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Busaholic
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Seen in and around Penzance during the 6-7 p.m. witching hour today:-
A correct blue bus on the final (?) journey of the day to Penryn on the U4
The Dart with a Heart (livery) on the T1
A short green Optare on the A17 (smacking of desperation)
A Tinner on the T1 to Truro, being closely followed by an oos Tinner, which may well have been on the U4 earlier
, given these two buses exactly replicated what I saw yesterday evening at the same time.
A correct blue bus on the final (?) journey of the day to Penryn on the U4
The Dart with a Heart (livery) on the T1
A short green Optare on the A17 (smacking of desperation)
A Tinner on the T1 to Truro, being closely followed by an oos Tinner, which may well have been on the U4 earlier
, given these two buses exactly replicated what I saw yesterday evening at the same time.
If the coaches are newer than 06 (I think), to be used on service work they need a wheelchair lift. I do not think it is enforced though. Parks of Hamilton quite often use non wheelchair lift coaches in Scotland on Citylink and gold services.
It was. Come your way via Ensign after disposal by Go North East where it was 6038 and in rather rough condition!
Edit Apologies it’s 6008 and 6029 that are First bound
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Whiteway215
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Operating the 96 Wadebridge to Bude today were 42562 and 43867
I'm puzzled as to why First have been DDAing and then selling W reg, B7TLs out of Bristol, and then shortly afterwards hiring older similar buses (ex London) from Ensign. Why not keep the Bristol examples as a strategic reserve fleet for use by First opcos to cover for such eventualities?
Or am I missing something?
Robertj21a
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Rearrange these words......... accountants.......planning.......common......First.......sense......
University E400 MMC's 33474 and 33475 were on the 2nd and 3rd 16:25 231 services from Truro College to Falmouth Moor, whereas Tinner bus 33469 was on the 16:10 U1 service from Falmouth Moor to Truro bus station and the 17:05 return service
Whiteway215
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56004 was working the 1733 service 95 Bude to Camelford this evening. 43874 seen working in Bude this afternoon.
THarris123
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Fully agree that it's First sense accountants planning common
V338 LGC at Camborne today.
33112 was on Tinner duties out of Penzance. At the same time a Tinner MMC was departing on the A17. Cue for confused passengers
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There were in fact two opentoppers out simultaneously on the A17, because one took up service at 16.15 at PZ bus stn, having been parked oos, as another one arrived in service: they were briefly at adjoining stands. An hour earlier I was in Greenmarket when an M6 came by for Mousehole and was of a length that would not get it into the village: by coincidence, it was passed in the other direction by a short Optare, in green livery, on the town 11 service which doesn't require such a short bus.
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So that's another half an hour wait for anyone at Mousehole harbour, who won't know that the bus has turned at the top.
33420 was on service 87 this afternoon. "Mousehole" Solo's 53709 and 53704 both out of service at Camborne this afternoon.
Thanks for clarifying, wasn't sure about the number was on a passing T3 service, saw it passing by Truro rail station so didn't see the number
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There was a Mousehole Solo on its intended route today: seen it three times, but didn't see the other allocated bus, so don't know whether it was the appropriate length. An open topper was still on the A17 which, in view of the weather (as windy as Monday this p.m., and a lot more rainy!) was really taking the proverbial..
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Desperately short of vehicles and drivers unfortunately in all depots
Robertj21a
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Have all those (7 ?) ex-London deckers now arrived ?
V308 LGC & V338 LGC at Camborne plus at least one at Summercourt yesterday afternoon.
Tinner E400 MMC 33469 on service U3 at lunchtime today.
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Drivers too? I didn't know that. I'd guess add engineering staff to the list too. It really made me think this afternoon when I parked my car in Wharfside Car Park in Penzance, from where I saw an opentopper on the A17 about to depart: around 35 minutes later, when I returned, another (or possibly the same bus back from Madron) was waiting to leave for St Ives. This was against the backdrop of one of the pedestrian entrances to the car park blocked by a fallen tree and, in the background, the very rare sight of the Scillonian ferry with passengers on board inching along the side of the Albert Pier to dock. The Albert Pier is only used when the Scillonian is unable to dock in its normal position and, since changes to maritime regulations about ten years ago, is almost always done without passengers on board. It also indicates that the ship will not sail on the following day, which was confirmed. The point I am making is that weather conditions were bad and getting worse and to see opentoppers out does not inspire confidence, unless the top deck is sealed off. They certainly weren't yesterday, but I couldn't tell today.