Recent content by jcrwey

Hadn't realised this previously so sorry if posted before, but open air deck T14 GWR now with South Pennines Community Transport. https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=T14%20GWR&sort=date-posted-desc

A real shame to see the new Exmoor Coaster timetable. Only every 3 hours or so and a 1 bus operation from 31st March to 25th May. A far cry from last year's timetable...

Not sure if this counts as non-tourist, but Transpora open top W501 RBB (branded for the Bournemouth Coaster) has been out operating the Weymouth Park and Ride service.

All quite disappointing really after expecting a lot more, especially with Marc Huws involved. Nothing that different really, if anything a reduction compared to previous summers. Maybe more to come one day, but does seem to be a big uplift in open top deckers for relatively little change. The...

Interesting if correct as this would duplicate most of Morebus Route 30 but would offer open top format. I'd had thought a potentially successful option would be to replicate the old Jurassic Mule services between Charmouth, Lyme Regis and Seaton with an open top service, especially now...

Tonight's 9pm D2 departure to Frome left absolutely full to the rafters. Driver wasn't taking money/tickets, just loading people on and off. Many other services seen in Bath today were full and standing, including an X39 to Bristol around 330pm Which wasn't stopping and had full on the...

The other E400s also seem to have been prone to some reliability issues and are already regularly on local or school routes rather than the Jurassic routes.

The X51/53 in Dorset can be a frustrating one with long out of service runs in the morning and evening from Weymouth all the way to Lyme Regis, mostly along the normal core trunk route itself. A distance of over 30 miles as well. Them journeys are already there and would help to enhance the...

37581 was also used as the commentary box parked on the promenade pavement opposite Alexandra Gardens. Was looking great in the very warm sunshine in its new green paint!

Prior to this week, First Wessex have been operating closed school journeys on the S1 between Weymouth and Portland. The bus used comes off the 502 holiday park route. This week it seems the open topper has been substituted for a closed top decker or saloon for the afternoon school journey and...

Yes Traveline.

Details have started to emerge for new timetables from 30th May. A real frequency uplift across the board which is good to see: Main headlines so far: X51 - Weymouth to Dorchester - Bridport - Axminster Will now operate between Weymouth and Dorchester again for the first time in a few years...

Is all the work being run from them depots? The Lyme Regis and Axminster runs might be just as straight forward from Bridport?

Interesting fact but YS03ZKE also served on the X53 Jurassic Coast route for 1 year prior to the Scania Omnidekkas that have passed through Ensign in the same month!

They certainly have done a lot of miles, would love to know how many! Back when they started the X53 also extended from Bournemouth on selected journeys all the way through to Exeter. First journey out was around 5am, last one returning 1130pm ish. Obviously things are scaled back a bit now, but...