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Mr TrainGuy
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They really aren't having much luck at the moment are they.. if I was to have a guess I'd say the recent high heat levels would be causing the issues.
Cause was a tyre blow out one of the worst places for that to happen!
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YX73OUB
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High heat? It's been 19 deg... not 39!
Mr TrainGuy
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Higher than it has been, I meant to say. Apologies!
satisnek
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Could have been the 'not in service' bus I saw passing Mercia Marina heading towards Derby on Thursday evening, although why it was taking this route instead of going straight back along the A38 is anybody's guess.
The V3 seems to have been rather shonky in general this week, probably not helped by Findern Lane being closed recently for roadworks and the service being diverted. It's stiil ostensibly closed for all traffic except buses and access. I checked the tracking data on bustimes.org on Wednesday before I journeyed into Burton to make sure that the buses were indeed running on their normal route again, and at least one wasn't. But I encountered no problems although my return journey was a freebie because the ticket machine was "knackered".
Then today (Friday) I had another free journey into Derby - possibly the same bus (824) but I can't be certain, as the journey on Wednesday was untracked and unaccountable.
The V3 seems to have been rather shonky in general this week, probably not helped by Findern Lane being closed recently for roadworks and the service being diverted. It's stiil ostensibly closed for all traffic except buses and access. I checked the tracking data on bustimes.org on Wednesday before I journeyed into Burton to make sure that the buses were indeed running on their normal route again, and at least one wasn't. But I encountered no problems although my return journey was a freebie because the ticket machine was "knackered".
Then today (Friday) I had another free journey into Derby - possibly the same bus (824) but I can't be certain, as the journey on Wednesday was untracked and unaccountable.
Np13
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728 has entered service as a red spare today on the Ilkeston network
Trainman40083
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I wonder what will happen to the Optare Solos displaced by Volvos on the Ilkeston network? I did wonder if the likes of 499/500 might migrate to TM Travel (as 504 to 506 are likely to if displaced). But 499/500 are not compliant for Sheffield. Maybe they will move to Notts and Derby.
49er
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Just for the record ... the joint Barton/Trent X42 Nottingham-Derby express began operation on Saturday 5 April 1958. It was described in the local paper as a 'non-stop hourly service linking the city and town' - Derby only becoming a city in 1977. For many years the service really was non-stop between the centres of Nottingham and Derby with QMC not opening until 1977. Barton's 1965 timetable shows a basic hourly frequency until midnight - enhanced to every 30 minutes for most of Saturday. By 1972 operations had been rather slimmed down service - hourly until 8pm Mon-Sat only. As others have said - the current Red Arrow is the latest re-incarnation of that X42.
Thanks for that. I used it regularly 1992-1996 as part of a trip around 4 times a year between Beeston and Ripponden in West Yorkshire (I made the journey around 6 times a year in each direction by a variety of routes - this one I used when I had plenty of time and almost only in this direction). The express service ran Nottingham - QMC - Derby with every other hour being the Rainbow 1 (no connection with today's R1 which was also a Rainbow 1 at one point) and the Trans Peak which mostly ran to Manchester. I'd get a Zig Zag and break my journey at various places getting the more frequent buses to Belper, Matlock and Bakewell, Transpeak to Buxton and then Transpeak or 199. I'd often bail at Stockport as it only cost 10p more for a rail ticket from there (instead of Manchester Victoira) to Littleborough (including the, at the time, brand new tram between the Manchester stations) and then a First 528 (now Team Pennine 587) home.
Trainman40083
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I remember using it in the 1960s, when little of the current A52 dual carriageway existed
Np13
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499 is now with Notts & Derby
Trainman40083
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Yes, I feel sure they intended it to go to TM Travel, but it was non compliant
cnjb8
Established Member
I think it will become clearer when we find out who will operate the Hulleys routes
If the tracking is correct then 500 is also back at Derby and currently on the X38.
It certainly is
Trainman40083
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You might have thought it would be used for the big gap in the Swift. From Ashbourne to Derby, no bus between 16.45 and 18.39.
joieman
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If 730 has moved to Langley Mill, then I wonder what's also tracking as it still at Kinchbus. I think it might be 830 since there's only one different digit and it hasn't tracked for a few days.
49er
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Correct! 830 is running on Kinch 11 today - spotted at 13:40 heading up Forest Road in Loughborough.
E200MMC 125 has gone up in flames in Shepshed this afternoon whilst operating a Skylink service
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tram21
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Oh dearE200MMC 125 has gone up in flames in Shepshed this afternoon whilst operating a Skylink service
trentbartonfan
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Looking at a few other images of the bus, it may see a similar fate to 207. However I am no expert so please correct me if I am wrong.
SSmith2009
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I guess you could say it's toast for 125...E200MMC 125 has gone up in flames in Shepshed this afternoon whilst operating a Skylink service
callum3490
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Looks to have started in the engine bay; although aren’t these 6cyl variants vs the 200’s which are 4cyl
tram21
Member
Yes that's correct.
Andy Pacer
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That's the second "blue" Skylink lost to fire following 128 a while ago if I recall correctly.
128's moved onto skylink derby (kinchbus) due to skylink nottingham withdrawing the loughborough leg of the route meaning they had an extra bus
joieman
Member
And now they're one bus short...
Andy Pacer
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Thanks, I must be thinking of 207 then (whichever one caught fire in Beeston)