So folks, yesterdays outing had me thinking.
How many buses have you caught in a day?
My record is 26
Yesterday I did 41 (the 4 and 16 helped...)
like 20 when I was in stoke doing something :-)
W.Mids wise prob around 15
I managed around 58, years ago on Redditch locals ... £2.50 for a dayticket ;)
28 is the most for me (:
On average i do between 10-20 most days but there have been days when i have done 20-25 buses (If i am with Matt ;))
Funny thing is I set my record on a Sunday!
In fact tomorrow I'm going to try and break it (Sunday timetable tomorrow) by starting with the first 9 in the morning
Quote from: nitromatt1 on August 25, 2013, 07:37:08 PM
Funny thing is I set my record on a Sunday!
In fact tomorrow I'm going to try and break it (Sunday timetable tomorrow) by starting with the first 9 in the morning
Have Fun ;D ;D
15 diamond only
35 is my best so far on any turf in one day and hello all :)
Quote from: Ashley 4566 on September 01, 2013, 05:27:49 PM
35 is my best so far on any turf in one day and hello all :)
Hello ;D
Hi Nathan :D
I think my highest is 10, I'd like to beat that though 8)
Quote from: Sh4166 on September 01, 2013, 09:50:01 PM
I think my highest is 10, I'd like to beat that though 8)
Matg had already done 12 buses by 12pm today! ;) Wonder if will beat his record of 26?
Hope to do as many buses tomorrow and Tuesday before i'm back to School (Yr10) on Wednesday
Quote from: Trident 4609 on September 01, 2013, 10:36:47 PM
Quote from: Sh4166 on September 01, 2013, 09:50:01 PM
I think my highest is 10, I'd like to beat that though 8)
Matg had already done 12 buses by 12pm today! ;) Wonder if will beat his record of 26?
Probably not. I'm unlikely to board a bus on a Round Trip unless it's a Trident ;), hence my last Round Trip
Well he had aleeady done over 20 buses by this afternoon and i think he has gone back out so looks as if he will break his record of 26 buses
Quote from: Trident 4609 on September 01, 2013, 10:36:47 PM
Quote from: Sh4166 on September 01, 2013, 09:50:01 PM
I think my highest is 10, I'd like to beat that though 8)
Matg had already done 12 buses by 12pm today! ;) Wonder if will beat his record of 26?
Hope to do as many buses tomorrow and Tuesday before i'm back to School (Yr10) on Wednesday
I ended up on 26 equalling my record! Could easily beat that though if it wasn't for sitting around doing nothing for too long and one or two long bus rides (full 79 and Bearwood - Wolves on 126 included)
Matt, probably some potentially obvious advice but to boost your haulage numbers for a specific day, look at the timetables, see where the buses pass each other or if its a very frequent service such as your 9 then hop on hop off few stops at a time
Just keep catching the 50 for one or two stops all day
Quote from: Ashley 4566 on September 03, 2013, 02:48:05 PM
Matt, probably some potentially obvious advice but to boost your haulage numbers for a specific day, look at the timetables, see where the buses pass each other or if its a very frequent service such as your 9 then hop on hop off few stops at a time
To be honest I think of that as cheating ;) I prefer to have a proper ride on a bus not just a few stops
Quote from: nitromatt1 on September 03, 2013, 08:08:50 PM
Quote from: Ashley 4566 on September 03, 2013, 02:48:05 PM
Matt, probably some potentially obvious advice but to boost your haulage numbers for a specific day, look at the timetables, see where the buses pass each other or if its a very frequent service such as your 9 then hop on hop off few stops at a time
To be honest I think of that as cheating ;) I prefer to have a proper ride on a bus not just a few stops
Yeah I'm with you on that, for me its part of the geeky appeal to get as many different routes as possible
Yesterday got my record up to 47 buses (starting and ending on a Dart, albeit differing routes and companies!) covering a couple of unusual workings on the 50 (one NX and one Diamond!)
Quote from: the trainbasher on October 27, 2013, 04:32:22 PM
Yesterday got my record up to 47 buses (starting and ending on a Dart, albeit differing routes and companies!) covering a couple of unusual workings on the 50 (one NX and one Diamond!)
What was the unusual diamond working on the 50 as I didnt know there was such a thing-the 50/16 can get MPDs/alx200s/solos/full length darts/centros and probably other types I've missed out.
Quote from: DiamondDart on October 27, 2013, 04:51:01 PM
Quote from: the trainbasher on October 27, 2013, 04:32:22 PM
Yesterday got my record up to 47 buses (starting and ending on a Dart, albeit differing routes and companies!) covering a couple of unusual workings on the 50 (one NX and one Diamond!)
What was the unusual diamond working on the 50 as I didnt know there was such a thing-the 50/16 can get MPDs/alx200s/solos/full length darts/centros and probably other types I've missed out.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/v/941820_10151922979398116_1189305101_n.jpg?oh=55025d2aba1c70b92fe951b28374367a&oe=526F6E4F&__gda__=1383061095_3b481f29d9d93d50361360cccf09015b
Quote from: the trainbasher on October 27, 2013, 05:15:51 PM
Quote from: DiamondDart on October 27, 2013, 04:51:01 PM
Quote from: the trainbasher on October 27, 2013, 04:32:22 PM
Yesterday got my record up to 47 buses (starting and ending on a Dart, albeit differing routes and companies!) covering a couple of unusual workings on the 50 (one NX and one Diamond!)
