HOW DO BUS DRIVERS GET TO/FROM WORK? 🚌🚦🚍

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  • čas přidán 9. 01. 2019
  • A little video explaining how us bus drivers get to and from work when there is no buses. Some people would assume we all have cars but this isn’t always the case! Tune in to find out how the staff car works!! 🚍🚌
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Komentáře • 165

  • @DoubleDeckerAnton
    @DoubleDeckerAnton Před 5 lety +70

    A very informative video Shaun! 🚍📹😊👍

  • @chrishines6048
    @chrishines6048 Před 5 lety +2

    Great explanation and plus I live around the corner from my local bus depot so I see buses and bus drivers all of the time

  • @ThatYorkshireBusDriver
    @ThatYorkshireBusDriver Před 5 lety +24

    Great explanation, always hate waiting for staff bus, car in your case

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety +2

      Mate, waiting sometimes upto 45 mins! so happy the car is now fixed. Life saver i tell you!!

  • @Jonny_____
    @Jonny_____ Před 5 lety +33

    Great video as usual mate, shame that nobody wanted the staff bus which threw a spanner in the works for your video, but in the plus side that’s an extra hours pay for you 😉

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety +3

      thank you jonny, that extra hour in bed ;) hahah sleeping and getting paid haha

    • @Jonny_____
      @Jonny_____ Před 5 lety +2

      The Flat Cap Bus Driver can’t beat it mate

  • @StagecoachMANALX300
    @StagecoachMANALX300 Před 5 lety +1

    That sound is amazing and don't rush to upload videos, just do it when you can. :-) The Robin singing at the end is so sweet.

  • @BillyBigBalls770
    @BillyBigBalls770 Před 5 lety +9

    Asking your supervisor if there is anything you want me to do sound like a big mistake, drive the bus in the depot and sneak home.

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety +4

      Hahahah they are honestly really decent here! They Don’t take the pi** out of people and always help folk out so least I can do is ask if they need owt hahah unless it’s over time hahahah 😂😂😂

  • @tonyyero7231
    @tonyyero7231 Před rokem

    Greetings from Orlando, Florida USA 🇺🇸 Thank you for sharing buddy!

  • @londonbuses126
    @londonbuses126 Před 5 lety +3

    Great video and I’ve seen some 126 bus drivers in Bromley when they finish their shift and they drive the staff bus! :)

  • @bezza70
    @bezza70 Před 5 lety +8

    Hi mate been subscribed for a month or two now , and I find your vlogs really interesting 👍 happy new year to you and your family and keep up the good work 👍

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety +2

      Thank you so much for the support mate, you have no idea how much it means to me! We've had a great start to the new year. I hope you have too! take care matey

  • @gloriareedseptaguy4213
    @gloriareedseptaguy4213 Před 5 lety +1

    This was made on my birthday

  • @mikebooth6007
    @mikebooth6007 Před 5 lety +2

    Great video. Really enjoy these, even after working a 11 hour duty! Keep it up!

  • @stevencarsley1983
    @stevencarsley1983 Před 5 lety +1

    New follower. Not seen a bus vlogger. Love the content . All the best.

  • @nifubar
    @nifubar Před 5 lety +1

    Making this video on the back end of a late shift and making it good, bravo sir! We don't have this whole 'staff bus / car' set up. :( 90% of shifts start or finish leaving no services to hop on either and no staff parking, I'm a little jealous. TBH if we had such a thing, I doubt much like yourselves that anyone would really want to hang around for it either. Would be a nice back up to have if needed mind.

  • @icewizzard666
    @icewizzard666 Před 5 lety +1

    Cool vid and damn potholes! Never apologise!! As long as you've enjoyed - do your vids when you get chance! Great when you take people home - but fab when you get the odd night off the staff car! Just subbed too : )

  • @sarahsrandomvideos6965
    @sarahsrandomvideos6965 Před 5 lety +3

    Great video as always Shaun. Hope you well & having a good week. 😀👍🏻🚍😊

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety +1

      as always sarah thank you for the comment. Ive had a lovely week, just had my two days off!! how has your week been :) once again thank you and i hope you've had a lovely week

    • @sarahsrandomvideos6965
      @sarahsrandomvideos6965 Před 5 lety

      @@TheFlatCapBusDriver you welcome Shaun. It great you had a good week. Mines been good. I saw my friends at Gems. (A club for adults with disabilities) on Tues. I had an awesome time. It was good to see everyone again after the Christmas break. 😀😃🚌🚍

  • @TheRhythmicBiker
    @TheRhythmicBiker Před 5 lety +2

    Love the videos mate, well insightful to see into the life of a bus driver.

