THE FIRST DAY OF ROUTE W9 METROLINE (London Bus Changes EXPLAINED) E200 Observations (RIP Solos)

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  • @TESL1.10
    @TESL1.10 Місяць тому +2

    1:26 That Metroline logo looks so nostalgic for some reason.

  • @Bobbyandmog
    @Bobbyandmog Місяць тому +7

    Its like nothing ever happened,all that Sullivan's and Stagecoach stuff was all a bad dream.

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому +3

      Yeah, things are getting better now. And residents living on the W9 have actually got a reliable service for the first time in years!

    • @londonbuses4763
      @londonbuses4763 Місяць тому +2

      @@MostlyBuses1yes, I really felt bad for the elderly passengers that were asking where the W9 was when it wasn’t timetabled for a while

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому +2

      @@londonbuses4763 It really must've been awful living on the W9 recently. I remember it being the least reliable route in Enfield (or something) when Sullivan Buses had it.
      And then Stagecoach stepped in with banditised Solos that had no destination blinds and sometimes they only ran 2 buses on the entire route (although it's understandable since it was so short notice).
      And from what I've seen so far, ML have been pretty good on the W9. Blinded, dual door buses and I did see a bunching but other than that it was fine

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      the next thing TfL need to do is actually add some bus stops. I hate hail & rides in London, on some routes you have to be a local to know where the bus will stop (I now know that the W9's won't usually stop on main roads so people living there will have to walk to a quieter road to get on a bus)

    • @ahuman9143
      @ahuman9143 Місяць тому +2

      Us 365 users have been living a bad dream since 2013 when First pulled out of London Operations (365 is consistently Havering's 1st-5th worst performing bus route) So I understand how awful Stagecoach might have been for you lot

  • @TESL1.10
    @TESL1.10 Місяць тому +1

    YESSS Chase Farm Hospital is now fully operated by metroline it's so cute🥺 E200 Metroline & E400 Metroline in the same bus stand.

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому +2

      The 313 is still Arriva but who knows, PB could get it back next time it's tendered (and they'll get rid of the LTs too)

    • @TESL1.10
      @TESL1.10 Місяць тому

      @@MostlyBuses1 The actual bus stand. 313 doesn't pass there. Plus I'd rather 313 with Arriva I've always liked the Boris Buses up in the suburbs especially when LT2 comes into play (is LT3 green too? (I'm not sure))

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      @@TESL1.10 yeah but it still goes to the hospital. But yeah it's very nice seeing a green "country" bus in the countryside (it was probably unintentional since they wanted the oldest batch of the 38's LTs but it's a nice touch anyway). And the unreliableness of the LTs mean we get regular DWs and Ts on the 313 too which is great

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      @@TESL1.10 LT2 is the only green one. I wish LT50 and LT60 kept their old liveries, I have no idea why GAL decided to remove them upon refurbishment

    • @londonbuses4763
      @londonbuses4763 Місяць тому

      @@MostlyBuses1 that would be great!

  • @WT2K24
    @WT2K24 Місяць тому

    Great Observations! Nice to see most buses on W9 are blinded. Remember seeing some of these DEs on the 117 a few years ago lol 😂
    I hope the DEMs come soon to replace these 09regs as they’re quite battered now

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому +1

      @@WT2K24 Thanks and yeah it's good that they've finally got destination blinds (it probably didn't make sense to fit them on the Solos for one or two days). Things get confusing for people living on the Highlands Village loop.

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      @@WT2K24 I remember them on the 117 and 190 too. I sadly had to get one of these instead of a lovely MCV Evolution.

    • @WT2K24
      @WT2K24 Місяць тому

      @@MostlyBuses1Yeahhh, those DMs on 190 were great! Wish they were still around

  • @NewYoutuberOnlyComments-d6q
    @NewYoutuberOnlyComments-d6q Місяць тому

    @MostlyBuses1 W video. I'm at Heathrow airport with my brother. And we're now looking at all the buses and bus routes' interior. Please grant us wishes to stay safe. My goodness me that journey was a super thrash at almost the end and almost at the start. XD

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      I'm guessing you did the SL7 end to end? That's a great route. Did you do the A10 while you were there?

