Saturday 28 April 2012

BRT in operation!

Today, I managed to grab my first shots of buses along the Fareham - Gosport Bus Rapid Transit road. The busway sees brand new Volvo B7RLEs on the Eclipse services, along with Barbie livered Darts on the X88.

The 88 passes the Wych Lane entrance to the bus way. Route 88 connects Fareham to Gosport, via Hoeford, the outskirts of Bridgemary, Rowner and Stokes Bay. To enable a connection to the railway station, the 88 changes in to the X88 Monday-Friday peaks which sees conventional First buses use the bus way. Here is 42140 (S640XCR) on a conventional 88 crossing over the busway at Wych Lane. This bus, right up until last Saturday, was the regular type of bus on Fareham - Gosport services.

The Eclipse buses have proved challenging to photograph for me so far. My camera doesn't pick them up when they are moving (possibly due to the colour and as there hasn't been any sun recently!). Here is 69546 (BF12KWD) pausing at Gregson Avenue bus stop earlier today.

Here is another shot of two southbound workings on BRT - 69546 (BF12KWL) leads on an E2. Just after these buses, some pedestrians appeared walking down the bus way. A PCSO also, coincidentally, was riding up the bus way, and they were asked to leave. 

Some buses have been found to bunch on these services. However, with a bus every 7 to 8 minutes this problem isn't as bad as it could be on some other less frequent services. Here the E2, operated by 69548 overtakes the E1, operated by 69555. This is one of the low bridges along the bus way, but the signs clearly indicate that double deckers will be able to fit under the bridge. Further south bound, there is an arch bridge which requires high buses to veer into the centre of the bus way also.

First impressions - excellent, well presented buses inside and outside. The live information at stops or on the bus is excellent. The computer speak on the buses is a welcome addition when the buses are moving quickly, and there are few landmarks to mark out the stops. The early technical difficulties (Ferryham, Farrrhaham...) will be ironed out as the service develops. Loads looked good on all buses I saw. Here's to the success of the bus way, and the continued investment in public transport in Southern Hampshire.

6 comments:

  1. At the cost of the other bus routes in Fareham, some of been so delayed or cut, unless you on new bus route forget it.
    Why are all other buses in Fareham, old, dirty and the most noisey uncomfortable things ever.
    Eclipse is a total waste of money and teh cost to the local wildlife has been enormous, oh yes local authorities have replanted so in twenty years it may grow the same, I am a bus user and I buy a yearly ticket to stand in the rain with no shelter awaiting a bus that is threatened with being cancelled every few months.

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  2. The view above is more than a little bit unfair. The opening of the busway has allowed First to withdraw the vast majority of step entrance buses at Hoeford depot, meaning that most routes in the area are now low floor, and whilst it is true that First/HCC have made cuts in the area the future looks brighter as growth in passenger numbers will hopefully benefit all local services, possibly also allowing Eclipse services to cover a wider area.

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  3. I agree. Hoeford now have an approximately 85%-90% low floor network and it is very rare to see a step bus out on Sunday. All routes have benefited. On top of the 14 Volvo B7RLEs delivered brand new, Hoeford by luck or judgement have also acquired two of the 09 batch from Hilsea - one definitely confirmed and the second... well we aren't sure yet! Furthermore, any more changes will not be made until after the Olympics, but it has already been said if the 4/X4/4A can show enough growth and enough passenger usage, it may receive low floor double deckers. Although I accept these will probably be ex-London slot, they will most likely be at least 5 years younger than the Darts on the routes at present. Finally, another new 22 buses are due at Hilsea in 2013 as the 09 plated Volvo B7RLEs will need replacing. Although these will probably cause cascades and may not even all stay at First, I expect a number will end up elsewhere across the FHD fleet. This may mark the start of the end of the early Dart SLFs....

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  4. Just occurred to me - First Hants & Dorset are guaranteed:
    - approx 22 brand new buses for Hilsea every 4 years (2005-2009-2013-2017-2021 etc)
    - approx 14 brand new buses (before growth) for Hoeford every 5 years (2012-2017-2022 etc)
    due to the requirements of the routes E1, E2, 40, 41 - unless they want to give up the routes of course.

    Furthermore, the Gosport-Fareham busway has at least 2 extensions planned subject to funding, which may add more buses on top of that, all before growth.

    Finally, Hampshire has a number of "Eclipse" busways lined up - the E1 and E2 were just the first. Don't be surprised to see the 40 and 41 Eclipsed in the next 10 years, and I know the rumoured "E3" between Fareham and QA Hospital is being planned for a few years time.

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