@everythingmymixyt I don't think any more Opportunity Charging buses will be ordered so yeah. The 118 is getting withdrawn on the 31st of January and the 414 is going sometime in February (I think it's the 22nd or something).
Nice to see the POV of the route in daylight, it was dark when I went to do it. You can see why minibuses were used now - you'd never get a full sized bus down some of those roads. Also, it looks to me that the drivers off-side mirror was pushed in for the entirety of the POV.
@@smithr27 I did the route twice. Once at night to tick it off and once during the day. And yeah a situation where the 546 meets an R8 (like at the end of the video) would be a very tricky manoeuvre to pull off in a regular bus.
The R8 route between Downe Church, and North End Lane is the same as in this video, except the R8 turns right at the junction with shire lane where the 546 turned left. And the comment about full size buses is questionable as the R8 is currently operated by enviro 200’s, albeit 8.9m long ones. There are being replaced by shorter and narrower enviro100ev next year.
@@MostlyBuses1electrics are always lacking in my area in winter, it’s not a surprise when a near full allocation of diesels enter on route 33, including the old enviro 200 allocation
@mywaterneedstowalkme The 33 was only allocated BEs last year, it reconverted to diesels when the 235 converted to a full EV allocation. The 33 is one of my favourite routes and it'll be sad to see the E200s leave after being on the route for so long :(
@@MostlyBuses1 Obviously it was a 146 gimmick but either to denaturalise the issue a temporary exclusion of gas works with this helpful, and going on board seems cool using 546 minibus.
0:00 Explanation
0:16 Map
0:45 Times
1:16 Details
1:53 Full journey
Mostly quick question will all the electdic buses the old ones have cable c chargers onto them and what date will 118 and 414 be withdrawn
@everythingmymixyt I don't think any more Opportunity Charging buses will be ordered so yeah. The 118 is getting withdrawn on the 31st of January and the 414 is going sometime in February (I think it's the 22nd or something).
Great Journey bro!
Thanks!
Nice to see the POV of the route in daylight, it was dark when I went to do it. You can see why minibuses were used now - you'd never get a full sized bus down some of those roads. Also, it looks to me that the drivers off-side mirror was pushed in for the entirety of the POV.
@@smithr27 I did the route twice. Once at night to tick it off and once during the day. And yeah a situation where the 546 meets an R8 (like at the end of the video) would be a very tricky manoeuvre to pull off in a regular bus.
The R8 route between Downe Church, and North End Lane is the same as in this video, except the R8 turns right at the junction with shire lane where the 546 turned left. And the comment about full size buses is questionable as the R8 is currently operated by enviro 200’s, albeit 8.9m long ones. There are being replaced by shorter and narrower enviro100ev next year.
@@davidhulls7959 I'm talking about the entirety of North End Road. It was just big enough to get the minibus down
So how do you pay for the 546 then?
it's free
@MostlyBuses1 Ok thank you
That's so cool
yeah, although some of the 146's passengers had no service for a month
0:11 broo what am I seeing?? am I in the right video😂😂😂😭
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What the hell is this brother 😂
Never knew it’s minibuses on 546 lol appearance on the route
ikr. It's cool that minibuses were operating for TfL until today
nice video
Thanks!
I saw a enviro400 h city on the route 417
when was that? 2023?
@@MostlyBuses1electrics are always lacking in my area in winter, it’s not a surprise when a near full allocation of diesels enter on route 33, including the old enviro 200 allocation
@mywaterneedstowalkme The 33 was only allocated BEs last year, it reconverted to diesels when the 235 converted to a full EV allocation. The 33 is one of my favourite routes and it'll be sad to see the E200s leave after being on the route for so long :(
Does the R8 normally go there 9:47
@@Transport-guy1 yes. The 546 is timed to avoid the R8 apparently but they ran into each other on both journeys I took...
@@MostlyBuses1 Obviously it was a 146 gimmick but either to denaturalise the issue a temporary exclusion of gas works with this helpful, and going on board seems cool using 546 minibus.
Why are they using minibus?
tight roads around Keston (watch the start of the full journey)
@@MostlyBuses1 are there electric
@athavanainkaran2499 no
What buses are these?
idk. Maybe Mercedes Sprinter minibuses??
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Fact this morning I saw a rare sight 417 on a enviro 400 h city
@SamDan-r7u how though? It's christmas, no buses are running
why does it look like a company van lol
lol. And it's strange to think that these were used on a route from Leicester all the way to Birmingham too!
@@MostlyBuses1 yh strange anyways this is a very good video
@MrBaldiRoblox thanks
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@albertcooper9217 thx so much!
Your even more best
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Your spoiling us, 3 uploads in 24 hours??
I thought this time of year would have you without content, since buses don’t run as much, turns out I was wrong 😅
I am :) Sadly I couldn't get my christmas special out in time because it would've been 4
@Penhouse9476 yeah, I've been stockpiling uploads for today because I know a lot of people will be staying at home