#new SL-15 proposed
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nope
don’t trust what the 5’4 man says
WTF
I genuinely wouldn’t mind these
yeah i think they look decent tbf
???
?? yeah i’m signing out
Literally
please do
i think both are
that’s the worst looking bus i think i’ve ever seen
ppl are glazing the interior lights as if regional hasn’t had that for years and years
we’re so far behind 😭
whats the name of that overly obese woman whos too proud to admit shes chopped
gorlock
her
😭
except they went like 90% bankrupt or whoever
same vibe
austin
the interior itself is nice 🤷♂️
oh
Istg😂😂😂😂😂
haha
ha
Too many people I can think of
i’m gonna be just shuttling a liner up and down the 492
^^^^^^^^^^^
so shit
bd11*
liner mentioned? sounds like a dream
It’s a shame the equipmake production didn’t go ahead
nah they’ll get e400evs for DT
EVs are nice to drive
my good predictions carry on
then js drive regional
albeit they’re not great for content or whatever
it’s not like u live in london
yeahh i won’t like despise it but it’s more like the childhood aspect innit
yeahh i hear it
won’t be able to drive any childhood buses besides training maybe
time to preserve a bus!
then drive regional for a bit if u want to drive
haha preserving an LK65 wooo!
in 2028? i doubt it
depends where you go
not anywhere near me anyway
The LK65s are hybrids to TFL
they’ll be moved elsewhere
by the time you have 1y driving experience
idk they’re 2016
and live in it! have you seen the road tax on them 😭
when will that be
Cos they are 65 plate E400s
2042
😂😂😂😂
no??
3100 messages
so where would they go
oh shit yeah
fuck GY you think i’m going there
off topic but going back to the whole bd11 lights thing
GY cooked all of the Ts
it was 2021 when TfL launched their first high spec bus
oh yeah you’re EVs then
if u think abt it that’s crazy
most long term contracts are like 2028/8
those 63 evs 🙏
63
DWs are on 121 til 2028
i don’t get it
harrogate have had highER spec buses since 2015
and even before then
icl tuk/abellio future interiors are still the best in london
bc london has such a large fleet
you can’t afford to spunk put money on high spec buses for every route innit
or so many routes
so you just agree on a medium spec and buy that
but u can at least trial it when it’s new
abellio high spec is luxurious compared to gal 400ev high speec
which has what’s happened since then
They seem to scale down now
like GAL future spec is a mid spec
yeah like 7 years too late
wooden floor, usb charging, new PIS
I wanna say tables to the seats aswell but they’ll just be broken or stolen
tbf ive not seen the 337 ones
no point in ldn tbf
The LV25 that on 270 don’t have leather seats apparently and they also have number only rear display
u don’t need tables on a bus that gets u from Croydon to Thornton Heath
icl you gotta lower your expectations 😭
😂😂😂😂😂
speaking of tables tho, these hydroliners on 420 are class
not even in a rude way
337 is the same as 133 but has tall tree hanger and the ibus moved to the front
a lot of garages don’t hire as often as you think
yeah but they’ll see my expert driving and go fucking ell he’s brilliant
sign him right up
💀💀💀💀💀
so every spec is slightly different
tm tm
“fucking hell this guy can’t even reach the pedals”
ive seen u on croydon and that said enough for me
tfl’s spec have a lot of technology asw
abnormal next ⭐ qb driver
that’s auto break has gotta be a hazard
151 DELs don't have it
270 batch is exactly like stagecoach’s ones expect it has a skyline window
makes my day
W
i hope it gets enabled
ah
you're really not funny are you
The driver who drove EN7 must’ve been an expert
tbf by the time he’s driving the pedals will probably be AI so that’s not too much of an issue
i hope they get delivered with isa AND torque restrictors
WAHT
😂😂😂
Who wants to bet another bridge strike will happen again this month
cruise control from 5mph
i’m like 5’11 wth ☹️
❌
ill bet £2 and an additional £3 that it’ll either be gal tuk or diamond bus
5'4 rounded up to 5'11
i’m basically 6 foot
Somehow 99/269/401s batch r still in production but 171s batch which is later down the line is done???
so shush
Watch it’s be another EH on 197 crash on NJ
I can smell it
😂
Happening
i dont get why DEL100 was delivered so soon ??
BX buses are still being build
WHYD U DELETE IT
If that happens
stupid twinks
shut up @vagrant hollow
that’ll be comedy
Yh 99/269/401 is likely gonna be Manchester plates
what 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
Why is London getting manny plates
gal never have manc plates
MX25
MFs
horrid.
