - but it's not much less than what the likes of Leeds got) Nothing to do with training up new staff/practice, it was a last minute change of plan, engineering only got told last minute as there was a list from higher up that came which dictated which buses were due off fleet. One of the 667s had about £2,000 worth of bits put on it when they found out. 66758 from Bradford had all the front wheel arches rebuilt due to excessive corrosion - an incredibly labour intensive job, it then lasted a few months if that. 66753 had new fuel pump put in, great bus - the same outcome, its now laid up in Gary Hardwicks yard all smashed up from being moved within the yard. Putting it simply they weren't meant to go so soon but plans changed. Do these orders from higher up come from pen pushers sat in an office looking at data on a screen rather than what is actually happening on the ground, and God forbid actually taking an interest? I think First would be a good contender for Channel 4's 'Undercover Boss', if it's still produced.
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Post by WYBS on Apr 12, 2023 16:42:06 GMT 1
Streetlite 47642 on 4
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Post by WYBS on Apr 12, 2023 13:12:16 GMT 1
1846 also on 60
Connexions YN54 VKB on Yorkshire Buses' 29.
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Post by WYBS on Apr 12, 2023 12:08:24 GMT 1
1825 on 60. Only two branded bus out.
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Post by WYBS on Apr 7, 2023 9:33:17 GMT 1
Used the 508, after the changes… I believe that the change had an opportunity to do some good but it seems disastrous... The destination boards are displaying Farsley & Kirkstall… Passenegers were completely unaware of the frequency reduction as well as the changes. Including bus stops in Leeds. A group of old people stormed off the bus at New Pudsey, they were unsatisfied to say the very minimum. First REALLY needs to start learning how to communicate with their customers. Transdev annoys you with on board announcements for a month when they’re due to make changes, while spamming your social media feed with constant reminders. First…? They’ve probably posted about these changes three times! I'd have loved to see those angry free loaders storm off, I'd have shouted after them they're the reason why routes get cut lol! As for publicity for these changes, all bus stops have been scrolling about service changes and where to find them for a good week before the change, and changes to the 9 and 508 have been plastered all over community Facebook groups, people need to start keeping an eye on what goes down in their local community, and looking up at the notices! Why should First have to spend time and resources publicising changes when they have a website where it just needs putting once. Just because many people in this country are too lazy doesn't mean First has to go all out every way possible to ensure everyone knows what's happening. A lot of elderly people aren't as likely to spend all day scrolling through Twitter & Facebook and actively researching bus changes. Also not every bus stop has a realtime display. I think the best way to inform of service changes is to put a4 posters inside buses and give automated announcements over the P/A (if such equipment is fitted). Though knowing First, this announcement would probably still play months after said service change date. Also it's not elderly people's fault that routes get cut. It's whoever made the decision that they should have free passes. If pensioners were suddenly offered free shopping at ASDA, would you turn it down even though it would hurt the profibility of their stores?
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Post by WYBS on Apr 6, 2023 11:34:30 GMT 1
Had to do a double take this morning: City of Bradford 37722 on 86 in Rodley.
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Post by WYBS on Apr 6, 2023 9:14:07 GMT 1
Personally I'd like to see the scrapping of all supported routes in the Saville Park, Sowerby, Copley, Ripponden area replaced by the DRT buses that duplicate many routes in Leeds. 6 buses hardly used in East Leeds would be better off serving areas where demand exists and potential is there for increased useage through new links such as Ripponden to the office park on Wakefield Road. And before you say you can't use funding for the East Leeds DRT to support or replace existing routes, you can, but you've just got to be a bit clever how you do it. Other councils have replaced existing routes through DRT by simply re-branding it as a whole new network based on a whole new way to use the bus, that's where the clever bit comes in. But from what I've seen first hand: DRT schemes fail 90% of the time. If it doesn't work in major cities like Leeds and Liverpool, then I'm not convinced it would work in rural Halifax.
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Post by WYBS on Apr 3, 2023 21:43:43 GMT 1
Did anyone manage to have a look at the loadings on the 508 today? I should imagine it was absolutely rammed to the brim with people now that it goes a quicker way into town!... not.
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Post by WYBS on Apr 1, 2023 21:40:37 GMT 1
The point in doing it is that there is now a pretty major link between Stanningley/ Farsley/ Intake and Kirkstall missing. That link can be done fairly simply between the 16 & 49/91 At Bramley - compared to alot of broken links over the past few years that is a good compromise I think there's far more chance of people just buying a car than getting a 16 then a 49. Especially as they may still have a walk on the Kirkstall end from Burey Road.
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Post by WYBS on Apr 1, 2023 19:41:38 GMT 1
Does anybody know if anything is actually replacing the 508 on leeds and Bradford road a while back somebody posted the 86 was being rerouted but it’s not on the changes but furthermore on the metro website the new timetable for the 86 has not been updated and only shows a timetable till the 2nd April unlike all the other changes have new timetables already up can anybody shed any light on what is going on I don't see why something would be replacing that part of the now diverted 508, not at least by First anyway as the whole point of FirstBus doing that is to save time and money on their end. Although I'm not familiar with that area so I don't know if any other services run down that road, but if none do already then I don't think anyone would reroute their services that far, unless Arriva maybe decides to do so to. Although that would probably at the expense of some route reliability and journey length. The point in doing it is that there is now a pretty major link between Stanningley/ Farsley/ Intake and Kirkstall missing.
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Post by WYBS on Mar 31, 2023 23:50:11 GMT 1
Unless my eyes are deceiving me, the last bus to Moor Allerton (38/39) on a Saturday night is 21:10. Twenty-one-ten. Ten-past-nine. Or 2 hours and 12 minutes earlier than the current last journey on the timetable. 21:10 Twenty-one-ten Ten-past-nine. Sat-ur-day-night Hahahahahahaha. On bus times the last 38 on Saturday is 2217. Ahh, the timetable on Metro's website is totally wrong then as it shows the last 38 as being at 20:30. 22:17 is still not great though.
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Post by WYBS on Mar 31, 2023 23:17:47 GMT 1
Unless my eyes are deceiving me, the last bus to Moor Allerton (38/39) on a Saturday night is 21:10. Twenty-one-ten. Ten-past-nine. Or 2 hours and 12 minutes earlier than the current last journey on the timetable.
21:10 Twenty-one-ten Ten-past-nine. Sat-ur-day-night
Hahahahahahaha.
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Post by WYBS on Mar 31, 2023 22:03:54 GMT 1
I've just seen the timetable for the new 51/2 and to be totally blunt it's shocking beyond belief in the morning peak. A near half hour gap twice during the morning peak to Leeds! Saturday mornings is a joke too with the 51 and 52 running close together towards Leeds early on. Very early last bus back from Leeds compared to now as well. Run it into the ground and then withdraw it due to 'low patronage'. First's speciality.
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Post by WYBS on Mar 29, 2023 13:48:00 GMT 1
That's grand news, though I'm surprised Squarepeg didn't want it so that they could run two full circular routes. I wonder if First will withdraw the one journey of the day that they were going to run towards the White Rose on a morning.
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