    • @NewYoutuberOnlyComments-d6q
      @NewYoutuberOnlyComments-d6q Місяць тому

      Yeah I did do the SL7 end to end. And yeah it's a great route. I did do the interior tour on all buses in Heathrow and I did do the A10 to the bus stop The Square. A bit of an awkward bus stop name innit? I went on DEL2150 & DEL2154 on that route.

    • @NewYoutuberOnlyComments-d6q
      @NewYoutuberOnlyComments-d6q Місяць тому

      And I went on WVL488 & WVL490 on route SL7.

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      @@NewUA-camrOnlyComments-d6q oh nice. It's a shame you didn't get a DD on the A10

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      @@NewUA-camrOnlyComments-d6q how did you get all the interiors? Did you ride all the routes or ask the drivers at the bus stand

  • @mclarens43210
    @mclarens43210 Місяць тому +2

    nice vid, love the information keep it up.

  • @TESL1.10
    @TESL1.10 Місяць тому

    Wait it goes up to Gordon Hill?? That's amazing!!

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому +1

      For four days but it's missing out a bit of the h&r section. The drivers are nice though and they do stop when you press the bell / put you hand out which is what all drivers should do instead of driving past

  • @MostlyBuses1
    @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

    I've just counted and it turns out I have been on 56 Stagecoach W9s.

  • @athavanainkaran2499
    @athavanainkaran2499 Місяць тому

    R.I.P Optare Solos

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому +1

      Yeah it's such a shame they've been wiped out. There's just two original Solos left (and one is in service today)

  • @MostlyBuses1
    @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому +1

    Skip to 3:18 to hear the weird bong sounds played over the announcements

  • @airborne1855
    @airborne1855 Місяць тому

    The SN09's from UX garage have been withdrawn, except for 2 or 3 that now run on W8

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому +1

      @@airborne1855 yeah there's now no more ex First buses at UX. The SN09s are for the ex Sullivan school contracts ML won from on a 1 year contract.

    • @zeeridwanfahdpartonetoone6427
      @zeeridwanfahdpartonetoone6427 Місяць тому +1

      @@MostlyBuses1I think the remaining SN09’s that run on W8 are also temporary until summer 2025.
      LK62’s and LK13’s will soon join in W8 with the electric allocation for 2 types of fleets and then fully go electric after that. For example: SN09CFY now does 606 and 240. SN09CFZ is for school routes, 263 and W8.

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      @@zeeridwanfahdpartonetoone6427 technically the SN09s should be withdrawn at the end of the year

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      @@zeeridwanfahdpartonetoone6427 technically the SN09s should be withdrawn at the end of the year

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      @@zeeridwanfahdpartonetoone6427 I think they might stay for the full 1 year school contracts though

