Whats your favourite Bus?

Run_to_da_hills

We can't leave Dublin Bus out of all this transport spotting

As a kid going to primary school we used to have to put up with the leyland Titans on the 7A & 8 routes, very rarely we would see an Atlantian. If we saw one coming the opposite direction on the way home from school we would wait for up to an hour to get on these "New Busses" .

I think the Enviro 400 is the nicest looking of the current DB fleet. http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/About-Us/Dublin-Bus-Fleet/

unwyse

bertie the bus!!! :D

Cookie_Monster

The signle decker Daf's the were labeled as City Swifts and also ran the 111 for years, regged around 94 iirc.


EDIT: And the Smarties bus:D

Mimikyu

This post has been deleted.

kenon

I like the older buses...

corktina

AEC Regent III with Park Royal bodywork

Victor

Surely: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074205/

Cookie_Monster

kenon wrote: »

I like the older buses...

Fresh from the Tallaght run eh?
:pac:

Sean9015

As long as it is on time, clean and comfortble I couldn't give a flying ****

Cookie_Monster

Sean9015 wrote: »

As long as it is on time, clean and comfortble I couldn't give a flying ****

I'm not sure I've ever been on a bus that managed all three at once

tara666

u know i dont think i have one....is there some thing wrong with me? lol:eek:

angel01

kenon, those green buses bring back memories! forgot about them!

Run_to_da_hills

angel01 wrote: »

kenon, those green buses bring back memories! forgot about them!

The Brown ones before them were puke :eek:

angel01

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

The Brown ones before them were puke :eek:

lol I don't remember them

kenon

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

The Brown ones before them were puke :eek:

I don't remember them either...

kenon

Victor wrote: »

Surely: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074205/

That was my favorite childhood film.

I was obsessed with becoming a busman when I was a kid.

It didn't work out though...

Run_to_da_hills

kenon wrote: »

I don't remember them either...

Here?

Dose anyone remember the official launch of the Van Hool Mc Ardle? It broke down in front of the press, then the Champaign bottle refused to break.

maladroit

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Here?

Dose anyone remember the official launch of the Van Hool Mc Ardle? It broke down in front of the press, then the Champaign bottle refused to break.

No, you have the wrong era.

It was the Bombardier launch that had the famous string of disasters, as seen in this RTE News clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK46FF4F5T4

First the bottle wouldn't smash, then when it did it managed to cut the face of the politician and drench his good suit.

Then the bus broke down on the way to the official reception.

M

Run_to_da_hills

maladroit wrote: »

No, you have the wrong era.

It was the Bombardier launch that had the famous string of disasters, as seen in this RTE News clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK46FF4F5T4

First the bottle wouldn't smash, then when it did it managed to cut the face of the politician and drench his good suit.

Then the bus broke down on the way to the official reception.

M

Appologies to Mc Ardle

What busses used to whistle?

During the 70ies there was a mechanical problem that used to make busses whistle when they changed up through the gears, dose anyone remember? It was sorted out promptly after,

SeanW

One that's about to be replaced with a tram.

Ernest

I do not have a favourate bus but I don't like:
(1) the EV ( the newish one with hang-ong handles up the front ) because the uphostery is hard and unpleasant to sit on
(2) the older buses with sliding windows that get stuck closed.

I have to say that the current Yellow livery of Dublin Bus is very nice and distinctive. I wish someone in Bus Eireann might take note - their country buses don't seem to have been updated for about thirty years and still have the same boring wine colour scheme with the same witless image of a dog not actually a Greyhound but....

Run_to_da_hills

Ernest wrote: »

I wish someone in Bus Eireann might take note - their country buses don't seem to have been updated for about thirty years and still have the same boring wine colour scheme with the same witless image of a dog not actually a Greyhound but....

At least Bus Eireann don't waste valuable taxpayers money giving their busses a new livery every five years

Zoney

The original Bus Éireann coach livery is surely 20 years old max, they changed the font around 2000 or so, and then changed the stripes to waves about 5 years ago (photo).

Now this has been further modified to have red at the bottom part of the bus with a number of red/orange waves from the wheel arches, a reasonably modern-looking design if not particularly imaginative (and there is something to be said for colour-scheme continuity). Link to recent bus photo on BÉ website.

I agree it's not the most interesting colour scheme, but it's fairly inoffensive and the recent redesign spruces it up quite a bit. Personally I'd like to see dark green and white. I know we don't have to have everything green just because it's Ireland, but especially when so many visitors to Ireland rely on the Bus Éireann network it would be nice if the buses were identifiably Irish-looking.

I don't like the Dublin Bus colour scheme - it's brash, obtrusive and "toy town"-esque. Mind you, fairly appropriate for the Celtic Tiger era I guess.

Davidth88

Has to be the London Routemaster ( I grew up in London )

If the bus was stopped in traffic you could just get off and walk, and with the conductor there was little trouble, and no delays while people fiddled around looking for change.

Didn't Dublin bus use a similar bus ?

Cookie_Monster

Wasn't the latest DB colours put on in anticipation of competition to make the busses stand out and be as easily identifiable as possible?

KC61

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Wasn't the latest DB colours put on in anticipation of competition to make the busses stand out and be as easily identifiable as possible?

The yellow bus stops arose from discussions with groups representing people with visual impairments, and the livery followed on from this. It was forming part of Dublin Bus' commitment to accessibility.

westtip

A london double decker with the open platform can't remember the name but sure the bus spotters out there will have some old photos to post up but frankly I couldn't give a tu'penny foook

KC61

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

At least Bus Eireann don't waste valuable taxpayers money giving their busses a new livery every five years

Any changes in livery have always been applied as part of the normal repainting cycle or on new deliveries.

Latchy

I have a soft spot for the old vintage green Leyland double deckers ,60/70s era .There was something charming about those old bus's .

I remember as a kid being on one of the last to be used , in the early 70s .

But today I dont need a bus as I have a lift organised at 8.00