Pete wrote:
Richard J. wrote:
Paul Corfield wrote:
On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:33:15 -0700 (PDT), MIG
wrote:

A couple of times in the last week I've caught an 8. Both times
the heating has been on full blast.

Is there something up with buses they are using that makes this
impossible to control?
The simple - but bizarre - answer is the heater controls are in the
engine at the back and can't be controlled by the driver. They are
only adjustable by engineers and obviously only when the engine is
not scalding hot itself. This is the explanation I've read on
another group recently.

That's such a bizarre design that I'm not sure I believe it, but
there's still no excuse for not getting the engineers to turn off
the heating on the whole fleet in, say, May.
This is the answer customer services gave when I complained 3 years
ago. This reply actually dated 8/8/05 - three years ago to the day

A commendably full response. But it says:

Air conditioning is fitted as standard on many new vehicles. Single
deck buses can easily accommodate the large roof mounted unit.

So why isn't air conditioning standard on (any?) TfL single deck buses?
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Richard J.
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