Covkid Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 We were in Cyprus a fortnight ago and took a trip on ex London Volvo B7 with a Gemini body on a tour of Paphos. Paphos was traditionally operated by a trio of red open toppers - a pair of Olympians and a Scania which park in the harbour car park next to the bus station. We walked over to the buses which were shunting into position, and asked the driver for the final trip of the day. He explained that they had finished for the day, but pointed over to the orther red decker in the car park and suggested we might want to see the driver !!! So now there is Paphos Sightseeing, and City Sightseeing - both with red deckers !! We had the trip on the City Sightseeing bus and I narrowed it down to ex London LK04 H?S from a plate in the cab. If anyone is specifically interested in open top buses this website is useful http://www.opentopbus.net/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB 3C no.2 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 (edited) Re. The RHD and right hand entrance Danish buses -- Many pre war Bedfords in Denmark were RHD as RHD was preferred for delivery vehicles as thought easier to alight on kerb. I don't know whether this was common there in other decades but looks like it also was applied to buses where I can see the logic of close views of passengers entering / exiting, Edited December 3, 2019 by JCB 3C no.2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Harvey Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) Although not a British bus - so a bit off topic - the buses which operate the free 16th street mall shuttle in Denver, Colorado are right hand drive to make it easier for the driver to see boarding and alighting passengers. this is a very high frequency services with a stop on every block resulting in 19 stops in total on a 90 second or less headway. This is one of the older hybrid buses now replaced by a battery electric fleet. https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3333/5843233241_d0a5a2b967_b.jpg Edited December 11, 2019 by Mike Harvey spelling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Mike Harvey said: Although not a British bus - so a bit off topic - the buses which operate the free 16th street mall shuttle in Denver, Colorado are right hand drive to make it easier for the driver to see boarding and alighting passengers. this is a very high frequency services with a stop on every block resulting in 19 stops in total on a 90 second or less headway. This is one of the older hybrid buses now replaced by a battery electric fleet. https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3333/5843233241_d0a5a2b967_b.jpg Just looked at the equivalent vehicle they were running back in 1983, and they were right hand drive as well....... and you could also find the odd genuine British bus about as well (looks like EDV 518D)..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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