What happened to the six routes with 50 'green'-engined RM's originally
promised?

In article .com,
() wrote:

What happened to the six routes with 50 'green'-engined RM's originally
promised?

Ken's love affair with conductors ended some time ago.

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Colin Rosenstiel

5+5+3 = 16??

Or is this just another example of the moronic inability of the twits
now running London Transpport being even unable to do simple
arithmetic?

Marc.

wrote:
5+5+3 = 16??

Or is this just another example of the moronic inability of the twits
now running London Transpport being even unable to do simple
arithmetic?

3 spares per route, presumably.

I think this is too infrequent and starts too late. The best hope is
to try and get them crush-loaded so that they have to raise the
frequency. They'd better keep track of the other 'clean-engined' RMs
for when they need them. Though personally I'd be in favour of making
up the numbers with regular guest vehicles, even if not technically
'clean-engined', to give a bit of variety.

Colin McKenzie

Colin McKenzie wrote:
wrote:
5+5+3 = 16??

Or is this just another example of the moronic inability of the twits
now running London Transpport being even unable to do simple
arithmetic?

3 spares per route, presumably.

I think this is too infrequent and starts too late. The best hope is
to try and get them crush-loaded so that they have to raise the
frequency. They'd better keep track of the other 'clean-engined' RMs
for when they need them. Though personally I'd be in favour of making
up the numbers with regular guest vehicles, even if not technically
'clean-engined', to give a bit of variety.

Colin McKenzie

I like your idea - it would be good to see other vehicle types, eg. RTs
and RFs guesting too.

Any word on whether the RMs will be returned to 'London Transport'
livery?

In article .com,
() wrote:

5+5+3 = 16??

Or is this just another example of the moronic inability of the twits
now running London Transpport being even unable to do simple
arithmetic?

Presumably 3 spares for each route? 5+5+3+3 = 16.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Colin (both of you!), maybe they do mean 3 spares per route, but that
is not actually what the press release says. Perhaps I am just being
too pedantic.

That being so, a 60% "spare" capacity for a bus route must be a World
record! Or are they just being realistically pessimistic as to the poor
maintenance (as sadly seen so often on the remaining Routemasters) that
is to be expected, and that 3 out of the 5 buses can be expected to
break down on each route every day?!

Marc.

Spares aren't just for breakdowns. Routine maintenance also has to be
carried out. Also, with such old buses, of low capital value, it's probably
wise to spread the usage within a larger fleet to slow the overall rate of
wear.

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Colin (both of you!), maybe they do mean 3 spares per route, but that
is not actually what the press release says. Perhaps I am just being
too pedantic.

That being so, a 60% "spare" capacity for a bus route must be a World
record! Or are they just being realistically pessimistic as to the poor
maintenance (as sadly seen so often on the remaining Routemasters) that
is to be expected, and that 3 out of the 5 buses can be expected to
break down on each route every day?!

Marc.

In article .com,
() wrote:

Colin (both of you!), maybe they do mean 3 spares per route, but that
is not actually what the press release says. Perhaps I am just being
too pedantic.

That being so, a 60% "spare" capacity for a bus route must be a World
record! Or are they just being realistically pessimistic as to the poor
maintenance (as sadly seen so often on the remaining Routemasters) that
is to be expected, and that 3 out of the 5 buses can be expected to
break down on each route every day?!

Or need to be off the road for maintenance, yes. It's not as if they don't have the spare buses after all. Presumably some will be cannibalised too.

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Colin Rosenstiel