🛤️ c2c rail replacement with Arriva
🗓️ On Sunday, c2c had a morning rail replacement between Upminster and Grays (via Rainham) - with one Arriva Southend bus!
🚌 Here's Arriva 6516 (SN66WJW) on the railrep, a solid modern ADL Enviro400 MMC with a special Southend City livery.
@ClaireMill83347@ThatOptareLover Once the buses return to the road, christmas would have been over so whilst I had the time I removed it all tonight before tucking the buses away for 2 days
Another very nice MMC with 2798 which marks my 152nd bus. 😁
And for the first time in about 3yrs, I've got late night 49s on a Sunday. That on its own doesn't sound like much until you realise that Sunday night 49s get 35mins layover at Crossens...
...and I get that twice! 😮
@CJAquarius13@ArrivaKent The service arrived at Tonbridge castle at 18:43. It was a double decker darker shade of blue sapphire bus. I’ve just seen it on Hadlow Road going towards Hadlow
@ArrivaKent another missed service!! No 7 from castle street Tonbridge 18.20 to Hadlow did not show up.
Have been at the bus stop for almost an hour. This often happens in the evening! Very poor service!
@tracy13561@ArrivaKent I think what they are doing from how it went tonight was that they’re serving Echo Square then heading up Whitehill Rd to the end out onto Valley Drive and up to the roundabout by the A2 and coming all the way back down Valley Drive then left onto Old Rd East up to Echo Square :)
@ArrivaKent Would it not be possible once it leaves the echo square stop it goes along old rd east then left into singlewell rd, passengers could alight at ascot rd or kings Dr for kings farm, then continue and turnaround at roundabout end of hevercourt rd
Following a series of serious incidents involving objects being thrown at Arriva buses on route 482, we’ve made the difficult decision to temporarily suspend evening services on the route between Gravesend and Kings Farm. For full details visit bit.ly/4cK3dxA
If I had a pound for every time someone made the incredibly original suggestion that I should turn my bus ‘into a motor home’ I would genuinely be the richest person on this planet. And it drives me absolutely crackers.
@edwardbdart@ThatOptareLover Watch their Youtube Videos and it will show why the paint work is like it is! It was their intention to make it look like that
Hot Chocolate on a bus!?
Ex-Autocar PM03EHW has been converted into a coffee bus and it's currently based at The Hawk & Berry in Tunbridge Wells.
#TheMovingMug
New London buses. This time, the BYD BD11s. They're alright... Uninspiring outside, but smart (especially the mood lighting), quiet and pleasant inside! What worries me is that build quality seems both poor and inconsistent - see the post below for evidence, but including ... 🧵