Evolution: Tesco

1999 and 2010

Evolution: Ambulances

Most ambulances for the South Western Ambulance NHS Trust (and its precdessors)for quite a few years have been supplied by either Renault, or Mercedes.

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Related Links

• Oh Dear Plymothian Transit 19 July
• The Ambulance Ambulance Plymothian Transit 24 September 2010

Elsewhere on the net

• Cliffs on the Wheal Coates sett. TGP Photos Unlimited
• In fact, it looks like it will be the least appealing trade show in recent years. Omnibuses
• Both these useful premises are situated at a community called Bedlington Station some two miles from Bedlington, although there hasn't been a station at Bedlington Station since 1964 when the "Blyth and Tyne" line closed for passenger services. There never was a station at Bedlington. Public Transport Experience
• This second instalment features the buses and coaches on display at Duxford that have been withdrawn from service work, although some may still earn a living in their retirement as heritage vehicles. Transport Illustrated

Evolution: ATS

Its not just coaches which seem to be more and more turning to basic white based liveries...

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Related Links

• Evolution: Plymouth Citybus Plymothian Transit 22 August 2011
• Evolution: Atlantean Plymothian Transit 27 August 2011

Elsewhere on the net

• The New Face of Exeter TGP Photos Unlimited
• Alan was off to the station, a ghostly destination served by ghostly buses for which there is not a jot or tittle of information in the town centre. Public Transport Experience
• Swifts #2 TGP Photos Unlimited
• Being a good, canny Scot, Jean is up for a good deal; Public Transport Experience
• As an aside, and repetitively, fbb wonders why we cannot have one single national timetable library. It could easily (?) be funded via the registration system and would ensure that the eager enquirer would not have trawl tediously through web site after web site to find out "what's going on". Public Transport Experience
• Over the next couple of months I shall be posting photos of all the buses I have owned. This first post features the Leyland Big Cats. TGP Photos Unlimited
• In the light of the Anonymous comment of 1544 on 28th August, I thought I ought to clarify that that my post entitled “No News is Bad News?” was designed to highlight as many of the positives as I could that have resulted from Alex Carter’s leadership at Go South Coast Dorset Bus Blog
• If you've never been before, Winkleigh is a rally that is just completely different to any other you'll visit. PTOTPA
• It’s still agriculturally based, Radio 4’s The Archers soap opera. This means it revolves around the rhythms of the seasons and the weather. Omnibuses
• Today's safari takes us in search of the shy and rarely seen creature, the gatcombus thirtysixus. This small green mammal has recently been reported on the remote Island of Vectis, a location known for the mysteries of nammet, gallybagger and pagan pilgrimages to nuppurt. Public Transport Experience

Evolution 2

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Elsewhere on the net

• Are They Having a Laugh? Still Sniggering! Public Transport Experience
• £181,000,000 (say it quickly and it doesn't sound too bad) seems an awful lot of pennies for a few strips of concrete. And very nice they look, too Public Transport Experience
• One of the minor irritations I find on timetables produced by a certain publicity house is the misuse (or non-use) of capital letters at certain timing points Omnibuses
• "Muileann" is easy if you see the link to the Gallic, i.e. French, "moulin". It means "mill". And this IS the mill in about 1920. Public Transport Experience
• Go Ahead have purchased new and expanded a number of their existing companies in the recent years. Their most recent acquisition is Thames Travel Southern England Bus Scene
• Milngavie was served by Glasgow Trams and buses of the Alexander Midland company. Public Transport Experience
• Omnibuses’ Northern Correspondent reports a little controversially on enthusiasts from the frozen north. Don’t blame me Omnibuses
• Is it too much to hope for that bus companies will stop their petty spats with train companies, stick to the shorter-distance and fill-in stuff they’re better at, and realise that we’re all in it together against the private car? Omnibuses
• I have long nurtured the idea of taking one of my buses to Lathalmond to visit the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum for the rally in August. So when we were out in my Bristol SUL4A with ECW C33F body we hatched the plan. Last Thursday the four of us ( Terry B, Ken, Woody and I ) set out for a six day trip with over a thousand miles of driving. TGP Photos Unlimited
• The N reg Airbus Volvo Olympians have been going through a re-painting programme over the last few weeks down in Cornwall PTOTPA
• The Oxford Bus Company have recently invested in 18 Enviro400 Hybrid double deckers to replace the fleet of Dennis Trident double deckers on Oxford's Park and Ride network. Southern England Bus Scene
• Dire forecasts of a widening gap in service provision come from research sponsored by The P.T.E.G. Omnibuses
• It seems to me, when it comes to reactions to the colourful output from Stenning’s Best Impressions design house, that reactions are actually very black & white. You love them or loathe them. There’s very little in between. Omnibuses
• As well as John Betjeman's Rhododendron Ponticum invasion, the once secluded and up-market suburb of Broomhill (in Sheffield) has been invaded by the University and its student accommodation and by swish business offices in former Victorian mansions. Public Transport Experience

Evolution

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Elsewhere on the net

• Smartcards may have their downside and they may not be quite as robust as we all like to think. But tokens were never much of an answer, if we’re honest. Omnibuses
• As Plymouth Citybus continues to add more of their double deck B7s, we see further single deck B7s disappear from FDC's Plymouth fleet PTOTPA
• Delving into Dagenham Dock [outtakes]? Bits missed out from the recent mini-series. Public Transport Experience
• Yesterday, I visited Guildford for the first time. Southern England Bus Scene
• The August 2011 copy of the Chartered Institute of Transport’s* journal lists the finalists in its annual awards for excellence Omnibuses
• Before I re-start regular reports I thought I'd use the views from my trips to Southend and Hull. Having gone all that way to get the photos it would be a shame not to share them. Transport Illustrated
• On the way to Sandtoft for the Bradford Trolleybus Centenary I made a quick visit to the former, unloved county of Humberside Transport Illustrated
• Southern Vectis will take over routes from the former Wightbus network from 5th September, which will see SV take on a lot of routes they previously have operated in some form. Southern England Bus Scene
• The 1950 edition of Bradshaw's guide showed nine trains a day between Cambridge and St Ives. We may look longingly into the rosy-hued past, but a "proper" railway would never have been able to offer a 10 minute frequency Public Transport Experience