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[Kingston Coal Yard]

Tony,

The location of the photograph of 2594 when it was with Westlink, is a bit vague - "Westlink garage":
http://www.wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/gonebatches/2436to2735/2594.html

The actual location is Kingston Coal Yard i.e. the overflow parking area for Westlink's Kingston garage which was on the opposite side of Cromwell Road. The Coal Yard is now the site of Kingston's Cromwell Road Bus Station which is currently closed for rebuilding.

Happy New Year

Ian Hardy

Is there any way of stopping the new icons at the bottom every post from moving continuously, they are very distracting, and the movement serves no useful purpose?

A static icon would convey the same information without being so annoying.

Many thanks

Tony,

The caption for 66537 is wrong, it is not at York, but at Tamworth:

http://www.wmbusphotos.com/Trains/Class66/66537.html

Tony,

The picture of 1019 is in Middlesborough Bus Station:

http://www.wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/gonebatches/Nationals/1019.html

Tony,

The picture of 1842 was in the eastern part of Barnsley Interchange, which has now been demolished (and is now a road) as a new interchange was built on the western side of the railway.

http://www.wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/gonebatches/Nationals/1842.html

Ian

Tony,

Two photos that you posted yesterday are not in Wolverhampton, but thanks to a bit of investigation using some 1999 imagery on Google Earth (for 6984), Google Streetview and the West Midlands A-Z, I have managed to work out where they were taken:

6984 is in Birmingham City Centre (going eastbound on Navigation Street approaching the junction with Hill Street): http://www.wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/gonebatches/Fleetlines/6984.html

6982 is in Acocks Green opposite the library: http://www.wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/gonebatches/Fleetlines/6982.html

Tony,

You have posted the same picture of 3085 twice:

http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/gonebatches/3085.html

Tony,

I think you mean 1984 for the caption for the photo at Newbury and not 2984:-)

http://www.wmbusphotos.com/Trains/class56/56041.html

Halton Transport has gone into liquidation today (Friday 24/01/2020) so now there are only 5 English Municipal Bus Companies left: Blackpool, Ipswich, Nottingham, Reading & Warrington, plus Cardiff & Newport in Wales and Lothian in Scotland.

https://hbcnewsroom.co.uk/statement-on-halton-transport/
Halton Borough Council regrets that the Board of Halton Transport has taken the difficult decision to commence the process to put the company into liquidation, following a long period in which the company has been facing significant financial problems.

https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/north-west/latest/arriva-is-introducing-new-services-in-runcorn-and-widnes/
https://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/customer-information/halton-transport/

Tony,

What happened to the NX vehicles due to attend Showbus today as I did not see them?

Tony,

The photo of 45115:
http://www.wmbusphotos.com/Trains/class45/45115.html

Is at Kings Norton and not Water Orton.

Ian

For those of you who are interested in Bus Depots etc , David Domin has produced a history of Bus Garages and Outstations, Tram and Trolleybus Depots of Major Operators in the Midlands area (i.e Shropshire, Staffs, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire & Herefordshire), I have received a copy in the post today and first impressions it is very good.

David's description is:

MIDLAND.MOG is the complete history of the bus garages, outstations, tram depots etc. of the Major Operators in the Midlands. It starts with the earliest horse bus workings, and runs through to 2017. On the way, it includes such gems as the Bishops Castle Railway and W T Underwood. It includes 700 MOGs from BMMO, BCT, WMPTE, TMT, PMT, Midland General, Barton, E Midland, Stevensons, Yeomans etc. MIDLAND.MOG has 72 A4 pages with 105 pictures, many in colour, dating from 1900 to 2010 and is Wire bound with acetate covers.

For your copy of MIDLAND.MOG send a £10 cheque payable to David Domin, to 17 Litherland Crescent, ST HELENS, Merseyside WA11 9AJ.

David has also produced 5 other MOG's of other parts of the country, see http://omnibus-society.org/publications (at the bottom of the page).

Ian Hardy

Visions International have published a new book: "The West Midlands Bus Guide & Fleet List" dated Sept 2015 which is similar to a London book that has been around for a few years, it includes chapters on:

Network Overview - including the best places to see buses in the West Midlands
The Operators - giving garages, routes and vehicle types
The Buses - with photos of the different types, who operates them and on which routes
The Garages - listing locations and routes operated from that location
The Routes - listing frequency, operator, vehicle types used and garage (the London edition also gives the PVR for each route)
Fleet List - giving fleet no, reg, type and garage

The book is 146 pages with lots of colour photos in it.

The price is £15.95 but the Yardley Wood Bus Club were selling for £15.00 at Showbus on Sunday.

<http://www.visionsinternational.biz/html/bus_books.html>

It looks a good product but what do locals think (I am from West London so do not have detailed local knowledge)?

Many thanks

Ian Hardy

Under the Lea Hall Garage sold threat, there was mention of the West Bromwich Outstation / Yard, does anyone know the proper address, street name / postcode / grid reference etc of the place and when it was opened.

As looking at Google, the site does not jump out.

Also the information will be passed to David Domin who produces a list of Garages and Outstations of Major Operators in Great Britain (MOG) in the Spring each year so that it can be included in the 2014 edition.

Many thanks
Ian Hardy

Does anyone know what the former reg and what the fleet number is of a Flights Hallmark Plaxton coach A8FTG which I saw in Kensington, West London at about 09:15 this morning (Tuesday 14th Jan 2014)?

Many thanks

Ian Hardy