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Old July 19th 13, 11:01 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Jack Taylor Jack Taylor is offline
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On Fri, 19 Jul 2013 13:56:30 +0100 Paul Corfield
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The NB4L is trying to be a bendy open boarding, double deck, platform
"air con" bus and it doesn't really work on the evidence to date. It's
heavy, the air cooling seems not to work, it doesn't carry 87
passengers (as per TfL's spec) and the conductor guards the open
platform to try to stop people hurting themselves.


That's what you get when a politician who knows nothing about buses sets
out the brief for a new one. I'm not sure its going to turn out to be
quite
the showpiece reminder of his tenure that he thinks it will.


Exactly the same problem as on the railways then, with the already loathed
IEP trains - which haven't even been built yet.