tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post6361550045775989686..comments2024-03-16T11:52:39.489+00:00Comments on Leon Daniels: More New Buses for LondonLeon Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12204869899460566340noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-2366194633892811182014-11-11T18:07:22.630+00:002014-11-11T18:07:22.630+00:00Nice.thank you so much sharing useful informationNice.thank you so much sharing useful informationArunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184114175431406160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-34433464817010552862013-12-05T17:01:02.313+00:002013-12-05T17:01:02.313+00:00Boris has also broken many of his manifesto commit...Boris has also broken many of his manifesto commitments. Many were broken within a year. Breaking another one wouldn't hurt him.<br /><br />But he does like his follies. Pointless buses, empty cablecars...Andrew Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16537107239353802646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-46220742008840734442013-08-20T18:55:34.514+01:002013-08-20T18:55:34.514+01:00Hello Leon,
Any chance that LT80, when delivered,...Hello Leon,<br /><br />Any chance that LT80, when delivered, might have ome commemorative liveryto mark the LT 80th anniversary?<br />NickNick Parishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02777273745038111584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-15272863263924184412013-08-19T13:23:28.027+01:002013-08-19T13:23:28.027+01:00How many other ex routemaster bus routes like the ...How many other ex routemaster bus routes like the 94 have failed the test?neilm831https://www.blogger.com/profile/18147094514918593509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-28510643943924247362013-08-17T09:25:05.411+01:002013-08-17T09:25:05.411+01:00As james may and his cohorts from top gear hate lo...As james may and his cohorts from top gear hate london bus drivers with a vengeance he should not have been allowed within a mile of the nb4lAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07838536436513890854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-37086583668819201582013-08-13T12:16:20.327+01:002013-08-13T12:16:20.327+01:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpOYP6_1pR0 <&l...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpOYP6_1pR0 <<Just looking at the buses going past Big Ben over westminster bridge and even the hybrid vehicles on route 12 look ghastly. If ever there was proof how desperate that london needed something looking anything like the RMS here is the proof!!!! Hopefully within 2 years all routes going past this landmark will be NB4L.<br />The buses are not neilm831https://www.blogger.com/profile/18147094514918593509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-17609863332231621932013-08-13T11:42:32.256+01:002013-08-13T11:42:32.256+01:00The 11 route has a seperate N11 route that goes i...The 11 route has a seperate N11 route that goes in other areas,does this mean unlike night service on route 24 the nb4l will not be used?neilm831https://www.blogger.com/profile/18147094514918593509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-69974208654892572392013-08-12T13:52:09.004+01:002013-08-12T13:52:09.004+01:00Really like New Bus for London.Traveled on route 2...Really like New Bus for London.Traveled on route 24 again today.<br />----------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://www.loopnet.com/lid/14331064" rel="nofollow">Miami Beach Real Estate</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15506446095572309068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-66987650514411172952013-08-12T00:32:26.053+01:002013-08-12T00:32:26.053+01:00Well certain routes have buses that run empty so l...Well certain routes have buses that run empty so less buses is not such a bad thing,especially with mobile apps being a walking timetable and people generally knowing roughly when a bus is due!! neilm831https://www.blogger.com/profile/18147094514918593509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-85362343878551568572013-08-11T22:18:55.674+01:002013-08-11T22:18:55.674+01:00I agree about livinstone but johnson wants to redu...I agree about livinstone but johnson wants to reduce the amount of buses on londons roads in favour of cyclists.he should NOT be trustedAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07838536436513890854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-24666360155249502362013-08-11T17:34:02.764+01:002013-08-11T17:34:02.764+01:00I think Boris Johnson has done tremendously well t...I think Boris Johnson has done tremendously well to improve transport for london with these delightful new buses. ken Livingstone should never have removed the rm's without a decent replacement in place.neilm831https://www.blogger.com/profile/18147094514918593509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-53901681215685608062013-08-11T16:46:06.989+01:002013-08-11T16:46:06.989+01:00I dont know how you can say that johnson was elect...I dont know how you can say that johnson was elected because of these buses. He was elected because people were fed up with livingstone and at his second election nobody else was really viable. As for the customer service assistants will they be got rid of when the 2015 cuts come in or are you going to scrap other bus routes to keep them on?