Buses of England-St Ives + Guided Busway August 2019

[@europeantransporttv212]

Great video! The buses go so fast!

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

I was amazed how fast they shot by me! And there was an access level crossing nearby, i would certainly cross the busway with care......

[@europeantransporttv212]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus I would unless I wanted to fly into space being hit by a bus travelling 50+ mph

[@NoddyMaccy]

I lived near there for a few years! I was born and raised in Romford, moves to Huntingdon for about 13 years then moved back to Romford!

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

I have bus vids in Romford upload, heres one i made earlier as they used to say on Blue Peter lol kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5Pbf4unlpt3h5o

[@thekentishtrainspotter3052]

Like a bloody train on that busway 😂

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Well, the busway is the old railway trackbed, they flew by me at around 50mph! It is a nice straight line so they do get their speed up!

[@russouk]

lol never seen that before at end....like trains lol...wonder if they ever thought of giving buses train wheels too....bet drivers luv that

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

It's quite quirky to watch buses at work on a busy-way. I have just visited the Luton/Dunstable one and will be uploaded soon....

[@anguscopland148]

Am I right in thinking those buses are hybrids?

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

No, i don't think so. I rode on a double decker from Huntington to St Ives, and one back and the engine ran all the time, so i can't see them being hybrids.

[@HDTransport]

They claim to run on Bio Fuel but no they aren’t hybrids

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

@@HDTransport That's quite a possibility.....

[@anguscopland148]

Ah, we have hybrids in Arbroath, but, I'm not a fan.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

I've been on a few in London. They must play hell with the starter motor with all the stopping & starting!!

[@anguscopland148]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus For some reason, ours have stop/start. Hybrid engine starts us moving, then, the diesel one kicks in, (I think).

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

@@anguscopland148 Yes, that's how they work. The starter motor but it must reduce their working life by quite a margin!

[@anguscopland148]

@@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus Well Soi, that's the problem.., they always breakdown .

[@trainrover]

The switch in primacy at communications technology between Quebec and England bemuses me..one reason I'm happier in seemingly outdated Island of Montreal 🍺

[@trainrover]

Motorists having priority over pedestrians would s o aggravate me..oo la.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

It's a bit like a railway (indeed, it was a rail line and converted to a bus-way) and the buses travel at high speed, best not to get in their way!

[@trainrover]

I was thinking about intersections..as in the buses careening out of that bricked up bus loop where pedestrians must wait for buses to ease into traffic. I left the island last week, and it s h o c k s me every time having to remind myself that red traffic lights outside Montreal and NYC do not necessarily mean stop and w a i t , as turning right (turning left were we to drive on the other side of the road, yeah) on red is allowed. Altogether unnerving..red light will always mean stop to me!

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

@@trainrover It's like that in Thailand, i got the red lights up to cross the road and almost got mowed down by a bhat bus! The rules of the road are ..there are no rules of the road!!!

[@trainrover]

lol..Madness! Your recollection reminds me of a couple of taxi rides through Cairo I once watched here, gripping the rests to my armchair, hair-raising I tellya! Oh! And the additional exception with the permissible turn-right-on-red is that turning-left-on-red i s allowed if the intersection involves one-way traffic both roads: t h i s, I do keep forgetting!

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

@@trainrover Trips in a cab from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport on the motorway are quite a fun filled ride, people of a nervous disposition should not attempt them sober!