Messages

Wait, 4802 has returned to service?

Yes, been back over a week 

4600 has now permanently died due to engine failure

Probably on staff familiarisation and type training too.

No, just me taking it to Walsall giving some drivers a lift to relief point on the way

Well if mr Labour mayor starts to push franchising, there'll be no point in Mobico/NX investing in new vehicles for the fleet as they'll likely lose out on the franchises and have their stock transferred to those wonderful Midlands-based companies like Go-Ahead and Abellio.

The new buses are all leased, so the lease can just pass to the new operator

what do you think ?
i just sat there and hoped for the best ?

OF COURSE I STOOD UP & PRESSED THE BELL !!
(some people )

And when you told the driver he'd missed your stop after passing the first one what did he say

well, Labour are in IT'S OFFICIAL (just announced) so lets see how much of Andy Streets mess, they can clear up ???

Andy Street's mess? you haven't seen anything yet. 

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Only 3 deckers remain at PN withdrawn yard: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