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VWL119 & SL10, i was on SR18 on the 11.15 route 261 from Cork to Middleton, and i came back on the same bus aswell. Just wanted to check out what that bus was like these days, because i used to be always on it when it was in Broadstone years ago, it was marked in on the 107 to Kingscourt. It is still going very well. That SC that i seen was coming out of Carrigtowhill at about 11.25/11.30 when we were coming into it. It was definitely an SC27something, and i thought it was 276 or 278, definitely 27something. Not too sure about the route number to be honest as i was spending my time trying to look at the fleet number or reg of the bus.
VWL129 might not have been on route 201, as i saw it passing Kent Train Station leaving the city at about 12.20/12.30, and Route 201 was on it's front destination screen. Maybe this is the correct routing for the 201 is it? I don't know. But maybe the driver was just bringing the bus out for a run or something, it may have been on a test run from the garage or something. VWL136 and i think it was VWL141 were parked outside the bus station at the number 2 stop at about 13.30 I could be wrong about 141 but i know i did see that bus somewhere anyway. But 136 was definitely there, parked up though.
SP61, that's a shame about SP84, I love that bus. I got that on the 7pm from Donegal town to Dublin on Monday evening, fantastic bus, one of the best SP's i have been on in a long time. Everything works on it, it's a flyer. The only thing that i was slightly pee'd off about is that it doesn't do the full 100kph, it stops at about 97/98kph, right on the 59/60mph mark, i know it's not alot of difference but it is when you're in a hurry
. But it is a very good bus and i love it, hope it stays on the Donegal road but i know it won't. So long as they don't send 85 down i'll be happy!
Surprised that SP44 went to Donegal, that bus is always on the Limerick route. She's another great machine, she's very fast taking off.
I got SP49 on route 8 at 2pm from Cork to Dublin yesterday afternoon. I was going to stay longer but when i seen that SP49 was on it i went for it because i haven't been in it in about 3 years or more, maybe more. It was always on route 1 Dublin to Belfast with SP50, SP51 and SP52, then 51 and 52 went on Letterkenny and 49 and 50 went on the Clonmel route 7. SP50 was spare i think as it was on the 30 to Donegal alot and sometimes on the 32 to Letterkenny, but it was mostly on the 7 to Clonmel. And SP49 never seems to leave route 7, never. I can understand why, because it's a great bus. Fast, powerful and very clean
I was on SP105 on Monday and at least one of the seats at the rear of the bus was broken, it was lying back in the reclining position, it would come forward but the catch was broken on it meaning that it just fell right back again. I see it's settled into Galway then
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