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General Category => PCV & Locomotive Discussion => Topic started by: Ben on February 26, 2015, 02:18:51 AM

Title: Hodgepodge
Post by: Ben on February 26, 2015, 02:18:51 AM
I didn't want to make multiple threads so I thought I'd just make one thread and cover everything.

1) I was back in Midlands a couple of weeks ago. Looked like half of Pool Meadow bus station was being dug up. (Why?)
I did look to see if this was explained anywhere.

2) I had two different drivers want to take a look at my ticket on different days. Is this a bid to tackle misuse of daysavers/n tickets/fare evasion in general? (I had a one day N bus on one ocassion and a plain old daysaver on the other.

3) Back in Preston meanwhile...

I spotted a Leyland Lynx a few weeks ago, I thought I'd share.
http://s6.postimg.org/4i5367wf4/DSC_0032.jpg (http://s6.postimg.org/4i5367wf4/DSC_0032.jpg)

Title: Re: Hodgepodge
Post by: Stu on February 26, 2015, 07:50:44 AM
Quote from: Ben on February 26, 2015, 02:18:51 AM

1) I was back in Midlands a couple of weeks ago. Looked like half of Pool Meadow bus station was being dug up. (Why?)
I did look to see if this was explained anywhere.


Carriageway repairs:
http://networkwestmidlands.com/ServiceAlterations/alterations.aspx
http://nxbus.co.uk/coventry/information/temporary-diversions/pool-meadow-temporary-stopping-places
Title: Re: Hodgepodge
Post by: Liverpool Street on February 26, 2015, 02:25:25 PM
Define: hodgepodge

Nice Lynx.
Title: Re: Hodgepodge
Post by: Alex on February 27, 2015, 08:04:11 PM
Quote from: Ben on February 26, 2015, 02:18:51 AM
I didn't want to make multiple threads so I thought I'd just make one thread and cover everything.

1) I was back in Midlands a couple of weeks ago. Looked like half of Pool Meadow bus station was being dug up. (Why?)
I did look to see if this was explained anywhere.

2) I had two different drivers want to take a look at my ticket on different days. Is this a bid to tackle misuse of daysavers/n tickets/fare evasion in general? (I had a one day N bus on one ocassion and a plain old daysaver on the other.

3) Back in Preston meanwhile...

I spotted a Leyland Lynx a few weeks ago, I thought I'd share.
http://s6.postimg.org/4i5367wf4/DSC_0032.jpg (http://s6.postimg.org/4i5367wf4/DSC_0032.jpg)

Is 31215 still in service? If so, good to see a Lynx in service somewhere  :D, managed to spot it last summer in the Bus Station working a 14, which caught me off guard. Definitely one i want to catch when i'm in Preston, some point this year...
Title: Re: Hodgepodge
Post by: Ben on March 07, 2015, 10:52:35 PM
Hodgepodge: A variation of hotchpotch.

"A confused mixture"

Quote from: Alex on February 27, 2015, 08:04:11 PM
Is 31215 still in service? If so, good to see a Lynx in service somewhere  :D, managed to spot it last summer in the Bus Station working a 14, which caught me off guard. Definitely one i want to catch when i'm in Preston, some point this year...
Sorry I don't know Preston buses by their fleet numbers yet!

I'm not sure how many Lynx's there are or their allocations (other than school work like I witnessed in the image)
However, I regularly see Olympian(s) out on the Park and ride, that might be of interest to some.

I might take an early morning walk to the bus garage at some point, with brighter mornings now I could get some interesting photo's (all be it from my phone).