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How would they act if glass hits one of the parents or one of their friends

The parents would probably use it to ponce even more benefits lol

It went 31 / 32 to 331 / 332 in the mid 70's, then evening & Sunday services 370 - 373 started early 80's, becoming the full time services at deregulation, then in the mid 90's, they brought in the 301 initially as a peaks & daytime service, before the 370/371 were cut back to Walsall, Beechdale to Bloxwich omitting Mossley, increasing the 301 as a result.

The separate Lower Farm service as 302 wasn't reintroduced again until the late 90's, again following a similar pattern to change the 372 & 373 as well.

Then the 31 & 32 came in 2018 (?).

(Doing all this from memory, so there might be errors somewhere!)

Perry Barr driver Mark Fitchew writes a series of excellent web blogs on local bus services over the years, if you can track those down, that goes into more detail than me!

I remember the 301 and 302,as Cannock to walsall routes too. Not sure of the difference between them though. There was also a 303 304 305 306 and 307 in the Cannock area but no idea where/which way thry went.

Tjere was also a 907 just before the 951 started, it was a limited stop

More services on the Stafford locals and 875 from Monday.

7 - additional early morning journey (0525 inbound and 0635 return). Saturday service withdrawn?
8 - additional early morning journey and evening service until 2205.  Saturday service withdrawn?
9 - new evening service until 2205.
875 - new evening service between Penkridge and Stafford until 2135 and 2235 respectively.

These funded by staffs CC?

Telford isn't required to have Euro 6 buses

Crikey wonder why they bought new buses thatd be much better utilised on other routes

If Bustimes is correct of the 6 travel Telford vehicles 3 haven't been used for 2 weeks of longer, 2 on Pye Greens and the remaining 1 in Telford, I find that incredible.

Maybe the tenders arent as strict over there, considering 15/16 yr old Solos seem to be there daily lol

Was the X51 on diversion earlier today? Looked like they were going down the walsall road tonight about 630pm, and along old route and missing out MacArthur Glenn

The 70 had knackered E200 no 52 on yesterday, with no working front destination blind or card in window stating what route it was 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

There's no such thing as a "Euro 6 bus station".

Euro6 is an EU vehicle emissions standard.

Since May this year it is a requirement set out by TfWM that all buses operating within the West Midlands meet minimum Euro6 emissions standards, though as Tony says above, Diamond and NX were both granted an exemption due to exceptional circumstances.

https://wmbu.org.uk/2023/04/1st-may-vehicle-emissions-standards-deadline-operators-apply-for-temporary-exemptions/

Operators bidding on TfWM tender contracts have been required to use Euro6 vehicles for a couple of years already, hence why smaller operators with smaller fleets already have such vehicles in place.

Does that include buses coming into the WM from places like Staffordshire and other areas? If so, presumably the 70 and 71 will get newer vehicles that currently used

51 also withdrawn due to a very serious RTC

That was the day 2 no 70s had accidents i think

The scania, if you looked in stead of getting so happy when you saw it stopped tracking you'll see its still tracking on the 828 running 10 minutes late

So what happened then? It didnt do av15.20  74 at all? Cos it didnt pass us cannock bound. The 15.50 passed us showing not in service by wildwood

Stop moaning. Breakdowns happen not everything is perfect. Find a hobby instead of sitting in your chair waiting for buses to breakdown so you can slag them off

Oh and maybe lose the attitude....

Also it didn't breakdown it got stuck in traffic so was running late. Get your facts right

Which one....cos 191 was sat dead at the bus stop...we passed it. Oh and the driver stated it broke down ( the scania). Also so it got stuck in traffic, where did it go then

Stop moaning. Breakdowns happen not everything is perfect. Find a hobby instead of sitting in your chair waiting for buses to breakdown so you can slag them off

I was on the bus actually....yeah buses do break down, but theirs do to abysmal levels. 

Reliability as always today on the 74. The 14.50 stafford to Cannock , volvo 191 broke down just after stafford town centre. The next one, one of the scanias, at 3.20pm didnt even make it that far and according to the driver of the streetlite theyve dragged out the depot to run what shouldve been the 332 from cannock which left at 4pm, broke down at the sun inn leaving stafford. Good job they sent the streetlite cos the 4.02 obv wont run either

Is this the revised livery now for both fleets  ?

The one at Cannock has got D and G branding rather than Chaserider