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None of yesterdays photos are loading.

On a weekday if I do an update I do all the changes, then normally run the upload around 9pm, so sometimes the revised front page will load showing the updates before the actual pages have uploaded.

All should be there before 10 pm

Only 3 deckers remain at PN withdrawn yard:

9951(?),

4453 (provisionally sold according to @Tony recent posts and notice in the windscreen)

4450 (?)

All other vehicles are Scanias in various states of repair.

4450 has been sold and is just waiting collection

Well, I thought asking Mark Fitchew what he issued & when might settle the question once & for all!

I've answered the question why don't you believe me?
Nbus is valid on all NXWM services, is that difficult to understand.

The daysaver extra is sold outside the WM county because you can only buy nBus within the West Midlands 

No I just know he said Perry Barr Drivers accept it and I think that means Walsall might accept them to

What's with all this about? 

NXWM accept Nbus on all their services as has been said on here several time. It not up to driver

4954 out this afternoon for the first time in Grey

This is TfWM policy, so would no doubt carry on, even if franchising was brought in. Personally, I feel that we need franchising, as it is near enough a Mobico-Rotala duopoly in the region, and franchising would bring in new companies to run services (see Manchester, where Comfortdelgro have won franchises and broken up the South Manchester monopoly Stagecoach has).

Franchising has killed every small operator in Manchester, even the good ones. Just vision left with a few school services, despite there being 'small franchises' deliberately offered to help them.

The photo of First York 36501 loaded yesterday at Tyseley there looks like a First Kite parked behind it, what and who's facilities are at Tyseley

It's a Leicester kite for air conditioning work 

No-one actually noticed 4995 on the 9?

The Outer Circle dead runs include the A38/Tunnels (eg. Running dead from Erdington to Selly Oak etc)

Not since the CAZ was introduced

Here's A598, Pensnett's latest 16 seater

https://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/5001-9959/A598.html

Caught X51 from Wardles Lane in landywood this morning as normal but coming home had to get off on walsall road due to a diversion. Nx site says its going down a34 and hilton lane but the bus i was on just simply went straight down A34. Have to catch it to brum tomorrow, are outbound cannock to brum journeys serving quinton/wardles lane still?

Unfortunately that is unknown. An Inspector posted this this morning

" Due to unplanned roadworks on Holly Lane, Great Wyrley the X51 is currently diverted in both directions, using Walsall Rd. The works are due to be completed by 4pm today."

But when  or highways guy started chasing up what was happening and this is his post.



I am currently chasing this up with Staffordshire Council as no information has been sent out for this closure but according to one.network the road will be closed until 08/05/24!

Question for mobile users.

Is there any ticket currently available, that is still operator specific?

The reason is, someone just tried to use a mobile phone ticket on the 326, & appeared to be refused.

Ticket holder or driver not clued up, or something Im not aware of?

Was it in date? Was it a screenshot?

[all of them]

I've seen what buses have arrived but I was asking what routes that's uses deckers will the new buses be on to start with as don't recall seeing that

I've just posted the answer again - all of them. How many more times

While I don't know how long they take to charge, I do know they have a split in the boards that run over 15(?) hours, so E223 for example will be in service for the first half and it will be replaced at some point in the day by another vehicle.

No that's not how it works. The running boards are changed to match the type of vehicles

I was asking which of the services at Perry Barr  that currently uses deckers will have the new electric buses on to start with

And I have posted in various places - all of them!