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    Bus fire in Coventry (17/10)

    or toast?
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    Cityfox Bus

    The operating centre is still shown on VOSA as Porthmadog so presumably a bit of dead mileage involved?
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    Stagecoach Group (Group-wide matters)

    Many fleet movements have occurred during the current period (which ends this weekend) following the start of the new school year which wll be reflected in the Period 5 fleetcards. (Thanks to MB for his work on maintaining the Fleetcard website.)
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    Stagecoach West/South West/South Wales - Fleet News & Discussion

    Should be a Scania E400 operated by Ross on Wye depot.
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    First Greater Glasgow

    Would you want to drive a Caetano Dart from Cornwall to Glasgow? :rolleyes:
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    Go North East interview and assessment day

    Is the 689 Consett.Hexham service operated from Riverside?
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    Trivia: Bus stops named after landmarks which no longer exist.

    The Rotunda stops in Liverpool refer to the Rotunda Theatre which was bombed in WW2 and never rebuilt!
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    Most Scenic Bus Route

    The open tops are on the 78 (Keswick-Seatoller) with Solos on the 77/77A (Keswick-Buttermere circular). There are parts of the 77/77A route which could not be accessed by anything bigger.
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    Cumberland & Westmorland bus discussion

    The 73/73A services from Carlisle had always been regarded as positioning journeys when Carlisle depot operated part of the 77/77A services between Keswick and Buttermere. In 2017, the operation of 77/77A (and 78) was taken over by West Cumbria (Lillyhall) depot. The only service from Keswick...
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    Crossville

    From the report in Route One, it is clear that the Traffic Commissioner is aware of the connection with Somerset Passenger Services and it may be that there will be a separate investigation and hearing into that company in due course.
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    Preston Bus Station

    Ribble had all the workings on P2 (Penwortham Plough Inn-Lightfoot Lane) and the Corporation had all the workings on P5 (Hutton Anchor Inn-Gamull Lane). The P1/P3 (Frenchwood-Lea/Larches) was mainly Corporation worked but in order to balance mileage over time, one of the P1/P3 workings would be...
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    Trivia:- Bus routes passing over toll bridges.

    I never witnessed that situation but there was no way the toll collector could verify that the cash handed over was equivalent to the number of passengers on the bus as they would be unable to see who was on the upper deck. I seem to recall that Ribble had a poor relationship with the Shard...
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    Public bus routes that are currently worked by coaches

    Reays of Wigton use ex-Stagecoach B10Ms certified as coaches on several shoppers services in the Carlisle area.
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    Trivia:- Bus routes passing over toll bridges.

    In the 1960s, Ribble service 85 (Blackpool-Knott End) was worked by double--decks and the conductor would go round the bus when approaching the Shard Bridge to collect one (old) penny from each passenger and hand the money to the toll collector!
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    Trivia:- Bus routes passing over toll bridges.

    Whilst the bridge is a toll bridge, there is no charge for local bus services.
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