Hi,
Can some of you more au fait with the daily nitty gritty of bus operations tell me how often buses are cleaned (the exterior primarily). I get the 33 every morning and quite often I can't see out the window, with all the dirt that's built up!! (Now before you say that I shouldn't be looking!! let me just say that's all very well but I have to instinctively guess when I am nearing my stop!!??, now in my case this isn''t so bad as I'm only going to the train station, so there's always someone who can see out that I can follow, but God help any poor souls who have to stop at an "intermediary" stop.
Cheers
Noel
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dirty buses
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Posted 4 years ago #
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In fairness if its the outside of the bus you've got a problem with then thats more an issue of bad roads, the 33 travels along some dodgy roads - it is winter after all, mucky dirty roads can be hard to avoid...
[posted by: P]Posted 4 years ago # -
People often don't believe that all buses are washed daily, as they point to a huge buildup of dirt.
The problem is that, unlike a car, a bus bodywork has straight sides, and so liberally collects the road spray (if you look at the bottom of a car in winter, the curve of the body takes a massive amount of dirt, keeping the most of the sides more clean.
The route 33 buses are unusual, in that they operate from Summerhill, but are garaged overnight in Skerries. They return to Summerhill in the middle of the day for refuelling and cleaning - thus they are at their dirtiest in the morning.
Occasionally, when thetre is heavy frost, the buswash cannot be used, and the vehicles get really dirty much more quickly. They use a certain amount of anti-freeze in the wash-water but they can't use too much as applied every day it would have undesirable side-effects.
Steve O Shea
[posted by: Steve O'Shea]Posted 4 years ago # -
Just be glad that you do not have sub-zero temperatures plus all kinds of snow and ice at any time of day...and that the roads don't get periodically sprayed with all sorts of salt, gravel et al that gets all over all kinds of vehicles. (Usually sodium chloride, but calcium chloride and magnesium chloride are in use also.)
In such weather conditions, you will not worry about dirty buses but upright buses...Posted 4 years ago # -
never mind the outside! what about the bloody inside?!!! it's hard to believe buses are cleaned at all judging by the inside (particularly upstairs at the back) of some buses i have travelled on.
[posted by: mh]Posted 4 years ago # -
Buses may be dirty but you cannot deny that they are spititually cleansing!!!!Posted 4 years ago #
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