Changing the destination manually on an older type DW bus

[@OBB1142]

Excellent Video!! I drive buses in Bournemouth for over 10 years. Takes me back

[@BristolRE]

Cheers

[@sgtmajorpatrickharper7728]

Great video Peter! Learn something new everyday, because I never knew the rear blinds were power blinds on these DW 400 series. At least it saves you some more twisting and turning! Thanks for this great video - stay safe.

[@BristolRE]

Thank You - guess they have to be power blinds at the rear, no access to get to them to change them manually!

[@sgtmajorpatrickharper7728]

@@BristolRE How do you do it on the ENL's in the rear?

[@konyctg]

@@BristolREDli older tridents and Alx400s use manual blinds even on the rear?

[@BristolRE]

@@konyctg Not sure when power blinds came in so cannot answer that

[@londonbuses126]

nice and informative video mate! 121 used to be my local back when i lived in north london, now my arriva locals are 160, 269 and B15. also i didn’t know 269’s buses have manual blinds😱

[@BristolRE]

Thanks, manual blinds are a pain when you are used to power ones!

[@southlondoner7169]

269 sometimes uses the DWs allocated for 99 and 301 which have automatic blinds

[@MostlyBuses1]

I was once at mortgage when the 209 was ML and the blind change made such a loud squeak

[@ltv_2005]

Don't you mean Mortlake

[@BristolRE]

Lol

[@rossmacaulay1969]

Nice video they got these Dw Buses on one of my local routes

[@BristolRE]

Thanks

[@rossmacaulay1969]

@@BristolRE no problem

[@WrightBuster]

Nice video as always 👍🏾

[@BristolRE]

Thank You

[@TheTransportHub17]

Great video Peter. Exercise time! 😂

[@BristolRE]

Cheers, Lol

[@DaveInBridport]

I remember the little sight hatch on RTs with a mirror

[@BristolRE]

Yeah, same with the Metros etc

[@TrainBoy-tf9gh]

Nice video Peter

[@BristolRE]

Thank You

[@lewisnagle5839]

In 2012/2013, Garston's 6101 had a faulty destination blind camera so I used to try and help the drivers if I ever saw it.

[@BristolRE]

Cool

[@fernlew8828]

dw daf wright

[@TransporterTony]

Just discovered you, but looks good

[@BristolRE]

Thank You

[@_NkShadow_]

Apparently route 307 will go to E garage sometime next year and will get enviro 400 mmc 10.9 buses which is a relief😊 is this true?

[@BristolRE]

No, it's not true. Metroline have gained the two year extension so it's not due for a new contract until late 2023.

[@stephenhyland4256]

I find it odd that London still dosent use LED destination displays like almost every other city in the developed world now. One of those little oddities.

[@BristolRE]

They are looking in to it, though I still prefer traditional blinds, they photo better if nothing else!

[@marshall.yt.]

There was a bus using them around the 70s for testing but they decided not to use it

[@TLBNation]

Led blinds aren’t as good as the regular blinds

[@tridentolympus]

Nice!

[@BristolRE]

Thanks

[@Abdul.M.]

Arriva London and MetrolineLondon Got Manual Blind. Buses on Metroline London Old E400 Buses on 307 others routes Arriva London Half Fleet DWs and Ts Got Manual. Arriva London DX all the Fleets From DW to Ts Have Manual.

[@BristolRE]

Cool

[@Abdul.M.]

@@BristolRE Great Vid Pete

[@will_n775]

On the early e200s you have to flip up a cover, stand up and roll the blinds

[@BristolRE]

Used to have to do that on the Metro's!

[@UKTransportProduction]

Nice video

[@BristolRE]

Cheers

[@southlondoner7169]

Nice video! Have you ever driven the 349? And also, if you had a choice to do a 5 days on one duty, what route would it be on and why?

[@BristolRE]

Yes, I have driven the 349. A choice of duties at E? Would be route 377 and the last duty, as it is very quiet. No stress.

[@LondonBusTVUK]

From Monday everyone get on the bus at Centre door only double door buses and decker buses

[@BristolRE]

I know, madness

[@lawrencediangana]

Nice one :)

[@BristolRE]

Thanks

[@Transportman211]

Nice video Peter. Which DW do you like to drive more🤔 is the DW500 buses or the DW400. Personally like the DW400 buses more because it has a powerful engine and I thin bus under DW400 buses have powerful engines too. Again nice ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 👍

[@BristolRE]

400s are generally good, but so can some of the 500s be. DW137 was probably the best and fastest I've driven

[@Transportman211]

Cool. Peter have you Been on DW543 to me it's the best bus in the whole of the DW500 buses

[@easygo1477]

The later 400 series I think it starts from the 440s they do the automatic blinds but what confuses me is the early 400 series they got manual blinds and yet the later 400 series have got automatic blinds but they were both just about made in the same year so don’t you actually find it weird

[@BristolRE]

Yeah, not sure why

[@nathanw9770]

I think it's because the 400 series differ between the 11 plates and 61 plates, so maybe the automatic blinds were introduced in the late 2011 models.

[@auntmissedperiod]

Mr. Wray160 DW432 is an 11 plate though

[@DavidBonDavid]

If people won't stop littering food on tfl buses then it should be banned or whoever found littering should be fined! I prefer the older dws than the newer ones

[@BristolRE]

Would be too difficult to enforce, though I agree

[@nathanw9770]

Cool! Are the blinds on the T's the same?

[@BristolRE]

Not had a T at E with manual blinds so no idea

[@Knightyknight72]

@@BristolRE Certainly our manual blinded TEs at EW are manual all round with opening compartments on the side for "via" and "number" blinds and "number" at the rear. The front ones have an orange perspex window to look through with a system of three mirrors for destination and three mirrors for number.

[@jazzspann3155]

A lot of buses need cleaning inside

[@VICTOR-pf9eg]

All ways wear gloves if you pick anything up👐 😷🤧🚌 and stay safe okay

[@BristolRE]

Thanks, I have hand sanitiser

[@ace-paidinfull5240]

Didn’t know about this

[@BristolRE]

You've learnt something today then 😁

[@ace-paidinfull5240]

BristolRE sure have😌

[@ltv_2005]

0:30 Face reveal

[@BristolRE]

Lol

[@frenchboyh31]

Lol, weird...