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Post by jimmy on Mar 10, 2012 14:20:03 GMT
LK 53 EXW ready for olympics duty Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2012 14:27:48 GMT
I thought TfL had stipulated that all Olympic buses should be in red?
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Post by metromadman on Mar 10, 2012 14:44:18 GMT
I was under impression that the Olympics services had nothing to do with TfL? It's similar to National Express and Megabus in some respects, they operate into London but not with a TfL spec.
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Post by W91 on Mar 10, 2012 15:04:03 GMT
An ex london bus too, with the LK reg and full height body spec, blatantly had a single door conversion too
New livery looks smart though
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2012 15:08:30 GMT
Everything going through RO refurb is ex london at the minute.
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Post by Arriva Wakefield on Mar 10, 2012 15:12:00 GMT
I was under impression that the Olympics services had nothing to do with TfL? It's similar to National Express and Megabus in some respects, they operate into London but not with a TfL spec. Think the Stagecoach services may be TfL, but not the First services. |
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Post by dougie on Mar 10, 2012 17:26:04 GMT
What happened to the "new livery only for buses under five years old" idea? Was that only speculation?
And, I know its only one bus but presumably this means a low floor 53 plate Trident sat in its Olympic "shuttle" livery doing nothing in Rotherham for the next four months whilst First continue using high floor Olympians etc from Midland Road? Does seem a bit of a waste (though, compared to all the money spent on the Olympics, I appreciate its just peanuts).
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Post by markno16 on Mar 10, 2012 17:37:58 GMT
What a horrible looking thing. Whoever thought of this branding should not be in the job if you ask me! Very garish.
I think I'd have preferred red....
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Post by The Captain on Mar 10, 2012 17:45:18 GMT
The FSY legal lettering is as it indicates for legal purposes-placed on the window so the recipient can put there own on the panels. First are running a lot of shuttle work outside of London too, some FSY staff are going to Weymouth for instance. The new paint ruling AFAIK is anything under 5 years old is fine for general repaint, anything else must be refurbished. |
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Post by jimmy on Mar 11, 2012 0:40:13 GMT
What happened to the "new livery only for buses under five years old" idea? Was that only speculation? And, I know its only one bus but presumably this means a low floor 53 plate Trident sat in its Olympic "shuttle" livery doing nothing in Rotherham for the next four months whilst First continue using high floor Olympians etc from Midland Road? Does seem a bit of a waste (though, compared to all the money spent on the Olympics, I appreciate its just peanuts). The contract First have for Olympics work is for longer than the duration of the games (or whatever they are). In order to get the required amount of vehicles in place in time there will allways be some that will have to wait a while and others will be last minute jobs. I believe some will be running on pre-games work in about a months time. |
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Post by jimmy on Mar 11, 2012 0:41:24 GMT
I thought TfL had stipulated that all Olympic buses should be in red? It has but the first contract has nothing to do with them, it is direct with the organisers. |
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Post by woah on Jul 2, 2012 11:48:16 GMT
Looking very nice. Any reason it's got 58 badly photoshopped onto it's side?
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Post by duncan on Jul 2, 2012 12:15:36 GMT
Looking very nice. Any reason it's got 58 badly photoshopped onto it's side? Simple - image protection. If sad people want to nick this one they are welcome to it. Decent ones do not get posted onto public forums. |
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Post by woah on Jul 2, 2012 12:27:41 GMT
Looking very nice. Any reason it's got 58 badly photoshopped onto it's side? Simple - image protection. If sad people want to nick this one they are welcome to it. Decent ones do not get posted onto public forums. Righto - I was a bit puzzled at that one is all! |
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Post by markno16 on Jul 6, 2012 16:55:18 GMT
Looking very nice. Any reason it's got 58 badly photoshopped onto it's side? I don't see it..?! |
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