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    First South Yorkshire: General Discussion

    Seen it stated elsewhere that 35286-91 are due at Eastern Counties, so we can make an educated guess.
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    London Buses Discussion

    This might be good for the operating company for a contractual basis and boosting bonus payments, but is pretty rough on the passengers who may miss a connection through being regulated. Passengers may moan about waiting at a bus stop, but they accept it. It is a lot harder to have your journey...
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    Pressing the bell on buses, London v Outside

    I rang the bell today on a London bus, bus stops, centre doors did not open to let me off. Pressed again, waited no action. Pressed again, no action. Driver closes front door, so I start shouting at him to open door. Pokes head out of cab, sees me and opens door. Drivers can not be trusted to...
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    When electric vehicles start to be taxed, should BEVs be charged by weight?

    How to turn city centres into ghost towns .... things will simply locate to just outside the area. City centres are dying as it is .... they don't need more help.
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    The rapid decline of Bournemouth’s Yellow Buses network

    Administrators have to act in the best interests of the shareholders, so,doubt they would sell it for a £1. The modern stock, is it owned, leased or rented. If it is owned, fair value for the stock will have to be given in any sale, or they will be sold separately. If the are leased or rented...
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    If coaches were fully or partly "first class" would you use them over rail?

    They do have luxury coaches in the UK; this 2019 VDL Futura to Leger Luxuria standards is on the market for a little shy of £200k. But you would probably have to pay more than double the standard price ticket to get one of it's 31 seats, if it were to be used on National Express style service...
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    London Buses Discussion

    The same could be said for timetables, but requests for timetables are normally directed to the independent site londonbusroutes.net
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    Printed publicity - still necessary in the era of digital technology?

    So happy to have half the information? What happens if you are more than happy to not use TfL services? Your map is not giving you the complete picture. If you can use Google maps, it is not as though you can not easily check ticket acceptance if so desired. Seems to be people looking for a...
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    Printed publicity - still necessary in the era of digital technology?

    But would looking at a paper map tell you this?
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    Bus Manufacturer News & Discussion

    NFI already have electric and hydrogen models in US, so imagine they are just borrowing the parent companies research
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    London Buses Discussion

    Unfortunately public transport is not there for peoples wants but peoples needs. If they need to get from A to B there is a solution in place, not that they have a range of options to pick from
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    Bus Manufacturer News & Discussion

    Yutong have made electric deckers for Singapore
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    McGill's Buses - Renfrewshire & Inverclyde

    McGills went to the world leader of electric buses. Yutong have sold more electric buses worldwide than BYD. Why not go to the No1 supplier.
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    Bus Manufacturer News & Discussion

    If comparing diesel version the NFI is a heavyweight chassis akin to the B8RLE, rather than the flimsy lightweight chassis of the E200. If you look at the E200)BYD electric chassis, that is a heavyweight chassis so will be closer to the NFI model .... and expect ADL bodies to be lighter than...
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    CP6 funding cut by £1Bn: Where should the cutbacks occur?

    And if it does not go ahead, the opportunity will be lost as the land will no longer be available, so will never happen.
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