What was the unusual diamond working on the 50 as I didnt know there was such a thing-the 50/16 can get MPDs/alx200s/solos/full length darts/centros and probably other types I've missed out.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/v/941820_10151922979398116_1189305101_n.jpg?oh=55025d2aba1c70b92fe951b28374367a&oe=526F6E4F&__gda__=1383061095_3b481f29d9d93d50361360cccf09015b
Sundays are good days for diamond on the 50 as theres no greenbus so they seem to do really well then and the buses are better as signature ones are often on there. Are these SRs in good condition as havent been on one in a while? Are they clean/damaged/bits of interior rattling etc or are they ok? Thanks for posting the photo link :)
That was on there yesterday whilst I was out getting my 47 buses (and yes I did bash it!)
Quote from: the trainbasher on October 27, 2013, 07:08:45 PM
That was on there yesterday whilst I was out getting my 47 buses (and yes I did bash it!)
What was the NX unusual working on the 50?
Quote from: nitromatt1 on October 27, 2013, 08:04:24 PM
Quote from: the trainbasher on October 27, 2013, 07:08:45 PM
That was on there yesterday whilst I was out getting my 47 buses (and yes I did bash it!)
What was the NX unusual working on the 50?
4386 (with a E400 on the 6!)
Not really that unusual Trainbasher. That happens on a regular basis (Tridents on the 50 and E400's on the 6)
Yesterday I caught
4626 9
4818 9
R838MFR HC2
R838MFR HC2
4823 9
1638 244E
1614 243
828 222
828 222
1631 246
2157 142
4810 9
4827 141
4806 9
4805 9
4194 241
1638 244
1657 244
4804 141E
2154 140
So a total of 20 buses, which is a record for a school day
(including 6 times down the Expressway)
Managed to beat my record with 29 rides today (albeit not all buses!), this comprised of:
- 8 x Mercedes O405N (1518, 1548, 1610, 1627, 1648, 1649, 1656, 1678)
- 7 x ADL Trident-Enviro400 (4804 x 4, 4806, 4817, 4818)
- 2 x Volvo B7TL ALX400 (4416, 4417)
- 1 x Volvo B7TL Gemini (4687)
- 1 x Volvo B7RLE (2155)
- 1 x ADL E40D-Enviro400 (4888)
- 1 x Volvo Olympian (16619)
- 1 x Transbus Trident (18102)
- 1 x Dennis Trident (17054)
- 1 x ADL Dart (35174)
- 1 x ADL Enviro200 (36938)
- 1 x Optare Solo (47028)
- 350 124
- 390 126
- 172 333
I don't really count them - I guess the most I've made was a pathetic 6, compared to everyone else... But I hope, when NX accepts the SwiftCard notion in 2014/2015, I'll be able to beat that record by a milestone! ;D
My highest is 31
Furthest you can get from Birmingham in one day:
900A National Express West Midlands - Enviro 400
0400 Birmingham - Coventry 0507
585 Travel DeCourcey - MCV Evolution/Optare Versa
0640 Coventry - Rugby (Clifton Rd) 0749
96 Stagecoach - Enviro 200
0827 Rugby (Clifton Rd) - Northampton 0941
X4 Stagecoach - Enviro 400
0945 Northampton - Central Milton Keynes 1035
X31 Centrebus - Optare Solo
1047 Central Milton Keynes - Dunstable (Winston Churchill) 1138
Busway C Grant Palmer - Scania Omnicity
1143 Dunstable (Winston Churchill) - Luton Station Interchange 1155
321 Arriva The Shires - Mercedes Citaro
1159 Luton Station Interchange - St Albans 1250
84 Metroline (ComfortDelGro) - Enviro 200
1255 St Albans (St Peter's St) - New Barnet Stn 1354
184 Arriva London - Enviro 200
1354 New Barnet Station - Turnpike Lane Stn 1446
141 Arriva London - Volvo B7TL Eclipse Gemini
1449 Turnpike Lane Stn - Albion Road 1515
21 Go-Ahead London - Volvo B9Tl Eclipse Gemini 2
1517 Newington Green - New Cross Gate Stn 1619
53 Stagecoach East London - Scania Omnicity Double Deck/Enviro 400
1621 New Cross Gate Station - Woolwich Arsenal Stn 1707
96 Stagecoach East London - Scania Omnicity Double Deck
1709 Woolwich Arsenal Stn - Bluewater Bus Stn 1831
701 Arriva Southern Counties - Volvo ALX400
1840 Bluewater Bus Stn - Chatham Waterfront Bus Stn 1913
101 Arriva Southern Counties - Enviro 400
1935 Chatham Waterfront Bus Stn - Maidstone 1958
12 Arriva Southern Counties - ?
2125 Maidstone - Tenterden 2207
2 Stagecoach East Kent - ?
2300 Tenterden - Ashford International Rail Stn 2329
(London Journeys using longest peak journey time and virtually no waiting time - which balances out)
Might give this a try one day! ;)
Love the 4 minute connection in Northampton, have you been taking hints from that chap travelling round Britain in Buses magazine, who had a 8 minute connection in Exeter in his latest adventure only to not take into account the Devon County Show.
Recently travelled from Rochester to Brighton and back to London by bus.
08:30
141 Rochester to Chatham - Arriva ALX 400
155 Chatham to Maidstone - Arriva Cadet Dart
7 Maidstone to Tonbridge - Arriva ALX 400
402 Tonbridge to Tunbridge Wells Arriva ex London Gemini
29 Tunbridge Wells to Brighton - Brighton & Hove Scania D/D
leave Brighton 14:50
271 Brighton to Crawley - Metrobus Scania D/D
100 Crawley to Redhill - Metrobus Omnicity S/D
405 Redhill to Croydon - Metrobus Scania
250 Croydon to Brixton - Arriva ALX 400
3 Brixton - Trafalgar Square - Abellio Enviro
Passed Big Ben at 18:50
all for £7 Explorer (not bad for over a 100 miles) and then used my Oyster from Redhill on TfL services