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Why on earth aren't the buses branded for the Park & Rides? It's not as though they run on other routes. More so, the P&Rs are now commercial, so First should be plugging, plugging, plugging them and then plugging them again. Why is everything First does, so half-hearted? Look up the road to Exeter! Grr.
ReplyDeleteThey are not 100% used on Park and Ride, iv'e seen them used on the 6. In times of need anything can turn up on any duty.
ReplyDeleteI heard a rumour today that PCB could be launching a service to Woolwell in September
ReplyDeleteIf this is true I doubt it'll be an entirely new service, perhaps just an extension of the short 42s - City - Mutley - Crownhill - Derriford - Woolwell - Derriford - Crownhill - Mutley - City.
DeleteGiven that First Berkshire have decided to resurrect the Beeline name and a yellow livery for their buses I am now eagerly awaiting a black and gold First Kernow livery. :-)
ReplyDeleteReally? Do you have a link for more details on the Berkshire rebrand please?
DeleteReally? Do you a link for more information on the Berkshire rebrand?
ReplyDeleteThere is certainly a new livery being planned for some of the Mercedes Citaros which appears to be a version of the new livery scheme using the older Beeline colours - only seen a very small clip of the front end (drawing). Looks veryt smart - presumably its a route branding rather than a general new fleet livery though.
DeleteIt's being applied to the 10 Citaros being transferred from Slough to Bracknell. As they're needed to work on most of the area's routes it's not specific route branding, but it remains to be seen whether it will be a sort of area branding or will be applied more widely to the rest of the fleet.
ReplyDeleteHere's the link:
http://www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/new_news_initiatives/attach_1367402201_4261_Citaro%20image%20for%20website.pdf
Hopefully, given that such local initiatives are now allowed it does indeed mean that something a bit different can be done for Cornwall (especially given there's not a single bus yet in the new livery!)