Dfatcontroller
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38494 is in service which leaves two more to enter service. I do not know if they have actually been delivered yet though.
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38494 is in service which leaves two more to enter service. I do not know if they have actually been delivered yet though.
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JumpinTrainz
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There’s a number of E300s due to go off lease and possibly some to Aberdeen. The 08 plate B9TLs are due down South too.
stevenedin
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Where about will they go once off lease?
ScotRail158725
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That information is only in the hands of bearers of crystal balls at the minute
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All E400EVs have now entered service with the final two 38495 and 38496 entering service today on the 60/60A.
Has 44678 transferred to Dumbarton? It was tracking on the 1/1A on Bustimes.org yesterday and now the 208 today. If it has, it'll be good to have a newer single decker at Dumbarton with that being a 68 plate E200 MMC.
On another note, is there any information on what the Lanarkshire changes on the 26th involve yet?
On another note, is there any information on what the Lanarkshire changes on the 26th involve yet?
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JumpinTrainz
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Is 39004 for Glasgow or has there been a mistake on bus times?
Considering it's been working their York route 7 for most of the day and is going on to a York route 9 think its a good chance its nowhere near Glasgow.
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Thank you
dodecahedron67
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I can state with 100% certainty this bus is not in York
Given its age its liable to be here as a spare parts donor.
dodecahedron67
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The ticket machine hasn’t been transferred without losing it’s lock to 39004*
*The reason @92002 got confused is on 39004’s last day being tracked way back in May 2022 it appeared on 7s and 9s in York, although I believe it was actually one of the 356xx streetdecks transferred from Leeds when all of York’s metrodeckers were VOR’d after the Potters Bar fire
For goodness' sake, could someone please clarify where 39004 happens to be located?!
Also, for the umpteenth time, please realise that if it "tracks on bustimes(.org)" it doesn't necessarily mean that said bus is actually where it's "supposed to be".
Bustimes.org is as good as the information it has been fed - garbage in, garbage out. Please remember this in future.
Also, for the umpteenth time, please realise that if it "tracks on bustimes(.org)" it doesn't necessarily mean that said bus is actually where it's "supposed to be".
Bustimes.org is as good as the information it has been fed - garbage in, garbage out. Please remember this in future.
Does anyone know how many driver requirements are cut with the changes overall? It'll be interesting to see how close to zero cancellations we get with them to be honest. Interestingly too, the app seems to have updated fairly quickly and smoothly compared to a lot of First's service changes. From experience, the app has been difficult to trust for the first day of a lot of previous sets of changes.
The only issues I've noticed are some tracking issues with the 57, the 14 still showing as a First service when you click for tomorrow at Rutherglen and the 193 also still showing as a First service.
The only issues I've noticed are some tracking issues with the 57, the 14 still showing as a First service when you click for tomorrow at Rutherglen and the 193 also still showing as a First service.
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They are not MMCs; they are the original E200s from I believe 2009 when they were new.
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New timetables for the 18 and 267 are on Traveline Scotland. There is an INCREASE in frequency from every 15 minutes to every 12 minutes Monday to Friday during the day...
That's actually really good to be fair. Both of the Lanarkshire depots seem to be doing quite well at avoiding cancellations compared to Caledonia and Scotstoun and they'll be helped with the SPT services going from today's changes. I do wonder if there is anything that management do at Overtown and Blantyre that Caledonia and Scotstoun could learn from in order to help fix issues more quickly. Whenever I've heard about people having issues with First having worked there, they've normally worked at one of the two Glasgow depots.
So dumbarton is geting older buses than the ones they have
adrock1976
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Doing the maths, this means that the vehicles will be 14 years old this year.
Are buses still designed to have a 15 year lifespan in regular service? If so, it will not be long before the 2009 vehicles are retired and/or scrapped.
From the 20th February, First in Glasgow and Aberdeen will no longer be issuing tickets to users of concession passes. Should help speed up boarding a little but not a great deal as a destination still needs to be selected by the driver.
It's definitely a step in the right direction at least. Hopefully they do the same with under 22 passes eventually. My 6 this morning took 10 minutes to go by 3 stops with how many kids got on and scanned their passes. It also doesn't help that First's ticket machines seem incredibly slow most of the time.
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Jordan Adam
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Under 22 passes are included in this as they are also concession passes and work in exactly the same way.
Thank you for the information. Certainly on my local routes this could make 7 or 8 minutes of difference as a minimum at busy times with how busy they get with schoolkids and students.
Trnsprt4Sctlnd
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That is because they are incredibly slow and their processing power is useless.
Funnily enough, LRT have done this for donkeys years.