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07838536436513890854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-76909495842214815862013-08-11T12:37:42.005+01:002013-08-11T12:37:42.005+01:00Ok thanks...who is having final say on routes that...Ok thanks...who is having final say on routes that get them? In addition to the four routes already i personally would go for 6,7,8,14,23,30,31,36,55,68,74,88,148,....Also once the 600 are fully allocated,how likely would it be that another 600 are ordered and the existing 600 are spread out on other routes keeping the most cherished routes with ne<br />Wish vehicles? IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE neilm831https://www.blogger.com/profile/18147094514918593509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-16833491710672973172013-08-11T08:12:22.985+01:002013-08-11T08:12:22.985+01:00Glad you really like New Bus for London. Every day...Glad you really like New Bus for London. Every day I get calls from people who want them on their route.<br /><br />But we run the routes passed on today's passenger demand not where they used to go. These routes do what we want them to do - and for example the 211 looks after the demand at the Hammersmith end.Leon Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12204869899460566340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-31934811634868959422013-08-10T21:02:06.042+01:002013-08-10T21:02:06.042+01:00for eg 11 should start from Hammersmith where it d...for eg 11 should start from Hammersmith where it did in its crew days previouslyneilm831https://www.blogger.com/profile/18147094514918593509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-36044888995345376332013-08-10T19:52:02.774+01:002013-08-10T19:52:02.774+01:00Cant praise the new bus 4 London any more highly,e...Cant praise the new bus 4 London any more highly,easily the best vehicle since the last rear platform bus.<br />I find it shocking that the 11 bus,390 and 9 routes in length have not been reviewed with priority being nearer to their original routemaster length.neilm831https://www.blogger.com/profile/18147094514918593509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-40143775214814664812013-08-08T21:45:07.051+01:002013-08-08T21:45:07.051+01:00Travelled on route 24 again today. There's an ...Travelled on route 24 again today. There's an incredibly ugly diagonal black painted steel strut running from bodyside near the lower saloon ceiling to the floor on the wheel arch side of the rear entrance. On this particular vehicle there was an almighty graunching noise from the area where the top of this strut fixes to the body.Malcolmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05966288177636993830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-62982295007455550392013-08-08T17:00:37.784+01:002013-08-08T17:00:37.784+01:00Well you can start your petition but I'm afrai...Well you can start your petition but I'm afraid the position is the Mayor promised in his manifesto 600 New Buses and was elected on that basis.<br /><br />Having been democratically elected he has a mandate to do this and so that is what we are doing!Leon Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12204869899460566340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-89791826499505008502013-08-08T10:13:10.966+01:002013-08-08T10:13:10.966+01:00It good to see a bus on Top Gear for a change.
...It good to see a bus on Top Gear for a change. <br /><br />But frankly, I was very surprised that James May was allowed to abuse LT7 in the way that he did, bashing low hanging tree branches, knocking over an A board while turning in a narrow Somerset dead-end street, colliding with a Volkswagen beetle and forcing racing drivers off course on the race track - the sort of thing that ignorant Petras409https://www.blogger.com/profile/04036674245734936601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-59762913531605331402013-08-07T19:56:07.890+01:002013-08-07T19:56:07.890+01:00I travelled briefly on the lower deck of a 24 toda...I travelled briefly on the lower deck of a 24 today. it was commendably quiet... I thought "trolleybus".... and the attendant was a fantastic ambassador for himself, London and TfL talking up the sightseeing potential of route 24.Malcolmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05966288177636993830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-64927743140169454402013-08-07T14:10:43.166+01:002013-08-07T14:10:43.166+01:00I also agree with FreeBBC on his opinion about Rou...I also agree with FreeBBC on his opinion about Route 9 and 15 being converted to NB4L. <br /><br />I would be proud if N9's Night Service used NB4L's as it'll greet visitors around the world at Heathrow. <br /><br />I've also enjoyed watching Top Gear with James May doing a fantastic review on the New Bus for London.<br /><br />As I hate the New Bus for London, I'm planning toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901968875804634408.post-56191780001160711242013-08-07T03:43:55.029+01:002013-08-07T03:43:55.029+01:00I have my own opinion and only my opinion about ro...I have my own opinion and only my opinion about route 9 and 15 being converted to NBFL. I personally think they should be the last ones to be converted to NBFL operation because of the Heritage Routemaster that runs along side route 9 and 15. <br /><br />But anyway will be looking forward to seeing a photo of LT and the RM together on the same route. <br /><br />I also hope the NBFL does the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com