28 February 2012
Bendy Stagecoaches
With all this talk of bendy bus operation in Plymouth its easy to forget that we have had proper bendy bus operation in Plymouth before. Stagecoach operated these two bendy coaches on the X38 Plymouth - Exeter service for a year or so. Can anyone supply us with the date range that these coaches were down here? I know it wasn't that long before they want back North and the service reverted back to hourly with standard Volvo Plaxton coaches.
Another sign directs the cross-legged traveller to "The Wharf", a painful and frustratingly complicated 10 minute walk! Public Transport Experience The same customer services adviser is quoted in Buses as stating that photography is “recommended and acceptable” from “public places”. Presumably, she means the highway. To me, though, you can’t get much more of a public place than Victoria bus station. The world’s gone nuts. Omnibuses And, yes, Dorset council has put out a number of formerly Damory commercial services to tender including the Dorchester town service, and First is definitely invited to the party. This is a change of view from the previous council position. Dorset Bus Blog Accord Southern took over from First Hampshire on the Unilink contract in 2001, and in turn were replaced by Solent Blue Line in 2008. Southern England Bus Scene
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Fleet numbers at Exeter were 851 and 852. They were in use in 2002 but withdrawn before 2004. Best I can do at the moment Graham
ReplyDeleteIIRC with SCD from 3/01 to 12/02
ReplyDeleteIn service with scd aprox 03/01 to 03/02,moved on by end 02.
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