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Post by Safwaanf1 on Jun 15, 2014 8:47:09 GMT
We have put in a bid for route 366. The routes that we could potentially win when the next results are announced are as follows:
53, 220, 226, 228, 366.
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Post by Safwaanf1 on Jun 15, 2014 13:34:03 GMT
All Enviro 400 MMC demonstrators have come in now, for every company that were to trial it, including Safwaan. The last Enviro 200 for route 323 has just come in as well, and the two Optare Versas you ordered yesterday came at a rather fast rate. The Tridents will ALL arrive in one go tomorrow, and the 10.2m buses - 9 have been delivered. Expect this number to rise to 15.  Which buses will be arriving today? |
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Post by Safwaanf1 on Jun 15, 2014 16:37:02 GMT
After some consultation, we have decided that all our buses will carry the original Stagecoach London livery, with the blue and orange swirls. We have also decided that our hybrid buses will carry a green interior livery like the 61 plate E400H's at BW. The idea to carry Stagecoach's exterior livery has been scrapped to make life easier. |
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Post by Safwaanf1 on Jun 16, 2014 18:51:35 GMT
Update 16 June 2014:Route 323: A couple of days ago, we proposed to TfL/ LondonConnect to extend this route from Mile End to Liverpool Street and to increase the PVR from 4 to 9 using 5 double-decker buses. TfL has allowed us to extend the route and to increase the PVR. However, we will not be able to use a part-SD, part-DD allocation. Instead, it will have to be either full SD or full DD. We've decided it'll be a single-decker route. One thing that hasn't been decided, however, is the routing of the extension. We can either extend via route 205 or via route D6 and route 8. We've decided we're going to let you decide! Do you think we should extend via route 205 or via route 8 and D6? A decision will be made by this Friday, so if you want to have a say, make sure you reply by then. Route 376: TfL has allowed us to increase the PVR from 8 to 10.
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Post by Safwaanf1 on Jun 16, 2014 21:28:49 GMT
We have purchased 17001 and 19000, the Spirit of London, from Stagecoach London. A price has not been finalised. These purchases have also affected the fleet numbers:
10000 series:10001-10004 will be renumbered 19001-19004. The Spirit of London will retain it's 19000 fleet number.
17000 series:The new 17001, or TA1, will retain it's 17001 number. The current 17001 will be renumbered 17002 while the current 17002 will be renumbered 17025. If that's a bit confusing, this is what it will look like in terms of the registration numbers:
17001 S801 BWC- Formerly TA1/SCG 17001
17002 S801 BWD- Formerly 17001
17003 LX04 AAB- Unchanged
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17025 LX04 AAA- Formerly 17002
These buses will arrive this weekend. Also, all the other buses we ordered have arrived, except the Wright Streetlites.
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Post by Safwaanf1 on Jun 17, 2014 16:40:52 GMT
Our new garage is in Fulham. The address is 78 Lots Road, SW10 0QD. The garage code is FM.
Although at the beginning I said we would mainly operate in East London, there are a lot of garages there, such as WH, NS, BK, and the fictional Walthamstow bus garage. We therefore feel we have a better chance in another area of London.
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Post by Safwaanf1 on Jun 17, 2014 17:26:23 GMT
We have bid for some more routes. All will be run from Fulham FM if won. The funny thing is, in the unlikely event that we win all these routes, we will still have space to spare. The routes are:
200, 222, 315, 319, 415, 417, 432
Also, this Sunday, route 607 will be transferred from King's Cross KC to Fulham FM.
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Post by Safwaanf1 on Jun 17, 2014 17:39:36 GMT
We have given some of our buses new registration plates in memory of several incidents as a tribute to the victims, families, and friends of the deceased. Here they are:
12001- MH370
12050- SAA295
13001- SILKAIR185
13501- 26 12 04
14001- PSA 1771
And of course, 15001 is named 527 CLT just like the real 15100.
26 12 04 is the date of the boxing day tsunami. SILKAIR185 is named after the fatal crash of SilkAirways Flight 185. SAA295 is South African Airways Flight 295 and PSA 1771 is PSA Flight 1771. It's worth researching these particular flights.
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Post by Safwaanf1 on Jun 18, 2014 18:43:18 GMT
We have won the bid for routes 200, 228 and 366.
Route 200 will use 14 new Wright Streetlite Hybrids 10.2m and 2 existing Wright Gemini 2 Hybrids. This route will be run from Fulham FM.
Route 228 will use 4 existing Plaxton Pointers 10.8m and 9 new ADL E200's 10.8m. This route will be run from King's Cross KC.
Route 366 will use 15 new Wright Streetlite Hybrids 10.2m. This route will be run from Bow BW.
Note: When the ADL E350H becomes available, all Streetlites will be sold and replaced by E350H's.
