Was walking past the stop on my way to the clinic this afternoon, and there
was a notice on it about "School Buses"

Which basically said "where we are running school buses, don't get on them
if you aren't a child going to school"

and I thought:

There are no school bus routes around here.

And then I saw buses going down the road with a sign in the front saying
"Not School Bus"

So it seems that they are designating some services on ordinary routes as
special school buses and are using this signage to tell you which are which

Haven't been out at the right time of day to gauge the frequency of these
designated buses yet

tim... wrote:
Was walking past the stop on my way to the clinic this afternoon, and there
was a notice on it about "School Buses"

Which basically said "where we are running school buses, don't get on them
if you aren't a child going to school"

and I thought:

There are no school bus routes around here.

And then I saw buses going down the road with a sign in the front saying
"Not School Bus"

So it seems that they are designating some services on ordinary routes as
special school buses and are using this signage to tell you which are which

Correct. They'll allow more kids on those buses than passengers are allowed
on normal public buses.


Haven't been out at the right time of day to gauge the frequency of these
designated buses yet

Are they not just designating some normal scheduled buses as 'school'
buses? So they'll be like a cancelled service as far as the rest of us are
concerned.

On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 20:13:51 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:

tim... wrote:
Was walking past the stop on my way to the clinic this afternoon, and there
was a notice on it about "School Buses"

Which basically said "where we are running school buses, don't get on them
if you aren't a child going to school"

and I thought:

There are no school bus routes around here.

And then I saw buses going down the road with a sign in the front saying
"Not School Bus"

So it seems that they are designating some services on ordinary routes as
special school buses and are using this signage to tell you which are which

Correct. They'll allow more kids on those buses than passengers are allowed
on normal public buses.


Haven't been out at the right time of day to gauge the frequency of these
designated buses yet

Are they not just designating some normal scheduled buses as 'school'
buses? So they'll be like a cancelled service as far as the rest of us are
concerned.


I forget which program (probably Radio 4) when someone from TfL was
saying they were laying on several hundred extra "school buses". I did
wonder how they were sourcing them.

However, this
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...-a4534346.html
seems to suggest they are, indeed, just designating. Such buses can be
filled to normal capacity apparently.

On Wed, 02 Sep 2020 21:50:46 +0100, Graham Harrison
wrote:

On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 20:13:51 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:

tim... wrote:
Was walking past the stop on my way to the clinic this afternoon, and there
was a notice on it about "School Buses"

Which basically said "where we are running school buses, don't get on them
if you aren't a child going to school"

and I thought:

There are no school bus routes around here.

And then I saw buses going down the road with a sign in the front saying
"Not School Bus"

So it seems that they are designating some services on ordinary routes as
special school buses and are using this signage to tell you which are which

Correct. They'll allow more kids on those buses than passengers are allowed
on normal public buses.


Haven't been out at the right time of day to gauge the frequency of these
designated buses yet

Are they not just designating some normal scheduled buses as 'school'
buses? So they'll be like a cancelled service as far as the rest of us are
concerned.


I forget which program (probably Radio 4) when someone from TfL was
saying they were laying on several hundred extra "school buses". I did
wonder how they were sourcing them.

However, this
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...-a4534346.html
seems to suggest they are, indeed, just designating. Such buses can be
filled to normal capacity apparently.

Then again ......

https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-...thats-18847596

"Graham Harrison" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 20:13:51 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:

tim... wrote:
Was walking past the stop on my way to the clinic this afternoon, and
there
was a notice on it about "School Buses"

Which basically said "where we are running school buses, don't get on
them
if you aren't a child going to school"

and I thought:

There are no school bus routes around here.

And then I saw buses going down the road with a sign in the front saying
"Not School Bus"

So it seems that they are designating some services on ordinary routes
as
special school buses and are using this signage to tell you which are
which

Correct. They'll allow more kids on those buses than passengers are
allowed
on normal public buses.


Haven't been out at the right time of day to gauge the frequency of
these
designated buses yet

Are they not just designating some normal scheduled buses as 'school'
buses? So they'll be like a cancelled service as far as the rest of us
are
concerned.


I forget which program (probably Radio 4) when someone from TfL was
saying they were laying on several hundred extra "school buses". I did
wonder how they were sourcing them.

However, this
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...-a4534346.html
seems to suggest they are, indeed, just designating. Such buses can be
filled to normal capacity apparently.

not normal capacity, as no standees to be allowed

If you can manage that with the average bunch of 12 years olds

In message , at 20:13:51 on Wed, 2 Sep 2020,
Recliner remarked:

Are they not just designating some normal scheduled buses as 'school'
buses? So they'll be like a cancelled service as far as the rest of us are
concerned.

When I was in Nottingham the bus company went out of their way to *not*
schedule any useful public buses on routes to schools. The passengers
were more trouble than they were worth, apparently. So it fell on the
rent-a-wreck brigade to run the dedicated school buses.
--
Roland Perry