How cool is this!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8506154.stm

The Clyde is 100-150 metres wide where they are using it, which is
comparable with the Thames at Battersea.

There must be places in London where some of these could run - and if they
had a few unused at the weekend, they might be able to run Jubilee Line
replacement services in East London, which they can't at the moment. But I
don't know if the slipways are in the appropriate places.

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On Feb 9, 2:44*pm, "Basil Jet"
wrote:
How cool is this!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8506154.stm

The Clyde is 100-150 metres wide where they are using it, which is
comparable with the Thames at Battersea.

There must be places in London where some of these could run - and if they
had a few unused at the weekend, they might be able to run Jubilee Line
replacement services in East London, which they can't at the moment. But I
don't know if the slipways are in the appropriate places.

Saw that a bit earlier too - cool indeed! And likewise, I also
pondered possible applications of it in London.

Of course there is already an amphibious bus service of sorts in
London already - but it's no good for getting anywhere as it's
circular - it being the Duck Tour, which splashes into and exits from
the Thames using a slipway immediately adjacent to the MI6 building in
Vauxhall.

Not long before Boris latches on to it, I'm sure.

Mizter T wrote:

Of course there is already an amphibious bus service of sorts in
London already - but it's no good for getting anywhere as it's
circular - it being the Duck Tour, which splashes into and exits from
the Thames using a slipway immediately adjacent to the MI6 building in
Vauxhall.

I thoought of that just after posting... with all these things, economics is
everything... if this thing is cheaper to fuel, buy and maintain than the
Duck, it makes all the difference for running a service which is included in
the Travelcard scheme. Something like Barking - Bexleyheath or Romford -
Bexleyheath.

PS, I left the typo in because I thought it looked a bit Dutch ;-)

BTW, TFL website seems to have got rid of the bus maps - *******s!

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BTW, TFL website seems to have got rid of the bus maps - *******s!

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BTW, TFL website seems to have got rid of the bus maps - *******s!

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....And they've updated the buggers as well!
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(Steve Dulieu) wrote:

"Steve Dulieu" wrote in message
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"Basil Jet" wrote in
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BTW, TFL website seems to have got rid of the bus maps - *******s!

Hiding at
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaro...usdiagrams.asp

...And they've updated the buggers as well!

Up to a point, Lord Copper!

Try finding out if the 10 (or N10) still runs from Putney at night. I used
it to get to Euston last year but the January 2010 dated Night Buses from
Putney map doesn't have it (or an alternative beyond Warren St) while the
Night buses including 24-hour routes serving south west London map has the
N10 to King's Cross but is dated July 2009. The Night buses from Euston
map, also dated January 2010, has the 10 but only going as far as
Hammersmith.

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Steve Dulieu wrote:
"Basil Jet" wrote in message
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BTW, TFL website seems to have got rid of the bus maps - *******s!

Hiding at
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaro...usdiagrams.asp

Thanks!

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On Feb 9, 7:04*am, Mizter T wrote:
On Feb 9, 2:44*pm, "Basil Jet"

wrote:
How cool is this!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8506154.stm

The Clyde is 100-150 metres wide where they are using it, which is
comparable with the Thames at Battersea.

There must be places in London where some of these could run - and if they
had a few unused at the weekend, they might be able to run Jubilee Line
replacement services in East London, which they can't at the moment. But I
don't know if the slipways are in the appropriate places.

Saw that a bit earlier too - cool indeed! And likewise, I also
pondered possible applications of it in London.

Of course there is already an amphibious bus service of sorts in
London already - but it's no good for getting anywhere as it's
circular - it being the Duck Tour, which splashes into and exits from
the Thames using a slipway immediately adjacent to the MI6 building in
Vauxhall.

We have those duck tours here in the States too. But this looks like a
real
bus, instead of a boat with wheels...

I wonder if/when it goes into passenger service, there would need to
be life
jackets aboard as well...

cph wrote:

We have those duck tours here in the States too. But this looks like a
real bus, instead of a boat with wheels...

Boats are designed to be efficient in water - making boats that are shaped
like buses is not a forward step.

I wonder if/when it goes into passenger service, there would need to
be life jackets aboard as well...

I would be surprised if it was even being tested without them.

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"Basil Jet" wrote in message

cph wrote:

We have those duck tours here in the States too. But this looks like
a real bus, instead of a boat with wheels...

Boats are designed to be efficient in water - making boats that are
shaped like buses is not a forward step.

I wonder if/when it goes into passenger service, there would need to
be life jackets aboard as well...

I would be surprised if it was even being tested without them.

Yes, under every seat I believe.