Round Trips

[Alex]

@Trident 4194 Its quite a scenic route, as it goes through Mere Green and Little Aston, it used to be much more interesting when Metrobuses were commonplace about 6yrs ago, but its a decent route, if you like Tridents.

[domino.99]

323202-LM 1539>1602
Bham N St>Wolverhampton

To my dismay.

[Kevin]

NX E400 - X51 - 11:27 Tower Hill to city (didn't ID it)
NX E400MMC - 50 - City to Kings Heath (again - didn't ID)
Diamond 20511 - 69 - 12:37 Kings Heath to Shirley
NX 4639 - 31 - 13:11 Shirley to solihull
NX 2211 - 37 - Solihull to Acocks Green
iGo KX59 CYW - 99 - 13:55 Acocks Green to Brays Road
NX 4514 - 73 - 14:10 (10 late) Brays road to Cranes Park Road
Claribels YJ12 CKD - 71 - 14:32 Cranes Park Road to solihull
Diamond 30401 - 88 - 15:03 solihull to Knowle (I do this every time but... Yay Merc!)
--> pub
Diamond YJ12 GUD (didn't see a fleetnumber anywhere on the bus) - S3 - 15:49 Knowle to Solihull
NX 2205 - 37 - 16:33 Solihull to Acocks Green (noticed what was just behind us so got off)
NX 2204 - 37 - Acocks Green to city (just for the stop start feature)
NX 4884 - X51 - 18:00 city to Tower Hill

[the trainbasher]

11.07.2015 - The Cant Move Anywhere without being Spotted...

226   1526      Hansons   Hawbush Road   Merry Hill, Bus Station
208 0316   Hansons   Merry Hill, Bus Station   Cradley Heath, Railway Station
2xClass 172/2 Cradley Heath - Birmingham Moor Street
Class 168/1 Birmingham Moor Street - Solihull
37   2210      NXWM   Solihull, Railway Station   Solihull, Poplar Road/Station Road
37   2211      NXWM   Solihull, Poplar Road/Station Road   Warwick Road/Ashleigh Road
37   1936      NXWM   Warwick Road/Ashleigh Road   Warwick Road/Broad Oaks Road
37   4638      NXWM   Warwick Road/Broad Oaks Road   Warwick Road/Reservoir Road
37   4672      NXWM   Warwick Road/Reservoir Road   Olton, Railway Station
96      KX59CYW   igo/WMSNT   Olton, Railway Station   Warwick Road/Brookvale Road
37   4517      NXWM   Warwick Road/Brookvale Road   Warwick Road/Oxford Road
99      KX07FNK   igo/WMSNT   Warwick Road/Oxford Road   Acocks Green, Village Centre
36   20011      Diamond Bus   Acocks Green, Village Centre   Tyseley, Warwick Road/Knights Road
37   4516      NXWM   Tyseley, Warwick Road/Knights Road   Greet, Warwick Road/St Johns Road
37   2209      NXWM   Greet, Warwick Road/St Johns Road   Sparkbrook, Stratford Road/Stoney Lane
31   4645      NXWM   Sparkbrook, Stratford Road/Stoney Lane   Sparkbrook, Stratford Road/Ladypool Road
3   4388      NXWM   Sparkbrook, Stratford Road/Ladypool Road   Sparkbrook, Stratford Road/Auckland Road
37   2202      NXWM   Sparkbrook, Stratford Road/Auckland Road   Deritend, High Street/Adderley Street
900   6708      NXWM   Deritend, High Street/Adderley Street   Digbeth, Coach Station
37   4520      NXWM   Digbeth, Coach Station   Birmingham, Carrs Lane/Moor Street
957   4617      NXWM   Birmingham, Carrs Lane/Moor Street   Old Lode Lane/Frankton Close
S10      YN13GBY   Silverline   Old Lode Lane/Frankton Close   Lode Lane/Land Rover Works
73   4514      NXWM   Lode Lane/Land Rover Works   Lode Lane/Rowood Drive
71E      YJ54CEN   Claribels   Lode Lane/Rowood Drive   Lode Lane/Grove Road
72   2113      NXWM   Lode Lane/Grove Road   Solihull, Poplar Road/Station Road
37   2206      NXWM   Solihull, Poplar Road/Station Road   Solihull, Railway Station
37E   2209      NXWM   Solihull, Railway Station   Solihull, Poplar Road/Station Road
37   2203      NXWM   Solihull, Poplar Road/Station Road   Solihull, Railway Station
37   2205      NXWM   Solihull, Railway Station   Solihull, Poplar Road/Station Road
37   2211      NXWM   Solihull, Poplar Road/Station Road   Solihull, Railway Station
Class 168/0 Solihull - Birmingham Moor Street
Class 68 & Mk3s Birmingham Moor Street - Birmingham Snow Hill
Class 172/2 Birmingham Snow Hill - Cradley Heath
241   4358      NXWM   Cradley Heath, Railway Station   Quarry Bank, High Street
208   2159      Arriva Midlands North   Quarry Bank, High Street   Merry Hill, Bus Station
226   4019      igo/WMSNT   Merry Hill, Bus Station   Hawbush Road

[BK63 YWP]

@the trainbasher is the 251 you rode to cradley heath suppose to be a 208 hansons?

[the trainbasher]

@the trainbasher is the 251 you rode to cradley heath suppose to be a 208 hansons?

