Tommy Walters
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I wonder how those Unibus MMC's are doing out on the 376. Anyone know what gearboxes they've got?
4-speed Voiths.
I wonder how those Unibus MMC's are doing out on the 376. Anyone know what gearboxes they've got?
Ahh ok. Not bad voiths in the MMCs. I've had one on the X1 between Coventry - Birmingham, lovely things and the gearboxes are great. The MMCs shouldn't be too bad on the 376 with them4-speed Voiths.
That's very sad news. Thoughts are with his family and all the drivers.Lawrence Hill sadly lost one of its drivers to covid 19 yesterday, stay safe everyone and stay at home !
That's very sad news. Thoughts are with his family and all the drivers.
Lawrence Hill sadly lost one of its drivers to covid 19 yesterday, stay safe everyone and stay at home !
Lucky enough first west of England has signed off everyone with a medical condition for 12 weeks starting today, so fingers crossed we won’t hear of any more..That's very sad news. Thoughts are with his family and all the drivers.
Fingers Crossed.Lucky enough first west of England has signed off everyone with a medical condition for 12 weeks starting today, so fingers crossed we won’t hear of any more..
Lawrence Hill sadly lost one of its drivers to covid 19 yesterday, stay safe everyone and stay at home !
That is good news. I had planned a trip out which would have included one last trip on the 29 a few weeks ago, though obviously all on hold for the time being. Though by the time I do finally get to do it, the bus station will have gone.Also the 29 and 99 are now continuing under BoS after a tender.
Lets face it there are only really 2 options BoS or SCC
Also the 29 and 99 are now continuing under BoS after a tender.
Lets face it there are only really 2 options BoS or SCC
Most main services hourly, smaller services 2hourly or withdrawn! Marshfield/Wick ect cut off entirely. A1 and A3 withdrawn too
Good to see the new vehicles earning their keep on routes they wouldn't normally work. For my part I saw 39404 on Service 1 and 39444 on Service 4 during the afternoon.Allocations certainly out of the window now, with the newer, fuel efficient buses in use. Some things I have noticed today whilst out at work, certainly adding some variety to services and the destination displays having to be used rather than looking at the colour of the bus!
- Red gas buses on the 3/4 and 48/49
- A Bristol Unibus E400MMC on the 24
- A Brislington P&R E400MMC and a 90 Streetwreck on the 75
- Excel E400s on the Weston 7
- Aquae branded Scania E400 on the 39
- Bath Unibus E400MMCs on the 376
- The 37/178s were all Streetsh*tes
- Seen one plain purple B9 but don’t know what it was on
True, just thought they might have done a Kingswood to Marshfield shuttleMarshfield gets a daily bus into Bath on the 228. Wick gets the 620 to Bath/Yate.
It only requires 1 bus though to get between Marshfield and Bristol so the shuttle is kind of pointless as it wouldnt reduce the amount of buses needed.True, just thought they might have done a Kingswood to Marshfield shuttle
It only requires 1 bus though to get between Marshfield and Bristol so the shuttle is kind of pointless as it wouldnt reduce the amount of buses needed.
You could give Marshfield a more frequent service if you made through passengers change at Kingswood.
But why? Even during normal times, the number of passengers is pretty minimal and most of those are in the plus 70 age bracket.
My local bus (a council tendered service) is still running as there are no alternative services and yesterday, I saw it about 6 times - about 2 passengers in all that time. They've ensured Marshfield and Wick have essential services at this time but that's it.
With Bristol airport now closed, I think the new timetable next week needs changing.
You have
A1 withdrawn.
A2 every 30 mins
A3 withdrawn
A4 every 60 mins
M2 gone back to its normal route for a few days before being withdrawn!
Surley it would be better to run an A1 route every 60 mins (picking up at all stops) and stop the A2 or reduce that to hourly too.
Surely there's nothing stopping first running it regardless? Just would bein benefit to more people, as it stands there will be areas like bedminster with 5bph still, other areas with 0.As I understand it the A1 is operated under contract to the Airport. They're not going to pay for a service while they're closed.
Presumably there are key workers in the Bedminster area who still need to travel to and from the airport even though it is closed to air passengers?Surely there's nothing stopping first running it regardless? Just would bein benefit to more people, as it stands there will be areas like bedminster with 5bph still, other areas with 0.
The M2 is off diversion for this week only, so people have regained a service for 6 days ......Surely diverting the A2 via TM would cover the A1 cos the A1 is currently diverted via Bedminster due to the Cumberland Road problems.