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I've been to Disneyland Paris twice but never to Paris itself funnily enough. Although I've always known it to be a huge disappointment compared to the romanticised view that many outside of France have of it (Paris Syndrome), plus the bedbug infestation they had a few years ago makes me reluctant to visit, but I've always wanted to have a go on the Paris Metro, looks like it's got lots of unique quirks about it and I've seen enough Tim Traveller videos to know that there are good things to do in Paris outside of the ultra touristy destinations. Looks like you two enjoyed yourselves watching some of the events so that's the important thing that it was a worthwhile trip

I think it's fair to say that even the best transport systems in the world would struggle to cope during events such as the Olympics

Paris is a nice city, I did go there in 2009. That hotel does indeed look to be on the cheap side.

Paris looks like an amazing city to visit & i briefly visited the eiffel tower while on a school trip to Disney Land way back in 1997 & i remember standing underneath it too & i wouldnt mind visiting Paris one day & the Metro looks like a good way to get around anyway brilliant vlog

Église d'Auteuil is the official least-used station on the Métro because RATP only count entries, not exits - there are only ticket barriers to enter the Métro, not to get out. And as this is a one-way station, people generally only exit there, and go one block away to Chardon-Lagache to enter the Métro to get to central Paris.

Excellent video Lucy! Had to smile at the hotel description.... " Characterful " 🙂👍

BTW, on the C3, Wellfield Road is a one way street (although that was only done around covid so might not have updated in game) rather than Crwys Road, i assume it got the Strathnairn Street stop in the wrong place as its a dead end street (with the bus stop in the place where the junction would be). Also irl the routes that go up Albany Road almost all use West Grove/Richmond Terrace exclusively although what you have done is theoretically possible so there isn't much of an issue. Plus it might be an idea to serve St David's College (which is also in Penylan on Tygwyn Road and served by the 52 irl but cause of how you don't the route it skirts around it, although prolly won't make much of a difference in game). And yeah no buses don't go through Brandreth + Birchwood Road but it is possible). Also the Penylan campus for Cardiff Uni is called Uni Hall although its mainly student accomodation rather than an actual campus

When you showed that 407 what number was the double decker arriva bus

I am glad that my suggestion to use block balises helped you! But I think that you are over-using it. When using secondary platforms, there must be no balises between the secondary platform signal and the platform. If you put it there, the signal will not "see" the platform and you can end up with multiple trains being routed into the same platform or not routed there at all. The double-track terminus station at Altricham needs to have one entry signal (the secondary platform one), and two exit signals, right on the edges of the platforms. Tracks, where trains could go both ways (single track sections and sidings), may also not have a balise on them. If you click on a signal, you can see what it is protecting. The ideal place for a block balise is after the last switch / set of points. NIMBY works on a track reservation principle - a train will reserve the _path_ ahead of it (including reversing) up until the next signal or balise. Trains check for conflicting reservations at those signals.

brilliant bus spotting in Marseille

I'm sure I've seen road trains running in York in the past (not sure if they still run) to and from the National Railway Museum

Is the 202 the IRL 10 route to bollington.?

The reason why the Mmcs are at HE,Stockport is because of bus shortages, If Hyde Road Didn’t have the MMCs, they’d be very short, hence why the MX10 /60 hybrids were reinstated. Stockport , however , need them for 192. They need tridents to do other routes , 23 , 25 , 197, 383/4 etc.

Great video again Lucy! 👍🙂

It’s a shame that we are as nation a have such atrocious bus networks compared to Europe. Because they most likely will serve the more remote areas where not many people use but here the council cut them for pathetic reasons leaving many people in remote areas with no bus service.

25:53 you swore? 😂

25:53 you swore? 😂

The last update added a feature, which delays updates to the timetables only after you un-pause the game or hit F1. I had to turn it off in performance options, because it was confusing me all the time.

App name?

Hi, I have noticed that you are signalling the tram tracks as if it was autoblock-style heavy railway. In NIMBY it is easier to just use a block ballise after the exit from a station, or after the last set of switches.The trams will not complain one bit, and it will also save a bit of processing power. I use ballises on double track mainlines as well, but that's less realistic. Secondly, I have a legit question about your depo runs: What are the benefits of adding more than one stop in the depo line? I only add the depo itself and everything works. Does it let pax board?