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety +2

      thank you so much for the comment! glad your liking the video!

    • @ChelseaBrown-sh7rk
      @ChelseaBrown-sh7rk Před rokem

      ​@@TheFlatCapBusDriver love you guys you are good guys keep going guys be careful guys 😉 xx

  • @bukescrazyworld5038
    @bukescrazyworld5038 Před 5 lety +1

    U've got staff buses in your place ?!! Wow !! Here in South India, a totally exhausted driver who have driven 6 singles (1single= 60kms) in a shift must go home by himself. U people are lucky

  • @bandk2000
    @bandk2000 Před 3 lety

    I just came across this. Reminded me of my days of driving, back then before the dreaded Stagecoach buyout it was Hull Corporation Transport or Corpo as it was known. We had a similar set up - 3.30am AD shift two men each with a minibus picking up the drivers who needed to be at the depot for 4.30. Great shift, you could be finished for the day by 7am if the inspector was in a good mood! Similar late shift finishing at 1.15am, last bus into depot for midnight and then drop drivers home. Ah but how do you get to and from work for these shifts? We had a night shunter who picked /dropped you off. He was there to park up the vehicles after the cleaners had done with them. Those were the days ( I left in 2000)

  • @Mio-Vita
    @Mio-Vita Před 5 lety +1

    Great video really enjoyed it happy new year to you

  • @FunnyWithlunny
    @FunnyWithlunny Před 5 lety +5

    That bus station is massive we got a tiny one in Poole holds about 12 busses and the one in Bournemouth might as well be flattened as only national express and 3 other services use it

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety +1

      I'll be honest it's a great bus station, it could do with a refurb on the inside but I support metro can't keep throwing money in to it. Its just had the outside painted and looks 100% better than what it did before.
      I don't know what id do with a small bus station if it got busy. Even in the side of our station we sometimes cant pull onto stand in good time as other operators are there! its a pain at times haha The coaches use stand A B :)

    • @FunnyWithlunny
      @FunnyWithlunny Před 5 lety +1

      TheLCNW the bus station in Bournemouth is in the wrong place In fact I’d say it’s more of a taxi rank than a bus station and as for what they do in town that’s just dangerous

    • @FunnyWithlunny
      @FunnyWithlunny Před 5 lety +1

      The Flat Cap Bus Driver that happens in Poole and when I moved from Cardiff there busses took a lot of getting used to as to different companies can’t use tickets on each others busses they give change Cardiff don’t ow and when you have a problem with your ticket in Poole they tell you to fuck off back to Cardiff the drivers for all companies are brilliant can’t fault them it’s the muppets in the office I don’t like

    • @JamieRobert_
      @JamieRobert_ Před 5 lety +2

      Funny With lunny Bournemouth sucks

    • @FunnyWithlunny
      @FunnyWithlunny Před 5 lety +1

      Jamie Robert I couldn’t agree more

  • @ciaranbird3373
    @ciaranbird3373 Před 5 lety +2

    Great video Shaun, very interesting!

  • @aidenmills5221
    @aidenmills5221 Před 5 lety +3

    Yet again a great video never let us down mate

  • @UNDERTAKER2621
    @UNDERTAKER2621 Před 5 lety

    New to your channel all the way from NYC your doing a great job

  • @gledhill56
    @gledhill56 Před 5 lety +3

    Great video as always.

  • @centraltransportproductions

    Those 202/203 buses are with us in Northumbria, they haven't been debranded so in Newcastle they are still branded for 202/3.

  • @johanwagenaar9967
    @johanwagenaar9967 Před 5 lety +6

    Great video. I never heared about a staf-bus. This daily-life videos have loads of content that I as a passenger can't see! Well done!

