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    Night buses outside of London

    Glasgow has 11: Citylink 1 (900 to Edinburgh but it stops in Easterhouse) First Glasgow 5 including 1 airport McGill's 5
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    Strathclyde SPT Bus Reform / Franchising

    Franchising is desperately needed but SPT are not the ones to lead it. We need a new public body for the Glasgow area as we all know SPT are about as useful as a chocolate fireguard. It would also be the perfect opportunity for a total recast of the bus network based on a few simple rules...
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    Safeguarding officer

    Some security guards are allowed to carry cuffs if they have proper training , insurance and authorisation
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    New vs old bus wheelchair spaces

    Most newer buses have a moveable arm on the aisle side which also has the disabled stop bell. This provides restraint that the older non-moveable one or just the plain pole didn't provide, so the grab bar on the window was needed.
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    Do you think operators will order the Optare Solo as enthusiastically as they did prior to restarting production?

    For a small bus, personally I don't think there's anything on the market from a passenger point of view that is anywhere near as comfortable. The closest would be the Merc Sprinter conversions and even they're not great, in my opinion.
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    Provision of saloon heating in electric buses

    First Glasgow is an oddity as the 9 branded E200EVs seem to have the air con stuck on all year round but the other E200 EVs don't seem to have this issue.
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    Trivia: First and last journeys on a service

    I was on the very first first Glasgow 3 when Simplicity was launched. We ended up on Great Western Road and I had to redirect the driver back on to the proper route.
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    Cold buses

    Give first Glasgow theit due this year the E200EV, E400 MMC and EV and even the Geminis I have been on are pretty warm and nothing was excessively warm in the summer this year.
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    Scottish Citylink

    Concessions are accepted on the 500 and always have been
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    First Greater Glasgow

    Have they got luggage racks?
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    First Greater Glasgow

    The issue with the E200s is that the air con is stuck on and drivers I have asked about it have said they can't turn it off.
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    McGill's Scotland East (Midland Bluebird and Eastern Scottish)

    Do concessions not get £1 singles and £1.50 returns on trains or is this only within the SPT area?
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    First Greater Glasgow

    The 398 is a route that screams out for an Enviro 100EVA self-driving bus, in my opinion.
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    First Greater Glasgow

    There have been several weird allocations the last couple of days: older enviros on the 9/A, Geminis and e400s on the 10, 57/A, 87, 46 and 7/A to name a few. It feels like a very jumbled up allocation.
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    First Greater Glasgow

    I am assuming there has been some sort of issue at Caledonia this morning as there are more 65 plate E300s and Geminis out on the 9/A and 10 this morning than normal.
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    First Greater Glasgow

    Hopefully the first routes have the same 0345 departure time as the McGill's routes, as the on the hour timing was useless for those that worked.
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    Scottish Citylink

    The 902 always seems to leave Glasgow pretty full, to be honest.
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    Scottish Citylink

    They do accept zone cards, as long as you remain within your valid travel area.
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    RRB with non-working chair lift

    A non operational ramp or a lack of straps to secure a chair are both PG9 defects with immediate prohibition
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    First Greater Glasgow

    Anyone from Glasgow knows when the parade is and how to deal with it.

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