First South West (Kernow & Buses of Somerset)

[Lizard1324]

Yes except the odd one that’s in poor condition.

So do you know are the older geminis with old first seats going purple.
If so would be nice to maybe do some of the seats in the lizard decker some with cloth seats are a bit warn but the ones with leather are nearly good as new

 

[On the Buses]

So do you know are the older geminis with old first seats going purple.
If so would be nice to maybe do some of the seats in the lizard decker some with cloth seats are a bit warn but the ones with leather are nearly good as new

Older?

 

[Lizard1324]

Older?

Meant the 54 plate geminis but guessing all geminis without leather or just the tired ones

 

[On the Buses]

Meant the 54 plate geminis but guessing all geminis without leather or just the tired ones

Some of the newest have moquette. Are there any without e leather that don’t look tired???

 

[Lizard1324]

Anyone know what bus is in the paint shop at the moment, is it going kernow green or is there one more cornwall college colour left

Some of the newest have moquette. Are there any without e leather that don’t look tired???

Thats true, age isn't really the reason. It depends what part of the country they came from and whether they had a refresh in the last few years, I know the ex Glasgow gemini in the first new colour scheme arnt too bad but they could all do with a refresh

 

[On the Buses]

Anyone know what bus is in the paint shop at the moment, is it going kernow green or is there one more cornwall college colour left

Which paintshop? Bodmin Bristol or Botley?

 

[Lizard1324]

Which paintshop? Bodmin Bristol or Botley?

If you are able to tell all three please

 

[On the Buses]

If you are able to tell all three please

No, today was changeover day for all three paintshop so 4 vehicles came out and 4 went in

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

Some of the newest have moquette. Are there any without e leather that don’t look tired???

All the new to Bristol/Bath ones were refurbished with eLeather except 32686/90 - they are very scruffy inside.

 

[Lizard1324]

No, today was changeover day for all three paintshop so 4 vehicles came out and 4 went in

Are you able to say which 4 just came out or do we need to wait till we see them on the road

 

[On the Buses]

Are you able to say which 4 just came out or do we need to wait till we see them on the road

10th and last Gemini into Cornwall College livery would have been 686 I think.
2 more BoS E200s from the First livery batch
20361

 

[Lizard1324]

10th and last Gemini into Cornwall College livery would have been 686 I think.
2 more BoS E200s from the First livery batch
20361

Thanks for that, 20361 is the coach due for the new purple interior if I'm not mistaken and does kernow have the ability to use all 3 of the paint shops and out put 4 buses a week with somersets also getting painted.

 

[Goldfish62]

Anyone know what bus is in the paint shop at the moment, is it going kernow green or is there one more cornwall college colour left


Thats true, age isn't really the reason. It depends what part of the country they came from and whether they had a refresh in the last few years, I know the ex Glasgow gemini in the first new colour scheme arnt too bad but they could all do with a refresh

Marc Huws tweeted the other day that buses are due to receive the purple and black version of the current moquette.

 

[Wessexbuses]

66847 has entered service with Buses of Somerset now, On route 54 today

On 54 again this morning,0850 from Yeovil

 

[henairs]

On 54 again this morning,0850 from Yeovil

Hi Wessexbuses,
Did the same as yesterday giving way to 33378 for the 1015 from TN.
Cheers, Mike R

 

[83G/84D]

10th and last Gemini into Cornwall College livery would have been 686 I think.
2 more BoS E200s from the First livery batch
20361

32686 is in Camborne today in unmarked green and white college colours.
32622 seen later today and appears to be in "allover" green although it was only partially visible.

 

[Wessexbuses]

32686 is in Camborne today in unmarked green and white college colours.
32622 seen later today and appears to be in "allover" green although it was only partially visible.

32622 is going into Standard Kernow Green, Seen on twitter

 

[83G/84D]

32622 is going into Standard Kernow Green, Seen on twitter

Thanks, do you have a link that you can share?

 

[Lizard1324]

Thanks, do you have a link that you can share?