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Post by Unorm on Jun 18, 2014 19:14:17 GMT
We have won the bid for routes 200, 228 and 366. Route 200 will use 14 new Wright Streetlite Hybrids 10.2m and 2 existing Wright Gemini 2 Hybrids. This route will be run from Fulham FM. Route 228 will use 4 existing Plaxton Pointers 10.8m, 1 existing ADL E200 and 8 new ADL E200's. This route will be run from King's Cross KC. Route 366 will use 15 new Wright Streetlite Hybrids 10.2m. This route will be run from Bow BW. Note: When the ADL E350H becomes available, all Streetlites will be sold and replaced by E350H's. Can you sell them to me, I'll give you a suitable price  |
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Post by Safwaanf1 on Jun 18, 2014 20:08:17 GMT
We have won the bid for routes 200, 228 and 366. Route 200 will use 14 new Wright Streetlite Hybrids 10.2m and 2 existing Wright Gemini 2 Hybrids. This route will be run from Fulham FM. Route 228 will use 4 existing Plaxton Pointers 10.8m, 1 existing ADL E200 and 8 new ADL E200's. This route will be run from King's Cross KC. Route 366 will use 15 new Wright Streetlite Hybrids 10.2m. This route will be run from Bow BW. Note: When the ADL E350H becomes available, all Streetlites will be sold and replaced by E350H's. Can you sell them to me, I'll give you a suitable price Sure, though bear in mind that I can only sell them when the E350H becomes available. That could take up to well over a month. |
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Post by Unorm on Jun 18, 2014 20:42:55 GMT
Can you sell them to me, I'll give you a suitable price Sure, though bear in mind that I can only sell them when the E350H becomes available. That could take up to well over a month. Yeah, they'll arrive sometime this month probably. |
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Post by Safwaanf1 on Jun 20, 2014 16:36:18 GMT
Update 20 June
Having learnt our lesson from last time, we have bid for the following garages:
Leyton T
Upton Park U
Rainham BE
Uxbridge UX
Park Royal PK
Willesden Junction WJ
Atlas Road AS
Plumstead PD
Waterloo RA
We will only bid for routes once the garage results have been announced.
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Post by Safwaanf1 on Jun 20, 2014 17:13:28 GMT
We have ordered 5 Plaxton Presidents with Dennis Trident 2 chassis. These buses are 10.5m long with Voith gearbox. They will use fleetcodes 16001-16005.
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Post by Safwaanf1 on Jun 21, 2014 11:22:22 GMT
We are to make a couple of proposals later today to TfL/ LondonConnect: 1)We will ask for planning permission to build a new garage in Bow. The garage will lie south-east of Bow Roundabout and will have a capacity of around 175-225, but we may expand later. The garage will use the code BR, for Bow Roundabout. BW will remain our headquarters though. The garage will have minimal facilities to keep construction costs low. Instead, BW will get more, refurbished facilities. The garage will cost around £9- 11 million to build. It will be complete by the end of July. 2)We will propose to make a new, commercial school route in partnership with various schools in the Tower Hamlets area. In particular, we want to relieve the pressure that the 25 and 205 suffer from Swanlea School in Whitechapel. |
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Post by Unorm on Jun 21, 2014 11:38:03 GMT
We are to make a couple of proposals later today to TfL/ LondonConnect: 1)We will ask for planning permission to build a new garage in Bow. The garage will lie south-east of Bow Roundabout and will have a capacity of around 175-225, but we may expand later. The garage will use the code BR, for Bow Roundabout. BW will remain our headquarters though. The garage will have minimal facilities to keep construction costs low. Instead, BW will get more, refurbished facilities. The garage will cost around £9- 11 million to build. It will be complete by the end of July. 2)We will propose to make a new, commercial school route in partnership with various schools in the Tower Hamlets area. In particular, we want to relieve the pressure that the 25 and 205 suffer from Swanlea School in Whitechapel. There is a school in Bow, on Fairfield Road, you might aswell add that (Bow Boy's School, I think it was) If you are worried about the school in Bow, the kids that use the D8, No need, I've my 433 relieving the DD-able route D8 (although SD). |
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Post by Safwaanf1 on Jun 21, 2014 13:10:54 GMT