  • @MostlyBuses1
    @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

    SULLIVAN LINKS:
    Route 217 to Arriva:
    ua-cam.com/video/45oze8_V_8Q/v-deo.html
    Route 217's transferred E400s:
    ua-cam.com/video/-yEMIfVoDt0/v-deo.html
    Route 298 to Uno:
    ua-cam.com/video/o8Xr1DqA3cE/v-deo.html
    Route 299 to GAL:
    ua-cam.com/video/B3CMIkdPCgc/v-deo.html
    Route 327 to Metroline:
    ua-cam.com/video/gJM4CB4B690/v-deo.html
    Routes 389 & 399 to Metroline:
    ua-cam.com/video/fjb4L7rinOc/v-deo.html
    Route 389 to GoAhead:
    ua-cam.com/video/J3iEqIOAG04/v-deo.html
    Route 399 to GoAhead:
    ua-cam.com/video/-KQLhKqfCxc/v-deo.html
    Route 549 to Stagecoach:
    ua-cam.com/video/8HKGHdxvlRM/v-deo.html
    Route W9 to Stagecoach:
    ua-cam.com/video/t6gwCSvirfg/v-deo.html
    Route W9's Optare Solos:
    ua-cam.com/video/YFolR94MEI4/v-deo.html
    Route W9's Last Day At Stagecoach:
    ua-cam.com/video/8_w2Q5Ujxrg/v-deo.html
    Route W9 Metroline:
    ua-cam.com/video/8Q3mZihKTb8/v-deo.html
    Sullivan Bus Changes Playlist:
    ua-cam.com/play/PLbVf9Buyu30MzztNGQwXmQ9vsrQgw-p7c.html

  • @Bobbyandmog
    @Bobbyandmog Місяць тому +1

    3:00 Wow,DE1641 Still Has That Blue "Want To Drive" Sticker On The Back.
    Very nostalgic.

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      If only they still had skirts

    • @Raibury_RBX
      @Raibury_RBX Місяць тому

      @@MostlyBuses1 What happened to the busses that were on Sullivan Buses were they passed on to other companies or scrapped?

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      @@Raibury_RBX Some E400s and E400 MMCs have already been seen on their non tfl commercial routes so they've been transferred (probably replacing the Gemini 1s). As for the E200s and E200 MMCs, I don't know but they could be sold

  • @kk-transport
    @kk-transport Місяць тому

    Uxbridge surely they were originally allocated to the 209s when they were new. Also have they been upgraded to smart blinds or still using the old roller blinds?

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      @@kk-transport Their most recent transfers were from UX. And they do have roller blinds

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      @@kk-transport look at 0:15

  • @kurinchikankesavan9866
    @kurinchikankesavan9866 Місяць тому +1

    YAY METROLINE

  • @ahuman9143
    @ahuman9143 Місяць тому

    Saw this coming tbh Stagecoach was located way too far for them to logically operate the W9

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      Yeah they almost certainly didn't bid for it. PB is well suited for the W9 so it's good that they got it with diesels as well

  • @markcf83
    @markcf83 Місяць тому

    Fairly certain Potters Bar ran it before Sullivan won it in around 2018.

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      I just checked and yeah they did run it

  • @jasonbusred3297
    @jasonbusred3297 Місяць тому

    sorry I late nice video

  • @RolyWondersAround
    @RolyWondersAround Місяць тому

    What the hell is that bong sound I’ve always wondered what that is,anyways nice video

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому +1

      Yeah I was thinking about that. Maybe it's something to do with the cyber attack? I've noticed it was played at the stop before the diversion and the stop before the end of the loop at Eversley Park Road so maybe it could be something for drivers??

    • @Daniellovesbusesandtrains
      @Daniellovesbusesandtrains Місяць тому

      Low bridge alarm

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      @@Daniellovesbusesandtrains I'm not sure about that, they aren't double deckers and the iBus screen had a full stop after the bus stop name so it was programmed in

    • @Daniellovesbusesandtrains
      @Daniellovesbusesandtrains Місяць тому

      @@MostlyBuses1 Yeah but it played twice and it was just before it went under a bridge both times

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      @@Daniellovesbusesandtrains The next "stop" after Eversley Park road is the Hail & Ride section, where it announces that it's h&r unlike on the section in Winchmore Hill so if it was for the bridge than surely it would've played on the h&r section before Grange Park?

  • @shubhamuprit
    @shubhamuprit Місяць тому

    These buses are from Cricklewood bus garage or Uxbridge

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      I think all of them came from UX. The two 2008 E200s were brought back from the dead like the Solos

    • @TESL1.10
      @TESL1.10 Місяць тому

      @@MostlyBuses1 loool big up the old buses tho. When I was born too😀

  • @MostlyBuses1
    @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

    Last day of route W9 Stagecoach: ua-cam.com/video/8_w2Q5Ujxrg/v-deo.html

  • @A-Brblx
    @A-Brblx Місяць тому +1

    Can i use some of these clips with permission for my channel, please.

