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Post by freebbc on Mar 6, 2014 21:06:05 GMT
Their plans... - Contactless payments
introduced on rail services
During 2014
- 250th New
Routemaster in
service
by August 2014
- TFL expects to have 10th route converted to New Routemaster by December.
- Delivering a cleaner bus fleet – retrofitting old engines
- Replacing Euro 3 engined buses with hybrids
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Post by citylinelondon on Mar 7, 2014 17:42:24 GMT
Retrofitting old engines sounds good so does this mean the President and Geminis wont be Withdrawn from London even though both buses where a good design and familiar with engines on some Geminis.
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Post by freebbc on Mar 7, 2014 19:03:52 GMT
My personal idea is to convert all routes that serve Central London to Hybrid buses.
But its quite interesting how the public money needs to be used to be spent on running the network whilst the 40% of the income which is fares to run it as well.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2014 18:27:47 GMT
Is retrofitting anything like the Stagecoach Tridents with Biodiesel?
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Post by GloriousWater on Mar 8, 2014 21:49:16 GMT
Not exactly. Retrofitting is to make the bus meet updated LEZ limits and entails fitting particulate filters and even new engines. Biodiesel is just a different type of diesel.  If anyone wants to go into more detail about that, feel free. About the budget, I'd like to see the 39% that's allegedly used on improving services. Judging by the many cutbacks (though they seem to have slowed) it's being spent on vanity. |
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