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It did NOT call at Hednesford.  And you should be able to rely on it to get to work. For a 930 start you can't even rely on the 830. Took 4 mins short of an hour to get there today too. That's not including the late departure!

Yeah, it did. And Tame Bridge Parkway as well. And all trains are scheduled to take 4 minutes short of an hour, its called a timetable...

Service 2K82 07:41 Rugeley Trent Valley to Birmingham New Street.

                      Scheduled      Actual
Rugeley TV        07:41           07:57
Rugeley Town    07:45           08:00
Hednesford       07:53            08:07
Cannock           07:56            *
Landywood       08:00            *
Bloxwich Nth     08:05            *
Bloxwich           08:07            08:16
Walsall             08:15            08:23
Tame Bridge     08:21            08:28
Birmingham      08:37            08:43

* Station call was omitted

Some more I've pieced together from pictures on the web, with the ones I'm missing

6840 - Matilda Rose

6843 - Connie
6844 - Helena
6845 - Jess
6846 - Keyaira-Meeko
6847 - Mariana
6848 - Sureet
6849 - Minah
6850 - Alana Jane
6851 - ?
6852 - ?
6853 - ?
6854 - ?

6851 is ''Charlotte Ellen''

6715 on the X10 was late this afternoon. Any idea why @karl724223

Got caught between City and Quinton I'd imagine, as it was at least 10 late at Quinton around 12:15 (should have left at 12:05, behind the 12:03 9 which was even later). Probably Broad Street, although what caused that, no idea, as 2105 on the 140 around 8 mins ahead was on time?

841 on the 10. Left Pool Meadow around 14:55
4769 on the 4. Passed me on Walsgrave Road, around 13:55

SN51 SZV is on the 333X today, still in full Hansons vinyls, with 287 on the back...
I'm assuming that this is a new acquisition, rather than a loan?

6761 on WN 59. 0738 ex Wednesfield for Ashmore Park

Numbered X34-37/X52 perhaps?

Doubt it, as there is already an X35...
Granted, it's infrequent, but it would still cross with the 935 at Walsall

28 branded 1874 on the 15C
16 branded Enviro400 on the Sutton Lines (Not a school bus that sometimes gets branded MK1 Enviro400s)
28 branded 1872 on the 52, just passed Price St outbound
16 branded 4807 on the 33. Now at Aston Six Ways City bound

16 branded on Suttons was 4805
4826 was on the 38 as well

My mistake on the main site, jumped a line, it is 6815 & 6816 that are here, 6816 is in the garage. I passed 16 on the M6 last Tursday

6816 came out in service this afternoon, passed it on Jockey Road, with it heading towards Sutton, I can only guess to take up a peak board?

4503 on PB904/5.

And 4483

Both the 71 & 77 were still being operated by their previous operators today, thought the changeover date was today?

4546 / 49 & 4551 were all early NX repaints with connector bars that weren't re-trimmed & would have been ideal candidates to Crimson & brand for the 59

4549 was repainted last year, 4550 on the other hand...

Also, has 3022 been sold? As on the fleetlist, it says ''3911 (BV58 MLE) sold'', and as BV58 MLE is 3022, does that mean it has actually been sold? Or a typo?

They're not all going to the same place

At a guess, i'd say:

4914-4929 to BC for the 63
4930-4939 to WB for the 127/128

You'll probably find that the service is as unreliable as it was before the Platinums were introduced. However, many ill-informed passengers believe the buses "keep breaking down" due to the stop/start technology being unfamiliar to the average passenger, so its only now the reliability is being complained about now there is something to supposedly complain about. Just my opinion.

Having lived on the route my whole life, and being kinda used to convoys of 2, and maybe 3s at peak, even i'll admit that it is a bit ridiculous when 3 turn up within the same 5 minutes, at 10 in the morning, despite there being no traffic...
And yeah, I know the 529 passes 3 major traffic points (Junction 10, Portobello Island & Neachells Lane Junction) which can cause delays, but on days when all of those are relatively clear, and still having 2 or 3 turn up together, it's a bit poor...