tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post6289317184027128602..comments2024-03-25T22:17:35.616+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Santa's Routemaster?fatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-81946705169110941542017-12-08T20:08:15.037+00:002017-12-08T20:08:15.037+00:00I used the Croydon end of the 409 and 411 in the e...I used the Croydon end of the 409 and 411 in the early 70s so probably travelled on RML2306. I echo greenline727's comments about the cold. It was great the way that the front windows upstairs on Routemasters were always locked in winter, but often they were locked not quite shut!RossOnExehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236083863837674830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-356600445611028452017-12-01T13:20:18.437+00:002017-12-01T13:20:18.437+00:00Sadly, the delights of Forest Row were denied to u...Sadly, the delights of Forest Row were denied to us Surrey school kids, with our Green Rover tickets, which were limited to travel to East Grinstead only. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-41267433537024199902017-12-01T13:10:59.487+00:002017-12-01T13:10:59.487+00:00I was lucky enough to be a conductor at GD Garage ...I was lucky enough to be a conductor at GD Garage in 1977, and worked on many 409's to Forest Row.<br />I can confirm that on an RML at speed there is NOWHERE to keep warm; the air flow comes down the side of the bus, swirls onto the platform and then heads down the lower saloon towards the (laughable) heater.<br />That's why most bus conductors in winter looked like Great Uncle Bulgaria from the Wombles!!greenline727https://www.blogger.com/profile/03033268278026535109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-52059567808844295882017-12-01T10:20:18.194+00:002017-12-01T10:20:18.194+00:00Thanks Daddysgadgets. The blue text is a quote fro...Thanks Daddysgadgets. The blue text is a quote from an on-line source; always 100% reliable - NOT!!!fatbusblokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-82832170066420120962017-12-01T07:59:42.643+00:002017-12-01T07:59:42.643+00:00I know someone who owns a "CUV---C" Rout...I know someone who owns a "CUV---C" Routemaster and it too should be green. However it has been extensively, expensively and beautifully restored into red, along with period adverts (inside and out).<br />He is all too well aware that his bus should be green, but he maintains it to full PCV standards and manages to get a contribution towards its maintenance costs by hiring it to local bus companies for wedding hires. A red Routemaster is very popular for such work, a green one means nothing.<br />But as said owner readily points out, being a "green one" at least its body and chassis match.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-19964056543295972222017-12-01T07:37:03.985+00:002017-12-01T07:37:03.985+00:00Little nit-picky point - the 409 was withdrawn bet...Little nit-picky point - the 409 was withdrawn between Forest Row and Uckfield in 1933 when the LPTB was formed. The trip from West Croydon to Forest Row was long enough on a standard open-platformed bus at a time when most other operators had long switched to buses with doors.Daddysgadgetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12892897553855129226noreply@blogger.com