I certainly would not fancy a standing start into the traffic on the A38....Traffic along there seems to travel at 100mph, given how often I get overtaken. But there you have a major employer where employees have to get there by car. But even if you had bus stops, you'd still need access to said stops.
It could work, come off on the A50 island & use the actual slip road for Toyota (photo below) but then again this would add to the journey time.
Always seems to be vehicle accidents on that roundabout.
Yes. It's happened in many places, though it's rare now. Trentbarton has seen a lot of direct competition with identical or near-identical routes from several companies.
I expected 732 to 734 myself
Do they need to do 5 Volvos? Would 3 not do unless they are coming in a different livery.
If in doubt, keep painting them. As time progresses, TB might not even need 5 buses in X38 livery....I don't see Arriva ones in X38 livery, meaning they can easily be transferred to other routes.
Will also be a benefit of Arriva getting rid of the scanias and replacing them with pulsars. More of a vehicle range to put on the route and easily take one off a different route if needs be.
Indeed.
Yes, looks like a V1 was dropped too, around 5pm. Maybe, just maybe, passengers recognise what Arriva do for them on the X38. and want more...
Looks like 302 broke down in Tutbury at 0740 and was never replaced meaning a nice 1h 42 gap between 1700 and 1842 for a villager from Derby. Meanwhile 269, 327, 712, 827 and 847 have all been on the red arrow at some point today. Shorly one of them could be moved over to the less frequent route.
Have you ever thought about being a political spin doctor?
To be honest, Arriva tend to stick to the Pulsars on x38 anyway (and a MMC decker at the weekend). I have seen a Streetlite on it the odd time and only today have i seen an Omnicity track on it.
I think I'd rather have a reliable service, as Arriva has been achieving, over the 'Really Good Bus Company' that hasn't been bothering - and now thinks a bit of branding is necessary. Hardly the key point is it ?
Have you tried riding an older Enviro 200MMC in the summer?! They are absolutely unbearable, hence why they put in the tinted windows, which helps somewhat
It's definitely been noticeable when you go from having an older Enviro 200MMC (nines) to a newish one on the threes, especially this last week.
Maybe even the white painted roof will also reflect the heat too.. But I travelled on an Optare Solo earlier in the week. They have deeper opening windows, and when on the move, there was a lovely breeze down the bus. Maybe the lack of air on an Enviro 200MMC is down to the depth of the opening window, but I think the new ones have 4 opening windows.
It helps by a long mile, even during this heatwave! They're nothing like the greenhouses that are running on the likes of Rainbow One and i4. I'm hopeful that they see sense and retrofit tinted windows to the rest of the ADLs but I doubt it
Kinch do seem to be replacing broken windows with the tinded ones so it might be something trent will do as well
It still gets very hot but no where near as hot as it would for example on the Allestree ADLs which can get unbearable.
It can become rather moist!
At the end of the day, the driver has to be comfortable in their job.
Oh yes. Not long after they were introduced, I fed back that they were too hot with poor ventilation and sunroofs. Trentbarton responded "It won't be an issue, as we don't get that many hot days in a year". But a fair number of potential users have access to a car with opening windows or Aircon. You know, maybe deeper opening windows is a cheaper solution.
