(20 May 2016, 8:56 pm)Acky81 Really hope the 39 gets a brand as its a different red surely it must be:
Doxford clipper
Black cats
Or something else which actually related to the route
(20 May 2016, 9:09 pm)Michael The light red scania's could move away from Deptford.
(20 May 2016, 9:09 pm)Michael The light red scania's could move away from Deptford.
(19 May 2016, 7:13 am)Andreos1 London and Oxford Aves are in Donwell, Washington.
There hasn't been a bus round there since the old school minibuses on the w5/w6 many moons ago.
Spookily enough, parked cars caused chaos then too.
From your description of the parked vehicles, that matches the situation seen regularly on Dorset Avenue.
(19 May 2016, 7:13 am)Andreos1 London and Oxford Aves are in Donwell, Washington.
There hasn't been a bus round there since the old school minibuses on the w5/w6 many moons ago.
Spookily enough, parked cars caused chaos then too.
From your description of the parked vehicles, that matches the situation seen regularly on Dorset Avenue.
(21 May 2016, 8:04 am)GuyParkRoyal The Nexus provided 23 serves Oxford, London and St Andrews Aves in Donwell although the route is presenting problems with badly parked vehicles.
(21 May 2016, 8:04 am)GuyParkRoyal The Nexus provided 23 serves Oxford, London and St Andrews Aves in Donwell although the route is presenting problems with badly parked vehicles.
Nice to hear Emma Hignett's voice on the 208.
Incidentally, it seems to have the same problem with tracking when it does the loop around easington lane that the ANE 22 does in Wheatley Hill. Most of the way around the loop, the announcements were silent with the display stuck on "Methodist Church"
(21 May 2016, 8:26 am)Jamie M How long is 3888 expected to be at Percy Main for?
(20 May 2016, 9:09 pm)Michael The light red scania's could move away from Deptford.
(21 May 2016, 11:14 am)cbma06 I was speaking to a Sunderland driver this morning and he says the red scanias are for service 39 and to be branded black cats.
, wonder how long before they'll decide not to put it on the Scania's haha
(21 May 2016, 10:04 am)BusLoverMum Nice to hear Emma Hignett's voice on the 208.
Incidentally, it seems to have the same problem with tracking when it does the loop around easington lane that the ANE 22 does in Wheatley Hill. Most of the way around the loop, the announcements were silent with the display stuck on "Methodist Church"
(21 May 2016, 10:04 am)BusLoverMum Nice to hear Emma Hignett's voice on the 208.
Incidentally, it seems to have the same problem with tracking when it does the loop around easington lane that the ANE 22 does in Wheatley Hill. Most of the way around the loop, the announcements were silent with the display stuck on "Methodist Church"
Had my first ride on 9101 this morning on the 82 between Washington Galleries and Washington Depot, have to to say despite it being a smooth runner with no rattles, it was baking hot on board so the ride wasnt very enjoyable, I didnt like the look of the standard seats so I sat right at the back., I also overheard drivers moaning about how bad the Streetlite WF was before I got off to take some photos.
There were was further complaints from Drivers when I got 9101 again this afternoon, with one driver saying sometimes it will do what should without any issues, such as braking, accelerating and steering, but on other occasions it would simply do whatever it wanted making it harder to drive, and that he could tell that 9101 was made as a "Cheap Tatty Alternative" to the more superior "Mercs" for example on the 4, said driver also said he would rather continue to drive the awful cadets than drive 9101, furthermore the driver this afternoon also complained to the Station Manager at The Galleries regarding the Streetlite WF, which lead to the Station Manager referencing complaints from Drivers at Stanley and Chester le Street about the Streetlites.
By the sounds of it the Drivers dont like Streetlites at all, if this is the case from comments from various depots then why do GNE persist in continuing to purchase this vehicle in particular over other vehicle on the market, if has such bad reviews from its Drivers, I would prefer GNE to purchase 10.1m Optare MetroCitys for the 82/82A as thought the Metrocity on the 20/20A was very nice, and Solos for the 85/86, unless the fancy splashing out on some Mercs.
