Ralph Roberts
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Spent the morning in
#Paisley
raising awareness about
#FaceCoverings
by handing out free face masks. 1000’s will be handed out for free today all over the
@Buses_McGills
network 👍
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The car driver thinks ‘I wont be long’ - meanwhile dozens of bus users are delayed. The infirm risk injury trying to step off because the bus can’t dock at the kerb properly. What it’s really about is me-me-me and that is what cars do unfortunately - they can make people selfish
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Bus Economics 101: when the 60 year old on £30k travels to work on bus for free but the 18 year old on min wage beside them pays full fare, you know the system isn’t working.
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The engineering team made me a lamp for my birthday 🥳 🙌
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INDUSTRY JARGON ALERT
Due to reduced car traffic, who else is noticing that punctuality is near 100% and buses are sitting at timing points because there is too much running time?
Between that and dwell time plummeting, a 15% PVR reduction could cope with same timetables! 🤦♂️
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Was please to share with
@StirlingCouncil
councillors on Wednesday the new
@mcgillseast
Midland Bluebird livery design. This image is of the buses that will soon be allocated to the X10/A
#Balfron
#Aberfoyle
#Stirling
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Very proud to stand next to this today. I simply had an idea, a whole team of people worked really hard to make it happen. Well done everyone 👏👏👏
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Today marks the first of 68 electric buses going into service over the next few weeks
@Buses_McGills
This is the result of a huge effort behind the scenes
#ElectricVehicles
#ZeroHero
Pic by Cameron Clyne
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‘Angus’
17 January 2010
- - -
4 November 2022
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RIP best friend. No more pain
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I’m so happy for my teams this morning. McGill’s Bus Group was awarded Public Transport Operator of the Year at the Scottish Transport Awards last night. Great recognition of what you do, day in, day out - well done 👏
@mcgillswest
@mcgillseast
@XploreDundee
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Very happy to see the first
@Wright_bus
Streetlite in the new
@mcgillseast
Bluebird livery. It will be
@GVVTGlasgow
on display tomorrow. This is how the fleet will look and be maintained. All credit to the maintenance team at Greenock depot - what a job!
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What a brilliant pic tonight by Eddy Hughes, one of our Inchinnan Team
@Buses_McGills
@ADLbus
#EVbus
#COP26
#ZeroOmissions
#2030Targets
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Devastating news from my procurement team: given the upcoming HUGE% increase in electricity (increase of £624k per annum 💰💰💰) they are advising that we charge our
#ZeroEmission
#Buses
by diesel generators 🙇♂️🙆♂️🤯
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Just leaving the office and walking through a parking shed for a look around - I’m always struck by how busy, orderly and thorough the late teams are. Well done 👍
#HiddenHeros
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Well, that’s a wrap for another year - a brilliant open day at
@mcgillswest
Johnstone. A huge thanks to all involved but a special thanks to those that organised the weather 👍
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Parking Shed No.1 - I do love it when the kids are tucked up quietly in bed 💤
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This is a great example of how a political attack becomes an attack on public transport and low emission travel. We need to somehow lift the calibre of journalism in this country if we are ever to transition to a low carbon economy
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32 people on my express bus to Glasgow right now
@transcotland
yet almost every car in the congested approach to city centre has 1 person inside. How is this a fair road space allocation?
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CONGESTION 101 - How it affects different groups: a thread.
Car users: they have to sit for longer in their car. It costs more in fuel due to extra journey time. No real inconvenience other than longer journey time
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Yet another wonderful mid-life refurbishment from the in-house engineers
@Buses_McGills
In 2014 this bus & its 13 siblings were the first EuroVI buses in
#Glasgow
#Scotland
#Inverclyde
Congestion now means it takes 16 to run that route instead of the 14 it did in 2014
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Happy Birthday to my constant companion Angus - 12 today 🎉
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Yet another bus refurbished at
@mcgillswest
for
@mcgillseast
ready to leave Greenock on a foggy morning for its new home
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An early start this morning seeing Inchinnan depot come alive. An electric bus depot comes to life much more quietly 🤫 A very good thing for our neighbours
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One of the things I love, is visiting the night staff at a depot. They keep the fleet in top top condition, cleaning, topping up oils, fuelling and servicing so that they are raring to go from early each morning. Night staff, we salute you 🫡
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Can you imagine if we simply reversed priority and made all traffic lights constantly red. Cars would have to request permission to proceed. Sounds crazy, but in a city centre it’s is exactly what should happen.
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@BlondeHistorian
@TfL
I’ll second that. En route to an eye specialist, with limited vision and on crutches I was pick pocketed. Staff were on hand in what seemed like seconds. Thief apprehended and was helped to my appointment. 10/10 for TfL
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I was counting the age of some school buses transporting local pupils today. Average age of 19 years old - caused by lowest cost contract tenders no doubt.
