Stagecoach 18024
The 107 is one of those routes that's greatly influenced by having variations around school times, not only through its timetable and route (such as the existence of the 106) but also its daily allocation of vehicles and how the running boards interweave 107 journeys with school routes in Lincoln and Gainsborough.
After the morning peak, the route settles down to having one decker going back and forth between Gainsborough and Lincoln on a two hourly basis. Things start to get exciting again for the 14:05 departure from Gainsborough, however, as a different vehicle will run this journey. Once it gets to Lincoln at about 14:50, instead of running a 15:05 back to Gainsborough (there is no 15:05 107), it stays at Lincoln and then does school route 573.
After that it's unclear what the vehicle does, as although the 573 finishes at Bracebridge, the Bustimes tracker clearly shows that they then run up through the city to the Showground, before doubling back and heading off on what I assume is a lengthy deadrun to Gainsborough. Occasionally the bus that's just worked the 573 returns to Gainsborough via the 17:35 107 departure from Lincoln, although usually that run is covered by the bus that arrives into Lincoln on the 354. Yet some days they seem to swap, for whatever reason.
Anyway, this is all a very long winded way of putting that you get an extra roll of the dice when it comes to what vehicle will turn up on the 14:05 107 off Gainsborough - which is useful if the 'regular' 107 that day is a boring vehicle and waiting for whatever turns up on the afternoon 106 or 354 is unfeasible because it will be dark by then. And nobody cares except me. Probably.
I've never really exploited this mid-afternoon random decker generator until now; mainly because I hadn't looked into the specifics of what each 107 runs onto before and because half the time they stick a purple MMC on it, which I don't care about when I'm looking for a Local liveried Plaxton President. And because, like I mentioned above, it's the only afternoon 107 that produces a different vehicle in what's currently daylight hours.
Here on 10.11.22, President 18024 is seen on St Mary's Street, having just worked the 14:05 Gainsborough to Lincoln. Cutting out the bus station due to no passengers being left onboard, it's now displaying Not in Service as it heads off to Lincoln depot, where it will wait until it is time to set off on the 573.
TL;DR - 14:05 107 towards Lincoln does funky stuff. Therefore I like it.
Stagecoach 18024
The 107 is one of those routes that's greatly influenced by having variations around school times, not only through its timetable and route (such as the existence of the 106) but also its daily allocation of vehicles and how the running boards interweave 107 journeys with school routes in Lincoln and Gainsborough.
After the morning peak, the route settles down to having one decker going back and forth between Gainsborough and Lincoln on a two hourly basis. Things start to get exciting again for the 14:05 departure from Gainsborough, however, as a different vehicle will run this journey. Once it gets to Lincoln at about 14:50, instead of running a 15:05 back to Gainsborough (there is no 15:05 107), it stays at Lincoln and then does school route 573.
After that it's unclear what the vehicle does, as although the 573 finishes at Bracebridge, the Bustimes tracker clearly shows that they then run up through the city to the Showground, before doubling back and heading off on what I assume is a lengthy deadrun to Gainsborough. Occasionally the bus that's just worked the 573 returns to Gainsborough via the 17:35 107 departure from Lincoln, although usually that run is covered by the bus that arrives into Lincoln on the 354. Yet some days they seem to swap, for whatever reason.
Anyway, this is all a very long winded way of putting that you get an extra roll of the dice when it comes to what vehicle will turn up on the 14:05 107 off Gainsborough - which is useful if the 'regular' 107 that day is a boring vehicle and waiting for whatever turns up on the afternoon 106 or 354 is unfeasible because it will be dark by then. And nobody cares except me. Probably.
I've never really exploited this mid-afternoon random decker generator until now; mainly because I hadn't looked into the specifics of what each 107 runs onto before and because half the time they stick a purple MMC on it, which I don't care about when I'm looking for a Local liveried Plaxton President. And because, like I mentioned above, it's the only afternoon 107 that produces a different vehicle in what's currently daylight hours.
Here on 10.11.22, President 18024 is seen on St Mary's Street, having just worked the 14:05 Gainsborough to Lincoln. Cutting out the bus station due to no passengers being left onboard, it's now displaying Not in Service as it heads off to Lincoln depot, where it will wait until it is time to set off on the 573.
TL;DR - 14:05 107 towards Lincoln does funky stuff. Therefore I like it.