Tony's Trains and Buses
Hawkhurst, 22.3.12
Hawkhurst is one of several towns on the Kent/East Sussex border that now plays host to a variety of bus companies despite having formerly had a Maidstone and District depot.
Stagecoach 349 is the southern part of the old M&D 84 route from Tunbridge Wells to Hastings, and operates between Hawkhurst and Hastings via Bodiam.
On 23rd March, the allocated vehicle was this B38F Dart ; I don't know whether this is the usual type for this service but when changing drivers at Silverhill, the outgoing driver commented on having had a few "squashy moments" in the narrow lanes.
35237 speeds down Highgate Hill towards the turning point at The Moor, running five minutes late with a five minute turn round allowance.
The driver was a little baffled by my Explorer ticket issued by Southdown PSV, having never heard of them ! I had travelled from Caterham via East Grinstead and Tunbridge Wells.
Hawkhurst, 22.3.12
Hawkhurst is one of several towns on the Kent/East Sussex border that now plays host to a variety of bus companies despite having formerly had a Maidstone and District depot.
Stagecoach 349 is the southern part of the old M&D 84 route from Tunbridge Wells to Hastings, and operates between Hawkhurst and Hastings via Bodiam.
On 23rd March, the allocated vehicle was this B38F Dart ; I don't know whether this is the usual type for this service but when changing drivers at Silverhill, the outgoing driver commented on having had a few "squashy moments" in the narrow lanes.
35237 speeds down Highgate Hill towards the turning point at The Moor, running five minutes late with a five minute turn round allowance.
The driver was a little baffled by my Explorer ticket issued by Southdown PSV, having never heard of them ! I had travelled from Caterham via East Grinstead and Tunbridge Wells.