Some notable observations this morning:-
Coach 20502 on the 1040 "39A" Camborne to Penzance.
Vario 56002 on the 0935 "47" Truro to Troon and 1130 "47" Troon to Truro.
The latter had a paper route number displayed in front windscreen.
Another Uni bus MMC I saw parked up at Penzance bus station at quarter to 2 and was still there at half 5 on Sunday, could of been on Helston-Penzance U4 services or on standby dutiesThere were two "blue" E400MMC's in Camborne depot yesterday.
I saw Uni MMC 33472 on the 09:27 T1 service from Penzance to Truro at Truro rail station, so probably was the same one, was is quite funny as there is a Tinner bus was on U1-U4 duties this weekUni E400 MMC on service T1 earlier today.
I saw Uni MMC 33472 on the 09:27 T1 service from Penzance to Truro at Truro rail station, so probably was the same one, was is quite funny as there is a Tinner bus was on U1-U4 duties this week
Dennis Trident 33874 in Buses of Somerset unbranded livery worked the 16:10 U1 service from Falmouth Moor to Truro bus station and the 17:05 return service
University E400MMC 33474 worked the 0735 "T1" Truro to Penzance and back as far as Camborne where it was taken off and replaced by Volvo B7TL 30872.
Dart 42874 was on the 0817 "T2" St Ives to Truro and 1020 "T2" Truro to St Ives.
32051 is broke at Camborne. It needed a bit of persuasion to be parked up!
Speaking of Darts, the GWR-liveried one was on the A17 this afternoon, the first time I've seen it in PZ for a while. Enough Tinners to see them working the 18C and 241.Good to see those Penzance Darts still helping out on the Premiere routes! 42874 is certainly getting around this week as I saw it doing U4s between Penzance & Penryn Campus on Saturday, just goes to show how valuable the Dart is here in Cornwall!
Sorry mate, miss typed, did mean 32874I think you mean 32874.
First Kernow posted on Facebook and Twitter a couple of days ago that the parking / turning area at St Ives bus station is being refurbished over the winter. A temporary bus stop is provided nearby.
My questions are where is the bus stop and how are the buses turning around whilst the Malakoff is out of use?
TGW, I have seen that. What I was asking was where are the buses turning round if the Malakoff is "closed for the winter whilst the freeholder undertakes replacement work to the concrete pad...".
Is there room still available for the buses to turn whilst the work is going on or are other arrangements in place?
On the Firstbus Enthusiasts Facebook group last week it was said 21 new green E400MMCs were coming in January and no one said otherwise there. If there was a change I would have thought someone would have said.
Retrobus on Flickr (who I think is an FK driver) said the new vehicles may not be arriving until Easter? Of the deckers, I think that 19 are expected to be green and 2 will be blue for the expanded Uni requirements (now that the U4 has been launched).
Thanks for that. There's been a suggestion that the order has been reduced to 10 - clearly an error.