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Might I suggest that if the owner of the above site reads this he doesn't bother wasting any more days uploading photographs off the main site and putting them on his own flikr site the same day as I take the photographs or he is likely to get his flikr site closed for copyright breach

Apologies for the lack of updates to the main site for the last week, I have been busy in most of my spare time preparing an important presantation

[We'd also like to extend an offer to any of your forum regulars who want to have a tour of a depot and/or AVL that they'd be more than welcome. We can set up a couple of times and dates if there is any interest.]

As well as Simon answering question on his 'ask NX OD' I have received an email from David Bradford, Commercial Director making this offer

We'd also like to extend an offer to any of your forum regulars who want to have a tour of a depot and/or AVL that they'd be more than welcome. We can set up a couple of times and dates if there is any interest.

Is there any interest?

National Express Group have published their half year results this morning

http://www.nationalexpressgroup.com/media/corporatenews.aspx?newsyear=2013&newsitem=1067

Not to many Olympians are seen in Birmingham City Centre, amd one of the last ones I was expecting to see was from Trent's Sister company - Notts & Derby

I have received this email from Rotala, basically it says if you want to visit their depots please contact them first and preferably ask for a weekday.

I note on a recent posting on WM Bus you say we do not allow enthusiasts onto
our sites

This is not our intention

Most enthusiasts call on Weekends.  We do not allow people just to call and look
around at their leisure due to the ever increasing H & S requirements. Visits
need to sign in and sign our disclaimer which they cannot do on weekends

We are prepared providing we have staff available, and it is better for this to
be weekdays and preferably booked to allow people escorted.

June fleet changes are now on the front page of the main site, note two of the ex NX contract Levantes moving to Heathrow and two B7RLE/Centros moving from Wessex to Long Acre

Potteries have two darts new to National Car Parks, but last with Centrebus after they acquired Romdrive
MY56HYO http://wmbusphotos.com/FirstPotteries/MX56HYO.html
MY56HYP http://wmbusphotos.com/FirstPotteries/MX56HYP.html
Neither appeared to carry a fleetnumber

One thing I have not kept a record of is which Mercedes are actually refurbished. Has anyone got a list of which ones have had full retrims and which have just had repaints?

Vehicles currently in Miller Street at 10:45  on 24/6 excluding the training fleet are
293
517, 530, 541, 579, 594, 606, 619,645, 650, 665, 676
693
1435, 1448
1517, 1522, 1533, 1537, 1539, 1542, 1555, 1578, 1580, 1605, 1606, 1609
7086, 7115, 7123, 7125, 7126

Any one trying to add a picture into their posts for the last couple of days will have had it refused by smf because the folder was full. This has now been cured, please don't use it just to plug your own photo sites, this can be done with links to flikr etc, but any newsworthy photos can be put in with messages

While I was at Victoria today Metroline LT10 one of the first production 'Borismaters' was out on driver training duties

Five more MPDs from London and Seven B10BLEs from Yorkshire have arrived at Midlands. Full details are on the front page of the main site, before Solo1 asks, I haven't got allocations for them yet

Full story at
http://news.sky.com/story/1093313/firstgroup-shares-plunge-by-more-than-30-percent

Cannock garage woudl use if they had to send a vehicle to Holland?

Here is what Arriva Holland sent to London

What a helper for finding buses..

http://londonvf.co.uk/

put in the registration of any TfL contracted vehicle and it will not only tell you which route it is on, but which stop it is actually at at that time!

Here is 4183 out on the 9 this morning
http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/4001-4224/4183.html

4001 - 4010 at Wigston have gained Irish plates TUI 7931 - TUI 7940, nice to know private registrations are Arriva Midland's current priority for expediture

Eleven Volvo B7RLEs are due to arrive in the next couple of weeks. 3 will be 5 years old (57/08 plates) but Eight will be brand new

Latest official list of First Midlands changes (7/1/13 - 18/3/13 excluding the vehicles sold to Rotala) are now on the home page of them main site