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The two twin doors, one 55 plate and the 52 plate Trident are the green seckers. No more planned for now.
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The two twin doors, one 55 plate and the 52 plate Trident are the green seckers. No more planned for now.
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I suggest anyone who wants a pic of a green single decker and a green double decker together should head for Market Jew Street in Penzance. Seen one behind the other three days this week.
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Are these being painted into a special livery for a particular reason? Or is it route branding?
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Would that be because your concentrating on the Sumner fleet O/T's for repainting as the Green looks fab on the Decker's , as far i can remember there's only 6 buses in Main Green & they do brighten up the fleet for sure.
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THarris123
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Are there any more vehicles due from elsewhere? I know you've had a few coaches come in, but anything else?
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Twin doors?
Ex Fal River Tridents are the only twin doors with Kernow
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Fleet numbers?
33111 and 33112 I think, the two that start PJ02 on their registrations
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Cheers. As a no. 2 user sometimes, it will I guess become the normal livery. Looks good.
TheGrandWazoo
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Been on 33111 - was not a bad vehicle and from Helston to Falmouth so FR livery was quite appropriate
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Taste is all a personal preference, so no rights or wrongs, but, although I quite like the green doubledeckers I think the singledeckers look better in the livery. Not so overwhelming!
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It's not a special livery. Two greens is the default livery.
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We've one Mousehole to do, a Cheetah being finished, and 15 to get into
Atlantic Coaster as our priorities.
Cheers ! Wow that's quite a lot to do i take it more closed tops for the Coaster Livery & the fleet of O/T's there was a Rumour the Scanias will have there own livery to , also its good to see 4 E/L Ex First k Tridents live on with Roselyn Coach's .
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THarris123
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What routes are being branded for Coaster then? I'm aware that the open tops will be branded, but what else?
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The current 1 series, 17 series, 300, 56 and 57. Yes, a mixture of open tops, closed tops and single decks.
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Thanks for confirming.
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Glad to see the continuation of the 300 and 57 for next summer confirmed.
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Yes but when we have sufficient open top DDA vehicles available
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Thanks for the information FSW. Look forward to perhaps enjoying the 57 next year with an open topper! Lovely out by Gwithian
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I can see that getting overloaded unless level of service is improved. Duplicate closed top?
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I can see that getting overloaded unless level of service is improved. Duplicate closed top?
Can you
Full open top?
I can see that getting overloaded unless level of service is improved. Duplicate closed top?
The buses I saw last summer on the 57 were not packed, from my albeit limited observations I would say that an open top decker will cope adequately.
Some of the "short" 57's from St Ives to Portreath were worked by single deck buses and seemed to cope okay as well.
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I was thinking of the full journey. A combination of an opentopper and, perhaps, a bit of marketing similar to the 300 might leave people behind, with a long wait (or, more likely, a change of plan) for the next one. The 'shorts' were a legacy of Western Greyhound's operation of the route and I'm sure they're only tagged on to the 57 number 'for operational convenience', maybe to keep a driver profitably occupied in marginal time too? Only surmising, of course.
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No, the shorts are there purely because they are financially viable. They meet a specific demand in the morning.
I could bore you with the logic (or not) of duplication and all the considerations but shan't unless you want me to.
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The short 547s that WG used to run from St Ives to Hayle Towans were certainly profitable, there were regular occasions of taking £150 or more just in one visit to the Towans from holidaymakers wanting to head into St Ives on a day trip.
I can't see the 57 being any different.
As an aside, the Newquay-St Ives coastal route is probably the one bus route I miss driving!
I can't see the 57 being any different.
As an aside, the Newquay-St Ives coastal route is probably the one bus route I miss driving!
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On Saturday I travelled from Bodmin to Hayle and back by bus. I travelled on the number 27 and number 18. The number 27 was the usual uncomfortable double decker. It was interesting to go upstairs for once. Since I was travelling the route end to end, it was possible. Usually I am worried about the time it takes for me to get upstairs and get down again. (I might miss getting off at my stop due to dodderiness).
I was expecting that the number 18 would be an overcrowded single decker, as it was the last time I got on it. I was surprised that it was a new looking red double decker with The Tinner on the side. I took The Tinner to be an advert for something at first, then realised it was the name of the bus. It was very different to the double deck I had just alighted from. The seats were comfy. There was a wide space for wheelchairs and buggies - important in these days of wheelchair user and buggy pusher confrontations. The only down side was the high pitch whirring coming from the engine at times. It seemed to be mostly when the bus was speeding up. Strangely the engine seemed to cut out out at every bus stop - not annoying just odd. It was only the high pitch noise that was annoying. Coming back I went upstairs which solved the noise problem, and surprise - tables and charging points. So that's The Tinner - plush and smart. It is just the noise that is the problem.
I was expecting that the number 18 would be an overcrowded single decker, as it was the last time I got on it. I was surprised that it was a new looking red double decker with The Tinner on the side. I took The Tinner to be an advert for something at first, then realised it was the name of the bus. It was very different to the double deck I had just alighted from. The seats were comfy. There was a wide space for wheelchairs and buggies - important in these days of wheelchair user and buggy pusher confrontations. The only down side was the high pitch whirring coming from the engine at times. It seemed to be mostly when the bus was speeding up. Strangely the engine seemed to cut out out at every bus stop - not annoying just odd. It was only the high pitch noise that was annoying. Coming back I went upstairs which solved the noise problem, and surprise - tables and charging points. So that's The Tinner - plush and smart. It is just the noise that is the problem.