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Afternoon everyone,
Last week I visited London with my family in tow, doing lots of sightseeing etc.
On our last day we travelled from Bond Street - Paddington (officially to see the Paddington statue, but really I wanted a quick trip on the Elizabeth Line!), then onwards to Hammersmith (H+C...
A procedure known as 'Pushing' in Manchester
We know it as Marge Simpsons Knickers, particularly from the back... you'll never unsee it now!
The only two I can think of are, slightly derogatory ones!
Streetsh*te - A Wright Streetlite, for obvious reasons!
A Sh*tter - service 163 Manchester to...
There's a fun one between Bolton and Bury which I used to work:
471: 25 mins (direct via Breightmet)
524: 45 mins (via Radcliffe and Little Lever)
511: 60 mins (via various estates and villages)
The best bit about the 511 was you used to pass the 471s the 'wrong way' at Breightmet, so had a...
Don't worry about it :-) I've driven the 471 that many times I could probably do it with my eyes closed. I wouldn't though as it may cause another deroofing!
I must have driven the 471 hundreds of times - and there are two low bridges either side of the station (Richard St, where this incident took place, and Milkstone Road, where the 17 from Queens Rd was deroofed). When I route learned it, it was drummed into us about those bridges, and even now...
In my bag at the moment:
Sunglasses
Spare pens
Torch
Anti Bac Hand Gel (for before and after driving)
Paper towels (for cleaning windows etc if there's no Metro papers!)
RADAR key (for being caught short!)
Cash bag
Laminates for weeklies
Spare ticket roll
Accident cards
Waybill envelopes
Spare...
If we're including stuff early in the morning, Go North West have the 63 Brookhouse-Mcr Picc - one journey, one way only:
https://bustimes.org/services/63-brookhouse-manchester
Edit: also forgot about the 17a, which does Rochdale to Shudehill via Stakehill Industrial Park, two trips in the...
IMHO, I can see Oldham going one of two ways:
1) Bought out by another company (names are available in a hat I believe :-) )
2) First will continue to run Oldham (proably as an outstation of West Yorks, no point in having big wigs there for one depot!) until Burnham's pipe dream of franchising...
https://www.visionbus.co.uk/news/brand-new-bus-service/
Its a circular route from Bolton up to Johnson Fold, in the north west of the town. Its serves Chorley Old Road in one direction then comes back via Church Road, like the current 501 ran by First (soon to be Diamond Bus).
People on...
There's rumours going around that DBNW might sell the 162/163s, but I wouldn't hold yout breath. I think everything will stay curiously the same until franchising kicks in and thats when we'll see some interesting things happening.
Just an update from up here in GM land - Vantage will be moving to Arriva's depot in Bolton, subject to TC and landlord approval. They are setting up Rusholme just in case it doesn't go through for the 11th Aug when Diamond are taking over.
Drivers are leaving in droves at the moment (and...
The First GM 163 can be a bit tight, especially on Saturday evenings. They give you an hour to do the full trip, which can be just about done on normal evenings, but on a Saturday with all the revelers going into town you've got no chance. They've recently installed a speed alert thing on their...