malumbu Posted March 4, 2024 Share Posted March 4, 2024 I thought I'd started a topic on my favourite buses but can't find it. Admin no issues with merging this id that thread exists. Anyway, exciting news, I saw an electric 363 today. Hopefully they will electrify all the 363s as per most of the 185s and 63s. A raspberry for those new routemasters such as the 12s and 176s. An expensive indulgence projects from the last Mayor. The new electric double deckers are more comfortable, smoother, have good on board information , charging points and even holders for your phone. 1 2 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/341852-electric-buses/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus Posted March 4, 2024 Share Posted March 4, 2024 You sold it on the phone holders alone 🤣 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/341852-electric-buses/#findComment-1658151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzer Posted March 4, 2024 Share Posted March 4, 2024 IMO the 363's are badly designed, short on seats and are uncomfortable Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/341852-electric-buses/#findComment-1658152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
malumbu Posted March 4, 2024 Author Share Posted March 4, 2024 But not the new electric ones Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/341852-electric-buses/#findComment-1658156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Orwell Posted March 4, 2024 Share Posted March 4, 2024 There's still a few of us around who remember these: https://www.londonbusmuseum.com/shop/cravens-rt1493-on-route-63-to-honor-oak-a-brand-new-casting-from-efe/ Plenty more info here: https://londonbuses.co.uk/_routes/current/063.html 1 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/341852-electric-buses/#findComment-1658158 Share on other sites More sharing options...
malumbu Posted March 4, 2024 Author Share Posted March 4, 2024 Also worth visits to the transport museum in Covent garden and perhaps even more wonderful Actin depot. Funny that there is all this nostalgia for the routemaster to yet it was out of date when it was introduced. Yes I know that the RT series predates this 1 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/341852-electric-buses/#findComment-1658160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus Posted March 5, 2024 Share Posted March 5, 2024 George, they were the best with the wind down windows that let the air really flow through them on a hot day and the excitement of running after a bus that was departing the stop and jumping on the rear platform with a grin of satisfaction (to hell with health and safety) and the sound of the conducters hand cranked ticket machine "one and two half's please to Oxford circus" Oh the nostalgia And best of all they were efficient and you didn't get " the driver has been instructed to wait at this stop to regulate the service" 🤣 1 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/341852-electric-buses/#findComment-1658187 Share on other sites More sharing options...
malumbu Posted March 22, 2024 Author Share Posted March 22, 2024 Apparently the P4 is the best bus. Optare, probably the Metrocity. Was a bit surprised as not my favourite model, although some of the routes are really sexy. They don't do a single decker electric version, The earliest electric buses were electric (BYD) but not around here. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/341852-electric-buses/#findComment-1660229 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzer Posted March 22, 2024 Share Posted March 22, 2024 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/341852-electric-buses/#findComment-1660233 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus Posted March 22, 2024 Share Posted March 22, 2024 19 minutes ago, malumbu said: Apparently the P4 is the best bus. Optare, probably the Metrocity. Was a bit surprised as not my favourite model, although some of the routes are really sexy. They don't do a single decker electric version, The earliest electric buses were electric (BYD) but not around here. At weekends Mal also likes to don his anorak and stand on the end of platforms, "oh look thete goes a class 255 diesel shunt" he cries 🤣 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/341852-electric-buses/#findComment-1660237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus Posted March 22, 2024 Share Posted March 22, 2024 Mal This will allow you to be the trendy nerd on the platform Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/341852-electric-buses/#findComment-1660254 Share on other sites More sharing options...
malumbu Posted March 22, 2024 Author Share Posted March 22, 2024 Nothing wrong with being a bus spotter. I recommend the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden and even better their depot at Acton. The TV channel Yesterday has showcased the underground so only matter of time before they do buses. 1 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/341852-electric-buses/#findComment-1660268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus Posted March 23, 2024 Share Posted March 23, 2024 Nothing at Mal Do you also like looking out for shiny white ambulances when the men with your special tight fitting jacket come to take you for a short holiday 🤣 Joking aside the transport museum is fab as is the bus museum down near brooklands. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/341852-electric-buses/#findComment-1660296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladi Posted March 23, 2024 Share Posted March 23, 2024 On 04/03/2024 at 22:04, malumbu said: I thought I'd started a topic on my favourite buses but can't find it. Admin no issues with merging this id that thread exists. Anyway, exciting news, I saw an electric 363 today. Hopefully they will electrify all the 363s as per most of the 185s and 63s. A raspberry for those new routemasters such as the 12s and 176s. An expensive indulgence projects from the last Mayor. The new electric double deckers are more comfortable, smoother, have good on board information , charging points and even holders for your phone. Only problem is that all the major components ( chassis, motor, gearbox ,axles, batteries etc) are made in China.They arrive here as fully assembled and running chassis. Only the external bodywork is added in the UK. A few decades ago, the UK had a highly successful bus manufacturing industry that exported busses all over the world. Such brands as Leyland, AEC, Guy, Albion and Dennis spring to mind. Sad, very sad! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/341852-electric-buses/#findComment-1660377 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus Posted March 25, 2024 Share Posted March 25, 2024 Mal Now don't get over excited but this may be just the thing for you 🤣 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/341852-electric-buses/#findComment-1660497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Orwell Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 (edited) Fully battery powered Tram ? / Buses ? / Trolley Buses ? at Crystal Palace apparently. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/londons-bus-route-358-debuts-electric-buses-with-tram-inspired-design-77202/ Edited February 5 by George Orwell Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/341852-electric-buses/#findComment-1696519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Never mind that, I want to know more about the train cake tin! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/341852-electric-buses/#findComment-1696528 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladi Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 1 hour ago, George Orwell said: Fully battery powered Tram ? / Buses ? / Trolley Buses ? at Crystal Palace apparently. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/londons-bus-route-358-debuts-electric-buses-with-tram-inspired-design-77202/ As a vehicle vehicle design engineer, I would suggest going further towards the trolley bus arrangement with a pantograph connecting to overhead wires on bus lanes, such as on straights running up to and including traffic lights, so allowing more time to recharge whilst in transit. This would be preferrable to charging from structures that have to be activated by the driver. 1 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/341852-electric-buses/#findComment-1696532 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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