Nah litch
they’ll be registered upon arrival at BX 😭
because there r some that r in service that have manny plates
It’s meant to be London plates
LY is the alternative use for LV idk why some Metroline liners have MF plates
more than likely it’ll be
So they’ll most likely be LV
LV. LX, LY
@vagrant hollow see you're getting stupid shit liners
storage
RATP/TuK even have MJ
for sidcup
RATP and Abellios kites have MF/MJ
wimbledon 🙏
SL3’s EVs are SK25s
scotland adl factory
196 EVs are YX25s
impressive ball knowledge tbf
What is YY
seems you have a special talent for number plates
he is quite special yeah
probably knows all DT plates buses
i think
SC/ML for the best BZLs
YN is Scania no
What youngest BV/BN we have here
it’s Yorkshire idk where tho
Yes
Ik YJ are optare
sheffield
YT are scanias too
YouTube bus
i mean the oxford liners are BN24
ngl i despise all metroline plates they're just horrid
LK
worst plate prefix ever
miss the SPs
LK WOOO
Same
Been over a year since the last ones left too
and ENRs
I agree
I agree tbh
SIDCUP WOOO
LX is nearly on every bus
LX and then maybe YX
yeah
That or SN
LK is stanmore what the fuck
somehow managed to ride the last ever trip
what a shithole
LX, SN or YX
KX was unique
yeah bc ADL plant innit
KX is somewhere in scotland no?
same with SN
Mhm
northampton
Kent no?
Ph
LJ buses are like 10x worse than LX idk why
Where’s SK then
LJ07RAY
LJ10 DW vs LX09 trident in its prime
bc they’re wimbledon plates
Speaking of plates
falkirk scotland
is LX not wimbledon
Fairs
oh
It’s looks like the BD11 are have will be LF25s
Some will have iver plates which is weird
LX11s
BF is Falkirk
Wimbledon is such a nice place to exit isn’t it
Some search what an iver plate is?
SK is edinburgh then
If not slough
Aren’t they in the same city/town
wimbledon is top 5 london suburbs
Cos PD’s BF15s are from Falkirk asw
Ohh
bf65 best g3
they just get registered elsewhere in that case
Pretty much
Stagecoach seem to never register theirs in the factory
GN is kent ik that !
Is me who never seen a LR plate b4
maidstone wooo
LX spam
wooooooo
Even the ALX400s were LX
EVcities was either LF/LD/LG
wimbledon
Or LEs
the 183s LG22s were meant to be LB71s too
Anyone seen a LL plate?
Yh
yeah on cars
whats SL
Got good
Don’t exist on buses
whats FJ
yeah i hope so
nottingham
If DT get EEs I’ll be happy
same
how do they js order before the result even gets out
Just as long as it isn’t BD11s
EEs would suit on 229/428/492
I’m interested
so much
If you near bexley you wont want DT to have ES
Yhhh word
like imagine an EE on stand at queen marys
the interior would be sick
DT deserves nice buses
not some cheap chinese plastic
Ahlie
I’m glad the e200ev have blue lighting
Wtf is a BD11
Sad the e400ev don’t
how u waiting 10 years for a vehicle order
then ur spending little to no money on china bus
never
Makes 0 sense
Last orders were B13s ENRs and 229/492’s LK65s
idm 428 being a hybrid contract tbf
adds variety
if they can get HTs here + EEs
i’m so happy
428 probably have HTs
What
So
tridents weren’t brought for it
No
40 years with no new vehicles
That’s sad
fuck the 97
Just keeps getting retained with existing
That’s y they had the omnis till last year
Mhm
this 285 retain is the first time it’s not got new buses ordered since erm
the 90s
tbh
💀
Speaking of 285 I did that yesterday
i cba tryna understand it
did u get a sk20 or one of those AWFUL hybrid refurb floats or whatever they are
Apparently it alloacted to diesel
LX11s?
SK20 towards Heathrow YX17 towards Kingston
Both ISA’ed
it’s so tragic at TF they intentionally give out the worst buses in the fleet
Honestly
Is that the one with long diff
2044 has no isa if ur gonna do it again
Yh
They take off
that’s 2579
Number blind is tapped off at the bakc
2578 is the one in the vid
Oh there’s TWO
TUK has to be the worst company
2 YX17s and 1 sn18
i always see some shocking performances from them
it’s what I’m saying
Should see the state of LTs at QB
i literally can’t rely on them
TUK west is the worse subsidiary
Even the liners as wel
or ML
Some have just 111
no they’re even worse
LOL
@steel narwhal
I’m not surprised
that’s not today
They always have the hardest route
that’s some random day
i might actually model a E40H mmc for omsi
Please do
remember my old packs
33 js a hard to run
i wanted to get rid of the bodges
Is it?
