{"id":2697,"date":"2023-05-10T01:35:52","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T01:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/the-mystery-at-thurnby-lodge-2\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T01:35:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T01:35:52","slug":"the-mystery-at-thurnby-lodge-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/the-mystery-at-thurnby-lodge-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mystery At Thurnby Lodge (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Leicester Buses “Partnership”<\/span><\/p>\n And the information at stops served by multiple routes seems to be up to date – a rarity in many towns and cities.<\/p>\n An innocent observer could be forgiven for thinking that “Leicester Buses” was the operator of all the buses in Leicester. But you soon see that it isn’t. A quick gance from your personal helicopter reveals a wide range of liveries and operators.<\/p>\n On-line, the Leicester Buses web site has a crudely cobbled together collection of different operators’ bus timetable pages, but with the one redeeming feature of a unified network map. The current version shows the area of Thurnby Lodge in comprehensive detail.<\/p><\/div>\n Finding it, however, is not intuitive. Which one of these panels would you click for a map of Leicester buses’ routes?<\/p>\n Leicester Bus Guide? NO<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n Obvious, isn’t it? But at least it is there. But, go to the operators’s web sites and you will find First Bus at Thurnby Lodge …<\/p>\n … Centrebus at Thurnby Lodge …<\/p>\n … and Arriva at Thurnby Lodge.<\/p>\n Yes, that’s right, Arriva cannot be bothered with any network maps.<\/p><\/div>\n And here is Arriva’s timetable for its route to Thurnby Lodge.<\/p>\n And Centrebus advertises its route 40 …<\/p>\n … has an odd Tuesday only journey (note “T”) – oh it doesn’t mean that!<\/p>\n … but it doesn’t really matter as the times are different anyway<\/span>!<\/p><\/div>\n … and it doesn’t serve Scraptoft although that name IS on the map<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n What are those nine digit numbers? The average timetable looker-up has no idea.\u00a0 And we’ve got:-<\/p><\/div>\n Maybe the actual timetable helps?<\/p>\n Hmmm? Not a lot!<\/p>\n NO, YES and YES<\/span>!<\/p><\/div>\n … but he should have returned to something like normality in time to try to understand the 37, 38, 38A timetable.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n … has been renumbered 37 to present a service\u00a0in true partnership format<\/span>! Is that why Arriva’s timetable (see above) says route 37\/53 although there are no journeys numbered 53?<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p><\/div>\n This is a cheap and cheerful way to keep the glazing flush with the body panels but not entirely realistic at close range.\u00a0 Note the crude coach end detail.<\/p><\/div>\n Even a vintage Lima model comes at a high price; the model is not of the best quality and Peterville Quarry Railway wants a coach to transport its paying OO gauge customers, not a van for non-existent parcels.<\/p><\/div>\n And Bachmann coaches are quality with a capital K. The window “glass” is not recessed …<\/p>\n … the corridor end is well modelled …<\/p>\n
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