Bye bye Bendy Bus
Sun, 4 May 2008 11:10:43 +0100
I hope someone is watching the clock to see how long it takes Boris to
keep his promise on getting rid of Bendy buses and introducing a new
route master.
Lets see if it was all hot air !
--
Edward Cowling If it screams it's not food yet !!
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Re: Stagecoach
Sat, 3 May 2008 04:20:03 +0200 (CEST)
mymail@hotmail.co.uk wrote:
>
> It may not be a good thing Brian but like you say we are
> all entitled to our opinions and anything that rids us of Preston Bus
> around these parts must be a good thing . Once shut of them all we
> would need in Preston city would be shut of the monstrosity of a bus
> station ...
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Oops!
Thu, 1 May 2008 21:40:09 +0100
From http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7378611.stm
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Fifteen people have been taken to hospital after a bus crashed into a
terraced house in Birmingham.
The single-decker collided with three cars before hitting the two-stor ...
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Music on the buses
Thu, 1 May 2008 18:35:07 +0100
The other day I was travelling on the bus, seems quiet today I thought no
music being played, spoke too soon, in pullsthe bus to a bus stop, on gets a
woman in her 40s, she sat down. I glanced over my shoulder, and she pulls
headphones out of her bag, next thing there is such a racket as she played
her music full ...
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TWM New Livery spreading
Thu, 1 May 2008 15:44:15 +0100
I've just seen the first new liveried Travel West Midlands bus to
venture into "my" part of the region (Warley/Londonderry), Volvo B6LE
606. I still think the new liver is a bit insipid but it does keep
making me think there's a 1970 Midland Red bus heading towards me. Red
is "right" in these parts, despit ...
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New Routemaster service started in Nottingham.
Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:56:20 +0100
For all Routemaster enthusiasts out there, a new service has started
in Nottingham using old London Transport Routemasters. The service is
the Number 20 from the City Centre to Arnold and back. The fare is
¡ê1.40 each way.
The service starts near the Theatre Royal tram stop and goes north
along Mansfield Road l ...
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Stagecoach
Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:04:25 +0100
Is being taken over by stagecoach a good or bad thing?
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Re: Cobham Bus & Coach gathering (Wisley Airfield & museum) tomorrow
Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:45:32 GMT
On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 21:17:40 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
<ivor@thisaddressis.invalid> wrote:
>I've done North Weald from Birmingham in a Leyland National, that was fun
One of the last buses that was my displeasure to ever drive bloody
horrible things they where they didn't even look nice unlike the
Atlantian . ...
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Re: front page news in local paper - bus flattens shelter
Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:41:49 GMT
On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 11:11:41 +0100, "Fray McBentos" <fr@ymcbentos.com>
wrote:
>A double decker clips a shelter and .......... crash !
>
>
>http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Two-escape-in-bus-smash.3951290.jp
>
>or
>
>http://tiny.cc/FSl5D
>
>
I was actually on one of these buses on Monday ...
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Re: April 1st - Free Buses!
Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:30:18 GMT
On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:24:27 +0100, Terry Harper
<terry.harper@btinternet.com> wrote:
> The operators don't have a problem,
>but the local authorities do.
Local authorities never have a problem forking out money
for stupid things that will be thrashed by local vandals. Ours
recently spent God knows how many ...
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