Ashley Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 Yesterday saw me once again return to cover more Salisbury Reds work! Another day, another variety. It started with 1993, a Volvo B7TL Plaxton President, which unfortunately due to delays and the fact it was a school service, I didn't manage to photo. The day then moved on to Optare Solo 3758, ADL Scania N230UD E400 1501, and then finally ADL Enviro 400 1597. TruckersMP Community Bus Driver Reporting a Player | Appeal your Ban | Visit our Support System | Our Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share Posted March 18, 2021 Another day back in blue, before going back to red buses again tomorrow! 1101 was my designated schools vehicle today, operating the 441 service in the morning and then again in the afternoon, with 2260 in between schools on local town services. TruckersMP Community Bus Driver Reporting a Player | Appeal your Ban | Visit our Support System | Our Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share Posted March 19, 2021 Today I returned to the magical land of Red buses! Plaxton President 1994 and Optare Solo SR 3833 were my vehicles of the day today. TruckersMP Community Bus Driver Reporting a Player | Appeal your Ban | Visit our Support System | Our Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquiddyFish Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Love it! I'm not a bus driver (hope to be one day) but I've sure taken my fair share of bus photos as well! I must ask - if you're able to share, of course - How do your shifts work in such a way that you get to steer three or four different buses in one day? Where I live drivers usually get two (one in an AM split and another in PM)! Prime Logistics | Driver since July 2020 Perth, Western Australia Self-proclaimed Transperth bus enthusiast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 9 minutes ago, SquiddyFish said: Love it! I'm not a bus driver (hope to be one day) but I've sure taken my fair share of bus photos as well! I must ask - if you're able to share, of course - How do your shifts work in such a way that you get to steer three or four different buses in one day? Where I live drivers usually get two (one in an AM split and another in PM)! Don't hesitate, if you enjoy driving your car, you'll be fine! So the way the duties work can vary company to company, but I'll explain it for how it works for us. Each bus in the morning is allocated what is known as a 'running line' by the Supervisor. These can vary for different buses, some are required to be single deckers only, some must be low height double-deckers (13' 10" tall, as opposed to others that are 14' 3") and such and then you have some that can be whatever type of buses you have going spare. The Supervisor in the morning will look at how all the buses are parked up and allocate them so they can all drive out the depot in a logical order. Behind the scenes way before all of this, the scheduling department have to make up what we know as a 'duty card'. This tells the driver what they're doing on that particular day. For example; duty 0001 is different to 0002, because they can't both do the same run at the same time. There's a lot of duties per day. When the scheduling team put together the contents of the 'duty card', they have to have a 'running line' assigned to it, which the Supervisors already know every day. Dependant on when your breaks fall and what type of shift your actually on that day will vary what type and how many buses you drive. The most you generally drive in a day is three, but sometimes it can be two. It's very rare that you only drive one bus in a shift. Obviously you'll always drive two or more because of when you have a break. If you only have an 8 hour shift for example, you'll drive one bus for the first half of the shift, then have your break, then take over the next one. When you have school contracts and such, you may need to drive another bus because of capacity or seatbelts and such. They have specific requirements. TL;DR - Scheduler says this bus does this run - Supervisor allocates bus - You drive the duty with whicheverb uses you're told to. TruckersMP Community Bus Driver Reporting a Player | Appeal your Ban | Visit our Support System | Our Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 Historical Photos As I am currently on four days off, I've dug out some old photos from last year when I was doing National Express work for more. Here is a selection; TruckersMP Community Bus Driver Reporting a Player | Appeal your Ban | Visit our Support System | Our Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquiddyFish Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 23 hours ago, Ashley said: Don't hesitate, if you enjoy driving your car, you'll be fine! ... TL;DR - Scheduler says this bus does this run - Supervisor allocates bus - You drive the duty with whicheverb uses you're told to. Very interesting, thank you for the reply! Sounds like a lot of work for the supervisors every day, that's for sure. Must be nice to have such variety in the fleet, too! Prime Logistics | Driver since July 2020 Perth, Western Australia Self-proclaimed Transperth bus enthusiast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 Another day in Salisbury yesterday saw Optare Solo 3751 and ADL Enviro 200 2728. Today returned to