It’s incredible that we have newer vehicles to uplift our rubbish than to transport our kids to school 🙇♂️
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⚡️ELECTRIFYING NEWS⚡️ 55 electric
@YutongBus
buses ordered by
@Buses_McGills
for use on routes between
#Renfrewshire
and
#Glasgow
saving 2 billion grams of carbon emissions per annum
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25 years of progress. Both buses operate from the same depot, on the same route and amazingly, came out of the same factory. Not to mention the small matter of £375,000 of a difference in purchase price. I wonder what the next 25 years will bring
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Only a couple of days to go before these lovelies get out to play!
@XploreDundee
@Buses_McGills
#ZeroEmission
#SULEBS
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@Buses_McGills
latest addition to the heritage fleet - a great tribute to this original livery
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This is what entitlement, stupidity and selfishness looks like all rolled into one
Service 114
Unfortunately due to inconsiderate parking service 114 Is unable to serve Litchfield Rd ,This is also apparently not a police matter.
(The cars owner told us he will park where he wants as he pays road tax he doesn't catch the bus so it's not his problem)
Sorry !
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This is the end result of a lot of work by a lot of people including
@creatingdesire
&
#SwordfishSigns
The vehicle presentation team at
#GreenockDepot
have been outstanding so thank you to everyone 🙏
The new standard of presentation for buses in the Falkirk and Stirling areas.
Clean buses - Comfortable buses - Reliable buses. Brought to you by McGill’s.
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Obligatory
#OpenTop
#Selfie
Has to be in the top 10 most scenic bus routes in the UK
#ClydeRiviera
@Buses_McGills
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The maintenance teams at
@Buses_McGills
HQ are busy readying these
@ADLbus
deliveries for services 23 & X23. Won’t be long now...
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A great day yesterday with the team
@mcgillswest
launching more
#electric
routes. Part of a £20m investment hitting the road on March 1st
#ZeroEmission
#Buses
#ScotZEB
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Nice surprise visitor to
@mcgillswest
today. Lovely
#MidlandBluebird
survivor
@mcgillseast
with some ex
@arrivamidlandsE
people. Another reminder of how small and connected the
#Bus
community is 🤝
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This big guy can’t walk to the park anymore so we drive. He prefers to take in the view, go for a swim, go to the loo and then home for dinner. Works for me 😁
#HabitsOfAnOldDog
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Another
@mcgillswest
reserve bus in prep to go to
@mcgillseast
and give our customers a better experience
#CleanBuses
#ReliableBuses
#WarmBuses
#TVNewsOnBus
#LowEmissionBus
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It’s a bit rough around the edges but this is my rainbow
#hope
🌈 tribute to all of my
@Buses_McGills
frontline essential workers 👏👏👏
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Won’t be long now ⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️
@Buses_McGills
#ZeroEmission
#BEV
#BetterBuses
#ZeroHeroes
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I have travelled by bus in Manchester - it’s greatest drawback is the poor management of roads and car & van congestion. Good luck with your new levitating buses, they look superb 👍
Seven months today, and after 37 years of waiting, Greater Manchester retakes control of its buses.
🐝
#BeeNetwork
#GetOnBoard
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Customers got their first experience of
@Buses_McGills
£2️⃣3️⃣,5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣
Investment in whisper quiet battery electric buses yesterday and they were the bomb
🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎⚡️🚎
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@engineers_feed
It’s a pipe bender! Small bore obv. Things like microbore heating or automotive hydraulic brake pipes 👍
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What do EV buses do overnight? Same as you and me of course 🥱😴
Pic by Gary Murray
#ZeroEmission
#PublicTransport
#Bus
#ScotZEB
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One part of the EV parking bays at one of the three depots being converted at
@Buses_McGills
Big project, big change, big difference. Well done to the team in successfully delivering this.
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Troubling times indeed.
#Renfrew
staff meeting tonight to update on
#COVID19
situation. No job losses for anyone and I am in awe of the really difficult choices people made tonight to get through this.
@Buses_McGills
are proud of all of you 👏👏👏
#OneTeam
#BestTeam
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Worth pointing out to the ‘let’s nationalise everything’ brigade, that Government gets four times the money that the operator gets. If we count track access charges, a full 25% of all revenue goes to the government.
So, 2% to operator, 25% to government
Shall I say that again?
Why does my fare change? How is the money spent?
Find out the answers to these and other questions here:
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Maiden voyage for this one today, I’m loving the light up
@Buses_McGills
logo on the front. (Idea stolen from
@Transdev
Witchway ;)
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Things are heating up nicely for the
@mcgillswest
depot open day at
#Johnstone
First time I’ve driven my old girl this year and a bit of recalibration was required 😅
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New £200,000
@Buses_McGills
bus 2 weeks old. It does make me wonder what is wrong with society when people are willing to destroy their local community.
#grafitti
#thugs
#Renfrew
#Idiots
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79% of Scottish public transport trips take place on buses. 16% take place on trains.
