Also fitted to LRT Atlanteans up to and including the S-reg batch. A number were later converted to an indicator stalk, fitted to the steering column, to match the later (T-reg onward) examples.
All the Seddon's and Fleetlines had them as well as cable handbrakes. Seems antiquated now but it worked fine.
Most of the Seddons were later retrofitted with spring handbrakes. Not all, though, as the retrofit programme was halted just over halfway through and those yet to be done were sold.
…and whilst you were using your right hand to keep that indicator on, you had to use your left hand to change gear - either with or without the use of your left leg!
I remember seeing this as an adult.
I think that’s the 3rd or 4th one that has been written off by fire now, 642, 658 and this one. I think one of the Xelabus ones did as well.
There was 649 as well, I seem to recall. That one burnt out at Gretna Services. The fire also took out the two lorries which were parked either side of it.
638, 642, 649, 658 and this one, which is more than likely one of either 639 or 672, have all been written off from fire. and over half of those have been lucky so see more than some glimpses of maroon on the skirt panels
Could be a Trident with Aintree Coaches. IIRC they have some of the SN04 batch
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Those are in Aintree coaches livery now though
I like yourself came to the same two buses - 639 and 672. But I think it’s 639, only because the vehicle had more rollers (672 only retains the number rollers). If that was correct that’s another 52 plate to have caught fire. Used to travel on these to school all the time (some years ago) and there’s a fair few of them having been written off by fire now.
I wasn't sure on the additional black on the rear of the Gemini 2s at first, but it's starting to grow on me. The new white/green livery for ECB and LC is a huge improvement in my opinion.
The new rear styles look decent. 358 also out and about with this livery now and 372 still mid repaint.
It looks so much better with the black. The black was applied in house by Lothian as 361 came back from repaint without it. Not sure if it’s black paint or a vinyl (logo and black all in one or two vinyls) either. If it was a vinyl sticker it would be good to see it applied to the rest of the Gemini2’s that don’t have it, however that sounds very unlikely.
368 (in Seafield for what is presumably prep work).
Routes like the 3 & 30 could definitely do with going back to every 10 minutes but i don’t see that happening until the driver situation is sorted, which it may already be
I would likely to see better route integration in Edinburgh. I'm sure there are corridors where multiple routes combine to provide a cohesive frequency but this isn't advertised anywhere nor are there combined timetables. Route numbering could also be better in some cases.
The geographically accurate maps used up to the launch of TfE were so much better. The expansion further into East Lothian as well as into West Lothian has made it virtually impossible for a geographic map to work in a practical scenario.
Even the sections of the network down to Penicuik and Gorebridge aren't ideal, if you include them then you're forced to make all the rest of the map smaller to fit them in.
I agree although some of the sizing of the pre-TfE maps could've been improved, the route lines always seemed a bit too bulky which made it look cluttered. Ideally you'd have separate maps for East Lothian and West Lothian anyway.
The 26 used to be 8 buses an hour. The 22 was also very regular prior to Covid. Other services (e.g. 3,31 and 44) haven't returned to pre covid levels but maybe will in time.
Going back a bit, the 26 used to be every five minutes on the city section and every ten minutes through Musselburgh, where the route split to run to Seton Sands (26), Tranent via Prestonpans (also 26) and directly to Tranent (26A). This was back in 2000 when the first stage of the network revamp saw the 26/26A/X85/X86 corridor simplified to become the 26 and 26A and the route in Edinburgh city centre changed to run via St Andrew Square and London Road Instead of Waterloo Place and Regent Road.
