lxfe_mxtterz
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Hi all,
I was travelling from Glasgow to Corstorphine on the Scottish Citylink route 900 earlier today and, much to my surprise, the service I was on was operated by a Parks of Hamilton liveried Jonckheere, rather than the usual Citylink liveried double-decker coach.
The custom is to ring the bell (denoted by a red "STOP" button - much like a regular bus - on the ceiling of the usual coaches) for Corstorphine (among other stops) as the coach near enough turns into a local stopping bus service as soon as it enters Edinburgh.
The Jonckheere I was on today, however, didn't have a stop button - or at least not a clear one anyway. There were two buttons on the ceiling labelled "S" and "H" - very helpful!
Assuming "S" was the bell, I pressed it and it didn't sound - and neither did "H" upon trying. I assumed perhaps it was silent and a warning appeared on the driver's dashboard, but we went flying past my stop - at which point, I walked to the front to speak to the driver.
Has anybody else had one of these coaches on the 900, and if so, did the bell (if even a bell) work?
Or even better, is anybody able to tell me what the "S" and "H" actually mean on these coaches, because today's experience has gotten me thinking that neither of them were actually bells(!)
Many thanks.
I was travelling from Glasgow to Corstorphine on the Scottish Citylink route 900 earlier today and, much to my surprise, the service I was on was operated by a Parks of Hamilton liveried Jonckheere, rather than the usual Citylink liveried double-decker coach.
The custom is to ring the bell (denoted by a red "STOP" button - much like a regular bus - on the ceiling of the usual coaches) for Corstorphine (among other stops) as the coach near enough turns into a local stopping bus service as soon as it enters Edinburgh.
The Jonckheere I was on today, however, didn't have a stop button - or at least not a clear one anyway. There were two buttons on the ceiling labelled "S" and "H" - very helpful!
Assuming "S" was the bell, I pressed it and it didn't sound - and neither did "H" upon trying. I assumed perhaps it was silent and a warning appeared on the driver's dashboard, but we went flying past my stop - at which point, I walked to the front to speak to the driver.
Has anybody else had one of these coaches on the 900, and if so, did the bell (if even a bell) work?
Or even better, is anybody able to tell me what the "S" and "H" actually mean on these coaches, because today's experience has gotten me thinking that neither of them were actually bells(!)
Many thanks.