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety +2

      Im so glad that ive shown you the behind the scenes things that you dont normally see :) hope youre enjoying these

  • @madisonwalland7372
    @madisonwalland7372 Před 5 lety +1

    great video I have seen you driving in huddesfield before.

  • @rossmcgarrie9787
    @rossmcgarrie9787 Před 5 lety +1

    Another great video Shaun top man 👍

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety +1

      Rossyboy. Thank you mate, as always a lovely comment! hope all is well mate.

    • @rossmcgarrie9787
      @rossmcgarrie9787 Před 5 lety

      The Flat Cap Bus Driver .... yeah things are great here Shaun I canny grumble Pal.

  • @jess.bus.photosx6388
    @jess.bus.photosx6388 Před 5 lety +1

    I usually see a lot of drivers get on buses I love this video I get on buses every single day rather 148 149 or 189 then 125 depends how quick I need to get home

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety +1

      Thank you so much the for support jess! nothing better than getting the bus home!!

  • @Stepqen
    @Stepqen Před 5 lety +1

    Love the video, must be annoying driving a bus with potholes

  • @Nathan-cd6gu
    @Nathan-cd6gu Před 5 lety +2

    Great Vlog (video) subscriber bus driver from Sydney 🇦🇺

  • @TransportCambs
    @TransportCambs Před 5 lety +3

    Good video,

  • @xynzlollie
    @xynzlollie Před 5 lety +4

    And here I am thinking train drivers had a weird schedule

  • @thefulldeodorantcan3347
    @thefulldeodorantcan3347 Před 5 lety +2

    Great video! Your getting lots of subbs now, you should do some thing special for 5k

  • @WellingtonBusDriver
    @WellingtonBusDriver Před 5 lety

    We use taxies for our 'staff bus' and to get one you just need to live in a place that doesn't have a bus service at the time you want to get to work or head home, so they get used lots.
    But back in the day (30 years ago), there was an early and late bus service from the main depots that ran a fixed route.

  • @Bus_Driver117
    @Bus_Driver117 Před 3 lety

    I love the way he says Depot

  • @BBspotter
    @BBspotter Před 2 měsíci

    That's a nice bus

  • @robfcgaming1947
    @robfcgaming1947 Před 3 lety

    My local Arriva depot in Southend have a delivery van type minibus that we use for the staff bus duty between Southend Depot and Southend Bus Station and I see quite a lot of drivers at Southend Bus Station use it

  • @jackpicton9631
    @jackpicton9631 Před 5 lety +1

    Good Vid Shaun keep it up bud 👌👌

  • @RichardsAdventures
    @RichardsAdventures Před 5 lety +1

    That's realy intresting to know :)

  • @sparkiestransportandgaming1588

    Good videos mate

  • @davidhaylett4468
    @davidhaylett4468 Před 5 lety

    Love you video

  • @andyrichardsvideovlogs8835

    It never used to be that quiet at night. Last outbound Golcar used to be after midnight. Those were the days.

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety +1

      ouch, golcar at midnight! I swear golcar has so many buses going through! Id i relied on buses I would live there haha !!

    • @andyrichardsvideovlogs8835
      @andyrichardsvideovlogs8835 Před 5 lety

      @@TheFlatCapBusDriver I do rely on buses and Farce Group lol

  • @ghiribizzo
    @ghiribizzo Před 5 lety +1

    Did the Theory, Hazard and CPC stuff today. Monday 8.00 shifting gears in some old clunker no doubt...😂

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety +1

      ooooosh, hope it all goes well mate. keep me updated and if you need any advice then please message me on facebook :)

  • @juliereed7476
    @juliereed7476 Před 5 lety +3

    always wondered how's the transition feel when going from driving a huge vehicle to a small one ,,bus to car, I find it difficult enough driving my car lol 😅😅

  • @alejandrayalanbowman367
    @alejandrayalanbowman367 Před 5 lety +1

    Going to work at 4 am or going home at 1 am - it was on your own. No staff transport where I worked.

  • @keltthomas8476
    @keltthomas8476 Před 5 lety +2

    Just wait untill thay start diging up and improveing the ringroad its going to be a nightmarw geting in to the starion in hudds

  • @tonilaw7914
    @tonilaw7914 Před 5 lety

    Cool vid now I can get home

  • @TheRollingBear
    @TheRollingBear Před 5 lety +7

    Just by car... 💪

  • @chungkuoloongsaigono3750

    good!

