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Old November 14th 08, 09:08 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Neil Williams Neil  Williams is offline
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Default Constant anouncements on London Buses

On 10 Nov, 21:48, wrote:

BTW, why is there a pause on some of the bendibusses between when you push
the button and hearing the bell and seeing the acknowledge sign light up?
That was not the case in earlier days and it is currently not the case on
all bendibus lines.


I *think* it's because the bell pushes aren't connected to a relay
like they are in a traditional bus, but instead are multiplexed. It
might even be iBus that controls it, but I'm not sure.

It's also the case on the Enviros that do the 135 to Canary Wharf (by
far the most civilised way of getting there that you don't have to pay
extra for).

Neil