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An Olympian, presumably 34138, was spotted at Pz Bus Station on the 17.40 1A departure tonight.
Indeed, and attaching a few pieces of vinyl covered aluminium will hardly break the bank.
I have to say that the development of the Kernow operation over the last few years has been impressive especially. Whilst not a resident, I try to visit at least once a year and saw what was a declining and failing operation; over the last 2-3 years, it's been stabilised and developed whilst meeting the various PSVAR challenges.
I'm back down next week on holiday and look forward to seeing how the operation has changed again in the last year, and also look forward to seeing how things will develop in future years given what appears to be a good relationship with Cornwall Council and other stakeholders.
34138 was at Camborne late morning, 34041 was doing the 1 on Friday & Saturday.
The VOSA Bus Service registrations for 15th March 2016 contain registrations by First South West for Services 2 (Penzance - Falmouth), 35 / 35A (Helston - Falmouth), 36 (Helston - Truro) and 39 (Camborne - Helston) which will all be timetable changes wef 07-May-2016.
Note that the registration of Service 35 / 35A does not include the section from Helston to The Lizard / St. Keverne / Coverack.
Dave
Ah ok thanks. Hadn't realised.35/35A doesn't do the above mentioned villages anyway.
36 does though, although I suspect due to distances involved it's split in 2 to avoid a tacho. A rough play on google maps suggests it may be over 50km.
Edit 36 is a split registration made up of the former 36 and 82 routes.
36 being st keverne/coverack to Helston and 82 being Helston to Truro until 2014 when the routes merged and became one.
35/35A doesn't do the above mentioned villages anyway.
36 does though, although I suspect due to distances involved it's split in 2 to avoid a tacho. A rough play on google maps suggests it may be over 50km.
Edit 36 is a split registration made up of the former 36 and 82 routes.
36 being st keverne/coverack to Helston and 82 being Helston to Truro until 2014 when the routes merged and became one.
Penzance to Falmouth & Penzance to Truro via Helston are/were split runs with Helston being the 'break of journey'. Penzance drivers do the Falmouth run, and used to do the Truro one under the guise of a 2A then 82A, Unfortunately the bus was late into Helston, so late into Truro/Falmouth & later back to Penzance. A very long drive for one driver with only a few minutes turn around before returning to Penzance!
Removal of a siding at Goonbarrow Junction I believe.Rail line between Par and Newquay closed this weekend due to engineering works [.....]
A few days ago I managed to view the non-runners at Camborne. Falling into this category are Solo 50276 & Dart 42511, both being stripped for spares before removal for disposal. Another Solo (W*** PAF) is also here although looking more intact. A couple of Tridents were also here recently for a period of time but have since moved on either for disposal or storage (at Summercourt).
I was told another Dart is in storage for spares either at Penzance or Truro but don't know which one.
Does anyone know if Tridents 32751-755 will be getting a repaint in the near future? These are the X-BFJs (which I think might be DDA compliant), and the 52-reg East Lancs one.
I'm going to guess 32802 must be DDA-complaint, given it received Olympia livery late last year?
The X-BFJs won't be compliant unless they have been retrospectively certified since they were new. Most of the ex London Tridents (T - V reg, most wearing HIG plates) were certified when they had their 2nd door removed.
Anything Y reg or newer will have been certified from new. Anything older will need retrospective certification and possible adaptions. The X reg Darts in Taunton I believe are having modifications to re-enter service, but are currently out of service,
I guess that people who have the official fleet list can confirm which Tridents are compliant. With the Marshall Darts, it was the case that some had been made compliant on leaving London but some not, depending on who had done the conversion. Does the same premise apply with Tridents?
Yes, I believe it's down to the converter. not all are compliant but the majority are. None of The ex Scotland ones are compliant
Edit- the ex Scotland ones are all in Somerset.
So that should mean that Bildgwater get some newer deckers. I'm so going to be using 21/A more if that's the case
Does anyone know if Tridents 32751-755 will be getting a repaint in the near future? These are the X-BFJs (which I think might be DDA compliant), and the 52-reg East Lancs one.
I'm going to guess 32802 must be DDA-complaint, given it received Olympia livery late last year?
We'll have to wait and see what happens. If the frequency stays at 15 mins (or even 20 mins) then I doubt you'd need deckers at all. Remember that prior to it being extended to Weston, it was B7Ls 66350-6 & 60895. It's the holiday camps at Brean that demanded deckers
Seen on Plymothian Transit reported that First have won the tender for 584/5. Despite Grahame's sterling efforts, some tat does get spouted on there so wondering how true this is?
Is that the Wadebridge service run by Stagecoach? If it is well done First. Well done indeed. When does the tender start?