We are to make a couple of proposals later today to TfL/ LondonConnect: 1)We will ask for planning permission to build a new garage in Bow. The garage will lie south-east of Bow Roundabout and will have a capacity of around 175-225, but we may expand later. The garage will use the code BR, for Bow Roundabout. BW will remain our headquarters though. The garage will have minimal facilities to keep construction costs low. Instead, BW will get more, refurbished facilities. The garage will cost around £9- 11 million to build. It will be complete by the end of July. 2)We will propose to make a new, commercial school route in partnership with various schools in the Tower Hamlets area. In particular, we want to relieve the pressure that the 25 and 205 suffer from Swanlea School in Whitechapel. There is a school in Bow, on Fairfield Road, you might aswell add that (Bow Boy's School, I think it was) If you are worried about the school in Bow, the kids that use the D8, No need, I've my 433 relieving the DD-able route D8 (although SD). I know about it. I travel through Bow Church everyday (nearly). That school isn't much of a problem, though now that you brought up Bow, Central Foundation Girls School down the road towards Mile End is also a problem on westbound buses (the 25 and 205). |
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Post by Unorm on Jun 21, 2014 13:17:01 GMT
There is a school in Bow, on Fairfield Road, you might aswell add that (Bow Boy's School, I think it was) If you are worried about the school in Bow, the kids that use the D8, No need, I've my 433 relieving the DD-able route D8 (although SD). I know about it. I travel through Bow Church everyday (nearly). That school isn't much of a problem, though now that you brought up Bow, Central Foundation Girls School down the road towards Mile End is also a problem on westbound buses (the 25 and 205). I remember that place, next to the abandoned hospital, opposite the abandoned hospital (St. Clement's Hospital), I don't know much schools on the 25/205 route  |
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Post by Safwaanf1 on Jun 21, 2014 14:25:47 GMT
I know about it. I travel through Bow Church everyday (nearly). That school isn't much of a problem, though now that you brought up Bow, Central Foundation Girls School down the road towards Mile End is also a problem on westbound buses (the 25 and 205). I remember that place, next to the abandoned hospital, opposite the abandoned hospital (St. Clement's Hospital), I don't know much schools on the 25/205 route I know about it too much: I take the 205 and 8 from Whitechapel-Bow Church-Old Ford and vice-versa twice a day times x a week. |
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Post by Safwaanf1 on Jun 21, 2014 15:14:06 GMT
A satellite image of our proposed new garage:  The image is taken from Google. |
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Post by Safwaanf1 on Jun 21, 2014 16:04:40 GMT
We have also bid for garages Enfield and North Wembley. The only garages we haven't bid for are Potters Bar, Wandsworth and Bexleyheath. We haven't bid for Potters Bar because we think it is too far north. We haven't bid for many south London garages because quite a lot of garages are operating there and we don't think it is really worth it.
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Post by Safwaanf1 on Jun 21, 2014 17:51:37 GMT
We have proposed to TfL to create and operate a few commercial school routes:
Proposed Routes:
Route 693
School served: Swanlea Secondary School
Routing: Swanlea School Brady Street, A11 (Whitechapel Road), Stepney Green Station, Mile End Station, Bow Church DLR Station, Stratford Bus Station, Forest Gate Police Station (Via 25)
Route 694:
School Served: Bethnal Green Academy, Raines Secondary School
Routing: Raines School London Chest Hospital, Cambridge Heath Road, Hackney Road, Shoreditch High Street, Bethnal Green Academy Bethnal Green Road, Bethnal Green Station, Globe Road, Grove Road, Old Ford Road, A12 Blackwall Tunnel Approach, Stratford Bus Station
Route 695:
School Served: Central Foundation Girls School
Routing: Bow Church, Central Foundation School Coborn Road, Mile End Station, Stepney Green Station, Whitechapel Station, Aldgate Station, Liverpool Station, Bethnal Green Road, Bethnal Green Station
Note that all routes would serve any stops that they pass.
Routes 693 and 695 will make 4 journeys a day, in only one direction- the same as shown above. The journeys will start at the following times: 1508, 1518, 1524, 1532.
Route 694 will make 7 journeys a day. They will start at: 1503, 1510, 1516, 1522, 1529, 1535
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Post by Safwaanf1 on Jul 10, 2014 17:42:49 GMT
Update 10th June 2014
Routes 693 to 695:
Route 693 will use 5 Wright Gemini 2/B9TL's, fleetcodes 13502-13506
Route 694 will use 8 ALX400/Trident 2's 9.9m, fleetcodes 17002 and 17006-17012
Route 695 will use 1 Wright Gemini 2/B5LH, fleetcode 13001, and 4 Wright Gemini 2/B9TL's, fleetcodes 13507-135010
New Bow Garage:
Construction of the garage has not yet been approved. However, we have been given permission to use the area to store buses. Until the new garage is built, this will officially be part of BW. BW now has a capacity of 250- 125 at the new location and 125 at BW. The capacity of BW has gone down slightly because a couple of engineering pits have been made.
Garage Tenders:
We have won Park Royal PK and Enfield E. We are very disappointed not to have won any garages in East London. My instincts tell me to buy a garage in East London for another garage, but my brain tells me that it's not worth it, so it's not going to happen.
Route Tenders:
We have bid for routes 2/N2, 322, 49, 38/N38, 8, 149, C10, 15, 115, 5, 139, 189, 184, 298, 299, 382, 383, 384, 389 and 399.