Poole with 1106. TruckersMP Community Bus Driver Reporting a Player | Appeal your Ban | Visit our Support System | Our Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 Prior to commencing morning school runs this morning, myself and a colleague were parked up awaiting time. Here is Scania Omnicity 1193 and Optare Visionaire 1407. TruckersMP Community Bus Driver Reporting a Player | Appeal your Ban | Visit our Support System | Our Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Great pictures, good luck spreading your interest in buses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share Posted April 2, 2021 Yesterday saw me covering a Ringwood duty on the X3, using Bournemouth based bus 1624 (UniBus) and Ringwood's based bus 1649. TruckersMP Community Bus Driver Reporting a Player | Appeal your Ban | Visit our Support System | Our Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 Back out to the wonderful land of Swanage today with half-open top MCV eVoSeti 1706. TruckersMP Community Bus Driver Reporting a Player | Appeal your Ban | Visit our Support System | Our Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Might as well post the few I have; I'm not particularly fond of bus driving so I don't really take any photos of the job or the buses. Yeah, my bus got shot at by some idiots armed with an air rifle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 1706 again this morning on a "doom and gloom" morning. A bit of bad weather never stopped an open top bus. TruckersMP Community Bus Driver Reporting a Player | Appeal your Ban | Visit our Support System | Our Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 Another early start today, and this time it was with Optare Visionaire 1412. TruckersMP Community Bus Driver Reporting a Player | Appeal your Ban | Visit our Support System | Our Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 Yesterday and todays photos. more 2274 on route 70, which is a summer only service, and Ex London PVL 1943 on 60s. Today saw 1133 operating an X7(R) to and from Southampton. TruckersMP Community Bus Driver Reporting a Player | Appeal your Ban | Visit our Support System | Our Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 MCV eVoSeti 1701 on the 40 to Poole this evening on its last run of the day. TruckersMP Community Bus Driver Reporting a Player | Appeal your Ban | Visit our Support System | Our Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 2282 and 1102 today for some scenic driving. TruckersMP Community Bus Driver Reporting a Player | Appeal your Ban | Visit our Support System | Our Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 Another day out and about yesterday in yet another Scania, 1109. TruckersMP Community Bus Driver Reporting a Player | Appeal your Ban | Visit our Support System | Our Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ledbus Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Beautiful machines, pretty pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 1704,05,06 and 1710 this morning, clear blue skies but icy cold. TruckersMP Community Bus Driver Reporting a Player | Appeal your Ban | Visit our Support System | Our Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 The last couple of days out and about on Breezer work. TruckersMP Community Bus Driver Reporting a Player | Appeal your Ban | Visit our Support System | Our Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted April 27, 2021 Author Share Posted April 27, 2021 It's been a varied and busy weekend for myself. A sunny morning in the yard pictures 1705, 1701, 1711, 1106 and 1710. 1703 out and about on Breezer 40s. 1676, 1910 and 1677 pictured out on schools. TruckersMP Community Bus Driver Reporting a Player | Appeal your Ban | Visit our Support System | Our Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted April 29, 2021 Author Share Posted April 29, 2021 The perks to summer driving are nice, but it does mean that I rarely get to drive our Scania Omnicity's now as they're rarely ever allocated to our depot. On this occasion, we have one (should be two) for school contracts as our MCV eVoSeti's are open top now. 1106 pictured prior to commencing morning schools. TruckersMP Community Bus Driver Reporting a Player | Appeal your Ban | Visit our Support System | Our Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonek1999 Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 First of all, love the pictures! When I was very young (10-15 years old) I really really wanted to become a bus driver. Since, I grew apart from my obsession with busses (although I still love to play OMSI 2 every now and then) and persuade music. But it never stops me from wondering how it actually is to drive those huge double-decker busses? I can imagine it can be a bit challenging at times if the road is not wide and in some other situations. I really love maneuvering my car around tight spaces, sharp curves, steep hills, etc. and I like the challenge side of driving. So I can't help but wonder really how it is to drive such a big bus. If only there were a chance to try it, I'd (for sure) be the first one in line TruckersMP driver ---------------------------------- Jonek1999 Discord: Jonek1999#2290 VTC: Alle Group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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