tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post3120347305081382261..comments2024-03-25T22:17:35.616+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Sunday Varietyfatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-69395911896128891422020-11-15T11:12:58.478+00:002020-11-15T11:12:58.478+00:00It was even earlier than that, but in the same are...It was even earlier than that, but in the same area. <br />The NBC local identity names applied to bus stop flags from summer 1983 by Bristol Omnibus were reflective - an unused vinyl sits glowing in reflected sunlight just above my laptop. <br />Anyone got an even earlier application?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-34564250755023580472020-11-15T10:26:49.233+00:002020-11-15T10:26:49.233+00:00Possibly the earliest use of reflective bus stop l...Possibly the earliest use of reflective bus stop labels was by Badgerline in the mid 1980's. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-9640959168046421232020-11-15T10:14:35.802+00:002020-11-15T10:14:35.802+00:00In the "good old days" (and I saw this a...In the "good old days" (and I saw this as late as the early 70s) many country railway halts were unlit. The guard of the last daytime train would leave a lit hurricane lamp on the platform (or hoisted up a mast) to help drivers locate it; the guard of the last train would pick them up.Andrew Kleissnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-61104449052003597252020-11-15T08:22:23.906+00:002020-11-15T08:22:23.906+00:00Stagecoach isn't the first to use reflective b...Stagecoach isn't the first to use reflective bus stops to help drivers at night. Herefordshire Council has been doing it for twenty years.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14502754753792780008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-70763786073159537962020-11-15T08:19:39.876+00:002020-11-15T08:19:39.876+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14502754753792780008noreply@blogger.com