Re: Plug sockets on buses

Michael R N Dolbear

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Jul 19, 2017, 5:27:23 PM7/19/17

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"michael adams" wrote in message
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> I've just travelled on a bus route between Dartford and
Gravesend run by Fastrack on the way out and Arriva Kent
on the return and at the end of every pair of seats
a plug socket was set into the side of the bus.
Switched sockets on Fastrack and plain sockets on
Arriva each with a small sticker - caution 240v supply.
Nobody appeared to be taking advantage of this facility
boiling kettles, making toast etc. Is this just for
charging phones ? The journey time on Arriva is about
31 mins.

>Should I just get out more ?

Only on the right kind of bus.

https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/about-us/sapphire/?tax=68212

Charging points – when we’re all so reliant on technology there’s nothing
worse than having a flat battery, so now you can charge your smartphone,
laptop or tablet on the bus at the handy seat-side sockets – but please don’t
try plugging in gadgets like your hair straighteners because they won’t
work!

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Mike D

Basil Jet

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Jul 20, 2017, 1:43:44 AM7/20/17

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I guess aluminium smelting is out then.

michael adams

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Jul 20, 2017, 11:35:47 AM7/20/17

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"Michael R N Dolbear" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>
> "michael adams" wrote in message
> news:jp-dnfFTatGDBPLE...@brightview.co.uk...
>
>> I've just travelled on a bus route between Dartford and
> Gravesend run by Fastrack on the way out and Arriva Kent
> on the return and at the end of every pair of seats
> a plug socket was set into the side of the bus.
> Switched sockets on Fastrack and plain sockets on
> Arriva each with a small sticker - caution 240v supply.
> Nobody appeared to be taking advantage of this facility
> boiling kettles, making toast etc. Is this just for
> charging phones ? The journey time on Arriva is about
> 31 mins.
>
>>Should I just get out more ?
>
>
> Only on the right kind of bus.
>
> https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/about-us/sapphire/?tax=68212
>

> Charging points - when we're all so reliant on technology there's nothing worse than

> having a flat battery, so now you can charge your smartphone, laptop or tablet on the

> bus at the handy seat-side sockets - but please don't try plugging in gadgets like your

> hair straighteners because they won't work!
>
>
> -- --
> Mike D

Sorry I only checked that afterwards.

These though were being used as ordinary buses with plenty of mums
with buggies in evidence. At one stage on the return journey there were
three buggies - with only the one door at the front next to the driver. The
sockets were standard, white, budget-line looking things like they'd come
straight out of Screwfix or Toolstation.

michael adams

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MissRiaElaine

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Jul 24, 2018, 9:35:18 AM7/24/18

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Maybe I'm being just a little pedantic, but surely a plug is a plug and
a socket is a socket..? What, exactly, is a "plug socket" ???

I always thought plugs fitted into sockets.

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Peter Able

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Jul 24, 2018, 12:38:26 PM7/24/18

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"MissRiaElaine" <thisad...@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> On 19/07/17 22:27, Michael R N Dolbear wrote:
>>
>> "michael adams" wrote in message
>> news:jp-dnfFTatGDBPLE...@brightview.co.uk...
>>
>>> I've just travelled on a bus route between Dartford and
>> Gravesend run by Fastrack on the way out and Arriva Kent
>> on the return and at the end of every pair of seats
>> a plug socket was set into the side of the bus.
>> Switched sockets on Fastrack and plain sockets on
>> Arriva each with a small sticker - caution 240v supply.
>> Nobody appeared to be taking advantage of this facility
>> boiling kettles, making toast etc. Is this just for
>> charging phones ? The journey time on Arriva is about
>> 31 mins.
>>
>>> Should I just get out more ?
>>
>>
>> Only on the right kind of bus.
>>
>> https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/about-us/sapphire/?tax=68212
>>

>> Charging points - when we're all so reliant on technology there's nothing

>> worse than having a flat battery, so now you can charge your smartphone,

>> laptop or tablet on the bus at the handy seat-side sockets - but please

>> don't try plugging in gadgets like your hair straighteners because they
>> won't work!
>
> Maybe I'm being just a little pedantic, but surely a plug is a plug and a
> socket is a socket..? What, exactly, is a "plug socket" ???
>

You put a lightbulb into a lightbulb socket; you put a plug into a plug
socket.

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MissRiaElaine

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Jul 24, 2018, 2:19:17 PM7/24/18

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On 24/07/18 16:38, Peter Able wrote:
> "MissRiaElaine" <thisad...@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:froo8l...@mid.individual.net...

[snip]

>> Maybe I'm being just a little pedantic, but surely a plug is a plug and a
>> socket is a socket..? What, exactly, is a "plug socket" ???
>>
>
> You put a lightbulb into a lightbulb socket; you put a plug into a plug
> socket.

Hmm, I'll have to think about that one..!

Richard

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Jul 24, 2018, 3:19:17 PM7/24/18

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On Tue, 24 Jul 2018 19:19:15 +0100, MissRiaElaine
<thisad...@invalid.com> wrote:

>On 24/07/18 16:38, Peter Able wrote:
>> "MissRiaElaine" <thisad...@invalid.com> wrote in message
>> news:froo8l...@mid.individual.net...
>
>[snip]
>
>>> Maybe I'm being just a little pedantic, but surely a plug is a plug and a
>>> socket is a socket..? What, exactly, is a "plug socket" ???
>>>
>>
>> You put a lightbulb into a lightbulb socket; you put a plug into a plug
>> socket.
>
>Hmm, I'll have to think about that one..!

I'm with you! It doesn't have to be wrong or illogical to sound wrong
("train station")...

Richard.

MissRiaElaine

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Jul 24, 2018, 3:28:53 PM7/24/18

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As someone who worked for 15 years in the railway industry (BR) "train
station" never ceases to make me want to throttle somebody..!

Recliner

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Jul 24, 2018, 3:42:39 PM7/24/18

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Yes, it's worth clarifying if they're USB or [13 amp] plug sockets.

Stephen Allcroft

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Jan 10, 2019, 7:00:08 AM1/10/19

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Unless you have single-unit railcars exclusively on your line, trains will stop at your railway station.

MissRiaElaine

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Jan 10, 2019, 12:47:31 PM1/10/19

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On 10/01/2019 12:00, Stephen Allcroft wrote:
> On Tuesday, 24 July 2018 20:28:53 UTC+1, MissRiaElaine wrote:

>> As someone who worked for 15 years in the railway industry (BR) "train
>> station" never ceases to make me want to throttle somebody..!
>

> Unless you have single-unit railcars exclusively on your line, trains will stop at your railway station.

They did indeed, but it still wasn't a "train" station...