Bus users receive £1m direct subsidy per week from Scottish Government
Train users receive £28m direct subsidy per week from Scottish Government
Do bus users get a fair deal?
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Excitement is building at
@Buses_McGills
now that these are sailing towards Renfrewshire!
Looking forward to
@RenCouncil
putting in the
#BusPriority
they deserve
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Looking forward to getting this old lady up to
@GVVTGlasgow
this morning for the open weekend. Pop along, there’s loads to see and do
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This is so unbelievable that it could be an
#AprilFool
but it’s not. 55 of these
#ZeroEmission
buses are coming to
#Paisley
this summer. Revolutionising bus travel with
@Buses_McGills
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A slightly different taxi to dinner tonight as
@Napier_Colin
@Neuk_it
and I hosted
@flixbus_uk
on the
#ClydeRiviera
Special thanks to Alan P for making it happen
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This is what blind dogma looks like:
- we must have control
- but, control will not work unless the magic money tree delivers
- I will completely ignore that it was my party (Labour) who sold the bus company in Glasgow (and everywhere else for that matter)
- I will ignore that
SPT’s decision to take our buses back under public control signals the beginning of the end for Glasgow’s shambolic bus service.
The Scottish Government must step up and ensure SPT has what it need to deliver its ambitious plans.
Read my
@Glasgow_Times
column below 👇🏼
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Brilliant job by the
@Buses_McGills
team at the
#Switch38
launch in
#Johnstone
today. Waterproofs were the order of the day!
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We really do need a step change improvement in bus stop timetabling. This was maybe ok in the 1950’s
- wrong info
- missing services
- opaque panels
- tiny font
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The tweet says it all 👇
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I’m probably the most law abiding cyclist in Glasgow atm but that aside, 👇 is why I’m against advertising on buses 🦶💥🔫
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@creatingdesire
have produced a brilliant new coach livery for
@Buses_McGills
It looks great 👍
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Clarification Tweet: my earlier tweet about diesel generators charging electric buses was to draw attention to the impact that the electricity price rises are about to have - we are NOT suggesting that we actually would use diesel to charge electric buses except in emergencies
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There’s an army of unseen heroes working nights behind every bus that turns up at the stop. Here’s another two 👇👏👏👏
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The oldest single deck in the business and the newest. On their way for a weekend out in Glasgow - lucky dogs.
Pic: Robert Doherty
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Beautiful bus, beautifully driven, beautiful sky, it’s Friday; what could possibly go wrong?
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Mix in some surplus moquette from refurbishment of a 1977 Y Type Leopard, some spare cushion innards, some great skills and equipment in the business, a sadcat CEO et voila! Happy New Year everyone!
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This sort of behaviour has had its day in my opinion. We are not rewarding the virtuous travellers, we punish & exclude them yet again.
How long before the penny drops about what cars do to our towns and cities?
Xmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day are all parking holidays in Edinburgh, meaning you can park free of charge in public parking bays and on single yellow lines. Back to normal on 2 Jan though - find out more:
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@HauntedKeira
@mcgillswest
@academy_mcgills
@Napier_Colin
No wonder he looks comfortable - the new standard in bus driver seats! Heated, cooled, air suspension, integral seat belt and 32 way adjustment. Wow 🤩
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Ending the year the way I started it again - an unplanned full board stay courtesy of
@NHS_HS
⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ service as usual folks
To all the staff working over the holiday serving others, I 👏 you
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Another part of the problem is that cars have grown so much bigger than they used to be!
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Out on the front line this morning in fleet support
#WalkingTheJob
So many positive
@Buses_McGills
drivers out here running the miles and
#ConnectingCommunities
#PublicTransport
#Buses
#FrontLineWorkers
Most common question asked was about priority vaccination 💉
@JeaneF1MSP
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6th bus journey today and some rough weather thrown in. All buses bang on time, clean 🧼 safe and well driven. Top marks to all at
@Buses_McGills
👍
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Order of priority for road space. Most transport plans enshrine this....only to go on to ignore it
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Just approaching my bus stop to be greeted by this fab double rainbow. Note how the colours invert towards each other!
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The first Euro 6 in Glasgow, and one of the latest
@Buses_McGills
#Glasgow
#LEZ
has been getting invested in for 5 years
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He whacked me in the face with that just after I took the pic 😂🤕
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A great day hosting some
@Transdev
#ZeroHeroes
up to
@Buses_McGills
land to look at bus priority plans in Glasgow and Paisley plus fleet decarbonisation learnings
@alextransdev
@Vitto_p
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The
@Morton_FC
dug out was looking fabulous today - lovely nip and tuck for the season ahead in partnership with
@Buses_McGills
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A 1.5% improvement in punctuality yesterday and this morning over the previous week due to schools off. Doesn’t sound much but that’s the equivalent of 63 bus hours per day not spent waiting on a late bus! Can you imagine what real bus priority could achieve! 🆒🚎🆒🚎🆒🚎🆒🚎🆒🚎
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