Goldfish62
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Woohoo!!!!First of the MMCs are coming home from Somerset today
Woohoo!!!!First of the MMCs are coming home from Somerset today
Which ones, tinner, uni or green. Only if you knowFirst of the MMCs are coming home from Somerset today
33469 is the only one I can confirmWhich ones, tinner, uni or green. Only if you know
I would say the Tinners would return first, Uni isn't due to return for another 2 months at least so the Uni fleet wouldn't be too much in demand, some green ones as well possibly?33469 is the only one I can confirm
That`s interesting, as they have just announced they are taking on an additional 1200 construction workers at Hinkley.First of the MMCs are coming home from Somerset today
The loan of buses was never going to be permanent.That`s interesting, as they have just announced they are taking on an additional 1200 construction workers at Hinkley.
Sorry, I should have said ...almost complete absence...where have you got this assumption from?
A look on Truronian’s Twitter, 2 coaches were at Heathrow On hires and 2 at Ipswich in recent weeks. There are definitely hires going on at present.
A friend owns tamar coaches, he’s also posted on his personal Facebook photos from his private hires on the last few weeks.
The reputable businesses are getting private hires
Very niceOpen top promo video on the Cornwall by Kernow Facebook page.
Would make sense. Get the T routes running on their appropriately liveried buses again to free up Geminis for other routes/painting. The rest can follow later.I would say the Tinners would return first, Uni isn't due to return for another 2 months at least so the Uni fleet wouldn't be too much in demand, some green ones as well possibly?
Thanks @henairs - thought they had a B10BLE down there.Hi Wazoo,
Your correct, when Wells did the 377 a vehicle of the last service of the day was garaged at Yeovil overnight ready to work the first service the following morning.
Often a regular driver worked it. Back in B10/B7 days.
All the best,
Mike
Bit of everything then, just a random selection to bring back or selected for specific reasons?12 red 4 blue 4 green MMCs initially returning
Makes sense, but looks like I was wrong anyway, with a few of every livery coming back instead!Would make sense. Get the T routes running on their appropriately liveried buses again to free up Geminis for other routes/painting. The rest can follow later.
Given the reduced service levels on the T1 /T2 12 red ones should more or less cover the PVR anyway.Makes sense, but looks like I was wrong anyway, with a few of every livery coming back instead!
That's true, the tracker usually has 7 or 8 on the T1 and 3 or 4 on the T2, so would be about right, and the green ones should cover the 87 or 91Given the reduced service levels on the T1 /T2 12 red ones should more or less cover the PVR anyway.
33469 is the only one I can confirm
Back out on T1s once again from late afternoon33469 back home at Camborne today.
It was ‘on hire’ so It was still a cornwall busBack out on T1s once again from late afternoon
If its still working in Cornwall when it is eventually withdrawn for preservation/scrap, can we still say it spent its entire working life in Cornwall given it's 3 month stay in Somerset?
Was thinking that it never stopped being a Kernow bus, but was working for a different company so didn't know if you could say it spent it's entire working life in Cornwall or just spent it's working life with one companyIt was ‘on hire’ so It was still a cornwall bus
Seems odd to use the term hire when it's the same opco. Implies a different company. Loan would be a better term.It was ‘on hire’ so It was still a cornwall bus
Not the same company though. Somerset Passenger Solutions is a completely separate company from FSW and has its own O licence with an authorisation for 282 discs.Seems odd to use the term hire when it's the same opco. Implies a different company. Loan would be a better term.
Wasn't it the same for when BoS vehicles came down for Boardmasters services, or is that ran more in house so not officially on hire?Not the same company though. Somerset Passenger Solutions is a completely separate company from FSW and has its own O licence with an authorisation for 282 discs.
BoS is just a trading name of FSW, as is FK, so very much the same company.Wasn't it the same for when BoS vehicles came down for Boardmasters services, or is that ran more in house so not officially on hire?
Couldn't remember if Kernow was directly contacted to run Boardmasters shuttles or First Passenger Solutions were, got a feeling the BoS vehicles were borrowed for Boardmasters rather than hiredBoS is just a trading name of FSW, as is FK, so very much the same company.
Ah right, I see.Couldn't remember if Kernow was directly contacted to run Boardmasters shuttles or First Passenger Solutions were, got a feeling the BoS vehicles were borrowed for Boardmasters rather than hired
Good point, I reasoned that a little after I posted. As we have worked with them for so long now tend to forget there not part of the same set-up.Not the same company though. Somerset Passenger Solutions is a completely separate company from FSW and has its own O licence with an authorisation for 282 discs.
If the 2020 Vision plan still stands the A1 should be open top permanently now, unless that plan has quietly been dropped like nearly all our plans have been for this yearThey're back! Open topper 32103 out on the A1 today.