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Post by Unorm on Jul 10, 2014 22:41:41 GMT
Update 10th June 2014Routes 693 to 695:Route 693 will use 5 Wright Gemini 2/B9TL's, fleetcodes 13502-13506Route 694 will use 8 ALX400/Trident 2's 9.9m, fleetcodes 17002 and 17006-17012Route 695 will use 1 Wright Gemini 2/B5LH, fleetcode 13001, and 4 Wright Gemini 2/B9TL's, fleetcodes 13507-135010New Bow Garage:Construction of the garage has not yet been approved. However, we have been given permission to use the area to store buses. Until the new garage is built, this will officially be part of BW. BW now has a capacity of 250- 125 at the new location and 125 at BW. The capacity of BW has gone down slightly because a couple of engineering pits have been made.Garage Tenders:We have won Park Royal PK and Enfield E. We are very disappointed not to have won any garages in East London. My instincts tell me to buy a garage in East London for another garage, but my brain tells me that it's not worth it, so it's not going to happen. Route Tenders:We have bid for routes 2/N2, 322, 49, 38/N38, 8, 149, C10, 15, 115, 5, 139, 189, 184, 298, 299, 382, 383, 384, 389 and 399. Such a bid xD Bidding for my locals eh? We'll see the results of this *glazes at 2, N2 and 322 and doesn't close eyes at all* |
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Post by Safwaanf1 on Jul 10, 2014 23:03:03 GMT
Update 10th June 2014Routes 693 to 695:Route 693 will use 5 Wright Gemini 2/B9TL's, fleetcodes 13502-13506Route 694 will use 8 ALX400/Trident 2's 9.9m, fleetcodes 17002 and 17006-17012Route 695 will use 1 Wright Gemini 2/B5LH, fleetcode 13001, and 4 Wright Gemini 2/B9TL's, fleetcodes 13507-135010New Bow Garage:Construction of the garage has not yet been approved. However, we have been given permission to use the area to store buses. Until the new garage is built, this will officially be part of BW. BW now has a capacity of 250- 125 at the new location and 125 at BW. The capacity of BW has gone down slightly because a couple of engineering pits have been made.Garage Tenders:We have won Park Royal PK and Enfield E. We are very disappointed not to have won any garages in East London. My instincts tell me to buy a garage in East London for another garage, but my brain tells me that it's not worth it, so it's not going to happen. Route Tenders:We have bid for routes 2/N2, 322, 49, 38/N38, 8, 149, C10, 15, 115, 5, 139, 189, 184, 298, 299, 382, 383, 384, 389 and 399. Such a bid xD Bidding for my locals eh? We'll see the results of this *glazes at 2, N2 and 322 and doesn't close eyes at all* Since they're your local routes, I imagine you've bid quite high for them. I know I did. I put a massive bid for the 8 because it comes outside my house and I take it often. I'm also a Stagecoach fan so I've bid high for Stagecoach routes. |
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Post by Unorm on Jul 11, 2014 7:45:03 GMT
I'm not showing off or anything, but is there a closer garage to either routes? Because Fulham or any other garage is A dead run.
*wipes forehead* I hope I win them, I dunno how I lost 417-group......
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Post by Safwaanf1 on Jul 11, 2014 14:52:40 GMT
I'm not showing off or anything, but is there a closer garage to either routes? Because Fulham or any other garage is A dead run. *wipes forehead* I hope I win them, I dunno how I lost 417-group...... I've bid from King's Cross. |
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Post by Unorm on Jul 12, 2014 13:34:11 GMT
I'm not showing off or anything, but is there a closer garage to either routes? Because Fulham or any other garage is A dead run. *wipes forehead* I hope I win them, I dunno how I lost 417-group...... I've bid from King's Cross. Some dead run for the 322  2 as a real dead run to Norwood and 322 for Crystal Palace *remembers 1 was from Dagenham* |
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Post by Unorm on Jul 12, 2014 13:36:53 GMT
I'm not showing off or anything, but is there a closer garage to either routes? Because Fulham or any other garage is A dead run. *wipes forehead* I hope I win them, I dunno how I lost 417-group...... I've bid from King's Cross. Some dead run for the 322 2 as a real dead run to Norwood and 322 for Crystal Palace *remembers 1 was from Dagenham* |
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Post by Unorm on Jul 12, 2014 13:49:48 GMT
I'm not showing off or anything, but is there a closer garage to either routes? Because Fulham or any other garage is A dead run. *wipes forehead* I hope I win them, I dunno how I lost 417-group...... I've bid from King's Cross. Some dead run for the 322 2 as a real dead run to Norwood and 322 for Crystal Palace *remembers 1 was from Dagenham* |
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2 as a real dead run to Norwood and 322 for Crystal Palace *remembers 1 was from Dagenham* 
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