(01 Nov 2016, 5:00 pm)R852 PRG wrote 11:13 22 338 Gyle Centre Shopping Centre to Princes Street
We alighted the tram (263) at Gyle Centre after travelling a few stops, in order to make a strategic move and head to Ocean Terminal. The plan was to get a 22 back to Princes Street and then tick off a Volvo 7900 by heading to Easter Road and catching a 35 onwards to Ocean Terminal, hopefully an Omnicity double decker. I've used the 22 before and sampled the B9TLs on there. To me, the B9TL is the modern day Olympian; fast, powerful and comfortable, with marks from drivers alike for drive quality. Slowly started to pick up passengers heading into the city centre, and the upper saloon where we decided to sit quickly became about half full. There was a driver changeover at a bus stop along the route, comparable to how Percy Main do their changeovers, with the depot nearby and drivers commuting using an ancillary van. Got to Princes Street and walked down to the bus stop for the 1 service.
Great review
May be wrong but I think I saw Adrian sat at the front of this bus, as I was on a 22 heading towards Gyle Centre during this time.
I didn't enjoy my journey on Volvo 7900 - fleet number 45, just felt a bit boring although I got the 12 from Gyle Centre to Princes Street and the route was very stop start, so just about every time it would get up to speed, it would get to another stop or get stuck in traffic which is probably why it didn't excite me much.