First South West (Kernow & Buses of Somerset)

83G/84D · 2 Apr 2020

Busaholic said:
It was 'wing and a prayer' stuff at least six weeks ago, and four weeks ago with only a little foresight you could see it was going to be a bumpy start at the very least. Three weeks ago, no foresight required at all, so long as you removed the rose-tinted specs. It might have been too late then to ask FK to continue their winter timetable, but TfC could, and should imo, have announced they were 'pulling' the new operation for the time being and using GCB to supplement or replace the existing FK timetable where necessary. The public would have been quite understanding, certainly within a few days, as ordinary life started to unravel. But then we have to make allowances for politicians' egos, loss of face etc, and the inescapable fact that some of them are ill-equipped for the job, as we're seeing at a national level. At least Hancock et al have to face the music whereas here...?

Yes, not what we all hoped for that's for sure.

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MB162435 · 3 Apr 2020

Lizard1324 said:
Are they still going to buy newer open top buses from ensign or is that on hold too, was looking on there website and at the moment they are selling an ex london open top b9tl gemini 2 but they probally wont be buying new buses anytime soon.

Think the Ensign E400s were more for the 2021 summer season rather than this year anyway, but the plans for the Atlantic Coaster operations remain unchanged just delayed

richw · 3 Apr 2020

Lizard1324 said:
Well according to another group there has so far been 4 damaged buses on the first two days of there services starting, with one being involved in a hit and run, apparently.

and the rest... talking to one of their drivers yesterday they’re up to 7 damaged VOR! And that’s without the ones with minor skirt damage etc!

Goldfish62 · 3 Apr 2020

The long Solo SRs are on the T1 and T2 today. Also there's a Gemini, 32368, on the 87.

richw · 3 Apr 2020

Marc tweeted 41 vehicles to Hinckley with drivers.
The Hinckley contract will, i imagine make FSW one of the strongest operations anywhere during the corona downturn.
WofE and Hant Dorset also supplying vehicles and drivers

Goldfish62 · 3 Apr 2020

richw said:
Marc tweeted 41 vehicles to Hinckley with drivers.
The Hinckley contract will, i imagine make FSW one of the strongest operations anywhere during the corona downturn.
WofE and Hant Dorset also supplying vehicles and drivers

Yes, the income from the operation will be a massive help for the company's finances on top of the funding that the government has announced today.

TheGrandWazoo · 3 Apr 2020

Goldfish62 said:
The long Solo SRs are on the T1 and T2 today. Also there's a Gemini, 32368, on the 87.

32638??

Goldfish62 · 3 Apr 2020

TheGrandWazoo said:
32638??

Yes indeed!

Lizard1324 · 3 Apr 2020

TheGrandWazoo said:
32638??

Also a new gemini on the u1 32688
https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=First 32688&sort=date-taken-desc

Dorsetbus · 3 Apr 2020

richw said:
Marc tweeted 41 vehicles to Hinckley with drivers.
The Hinckley contract will, i imagine make FSW one of the strongest operations anywhere during the corona downturn.
WofE and Hant Dorset also supplying vehicles and drivers

Why do sps need all these extra buses?

83G/84D · 3 Apr 2020

Goldfish62 said:
The long Solo SRs are on the T1 and T2 today. Also there's a Gemini, 32368, on the 87.

I managed to see two on my permitted walk:-

83G/84D · 3 Apr 2020

Three Tinner E400MMC's parked at Camborne with ticket machines removed, waiting movement to Somerset.

swifty · 3 Apr 2020

Dorsetbus said:
Why do sps need all these extra buses?

They’re operating each bus at about a quarter capacity for social distancing, so they’ll need 4 x the buses.

richw · 3 Apr 2020

Dorsetbus said:
Why do sps need all these extra buses?

max capacity 25 on a decker and 20 on a coach

Lizard1324 · 3 Apr 2020

Ia it true that the new open top gemini is being used on the 27 or is it a ticket machine move?
https://bustimes.org/vehicles/177564

richw · 3 Apr 2020

Lizard1324 said:
Ia it true that the new open top gemini is being used on the 27 or is it a ticket machine move?
https://bustimes.org/vehicles/177564

definite ticket machine move

Lizard1324 · 3 Apr 2020

richw said:
definite ticket machine move

Okay, probably one of the old solo they bought down for the st gives roadworks but never used as they did have the same number has one of the tinners and kept showing as a timer on bus times last year.

Busaholic · 3 Apr 2020

richw said:
and the rest... talking to one of their drivers yesterday they’re up to 7 damaged VOR! And that’s without the ones with minor skirt damage etc!

Minor skirt damage? Has Boris been down here? Sorry, couldn't resist that.

MB162435 · 4 Apr 2020

Seen this on Facebook, looks like only a Seagull was waiting to board 33420 at Falmouth Moor earlier, hopefully it payed contactless!

richw · 4 Apr 2020

33147 collected by Wigleys on Thursday

KendalKing · 4 Apr 2020

richw said:
33147 collected by Wigleys on Thursday

Wasn't that, destroyed by fire last year.

fgwrich · 4 Apr 2020

MB162435 said:
Seen this on Facebook, looks like only a Seagull was waiting to board 33420 at Falmouth Moor earlier, hopefully it payed contactless!

Hope it's not trying to pay by Oyster!

TechDan2002 · 4 Apr 2020

KendalKing said:
Wasn't that, destroyed by fire last year.

Suffered an engine bay fire on the 16 January 2020 on a dead run after serving the morning 223 service.

richw · 4 Apr 2020

KendalKing said:
Wasn't that, destroyed by fire last year.

wasn’t really destroyed. Melted around the back end

MB162435 · 4 Apr 2020

fgwrich said:
Hope it's not trying to pay by Oyster!

I do hope not!

Dogs travel for 50p with Kernow, wonder how much a Seagull return is?

TechDan2002 · 4 Apr 2020

MB162435 said:
I do hope not!

Dogs travel for 50p with Kernow, wonder how much a Seagull return is?

Do adolescent dogs travel for 25p?

Yarp1 · 4 Apr 2020

TechDan2002 said:
Do adolescent dogs travel for 25p?

Dogs travel free on fk

TechDan2002 · 4 Apr 2020

Yarp1 said:
Dogs travel free on fk

That’s what I thought

83G/84D · 4 Apr 2020

fgwrich said:
Hope it's not trying to pay by Oyster!

Like the feral pigeons do on the London Underground. Often they board at one station and get off a while later undeterred by all the people.

richw · 5 Apr 2020

MB162435 said:
Dogs travel for 50p with Kernow

Since when? They’re free

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