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New boris bus breaks down
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In article , (Recliner) wrote: wrote in message In article , (Roland Perry) wrote: In message , at 04:17:11 on Fri, 23 Dec 2011, remarked: According to Wikipedia, a New Bus for London weighs 11.8t, and a Routemaster weighs 7.5t. That's more reasonable. Perhaps the 18 tonnes was fully loaded. RMLs were 8.25 tons, by the way. 87 people weigh a little over 7 tons, using the USA's regulation of 185lbs each. I don't know what the equivalent figure is here, but it tallies with the above quite well. You can be sure that my 1969 fully laden figures would be more today, if only because the average weight of a Londoner has risen in the last forty years! However, fewer modern Londoners would fit on the bus, so the total weight may be little changed. They are still fitting into Routemasters on the heritage routes. I've not travelled on them -- do you know how many people cram on to the RMs on those routes? |
New boris bus breaks down
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(Recliner) wrote: wrote in message In article , (Recliner) wrote: wrote in message In article , (Roland Perry) wrote: In message , at 04:17:11 on Fri, 23 Dec 2011, remarked: According to Wikipedia, a New Bus for London weighs 11.8t, and a Routemaster weighs 7.5t. That's more reasonable. Perhaps the 18 tonnes was fully loaded. RMLs were 8.25 tons, by the way. 87 people weigh a little over 7 tons, using the USA's regulation of 185lbs each. I don't know what the equivalent figure is here, but it tallies with the above quite well. You can be sure that my 1969 fully laden figures would be more today, if only because the average weight of a Londoner has risen in the last forty years! However, fewer modern Londoners would fit on the bus, so the total weight may be little changed. They are still fitting into Routemasters on the heritage routes. I've not travelled on them -- do you know how many people cram on to the RMs on those routes? No. But there are seats for 64 if they try. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
New boris bus breaks down
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In article , (Recliner) wrote: wrote in message In article , (Recliner) wrote: wrote in message In article , (Roland Perry) wrote: In message , at 04:17:11 on Fri, 23 Dec 2011, remarked: According to Wikipedia, a New Bus for London weighs 11.8t, and a Routemaster weighs 7.5t. That's more reasonable. Perhaps the 18 tonnes was fully loaded. RMLs were 8.25 tons, by the way. 87 people weigh a little over 7 tons, using the USA's regulation of 185lbs each. I don't know what the equivalent figure is here, but it tallies with the above quite well. You can be sure that my 1969 fully laden figures would be more today, if only because the average weight of a Londoner has risen in the last forty years! However, fewer modern Londoners would fit on the bus, so the total weight may be little changed. They are still fitting into Routemasters on the heritage routes. I've not travelled on them -- do you know how many people cram on to the RMs on those routes? No. But there are seats for 64 if they try. My point was that fewer modern people would fit into an RM than once did. For example, how many double seats are actually occupied by two people these days? And how many stand? |
New boris bus breaks down
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(Recliner) wrote: *Subject:* New boris bus breaks down *From:* "Recliner" *Date:* Sat, 24 Dec 2011 13:02:45 -0000 wrote in message In article , (Recliner) wrote: wrote in message In article , (Recliner) wrote: wrote in message In article , (Roland Perry) wrote: In message , at 04:17:11 on Fri, 23 Dec 2011, remarked: According to Wikipedia, a New Bus for London weighs 11.8t, and a Routemaster weighs 7.5t. That's more reasonable. Perhaps the 18 tonnes was fully loaded. RMLs were 8.25 tons, by the way. 87 people weigh a little over 7 tons, using the USA's regulation of 185lbs each. I don't know what the equivalent figure is here, but it tallies with the above quite well. You can be sure that my 1969 fully laden figures would be more today, if only because the average weight of a Londoner has risen in the last forty years! However, fewer modern Londoners would fit on the bus, so the total weight may be little changed. They are still fitting into Routemasters on the heritage routes. I've not travelled on them -- do you know how many people cram on to the RMs on those routes? No. But there are seats for 64 if they try. My point was that fewer modern people would fit into an RM than once did. For example, how many double seats are actually occupied by two people these days? And how many stand? I last rode on a Routemaster over five years ago when they were still in squadron service. The double seats were fairly well used then. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
New boris bus breaks down
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wrote: I last rode on a Routemaster over five years ago when they were still in squadron service. The double seats were fairly well used then. Though the person on the aisle side would often find only one cheek could be accommodated, as it were. Neil -- Neil Williams, Milton Keynes, UK |
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