How are we doing?

"We believe our punctuality figure is truly representative of the experience our passengers face, but it is derived from a sampling process.”

The graph hasn't exactly come out as I had hoped but it is still good enough to show the figures that First Devon and Cornwall have been reporting each month for their punctuality and reliability. The main bars highlight the percentage of services running on time The ‘punctuality' score is an indication of how often buses run to time. The Traffic Commissioner (the bus industry's regulatory authority) considers the timekeeping of bus services is acceptable if they arrive at all points on a route no more than one minute early or five minutes late. This is also the standard we use (target 95%). The top red line shows the percentage of services actually ran (Reliability -target 100%) The ‘reliability' measure shows how many services were operated over a period of time. This figure is derived on our comprehensive knowledge of all cancellations, and is therefore a very accurate measure. Our aim is to run 100% of our scheduled services The gap is for January 2008 as no figures appear in their online archives for that period. I should point out that the periods do not match up exact calendar months.

Scene this yet?

"certainly has potential to build up into something interesting”         Elsewhere… TGP is pointless Its not all Wright… What the Penguin likes Penguin Quotes

Devon bus scene is a nice new web site with a clean design which looks well made and certainly has potential to build up into something interesting. Its early days and there is not much there yet - but keep an eye on it!

At last they are here

"After a long wait the London Tridents have finally started to arrive” Elsewhere… T878KLF in London T879KLF in London T879KLF in London T880KLF in London Make your own - Paper model to cut out and make of T878KLF Louis Flickr stream

©Louisandbuses. Flickr After a long wait the London Tridents have finally started to arrive in Plymouth. At least three are known to have arrived so far T878-80KLF which are in standard Barbie livery. I was looking for a few photos of the buses up in London and was really surprised to see that Louis has got one in Plymouth - well done!

Sunday Best: Skyliner on National Express

"which look great even in the current dull National Express livery” Elsewhere… AEC Regents Flickr Christian Wolmar on National Express

©AecRegent “Having just left the bus station in Bristol, this coach is keeping left to go up the M32 and then the M4 to its destination at London Victoria. Taken from a pedestrian bridge over the road” OES628Y Bond Street. Bristol July 1986 (I assume not 1896!) Trathens have long been linked to the Neoplan Skyliners having introduced them on their London services way back in 1981. They still have a batch of them on National Express duties which look great even in the current dull National Express livery. The word is however that this will soon come to an end as they are about to be replaced by 15M long single deck coaches. No idea what these will be yet, but I cant see them being as impressively distinctive as the Skyliners. Shame. 15M of plain white coach with a few grey ‘stair rods’ at the back. Hardly eye catching is it?