  • @ripb7rle253
    @ripb7rle253 Před 5 lety +1

    I like the bus you driving

  • @ScoobYDoobY88
    @ScoobYDoobY88 Před 5 lety

    I dont miss the days of driving buses round Manchester lol - ive been coach driving since i was 21

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety

      the only place I won't drive is Oldham lol !! cant stand driving around there !!

    • @EinkOLED
      @EinkOLED Před 4 lety

      @@TheFlatCapBusDriver I'm training around there with first Manchester.

  • @finleyplympton
    @finleyplympton Před 5 lety

    please do one on hanover blinds

  • @kebabbandit7111
    @kebabbandit7111 Před 5 lety

    If I pay in extra, I ALWAYS take it the next 😜 it’s better in my pocket, than theirs.
    I got a nice little bonus today! I noticed my cash tray was slightly open in my bag & had coins floating around the bottom of my bag. After counting everything up, I was £7 up - So all the times I was down the odd quid, I wasn’t.

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety

      Im really bad sometimes at cashing in! Im always short and I dont know why! its weird haha!! So when I know im short they can have it haha

  • @SocialTechHD
    @SocialTechHD Před 5 lety +1

    Just subbed

  • @simonk8270
    @simonk8270 Před 5 lety +3

    Another great video mate. Don’t work too hard will you?

  • @aceredmond2
    @aceredmond2 Před 5 lety +1

    my depot doesn't have a staff bus or car (we do have ferry cars obviously)

  • @tomoneill8457
    @tomoneill8457 Před 3 lety

    Do you get to choose which buss you take back on the staff bus

  • @peanut111shorty
    @peanut111shorty Před 5 lety +1

    Lol Stevie Wonder
    I wanna see that entrance

  • @nothisispatrick6180
    @nothisispatrick6180 Před 5 lety

    Oooooohhhhhhh nice scania

  • @thegrayknight71
    @thegrayknight71 Před 4 lety

    Nice video. Thx. Do you have a "free-card" so that you can be a passenger for free on other Tiger busses during your offtime from work and holidays?

  • @SirHackaL0t.
    @SirHackaL0t. Před 5 lety

    Try victoria station bus station at night. Not very quiet.

  • @amateurcarprojects37
    @amateurcarprojects37 Před 5 lety

    Do you have those annoying built in cash trays in the cab door like Centrebus or do you get your own cash tin?

  • @oliverclarke5678
    @oliverclarke5678 Před 5 lety

    I sometimes use the staff bus but as at my depot it is in so much high demand it’s a pain. So I walk 20 minutes. My depot generally use their Minibus which drops off at local areas around the depot within a 3 mile radius.

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety

      pain sometimes isn't it! not having a car was a right pain in the bottom but its all good now! I still use the staff bus but only when its a late finish:)

    • @oliverclarke5678
      @oliverclarke5678 Před 5 lety

      But I do suppose that the Staff bus is a good idea to encourage drivers to drive for them. And a thing about it, it’s entirely free which is an added benefit as your not footing the cost of petrol/diesel.

  • @nebulouslandings9579
    @nebulouslandings9579 Před 5 lety +1

    My city just has drivers take the same bus as passengers

  • @outrageousgamer315
    @outrageousgamer315 Před 5 lety +1

    The bus drivers in my city walk.

  • @allthingscars8925
    @allthingscars8925 Před 5 lety +1

    do you work in the Huddersfield depot? Ive just applied there and come across your videos

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety +1

      AllThingsCars good stuff :) make sure you say you watch my videos 🧡🚌 hope it all goes well mate

  • @BusDriverLife
    @BusDriverLife Před 4 lety

    I wish my company had a staff bus! That could potentially be convenient.

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 4 lety +1

      Honestly mate, put it to them. its a brilliant idea for drivers to get to and from work

    • @BusDriverLife
      @BusDriverLife Před 4 lety

      The Flat Cap Bus Driver I just may do that!!

  • @204driver
    @204driver Před 5 lety

    How you finding the Arriva spilt nearside mirror ?