65 is the hardest route to run in London
Tbf I’m available this week so
And 18
yeah tbf a few of them don’t
May aswell do it again on that
it’s noticeable cuz the drivers are doing 30+ in a 20
Fairs
Sometimes the ISA doesn’t pick up
2044 285
So it’ll let them do 30 in a 20
what road was it
that was on a diversion round teddington tbf
what app is tha
but they do pick up speed between teddington and Kingston usually late evening tho
i mean ig Heathrow area is best
for 285
depends tho
the 285 drivers can either be slow af or borderline high on drugs
Camera spammed tho
Sometimes drivers only do up to the limit because of it
i had 1 in a yx17 overtake our bus, then skip the Sainsbury’s double run so that we would have to do it
😭
Tbf I’ve seen some fast young drivers on it
yeah that’s true
3.5k chats here 😭
That’s y I kinda gave it a go and coincidentally got a quick driver
i don’t really go out specifically to try get fast drivers but what i have noticed is they usually drive fast by the end of the route towards Kingston
mainly cuz on that end there’s no cameras
like u said for heathrow
nah
Yhh
being a local it’s like a 3 in 10 chance at a push
today my 285 in the morning the driver was so shit
guy was going fast in all fairness
Usually by the end of a route that’s when they’ll floor it cos it’s the destination
but he was braking sharp so some guy could jaywalk 😭
ive never seen someone stop a bus so someone can cross the road in the middle of nowhere
I literally almost fell down the stairs the braking was that bad
They’ll be flooring it to the maxxxxx
Just for them to be slow in the most spacious part of the route
u have the drivers that PISS me off
😭😭😭
no traffic btw
All because someone wanted to jaywalk
LOOOOOL
he managed to miss the same set of lights twice
That’s worse than a driver doing 15 in a 40
tuk will do anything but regulate the bus
oh yeah i once had a driver change that took 25 minutes
idk how the fuck ur that late to the driver change
That was the same with my SK20 aswell
He broke hard at one of the lights
When they changed to amber
the classic
yeah they all do that
lol what
And the controller didn’t even turn the bus??
nah
💀
if they turn the bus it’s always right at the start of the route
Average TF
and they don’t log the curtail on ibus
either
u have r68s showing richmond but announcing kew
it’s so annoying
1 thing with tuk asw is that they always dump buses at the changeover spot
QB do it too
u just end up with random sk20s blocking the road cuz there was no new driver
😂😂😂😂😂
exactly
Three of them stopped tracking
So I can assume they are on stand or going back to Kingston now
which in itself is a bit odd considering the night pvr is meant to be 5!
But still that shouldn’t even be happening😂
6 buses yk
idk what their priorities are
these SK20s are probably going for refurb for this retain
and they still can’t manage to keep a full alloc even when they’re not gone
oh yeah let me not even mention that when the Electroliners were fucked and that mmc had to do 111 for the first time a driver said he was abt to take an e200 on the route
b4 they gave him the sk20
LOL
On 111??