Marseille looks amazing & looks like a good place to visit & im loving the transport system brilliant vlog

Marseille looks like it's good a good variety of transport, even if the tickets look proper complicated haha, shame the airport isn't connected to the metro, seems like a missed opportunity to not extend it but at least it gets buses. Don't think I'd cope with the heat in the south of France mind, it's bad enough in the UK, I'd proper cape if I had to walk up a hill in 27 degrees heat! Really enjoyed this vlog, was proper hooting and hollering at the banter between you and G, especially when you was first in the hotel lol. Btw, fun fact, the first football game I ever attended was a women's olympic football game for the 2012 olympics cause some games were being held in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff and me and me Nan were given tickets to see New Zealand vs Brazil and Team GB vs Cameroon when we were just out and about, I did see G's video of the double decker train to Paris (through her early access lol), I think I went on the same type of train when I went to Disneyland Paris back in 2016! Hopefully you and G enjoyed your France trip and saw some good olympic action haha

Excellent video Lucy! Glad you both had a great time in France. I read somewhere that Greater Anglia have a programme of reconfiguring the Class 745's with additional tables and luggage space for the Stansted service. Can't remember the precise details. Did you notice the metro trains run on rubber tyres. 👍🙂

I've seen quite a different variety of buses on the 534, seen streetdecks, evosetis, e400evs, literally everything except the Gemini 3s. Ever since Tranche 2 of bee network ruined our variety, now it only has e200s(and mmcs with one mmc guarantee on sundays), ex Orbits b7rles, and citaros

Really enjoyed seeing the buses in Málaga. First of all, súbrete means get on; secondly, you mentioned a registration starting with “W”, but Spanish marks are currently using “M”-easy to misread though, thirdly, ALSA is a big Spanish operator, now owned by National Express (now known as Mobico Group) and finally, Avanza (Avanza Movilidad) is another Spanish operator with many services n Málaga, Algeciras, Salamanca and to Madrid. You also may have seen Sagalés when in Barcelona.

Excellent video Lucy! Speaking for myself...no need to apologise for anything. 👍🙂

Big fan of the 111, it was my local route when I first moved up here!

Good to see you back on the road! The 111 has an interesting history, beginning as minibus route 11, started by GM Buses in competition with with minibuses run by the Bee Line Buzz Company (Bee's not being a new thing with buses around here!) who would evolve into today's Ariva Wythenshawe operation, which, of course, will go with the final phase of the Bee Network. I presume there were other services up Maine Road which the 11 would replace as it became operated by double deckers (I rode an Alexander bodied Olympian on it around 1999) before becoming the 111.

brilliant vlog

Don't forget about the 125R Sundays only

Yes routing though is dack

Another great vid Lucy, you may want to avoid Manchester at the moment to stay safe though, lots of riots going on!

Ironically I took a photo in Manchester with a mmc off on a non bee network route and EV enviro 400 on one 😂 and this was morning before I headed off to Halifax for the pennies bus rally.

Trains at widnes pls

Ok

: 17:01 what did you say? OPM updater?

What SIM/game is that?

The Renown’s was replaced by the B7L’s but they weren’t that popular and by 2004/05 they were fully replaced by the B7RLE which did really well in sales and are one of the most reliable buses out there on the market for there time and that’s why I’m a huge fan of them.

Hi Lucy, can I ask a question. I am enjoying your presentation style on YT but I have only just come across your site so am aware these are form a year ago. In the openTTD you talked about using JGRPP but I use Steam and I able to still use JGRPP on steam?

brilliant bus spotting in Malaga

Your maps look different to mine. Yours show greater road detail and include the actual railway lines on the map, where on my default maps these are missing. I’ve looked at the game settings and there is no option I can see to turn those on. How do you display that info please?

It says the on the fleet list there is prestiges & temsa avenues? Is that true?

Great work on that DART livery, very impressive.

Curious to know where are you getting these bus details/info from like when models were made etc?

Or maybe you could acquire the former first Wigan fleet off Stagecoach later in the rp?.

The fact how the Enviro400 is already gone is very concerning

The Temsa MD9 would probably be quite well suited to routes outside Cardiff ngl. Seems a better alternative to the Solos and MMCs that irl companies use in more rural Wales.

Use the insert key to turn a built track back to blueprint. Faster than promote+demote.

Can I ask a question or two? how do you design a logo for buses and is there a place/site where I can get some templates to design a colour scheme on and then apply?