  • @lovenationalbus
    @lovenationalbus Před 3 lety +1

    When I drove, part of the contract you signed stipulated that you had to have a car.

  • @alexgarwood6021
    @alexgarwood6021 Před 5 lety

    What are the Sunday Shifts like at YT? Or do you not work Sundays

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety +1

      sunday shifts are good, only done one so time will tell! not many drivers work on a sunday

    • @alexgarwood6021
      @alexgarwood6021 Před 5 lety

      @@TheFlatCapBusDriver Fair enough. Suppose it's an easier life even more, as your shifts will be easier and having to deal with less traffic with it being a Sunday

  • @railsceneireland8770
    @railsceneireland8770 Před 5 lety

    Are you not able to just do the staff bus in your own car if its quiet like some Dublin Bus lads i know do?

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety

      its a difficult one to answer mate, its down to the fact of whether you have business insurance on your car. if something happens then its all on your own back! some people do and some dont its down to the driver really

  • @yorkshireseasider
    @yorkshireseasider Před 5 lety

    Wish I was a bus driver looks like fun

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety

      go for it pal :) its a great job :)

    • @yorkshireseasider
      @yorkshireseasider Před 5 lety

      I haven’t got the time to do the training mate 2 young kids a wife to support

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety +1

      @@yorkshireseasider Ive a wife and two kids mate, if its something you'd like to do then honestly id ask a few companies will pay for your training so your not loosing any money :) give it a go if you like :)

    • @yorkshireseasider
      @yorkshireseasider Před 5 lety

      Let me know if your firm are training up new staff I’m from Huddersfield and al apply

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety

      @@yorkshireseasider hit me up on facebook mate, im sure I can help if its something youll be interested in mate

  • @normanhughedicko4076
    @normanhughedicko4076 Před 5 lety

    I ride my trusty CB1300 Honda bike to and fro the depot

  • @johnbaldock6353
    @johnbaldock6353 Před 5 lety +1

    Before even watching the video can i say BUS??

  • @normanschlongdongovic4124

    I ride my KTM Super Adventure S 1299 to work

  • @elizabethhague164
    @elizabethhague164 Před 5 lety

    All imma say from the thumbnail is why is the 233 to hudds always late like it makes me scream

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety

      It’s not me who’s late ;) apart from today when someone threw a brick at my bus window 😂😭😭😭😭

  • @leeham166
    @leeham166 Před 5 lety

    So on your days off you just come in and drive a random free bus about?

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety

      depends if i need to do a video or something along them lines! if needs be then ill have to haha

  • @stevenesq
    @stevenesq Před 5 lety +1

    Im taking my bus theory test on thursday at second attempt hopefully i will pass.

  • @VicMcFly111
    @VicMcFly111 Před 5 lety +1

    On a car/bus? what's special about this? :D

  • @novabusboy7331
    @novabusboy7331 Před 5 lety

    and us buses we are thing to we need sleep to help us help the bus

  • @ChrisJamesUK1
    @ChrisJamesUK1 Před 5 lety +2

    hey gorgeous

  • @PulastyaG
    @PulastyaG Před 5 lety +1

    Western countries; where bus drivers can afford a car! :')

  • @eddy3782
    @eddy3782 Před 5 lety

    How does the staff bus driver get home ?

    • @TheFlatCapBusDriver
      @TheFlatCapBusDriver  Před 5 lety

      usually drives home! hahah if the staff driver hasn't got a car then someone else will do it for them haha

  • @crawstonejunction9817
    @crawstonejunction9817 Před 5 lety

    Can you do the c39

  • @Technologyadvisor1
    @Technologyadvisor1 Před 4 lety

    are you not worried about getting sacked?

  • @danielstephenson2309
    @danielstephenson2309 Před 5 lety

    why do bus driver just wait at bus stop for 10 mins. it really annoys me. i cycle home now as it way quicker then being on a bus.

  • @peanut111shorty
    @peanut111shorty Před 5 lety

    O

  • @handsome_jay_
    @handsome_jay_ Před 5 lety

    Taxi?..

  • @user-jt5vm3mi1w
    @user-jt5vm3mi1w Před 5 lety

    Carbon footprint of this disgusts me