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      what's it for?

    • @A-Brblx
      @A-Brblx Місяць тому

      @@MostlyBuses1 London Transport News (a series i created)

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      @@A-Brblx can you give credit to me in the video?

    • @A-Brblx
      @A-Brblx Місяць тому

      @@MostlyBuses1 sure

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      @@A-Brblx btw I don't mean the description, I mean the actual video

  • @TheElevatorMan200YT
    @TheElevatorMan200YT Місяць тому

    When will bus replace into the electric bus

  • @londonbuses1844
    @londonbuses1844 Місяць тому

    I’m guessing the ex 382 buses will replace these DEs when that route gets electrics

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому +1

      Yeah that would make the most sense. And the W9 rarely gets crowded so the downgrade in capacity will be ok

    • @zeeridwanfahdpartonetoone6427
      @zeeridwanfahdpartonetoone6427 Місяць тому +1

      @@MostlyBuses1Good point, and I’m also glad the DE’s are back. Fantastic video. W9 could get electrics and join in with the LK62 DEMs allocation to replace the DE’s by mid 2027 but in the meantime, it’s now on diesels.

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      @@zeeridwanfahdpartonetoone6427 we might see some stray BZL EVs from the 382 and 384 but other than that it'll be fully diesel until 2027

  • @shubhamuprit
    @shubhamuprit Місяць тому

    The electric will come soon? Or MMC?

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому

      I'm pretty sure it'll be the LK62 DEMs from the 382 when their BZLs come

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому +1

      the W9 is on a diesel contract

    • @shubhamuprit
      @shubhamuprit Місяць тому

      Ok

    • @shubhamuprit
      @shubhamuprit 25 днів тому

      They may have to scrap the e200dart
      Just like 607 e400 trident started in 2005 & scrapped it at 2021

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  25 днів тому

      @@shubhamuprit yes

  • @A-Brblx
    @A-Brblx Місяць тому +6

    They stole our e200s 😡

    • @shubhamuprit
      @shubhamuprit Місяць тому +1

      Yep :( 😢

    • @shubhamuprit
      @shubhamuprit Місяць тому +1

      It's so sad 😢😭

    • @Raibury_RBX
      @Raibury_RBX Місяць тому +1

      ​@@shubhamupritI remember u

    • @shubhamuprit
      @shubhamuprit Місяць тому +1

      ​@@Raibury_RBX Huh?

    • @Raibury_RBX
      @Raibury_RBX Місяць тому +1

      @@shubhamuprit U commented on one of my vids 'Doing 289 before it gets extended in V1.4 | Croydon TLTG | Roblox'.

  • @BusesWithJackM
    @BusesWithJackM Місяць тому

    DE993 is back 🎉🎉🎉🎉

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому +1

      @@BusesWithJackM YX58FOP and LK08FLD are also back

    • @BusesWithJackM
      @BusesWithJackM Місяць тому

      @@MostlyBuses1 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @Londonproplayer2
    @Londonproplayer2 Місяць тому +1

    W9 looks way better with SLN

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому +1

      I would've liked it if they retained it somehow but that was never going to happen. It's been retained with diesels for 3 years though so I'm really happy about that

    • @Londonproplayer2
      @Londonproplayer2 Місяць тому +1

      @@MostlyBuses1 yh nice video btw

    • @MostlyBuses1
      @MostlyBuses1  Місяць тому +1

      @@Londonproplayer2 thanks

  • @shubhamuprit
    @shubhamuprit Місяць тому

    These buses look like c11 buses 😮💀

  • @LT63UJO
    @LT63UJO Місяць тому

    Booooooooooo