Bus variety at Waltham Cross after dark on 17th January 2023

[@AdrianandLily]

Thank you very much for the commentary on these videos. As a blind bus user I love to see the videos and your commentary means I know which buses are which not just a load of colour and engine noises.

[@BristolRE]

Thanks, I will try to put commentary on all my videos these days

[@aaronsmith9209]

What a cool surprise! I saw myself with my Christmas hat near the very end of the video on the double decker 251 bound for Hammond Street. I've never met you in person but thought it was your channel that day, really cool that I was right :) Waltham Cross is pretty good for bus destinations and good variety, I just wish Arriva and Metroline were more reliable and much more frequent for their Hertfordshire routes, they're really infrequent after 6 to 7pm and on Sunday, such a huge dropoff and broken links in services compared to London.

[@andrewmagnusthegreatesttra1230]

Keep up the amazing work mate

[@BristolRE]

Thanks, I will

[@user-kg3pn4gk8c]

Great video. I truly love how clear your voice is in this video! Keep it up 👍

[@BristolRE]

Thank You, the commentary was added at home

[@Queensburyheights]

Another superbly shot and narrated and indeed very welcome video Peter. Quite a remarkable variety of vehicles and liveries. The last time I was in Waltham Cross was about twelve or thirteen years ago when I had been visiting a friend in Waltham Abbey who drove me in his car to WX so that I would have the undoubted pleasure of travelling on a 279 almost the full length of the route back to South Tottenham.

[@BristolRE]

Thank You, not sure riding a 279 can be classed as 'pleasure', lol

[@Queensburyheights]

@@BristolRE OK OK, perhaps travelling almost the full length of the 279 is more correctly described as an endurance test.

[@BristolRE]

@@Queensburyheights Indeed! 😂😂

[@TheEnthusiastOnYoutube]

Definitely looked like a lively night at the terminus! The 279 was the busiest of the lot, there was already a throng queuing to board the instant the doors opened.

[@BristolRE]

Only 2 x 279s in a whole hour, that's why! Lol

[@GuyArab]

Once more, another fine video and commentary Peter. I always like seeing Waltham Cross.

[@BristolRE]

Thank You

[@juliesmith5567]

Nice new video more to come ready and waiting thanks

[@BristolRE]

Thanks, Friday morning the next upload is scheduled for

[@nigelbarber3300]

What was Arriva the shires was put under the management of Arriva Midlands several years ago. Vehicles are moved around the fleets on a regular basis so that is probably why you saw the one from Staffordshire.

[@BristolRE]

Ah, fair enough!

[@Oplsroblox]

One thing Vectare drivers are dangerous one of them was speedingng and turning into the bus station with front door open

[@BristolRE]

If the bus is empty no reason he can't have the door open

[@Oplsroblox]

@@BristolRE there was passengers insideide

[@BristolRE]

@@Oplsroblox 😮😮

[@Oplsroblox]

@@BristolRE Ik right

[@fearless_huseyin]

Good video Peter. Nice to see a variety of buses at night at Waltham Cross 🎉

[@BristolRE]

Thanks

[@Vian_Cheung]

Pretty busses 👀 Good video Peter, thanks 🙏

[@BristolRE]

Thanks

[@TheTransportHub17]

Great video Peter. Good variety too

[@BristolRE]

Thanks

[@billyandrews6342]

Good to see Sullivans ex Leyton Scanias are still trundling along. I can’t see them sticking around in London much longer

[@BristolRE]

Indeed, the type is becoming less common as the weeks roll on

[@ashcook1471]

frustrating I was in Waltham cross about that time and I saw the green Sullivan bus there. Any idea what it was doing?

[@BristolRE]

Just a crew ferry bus / rest bus

[@TawheedRahmanBengali]

Nice video keep it up

[@BristolRE]

Thanks

[@TawheedRahmanBengali]

@@BristolRE you are welcome

[@SN57ONE]

I hope it's not too late to say but, does your bus company accept drivers from overseas with overseas experience?

[@BristolRE]

They will accept anyone passes their assessment, and who has the appropriate requirements, ie a car licence valid in the UK, can speak and write English and the right to work in the UK.

[@mohibj]

Love the night videos as lates will be my identity. With soaring fuel prices, someone out there will still benefit from the bus

[@BristolRE]

Indeed

[@mohibj]

@@BristolRE You've mentioned that you can't film bus driving, what about some car journeys?

[@BristolRE]

@@mohibj Always an option, but not sure my followers on here would be particularly interested

[@mohibj]

@@BristolRE That's true, maybe a secondary channel for that, I'll be the first to subscribe

[@Tristan-benge]

I read that the 317 n 491 was with Arriva

[@BristolRE]

Yes, they both were

[@TheUnknown313]

Yes both were at the same Garage at the time too. Now both are… Also at the same Garage, but at Potter’s Bar

[@BristolRE]

@@TheUnknown313 Indeed

[@Vizorgz]

Do you think the 279 is too long a route considering all the traffic it encounters?

[@BristolRE]

It may be, but a lot of people do travel from the Waltham Cross end to Seven Sisters so shortening the route would be a massive inconvenience. More bus lanes that are properly enforced would help

[@timothybird4264]

Didn’t the 279 used to go further ?

[@BristolRE]

@@timothybird4264 Yes, at one time all the way to Smithfield at the southern end and Hammond Street (Cheshunt) at the northern end

[@timothybird4264]

@@BristolRE what I thought , when I started at the Royal Mail in 87 ,I thought they went there

[@BristolRE]

@@timothybird4264 Much happier times all round I think

[@stephenhyland4256]

Weird looking mirror on that evoseti edit Optare thing

[@BristolRE]

You mean the n/s one sticking out so far?

[@stephenhyland4256]

@@BristolRE yeah

[@BristolRE]

@@stephenhyland4256 Looks easy for a driver to knock it off!