Basildon Bob

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@creatingdesire Hi Ray
A belated Happy Birthday to you!
I am sure you had a WONDERFUL Day!
All the best
Peter

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@BladeoftheS @GarySavery Can anyone provide a link to this story, as it does not appear anywhere else?

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@OlooneyJohn Probably Ukrainian army recruits over here training

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@SurreyRS I thought it was an automatic 3 points if you parked on the zig-zags?

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@mikekaraoke23 @EnsignBusCo Oyster is a TfL card only functioning on their operations. It’s available on trains to Grays but not on buses. It is available to Shenfield, but only on trains
Oyster is on TfL buses in Lakeside, but no other operators and as neither Ensign or X80 are TfL it will not happen

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@KentTraveller @EnsignBusCo @BusAndTrainUser @theshowbus 2) Connex insisted that the buses were painted green and cream and that is why the X80 had that scheme, but reverted to blue and silver when the contract finished. Only one double decker wore these colours the rest being single deckers

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@KentTraveller @EnsignBusCo @BusAndTrainUser @theshowbus The X80 came about because Ensignbus won a rail replacement Serbia from Connex which ran from Strood whilst the Higham railway tunnel was being renovated
This was a 12 month contract and meant that buses were running empty over the Dartford Crossing regularly every day,

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@Busoccultation @GarySavery X80 started when Ensignbus won the Highams railway Tunnel replacement bus service, which was to last for 12 months. Connex was the rail operator at the time and painting the buses green and cream was part of the contract.once the job finished buses returned to blue and silver

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@GissyCh @nibsbuses @TwitchNic 81 is not a contracted service. It’s commercial at the operators risk

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@Simstersnose @johnthe92611772 @melindiscott @Nigel_Farage @Keir_Starmer Doesn’t illegal mean that they have no legal right to be here?

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@EnsignBusCo @thurrockcouncil If a bus can’t get through then neither can emergency services

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@playnicenow2 @TribesBritannia I believe it’s a total of no more than 185 days in a year before you are classed as resident and therefore liable for tax

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@EnsignBusCo @SEL_Transit_Exp That’s 21 + 1!!

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@aj_efc @c2c_Rail Did you read the reason for the delay?

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@SouthendAirport @ARGS_EVA @routesonline Another expensive jolly?

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@RandomBusesGirl If you ever had the opportunity to have a tour of the Ensignbus vintage fleet you may recall the opening words from one of the Newman family at the beginning
It was ‘every bus has a story to tell - where shall I start?’
That’s the important thing - they all matter!
Good luck!

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@SouthendAirport No chance of that!

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@listertor @suegilly36 @richardaeden You may be surprised…..

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@LizzieITV As a confessed drug taker he should not be allowed back into the USA. He lied on his Visa Application Form and then publicly admitted to the taking of illegal drugs. If he is allowed back then obviously there is one rule for the rich and famous and another for the rest of us

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@RichardDavies20 @EnsignBusCo @Simply_AL__ @kent_police @HighwaysSEAST What’s the problem? Ensign explained the problems it is facing in sound English!
If the roads are blocked or closed it can’t run buses - simple!