Thursday 5th June 2025 It’s good to see the promised new battery-electric buses are now being introduced on the Kent Thameside Fastrack network. Readers will recall Go-Ahead took over the contract for this high profile operation in the Dartford-Bluewater-Ebbsfleet-Gravesend area last November and have been using mainly London cast offs for the last few months.... Continue Reading →
Saturday 23rd November 2024 Passengers on TfL’s route 358 between Crystal Palace and Orpington finally got to travel on the much anticipated Irizar electric ‘tram style’ buses on Wednesday when seven of the 17 vehicles allocated to the route, operated by Go-Ahead London from its Green Street Green bus garage, hit the road. Readers may... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 12th November 2024 Whichever way you look at it, from a passenger’s perspective, this week’s takeover of the Kent County Council funded Fastrack branded network in Dartford, Bluewater, Ebbsfleet and Gravesend is an unwelcome downgrade. I know there’s the promise of new electric powered Irizar built ieTram buses to come and note these are... Continue Reading →
Saturday 3rd December 2022 And so to the third and final of my palindromic anagram London bus route riding trilogy. Having enjoyed the 123/321 and 132/231 it can only be the turn of routes 213 and 312 thus completing the only six route palindromic anagram possible on TfL's bus network. So far I’ve not had... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 22nd November 2022 Having seen Irizar’s new ‘ie tram’ bus displayed at the EuroBus EXPO show earlier this month I thought I’d take a ride on Go-Ahead London’s route 358, where the buses are destined to enter service early next year, to see how they’re likely to perform on this busy route. It’s a... Continue Reading →
Thursday 17th November 2022 After my two palindrome rides on London's bus routes 123 and 321 last month, it seemed a good idea to repeat the adventure and do an anagram variant with a journey on both routes 132 and 231, not least because it made sense to ride the 132 after finishing my journey... Continue Reading →
Thursday 13th October 2022 I'm back palindrome bus riding again to finish off comparing TfL's routes 123 and 321 and regaling you about my recent journey from New Cross Gate Sainsbury's down to Foots Cray Tesco having run out of energy to tell you about it after the marathon ride from Ilford to Wood Green.... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 14th June 2022 There’s nothing better than a well organised bus garage open day to attract a curious local community to come and take a look behind the scenes as well as generate huge goodwill among bus industry supporters and passionate enthusiasts. And last Saturday there was nothing better than the well organised open... Continue Reading →
Monday 29th March 2021 TfL's newest bus route numbered 456 began a couple of weeks ago on Saturday 13th March. As I remarked in my 6th March blog, introducing a brand new route when TfL is running a huge deficit with no certainty about future funding as well as during a pandemic lockdown seemed like... Continue Reading →
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