strictures Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 10 hours ago, artthouwill said: Today I got to check out a Megabus TD Double decker. Praying that i NEVER have to take Megabus anywhere. No one taller than 5'9" should even consider riding these buses. Nothing against Megabus, but those TD models are not comfortable on either level. I might have posted this before, but my dad told me that his kid brother was riding one of the old CMC open top double-deckers back in the 1930s & got knocked out while going under the L. He had three kids & lived to be 86, so I guess there wasn't any lasting harm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 8 hours ago, BusHunter said: (If I can talk like an englishman) The Coach USA page says: "Coach USA is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group. Stagecoach is one of the world's largest bus, coach and rail groups with operations in the United Kingdom and North America. Please feel free to visit the Stagecoach Group Website for more information. Stagecoach Group plc. Registered Office: 10 Dunkeld Road, Perth PH1 5TW, Scotland." So you may be onto something. London, of course, is the best known operator of double decker buses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busfan2847 Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Meagabus TD are 13' tall (5'6" height in center of lower deck, 6'0" in top deck). British double deck buses are around 14' tall and lower to the ground so headroom is well over 6' on each deck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrethebusman Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 Back many years ago, in 1970's, CTA was thinking of getting some double deckers along with the first artics (7000-7019). A Neoplan from SCRTD (LA) made a stopover at South Shops on delivery for CTA bigwigs to look over. They decided they wanted to go over to 95th for a few photos. En route back, discovered that there was a problem with the bridge at State/91st - namely bus too tall. Didn't take long for powers that be to realize this would be a problem in many, many places. So idea of DD's was quickly dropped. Megabus and other doubledeck operators have very specific routings that drivers have to take going to and from garage. Back in 1940's, CMC had to route double-deckers to the shop from downtown via Jackson, Pulaski, Wrightwood, Keeler as Diversey bridge at 1800 W was too low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strictures Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 9 hours ago, andrethebusman said: Back many years ago, in 1970's, CTA was thinking of getting some double deckers along with the first artics (7000-7019). A Neoplan from SCRTD (LA) made a stopover at South Shops on delivery for CTA bigwigs to look over. They decided they wanted to go over to 95th for a few photos. En route back, discovered that there was a problem with the bridge at State/91st - namely bus too tall. Didn't take long for powers that be to realize this would be a problem in many, many places. So idea of DD's was quickly dropped. Megabus and other doubledeck operators have very specific routings that drivers have to take going to and from garage. Back in 1940's, CMC had to route double-deckers to the shop from downtown via Jackson, Pulaski, Wrightwood, Keeler as Diversey bridge at 1800 W was too low. Over the years, I've seen several wrecked trucks around 1800 Diversey that tried but failed to get under it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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