yeah
He would’ve been in the biggest of troubles if he did that
Does he not know how busy 111 is during the day😂
Passengers would be fuming at stops
I don’t think they know anything
(im being serious)
gen 2 woooo
nah that’s QB on the 485
which fe it’s a newly gained route but it’s quite literally a 15min LOR
idk how u dk that
their G1 service is so shit asw
They don’t even have to practice
it really is
idk tbf but it’s low frequency so idk why controllers aren’t getting involved
just can’t wait for them to take over the 493
Yhh litch and the fact it’s every 20 mins
on everything 33 will be finished once tuk take over the 493
that’ll be the only bus for an hour on the a205
you’d think
Ig the controllers cba
Indian robots
Sometimes it happens on 490 asw
I’d see like 3 pulling into terminal 5
490s beyond shit
Bunching
Mums
the yy64s are cool but the service is shit and it NEEDS deckers
idk why they don’t reroute it to manor circus and have 493 run to pools on the park
they still send out 8.9 mmcs on it yk
Yh I saw that yesterday😂
even with the g1 loans gone
I’m like since when did they send these out
On a Heathrow route is even more nefarious
The route is packed from Hanworth onwards
Litch
fuck 490
tbf the yy64s are finished
How can 3 pull into terminal 5 at once
pretty sure they told the drivers to go easy on them after 8837 decided to blow itself up
11 years in service yk
Yhh
Cos when I did it
The driver sped everywhere else
Except sheffield way
That long ahh road towards T4
it would be nice if there weren’t cuz it’s a fast road
yeah
Sad for 482 tho😂 its buses are ISA’ed aswell
what isn’t isaed at tuk atp
The road is a 30 so it’ll limit them to a 30 anyway
Literally nothing atm
mmc i got today had a fucked gearbox but it sounded cool as a result
It’s leng
Meat
U too
SENs fly ❤️🔥 do 64 on the motorway
So do all the MB enviros if they weren't limp af
SL13 to Chingford Hatch 🤣 Just make it go Chingford Station
Not enough stand space
not me
😭
still baffled by that ngl 😭
who tf is going from eltham to clapham 😭
clapham to WHAT
is it basically this but merged
Who tf does a full route to begin with
okay fair
Other than a veg who actually does end to end
🫤
direct is 58 minutes at the least during this time
When the trains have issues do you really have a choice
^^
see i hear that
but if trains are fine
they really withdrew the 347 for this 🥀
why would do that lmao
Wasn’t being used enough
its like taking 55 to walthamstow central instead of the victoria line lmao from oxford circus
this obviously isnt the point of the route…
Well yeah the point of it is to assist with the tube
That’s why the lizzy line serves the same areas 25/86/425 serve from Stratford onwards
tbf no one used 347
honestly im so confused you brought up 347 out of all routes
literally every 2 hours
yeah but it served clay tye and st mary's lane
its contract barely cost six figures
It’s mostly likely going straight up the A205
No way they’re giving it some fucked up routing
But then again the A205 can get busy
When I did it, it was used
What was that the last day
sl5
sl7 asw some do
from croydon
tbf thats an airport
come on that route was short asf
but anyways a large major of ppl dont do end to end
and some r designed to
they do in between those ends
SL7 💀
actually a few do go croydon to heathrow but not many
well yeah but some still do it
its easier to get lizzy line to farringdon now
its not like no one does
ye true
its not like croydon has a direct way to heathrpw
other than SL7
and the thing is lizzy can be unreliable sometimes
or even thameslink tbf
as if SL7 is much better
true
but at least you get to heathrow 9/10 times
even the hatton cross
you can get a free ride to airport from there
if you stay within the airport zone
o yh thats a good point actually most ppl get off at hatton cross
goign to heathrow central unless ur a flight attend make no sense
many people are employed at the airport
cause you still have walk past the station to get to the terminals#
not just flight attendants
that too
make sense why tfl didnt go ahead with SL7 to sutton
that would of been bad
TFL needs to bring back N213 tho
fr no croydon to sutton night link is an L
tho it might just be better to restore 154 24/7
plane veg
miles better than bus vegging
✅ ✅
what do yk about a plane coming from the other side of the world with a rare livery?
well yeah but also
😭
i could name abt 10 other jobs that wld use heathrow central
safe 😭😭😭
is water wet?
😂😂😂😂😂😂
got an EXPO A380 back to Heathrow in January
one of the approaches for heathrow goes above enfield
those are so easy to spot
i’ve seen it quite few times tbf
pretty cool
i think i got a pic but it turned out shit
ethihad is beautiful
yh that’s mad
I was fully sick for a whole 24 hours
same spot around the corner
smoooth
was it worth it 💀💀
idk abt that iwl
55 is weaver line tho
if you want a clear shot you want T5
kinda, but it was annoying when cycling back down to Hounslow and I saw an emirates A380 coming in 💔
don’t even think I’ve been around there
where specifically?
nice pictures @jaunty wind
bro leaving us the worst part bc all the planes are still so low
basically go to T5
walk down to the end of the bus station
and then follow the path up to the big hill
i’ll pin it 1 sec
I swr and you think they’re all coming in so quick until you stand there and wait 😭
mums
or you pull up nd the next 8 landings are all a319s 🙁
all british airways asw 💀💀
on a clear day
it’s the perfect spot
it’s where i’ve got all my good pics
but it’s not exactly secret
if you go during summer holidays it’s gna be fairly busy
maybe 10/15 other people
No
When ENL77 used to do it
Back in 2021
If i can get my bike fixed, yeah
whats wrong with 347 going
snnn
calmmm sn