tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post6390802579450531834..comments2024-03-25T19:07:29.729+00:00Comments on Steve's Bus & Train Page: No News Is No News!Steve Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06852377706742868978noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-30196923472633818292017-02-26T11:31:06.259+00:002017-02-26T11:31:06.259+00:00I agree with that idea, but First don't, do th...I agree with that idea, but First don't, do they, anywhere?. Nurse!<br /><br />Hadleigh makes sense: it has the same problem with a low rail bridge as Chelmsford (too low at least for modern deckers). It has more passengers that it can cope with too, unlike Chelmsford where the passengers have mostly long given up!smurfukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04812247601237248526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-33785057497528519802017-02-13T18:38:59.084+00:002017-02-13T18:38:59.084+00:00the colour ginger is as recognised by the operatio...the colour ginger is as recognised by the operations manager at cowley rdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-81065241306178421222017-02-12T18:10:36.127+00:002017-02-12T18:10:36.127+00:00I said Orange not Yellow and it's as ginger as...I said Orange not Yellow and it's as ginger as First Ipswich are RAF Blue and not grey!Steve Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06852377706742868978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-83896437302993074392017-02-12T16:21:24.175+00:002017-02-12T16:21:24.175+00:00just to let you know ,that the colour of the p+r b...just to let you know ,that the colour of the p+r buses in Cambridge is GINGER not yellow,NEXT IS lilac FOR THE milton service with 2 grey sparesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-10630859137231946752017-02-11T19:54:46.205+00:002017-02-11T19:54:46.205+00:00Sorry Smurf the ex Chelmsford P&R buses are go...Sorry Smurf the ex Chelmsford P&R buses are going to Hadleigh and staying black for the time being apparently!<br /><br />As for my thinking cap its far too cold to remove my woolly hat but when I do I'll probably come up with the same ideas I've had for the last 3 years as no one has tried them yet. <br /><br />But here's something - rather than buying new buses how about buying second hand and spending £25k doing them up if you aren't in an area that demands Euro6 engines. You save £200K+ on the cost of the bus and although there will be no warranty what the heck if you're saving that much. Thinking of the B9tl Gemini 1's which are still in my view the best bus around. At least from a passenger's view but I still need to know the blessed fuel consumption which I can't find anywhere!Steve Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06852377706742868978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425346921966365551.post-83289835347237466402017-02-11T12:19:45.274+00:002017-02-11T12:19:45.274+00:00Hello Steve. I'm still in hibernation too. Tho...Hello Steve. I'm still in hibernation too. Though perhaps Ipswich could get their hands on ex-Chelmsford P&Rs. (Though I'd rather they transferred them internally to replace some of the junk). I accept they're nothing to write home about. And in gaudy plain black. <br /><br />Looks like Stagecoach and Uno in the east are retrenching. Hardly surprising when it seems all the nationals are reporting stagnant or declining like for like passenger numbers and income, and increasing costs. Out in the real world rather than our fevered imaginations, how does that make the case for investment? I really can't see how more rural/interurban services reverse the decline in revenue and reduce the operating costs? Got any creative ideas with your thinking cap on, to help keep your head warm in the Cambridgeshire countryside in between the trains? I rather fear that the shot-in-the-arm from locked-in season ticket holders might prove rather short-lived once they get fed up with the reliability. We very easily get shafted once too often. Perhaps a bit more attention needs to be paid to the goose that lays the golden egg. Sorry, "free pass" holders! Not sure the politicians count either. Though here's your golden opportunity with Suffolk CC (and other county) elections coming up imminently in April!!!<br /><br />Recent A12 disasters show the best and worse. Conscientious, hardworking and creative drivers (as they always were, I think, at their best in a crisis, working with the passengers; perhaps like the rest of the country, when they can throw away the rulebook), and what too often looks like rather soporific, as well as supine and complacent, management. If the drivers get the same quality of information as the passengers, they must often be as puzzled as we are.smurfukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04812247601237248526noreply@blogger.com