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Post by tomtom11928 on Feb 10, 2019 10:18:15 GMT
Exactly, forget all the others. Is that what it's called, or is that another hill in South Yorkshire? |
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Post by peggy on Feb 10, 2019 11:55:26 GMT
No West Hill is another hill in Blackburn runs up to Kimberworth.
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Post by The Captain on Feb 10, 2019 12:57:12 GMT
Exactly, forget all the others. Is that what it's called, or is that another hill in South Yorkshire? Are we talkkng about the A618 Pleasley Rd from Whiston to Aughton over the M1?. Its national speed limit and never been an issue. |
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Post by duncan on Feb 10, 2019 14:25:04 GMT
Is that what it's called, or is that another hill in South Yorkshire? Are we talkkng about the A618 Pleasley Rd from Whiston to Aughton over the M1?. Its national speed limit and never been an issue. I suspect its Royds Moor Hill on the B6410, not really a hill as we know it. I have climbed higher kerbs. |
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Post by tomtom11928 on Feb 12, 2019 9:11:05 GMT
Are we talkkng about the A618 Pleasley Rd from Whiston to Aughton over the M1?. Its national speed limit and never been an issue. I suspect its Royds Moor Hill on the B6410, not really a hill as we know it. I have climbed higher kerbs. That's the one. |
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Post by duncan on Feb 12, 2019 14:23:50 GMT
I suspect its Royds Moor Hill on the B6410, not really a hill as we know it. I have climbed higher kerbs. That's the one. To be brutally honest. Any vehicle that struggles up that slight hill would also struggle in a flat road. |
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Post by craig79 on Feb 20, 2019 21:55:13 GMT
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Post by duncan on Feb 21, 2019 8:42:51 GMT
YAY the 2 people who use buses there will have a bus each  |
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Post by duncan on Feb 21, 2019 8:57:58 GMT
To be fair here, the X7 is not the good news that it first appears. There are massive gaps in the timetable during the rush hour when most people would want to use it. Shame really. Now all we need is a regular service from Maltby to Rotherham, you know, one that actually turns up. |
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Post by simonk82701 on Feb 21, 2019 9:28:29 GMT
At least the x1 will have some competition on parts of it's route. Does anyone think it would be viable to have the new x6 running via Rotherham interchange to the airport fast then to Doncaster to provide a more direct X78, just a thought that will probably never happen!
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Post by duncan on Feb 21, 2019 11:52:14 GMT
At least the x1 will have some competition on parts of it's route. Does anyone think it would be viable to have the new x6 running via Rotherham interchange to the airport fast then to Doncaster to provide a more direct X78, just a thought that will probably never happen! There is very little here that is direct competition for the X1. What First and some enthusiasts are not grasping is that there is very little through traffic past Rotherham in either direction outside the rush hour. The X6 is no more than amusing, a "direct" service that veers off to serve an area with virtually no requirement for a service. Check the factories at Waverley, the car parks are always full and the buses are always empty. At times this will put up to 10 minutes on the journey time for no or little reward. Still it has to be busier than the current incarnation the 737. That has cornered the market in fresh air. |
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Post by peggy on Feb 21, 2019 15:09:20 GMT
To be fair here, the X7 is not the good news that it first appears. There are massive gaps in the timetable during the rush hour when most people would want to use it. Shame really. Now all we need is a regular service from Maltby to Rotherham, you know, one that actually turns up. I think that's very harsh on the X1 they do turn up regularly. They are regularly running in 2's or 3's about every 30-40mins :-) if you're lucky. |
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Post by duncan on Feb 21, 2019 15:52:42 GMT
To be fair here, the X7 is not the good news that it first appears. There are massive gaps in the timetable during the rush hour when most people would want to use it. Shame really. Now all we need is a regular service from Maltby to Rotherham, you know, one that actually turns up. I think that's very harsh on the X1 they do turn up regularly. They are regularly running in 2's or 3's about every 30-40mins :-) if you're lucky. Apart from the ones stacked at Rotherham awaiting drivers. |
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Post by DVD on Feb 22, 2019 10:42:04 GMT
At least the x1 will have some competition on parts of it's route. Does anyone think it would be viable to have the new x6 running via Rotherham interchange to the airport fast then to Doncaster to provide a more direct X78, just a thought that will probably never happen! There is very little here that is direct competition for the X1. What First and some enthusiasts are not grasping is that there is very little through traffic past Rotherham in either direction outside the rush hour. The X6 is no more than amusing, a "direct" service that veers off to serve an area with virtually no requirement for a service. Check the factories at Waverley, the car parks are always full and the buses are always empty. At times this will put up to 10 minutes on the journey time for no or little reward. Still it has to be busier than the current incarnation the 737. That has cornered the market in fresh air. What's even more amusing is that the X6 has an element of funding paid for by Sheffield City Region! Whilst the country is struggling to fund the NHS tax payers money is wasted on this just because politicians want a direct link to DSA from Sheffield! If I was Powell's I would be complaining that a funded service is undermining their X7! |
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Post by donc on Feb 22, 2019 10:55:04 GMT
If they just got on with building a railway line to the airport the buses wouldn't be needed so much.
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