Here is the image and the link: https://twitter.com/MarcMorganHuws/status/1321145612390277120?s=09
Also 32686 and 37172 are also in cornwall college liverys: https://twitter.com/MarcMorganHuws/status/1321145301550403584?s=09
He also said that there is one more partner livery due to be painted, and he said that two new brands are on the way maybe a third he said

 

[83G/84D]

Thanks, one of the Gemini’s is still to receive the finishing touches to its repaint, cannot recall the number but it is green and blue. Guess that could be the incomplete partner livery.

 

[Lizard1324]

Thanks, one of the Gemini’s is still to receive the finishing touches to its repaint, cannot recall the number but it is green and blue. Guess that could be the incomplete partner livery.

The one your referring to is 32688 - WX56HKD which will get air cadets vinyls, not sure if Marc was talking about this one or maybe a new ones

 

[Wessexbuses]

Bridgwater based 44536 has now arrived back from repaint into latest BoS livery, 44534 is now away for repaint

 

[Trainfan061193]

Thanks, one of the Gemini’s is still to receive the finishing touches to its repaint, cannot recall the number but it is green and blue. Guess that could be the incomplete partner livery.

That’ll be 32688.

 

[On the Buses]

44076 & 44536 are now back from repaint.
44078 & 44534 are now at H&J.

 

[Lizard1324]

44076 & 44536 are now back from repaint.
44078 & 44534 are now at H&J.

Thanks for that, are we able to know what kernow vehicle's went for paint this week

 

[Bill Badger]

First Kernow now appear to be intending to operate the A17 Sunday evening service between Penzance and St Ives through the winter, contrary to the published timetable book which had the service ending last weekend.

Not sure if this is off their own back or contracted to the County Council

 

[Busaholic]

First Kernow now appear to be intending to operate the A17 Sunday evening service between Penzance and St Ives through the winter, contrary to the published timetable book which had the service ending last weekend.

Not sure if this is off their own back or contracted to the County Council

Quite right too! A friend of mine is a Methodist lay preacher dependent on public transport and is a regular user of the Sunday evening service, which he says can be surprisingly well used out of St Ives by locals. The train is not a realistic alternative, except possibly in the early evening.

 

[Goldfish62]

First Kernow now appear to be intending to operate the A17 Sunday evening service between Penzance and St Ives through the winter, contrary to the published timetable book which had the service ending last weekend.

Not sure if this is off their own back or contracted to the County Council

Also the M6 retains its Sunday evening service.

Cornwall Council had always intended that winter Sunday evening services be restored on some routes and the initial registrations by TfC indicated this.

My educated guess is that CC has entered a de minimis agreement with FK to continue these services through the winter. This would undoubtedly be cheaper than TfC having to open Penzance depot specially on Sundays just to operate these two evening services.

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

The one your referring to is 32688 - WX56HKD which will get air cadets vinyls, not sure if Marc was talking about this one or maybe a new ones

One little bit of trivia on 32688.... It has never worn standard fleet livery.

It was new to Bath depot, wearing Park and Ride white, green and blue (council colours) from 2006 to 2012 when it was replaced by new e400Hs. It had a short spell in those colours but without fleetnames at Weston before it moved to Bristol in 2013 and gained the blue and gold livery for the Severn Express. Replaced at the end of 2016 by new e400mmc, it then worked on Bristol city and country routes still in blue/gold until 2019 when it went to Wells, where the livery was broadly similar to the Mendip Explorer and so it just gained ME fleetnames.

Now it's repainted but avoiding the green Kernow livery and wearing a partner livery instead.

 

[On the Buses]

Also the M6 retains its Sunday evening service.

Cornwall Council had always intended that winter Sunday evening services be restored on some routes and the initial registrations by TfC indicated this.

My educated guess is that CC has entered a de minimis agreement with FK to continue these services through the winter. This would undoubtedly be cheaper than TfC having to open Penzance depot specially on Sundays just to operate these two evening services.

Wrong! They’re commercial registrations.