Thursday, 21 March 2013

'Green'

The prompt for this week was green and I knew exactly what I wanted to show: the green buses we drive over here in Haugesund. As you can see in the photo the buses are run by Kolumbus. However, I work for Tide (pronounced Tead(uh) by the way). So, what's going on?

Well, it's quite easy really. Haugesund is in the province of Rogaland. Rogaland's public transport is organised by Kolumbus. And they ask bus companies to put in a quote and see which ones are the cheapest. The cheapest and/or best wins and gets to drive the buses. Now, Rogaland is split up in four districts and each district has its own bus company driving for Kolumbus. The district I live in was given or awarded to Tide. Easy!

The bus you see in the photo is actually the bus I drove last night. Route 5 and there was a little time before I had to drive again. I took advantage of that and took this photo. 

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7 comments:

  1. Jama21 March 2013 at 09:41

    Interesting colour and system! Ours here are mostly red and grey and run and owned by 2 major companies which also run the mass rapid trains.

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  2. Gattina21 March 2013 at 10:37

    Our buses have a joyful yellow and funny adds on it. Your bus looks a bit military and dull ! You may tell that your bus company ! I admire you that you can drive such a monster !!

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  3. Pepperfly21 March 2013 at 10:51

    Yay! That means I have a chance I will see you in action on a bus again, since we will travel on short passes with Kolumbus! (Well...if you are NOT moving every hour, from the 28th of April untill the 3th of May, that is..)

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  4. Albert y Mara21 March 2013 at 12:15

    Je begrijpt zeker wel dat je met deze foto mijn hart sneller doet kloppen als trein, bus en tram liefhebber. Kan je meer info in Dutch mailen? Bij voorbaat dank en groetjes Albert

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  5. Ginny Marie21 March 2013 at 13:10

    Now that is a big bus! I'm glad you wrote down the pronunciation for Tide. I would have definitely pronounced it wrong in my head!

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  6. Anvilcloud21 March 2013 at 14:14

    Good for you. Do you like the more regular routine of this job? Do you think you will miss some of the trips you used to take?

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  7. Debby@Just Breathe22 March 2013 at 01:33

    I like the green bus. It would certainly blend into the surrounding areas which is nice.

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