I've noticed PADs on the 313 a lot this week alright Liam. I think that the trackers on the VWLs are very poor and that is why there is so much "invisibility" on the 305/305A and 313. Also, why are they using two separate route numbers for what is in effect a very short cross-city route that uses one bus???
Yes I saw that and was going to get one of them when they came back over to the north-side but then they "dropped off the radar". It's curious that three of them were out for runs today!
Oh there is a bit of (very-advance) familiarisation going on there as a sort of "taster" or "appetiser" but I can't see them starting there for another 9 or 12 months.
I don't know Liam. There must be some method to the madness. The Monday to Friday city PVR is 30 (including the 313) and I suppose having only 34 EWDs would be risky, all the more so as there are "injects" into the 304 most afternoons. So they will need to keep some PADs and/or VWLs until the other 21 EWDs arrive whenever that will be. Remember that they need spare buses for driver training, for breakdown cover, for vehicle testing and of course some like PAD121 can be off the road for weeks por months.
i dont know if i told u but the bus driver told me the new charging points are being build at the depot
I wonder are the pads still transferring to cork
vwl316 was on the 305 today but at 12:30 it went to the depot. 3 hours later its not tracking. plus no 305 for three hours
I've noticed PADs on the 313 a lot this week alright Liam.
I think that the trackers on the VWLs are very poor and that is why there is so much "invisibility" on the 305/305A and 313.
Also, why are they using two separate route numbers for what is in effect a very short cross-city route that uses one bus???
@@paulbelfastlimerick thats a very good question
@@paulbelfastlimerick vwl315 was on the 15:45 313
no single deckers in service today. ewd104 on 306 pad128 on 313. wel 305 is only single decker
no sign of pad121 coming back
2 vwls were on 303 earlier. vwl315 and 316
Yes I saw that and was going to get one of them when they came back over to the north-side but then they "dropped off the radar". It's curious that three of them were out for runs today!
@@paulbelfastlimerick Oh ok
@@paulbelfastlimerick vwl313 the only one not in service
Oh, just to add VWL317 still has that overpowering musty smell, which could well be due to water ingress when it is sent through the wash.
@@paulbelfastlimerick oh
and i saw an electroliner at galway bus depot i dont know whats it doing there
Oh there is a bit of (very-advance) familiarisation going on there as a sort of "taster" or "appetiser" but I can't see them starting there for another 9 or 12 months.
@@paulbelfastlimerick i dont know if its limerick based or galway based
@@liamoconnor2718 No, it is from here. 113 possibly. I can't recall which.
@@paulbelfastlimerick i dont know myself
@@paulbelfastlimerick perhaps either driver trained in galway or on loan
306 is'nt tracking today so i dont know if its a vwl or pad or ewd
Probably a VWL. Their trackers are very intermittent.
At this rate, we'll likely have VWLs into 2025!
@@paulbelfastlimerick ya but they wont see 2026
ya wel the vwls will be withdrawn for sure once 21 ewds come
i dont get it. why are they still here?
I don't know Liam. There must be some method to the madness. The Monday to Friday city PVR is 30 (including the 313) and I suppose having only 34 EWDs would be risky, all the more so as there are "injects" into the 304 most afternoons. So they will need to keep some PADs and/or VWLs until the other 21 EWDs arrive whenever that will be. Remember that they need spare buses for driver training, for breakdown cover, for vehicle testing and of course some like PAD121 can be off the road for weeks por months.
@@paulbelfastlimerick oh ok ya i hope pad121 comes back
vwl316 has a very bad idle that idles so loud