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    SPT Tendered Routes

    https://www.spt.co.uk/travel-with-spt/bus/bus-timetables/ Some new timetables have been put on the SPT website for changes on the 16th of July. I will link all of these below for the ones that are there so far. I have done this from back to front on the service list as the M7 was last on the...
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    First Greater Glasgow

    The route of it is so straight too compared to a lot of services. In terms of turns, it's that left turn onto Trongate, the roundabout at the Forge Retail Park and then the right turn onto Almada Street. I don't mind the 263 as it's quicker than the 267 to Cambuslang and the 267 is generally the...
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    First Greater Glasgow

    The biggest thing for me with both the 255 and 263 is how bad the reliability is at peak times and to be honest, the 263 during the off-peak can be a bit rough in terms of reliability too. I got a 255 into Hamilton a couple of weeks ago and it waited at multiple timing points for 6-7 minutes it...
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    McGill's Scotland East (Midland Bluebird and Eastern Scottish)

    Linlithgow wouldn't come into play as it would be for Edinburgh to Winchburgh only. How busy are the peak loadings from Linlithgow to Falkirk in comparison to Edinburgh to Winchburgh?
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    First Greater Glasgow

    Thank you for the information. I really hope that is the case so that they get thoroughly tested on the likes of the 2, 3 and 6 in particular. Yutongs just seem to fit the needs of our network a lot better than the E200EVs do. 1687871348 NEW POST...
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    The lost art of letter/email writing

    I think part of it is down to how the world has been over the last 3-4 years due to Covid. There has been an incredible amount of emphasis on verbal communication with the likes of Zoom and Microsoft Teams being part of the daily lives of a lot of people therefore written communication is used a...
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    First Greater Glasgow

    Has there been any update on when the Yutongs are all heading north to Aberdeen? I managed to get one on the 65 this morning and then the 34 around lunchtime meaning I've now used them 4 times in total.
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    McGill's Scotland East (Midland Bluebird and Eastern Scottish)

    According to Google Maps, Larbert to Regent Road in Edinburgh is 34 miles so I'd imagine that this plays a huge part in why they've kept things as they are even if peak numbers are really high. If the passenger numbers were high enough to increase the frequency at peaks in the other direction...
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    What is the ideal bus depot size?

    My two local companies, First Glasgow and McGill's have cut their number of depots but First went down the "super depot" route by investing in the new Caledonia Depot that combined services that were previously covered by Possilpark, Cumbernauld, Parkhead and Larkfield whereas McGill's closed...
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    What is the ideal bus depot size?

    I've never been a bus driver so I'm intrigued to learn about the structures of bus depots and what you guys feel is the ideal size for a bus depot in terms of the number of drivers, fleet size, management team size, total number of routes, etc.
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    Autism

    I'm someone who was diagnosed with Autism very early into my life and I've been thinking about the many ways it can affect my day to day life. I have also been trying to learn more about how it can affect others so if anyone is Autistic or knows anyone who is, I'd love to read how it affects...
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    Has the Internet become less fun and too angry?

    Social media has become incredibly hostile in more recent years and as a result, I've got rid of my Twitter and I thought that would be the last thing I'd have got rid of not too long ago. One time, I had seen someone complaining to First Glasgow over buses being late and I advised them that...
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    McGill's Scotland East (Midland Bluebird and Eastern Scottish)

    Thank you for the full explanation. I remembered some of this and indeed used the X35 when it operated a couple of times. I forgot about the increases to the X36/X37 though although I remembered the short Denny working.
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    McGill's Scotland East (Midland Bluebird and Eastern Scottish)

    If the funding cut didn't happen and the driver situation was a bit more stable then I think that even First may have increased the frequency of the X36 and X37 to every 30 minutes each. The bus does really well against the quicker and similarly priced train from both areas into Glasgow and it's...
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    First Greater Glasgow

    No problem at all. I get you now I just couldn't remember what it was called but contravision was the term I was looking for and should have used in the original post. To First's credit, the situation has improved more than I expected in recent months and will hopefully continue to do so...
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    First Greater Glasgow

    I'm confused by what you mean to be honest? I've not used the OVO or Pride one yet but the view out of the windows on the Rockstar ones is barely worsened at all from experience. 1687708366 NEW POST: According to Bustimes.org, 37241 and 37242 have been at Blantyre since Friday. Did anything...
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    First Greater Glasgow

    The OVO Energy, Rockstar and Pride ones don't but the Drivers Wanted and Beatson Cancer Charity ones do.
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    McGill's Scotland East (Midland Bluebird and Eastern Scottish)

    On the Facebook post about the changes a couple of people mentioned this exact issue. The common sense approach if SPT do get involved would be to either just fund it to Condorrat or even into Cumbernauld Town Centre as people would probably use it due to the lack of reliability of Canavans...
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    First Greater Glasgow

    All of the advertising seems to be very striking at the moment and each advertisement looks eye-catching and brightly coloured too. The "drivers wanted" colour is extremely bright as well as the Rockstar advertising, the Beatson Cancer Charity wrap and the OVO Energy one. The Pride livery...
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    McGill's Scotland East (Midland Bluebird and Eastern Scottish)

    The likes of Kirkliston and Winchburgh are part of why I wondered about an increase especially the latter of the two. I also wonder if they could fit in a service from Falkirk to Livingston via Winchburgh. The council have failed so far to get anyone to take the proposed Winchburgh to Livingston...

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