Bus with Tables?

[vinh1000]

First time I have ever seen one of these in my life  :o

Preston Bus V542 ESC trident seems to have arrived was on the 146 earlier this morning (still has preston bus stuff inside bus but outside livery is diamond bus in blue - repaint obv)

[winston]

First time I have ever seen one of these in my life  :o

Preston Bus V542 ESC was on the 146 earlier this morning (still has preston bus stuff inside bus but outside livery is diamond bus in blue)

Do you mean fold down tables on seat back in front (as airlines)? or full tables between seats?

[vinh1000]

First time I have ever seen one of these in my life  :o

Preston Bus V542 ESC was on the 146 earlier this morning (still has preston bus stuff inside bus but outside livery is diamond bus in blue)

Do you mean fold down tables on seat back in front (as airlines)? or full tables between seats?

They are full on tables not foldable
Seating capacity downstairs is only 26 odd i believe

[winston]

First time I have ever seen one of these in my life  :o

Preston Bus V542 ESC was on the 146 earlier this morning (still has preston bus stuff inside bus but outside livery is diamond bus in blue)

Do you mean fold down tables on seat back in front (as airlines)? or full tables between seats?

They are full on tables not foldable
Seating capacity downstairs is only 26 odd i believe

Just seen your picture, thanks for that! Yes definitely not the norm.

Think I've found our why, they originally were used on Lothian's 100 Airport express service

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77000628@N02/8267483856/

[Sh4318]

They look quite comfortable to be honest, could they not be taken out and seats put in their place

[vinh1000]

Heres a clearer picture

[tank90]

They are comfortable well the back sets are any way, also they sound ok for there age too.

[Ash]

I noticed people on facebook still complaining about the capacity problems I'm guessing maybe on service 57/58. Do the b7rle still get used on these service or is it centro's and the mcv evolution or are double deckers making appearances. With all the extra full length darts parked up at Tividale surely some of these could be put into service to replace the solo's and mpd's for a while to get things sorted out.

[PM]

I went to Redditch today so here are my observations. Deckers on 143 coping fine, deckers on 146 and darts on X3 which were all coping well. Also, the evolution was on the 51 and on the rest were plenty of deckers, darts, few centros and eclipses plus enviros-all coping well and no capacity issues. Yes, buses were all busy but certainly not rammed and buses were regular on the Matchborough's and weren't bunching. Drivers were polite, buses clean, destinations displayed and no ticket machine issues. Honestly, I think people just wanted to have a moan when diamond took over but from what I can see they are doing a very good job. Information on stops in the bus station was the best i've ever seen it. Full credit to diamond-I'm a fussy customer but honestly I came away very pleased with what I saw and I think diamond certainly deserve to do well in Redditch

[Ash]

I went to Redditch today so here are my observations. Deckers on 143 coping fine, deckers on 146 and darts on X3 which were all coping well. Also, the evolution was on the 51 and on the rest were plenty of deckers, darts, few centros and eclipses plus enviros-all coping well and no capacity issues. Yes, buses were all busy but certainly not rammed and buses were regular on the Matchborough's and weren't bunching. Drivers were polite, buses clean, destinations displayed and no ticket machine issues. Honestly, I think people just wanted to have a moan when diamond took over but from what I can see they are doing a very good job. Information on stops in the bus station was the best i've ever seen it. Full credit to diamond-I'm a fussy customer but honestly I came away very pleased with what I saw and I think diamond certainly deserve to do well in Redditch

Good to hear, I mean I don't go to Redditch or Kidderminster but maybe the passenger numbers rise considerably weekdays compared to weekends hence the alleged capacity issues people are complaining about.

[PM]

I went to Redditch today so here are my observations. Deckers on 143 coping fine, deckers on 146 and darts on X3 which were all coping well. Also, the evolution was on the 51 and on the rest were plenty of deckers, darts, few centros and eclipses plus enviros-all coping well and no capacity issues. Yes, buses were all busy but certainly not rammed and buses were regular on the Matchborough's and weren't bunching. Drivers were polite, buses clean, destinations displayed and no ticket machine issues. Honestly, I think people just wanted to have a moan when diamond took over but from what I can see they are doing a very good job. Information on stops in the bus station was the best i've ever seen it. Full credit to diamond-I'm a fussy customer but honestly I came away very pleased with what I saw and I think diamond certainly deserve to do well in Redditch

Good to hear, I mean I don't go to Redditch or Kidderminster but maybe the passenger numbers rise considerably weekdays compared to weekends hence the alleged capacity issues people are complaining about.

Quite possibly Ash but I think the capacity issue may have been partly solved by the arrival of more preston deckers which are EXTREMELY SMART and I think the capacity issues were caused more by buses not being out in service/bunching which certainly wasn't happening today-buses were busy but coping fine. Certainly I can see what rotala mean when they say they are looking at how many deckers are needed-it is extremely difficult to tell!