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6771 (529) - X8

2210 - 17E to Yardley, Stoney Lane. Spotted on Moor Street around 6:05 this evening

1880 (4/4^H/4^M) - 997

The nearside LED displays for 756, 760 aren't working

5516 - X2

1860 - 74E

There's a strange metal sound coming from 6873, you can hear it when you sit on the rear seats on the lower saloon, it's like something is banging towards the back of the vehicle

The only thing I can imagine is the metal around the fire extinguisher (where the rear display should be) has become loose

6969 is missing the red price branding on the rear

I think hardly anyone uses them end to end. When you get to Snow Hill in the evening peak most of the train near enough empties and a new load of passengers get on. Most people make short journeys on there similar to short journeys on a bus I would guess. Those 172s don't have tables either so not much space for working on a laptop.
It might even be not many use the West Midlands Railway wifi either, I don't know?

As someone who lives on the Snow Hill line and used to travel to Worcester for the Uni, I personally used the WiFi regularly, the signal between Kidderminster and Droitwich isn't the best either

My point is, you're more likely to work on a laptop on a train than a bus

I don't know if this is an oddity, but 4759's doors aren't inline, it looks like the door closest to the front of the bus is dipping lower than the other one

Has it escaped everyone's attention that 6789 has been going round (for at least a year) with no (8/X8) route branding other than the yellow "^{up to} every 10 minutes" banner under the front LED display

7522's rear LEDs are showing that single dot in the left top corner with nothing else, same for 1860's near side and rear display

1860's near side and rear displays are now working. 4857's rear display is the latest to stop working

I boarded 4837 on the 126 last week, it's still got references to being a Coventry bus, despite having been repainted almost 3 months ago, and being with NXWM for over a year

You can access the free wifi on a short distance local West Midlands trains service such as from Moor Street to The Hawthorns/Stourbride Junction. All trains seem to have it as well as some stations.

Trains are more set up for scenarios where WiFi would be helpful, i.e. working on a laptop, using it as a substitute for mobile data when going under tunnels or in rural areas. Even the Snow Hill lines in length run over an hour, from end to end

1931 - 50

4727 (35) - 2
4821 (101) - 16
6907 (50) - 6

4974 (74) - 48/A

[NOT IN SERVICE]

1936's front LEDs are wonky, and doesn't have an internal fleet number. 4690's rear desi is stuck on NOT IN SERVICE, like 4476's (which shows 0 as it can't show not in service). 1826, 1873, 1877 and 1902's rear desi's don't work, 1905's rear desi shows dead pixels

1905's rear desi appears to be working again. On the 52 today

6821's rear LEDs is the latest to display the dead pixel in the top left corner and nothing else. It's on the 16

I feel like this happens every/every other day but:
6873 (23/24) - X12/X13

7504 (16) - 7