Yeah...duly edited...it's because I'm used to getting 0387, 0315 and 0316 on the 251 my mind went into autopilot

[James4368]

AMRTM Open Day 12/07/15
0855 957 (6713) Gilbertstone Avenue-Moor Street
0920 51 (4860) Bull Street-Walsall Bus Station
1020 (LOG302 3002) Walsall-Aston Manor Museum
Met @Nathan , @Dom , @Alex , @jack4325 , @Michael Bevan
1215 (EEH902Y Leyland Olympian) Museum-Sutton Coldifield/Back
1300 (BON472C 3472) Museum-Walsall Bus Station/Back
1345 (RC7927 Trent) Museum-Barr Beacon Circular
1430 (BON472C 3472) Museum-Walsall Bus Station
1456 51 (4880) Walsall-Moor Street
1550 957 (6718) Moor Street-Sunnymead Road/Coventry Road

[MrBevan2000]

WA 935A, 4883 Kingstanding Circle-Aston Manor Road Transport Museum
Ex MRN Olympian 1902 Aston Manor Road Transport Museum-Aston Manor Road Transport Museum (via Sutton Coldfield)
Ex BCT Fleetline 3472  Aston Manor Road Transport Museum-Aston Manor Road Transport Museum (via Walsall)
Trent RC 7927 417 Aston Manor Road Transport Museum-Aston Manor Road Transport Museum (via Streetly)
Ex Northen Scottish Leopard GSO 90V Aston Manor Road Transport Museum-Sutton Coldfield
WB 5, 4701 Sutton Coldfield-Kingstanding Circle.

[Alex]

18/7/15: 101 & 436 finale

4601|NX 529| 0756>0816
Gipsy Ln>Wolverhampton Bus Stn
(Wait for Nathan)
2723|AM 890| 0848>0929
Wton Bus Stn>Bridgnorth, Falcon Hotel
(Food)
3328|AM 101| 0959>1016
Bridgnorth, Sainsburys>Bridgnorth, Sainsbury's
2994|AM 436| 1033>1135
Bridgnorth, Sainsburys>Shrewsbury Bus Stn
2995|AM 81 | 1150>1219
Shrewsbury Bus Stn>Wellington Bus Stn
(Met up with @Reece)
2133|AM 66| 1223>1250
Wellington Bus Stn>Telford Bus Stn
(Spotting)
3751|AM 891| 1345>1442
Telford Bus Stn>Wolverhampton Bus Stn
4328|NX 40 | 1445>1511
Wolverhampton Bus Stn>Ashmore Lake Way
(Stopped at my nans for a bit)
4533|NX 41 | 1747>1751
Cornwall Gate>Bloxwich Rd South

[Rob H]

Today (18/07/2015)

NXWM - 1948 - 72 - 06:58 Sheaf Lane, Mardon Rd (Sheldon) - Marston Green Rail Station (06:47 Solihull - Birmingham)

London Midland - 350242 - 07:32 Marston Green - Birmingham New St (07:11 Coventry - Birmingham New St)

Filmed XC HST 43378+43207 departing New Street at 08:12 working 1V44 (06:00 Leeds - Paignton) from Platform 12

Filmed XC Voyager 221134 departing New Street at 08:42 working 1V45 (07:07 Manchester Picc - Newquay) from Platform 2A

London Midland - 350117 - 09:01 Birmingham New St - Smethwick Galton Bridge (09:01 Birmingham New St - Liverpool Lime St)

Chiltern Railways - 82309+68009 - 09:39 Smethwick Galton Bridge - Birmingham Moor St (09:20 Stourbridge Jcn - London Marylebone)

Walked to New Street

Filmed XC HST 43366+43303 departing New Street at 10:12 working 1V48 (07:45 York - Penzance) from Platform 12

London Midland - 170633 - 10:42 Birmingham New St - Tame Bridge Parkway (10:42 Birmingham New St - Rugeley Trent Valley)

London Midland - 170504 - 11:21 Tame Bridge Parkway - Birmingham New St (10:45 Rugeley Trent Valley - Birmingham New St)

Filmed LM 172331 departing New Street empty from Platform 8B at 11:55

Filmed XC HST 43304+43285 departing New Street at 12:12 working 1V52 (06:01 Glasgow Central - Paignton) from Platform 12

Arriva Trains Wales - 158836+158835 12:25 Birmingham New St - Smethwick Galton Bridge (12:09 B'ham International - Aberystwyth and Pwllheli)

London Midland - 323243 - 12:37 Smethwick Galton Bridge - Birmingham New St (12:20 Wolverhampton - Walsall)

Filmed XC HST 43357+43321 departing New Street at 13:12 working 1V54 (06:32 Dundee - Newquay) from Platform 12

CrossCountry - 220012 - 13:31 Birmingham New St - Wolverhampton (10:06 Paignton - Manchester Picc)

CrossCountry - 220026 - 14:41 Wolverhampton - Birmingham International (13:27 Manchester Picc - Bournemouth)

Air Rail to Airport

NXWM 6701 - 900 - 15:33 Birmingham Airport - Sheldon Coalway Avenue (15:33 Airport&NEC - Birmingham)

[Kevin]

Wherever the buses took me....

NX 4860 - 51 - 0925 Tower Hill to Bell Inn
Walk round to Yew Tree estate
NX 1653 - 45 - 09:45 Yew Tree to All Saints
Diamond 30858 - 4 - 10:10 All Saints to Walsall
* Look for B10Ls... Find none *
NX 1783 - 301 - 10:38 Walsall to Bloxwich road
* Spot a B10 coming the other way *
NX 1436 - 301 - 10:44 Bloxwich road to Walsall
* yet more Omnilinks at Bradford Place - give up *
NX 4602 - 529 - 11:03 Walsall to Willenhall
NX 4310 - 25 - 11:33 Willenhall to Bilston
Banga V263 DRC - 530 - 11:46 Bilston to wolves
* on the lookout for some Spectras - find none *
NX 2018 - 4 - 12:40 Wolves to Codsall
Arriva 4786 - 10B - 13:28 Codsall to Tettenhall Wood
NX 5404 - 1 - 14:04 Tettenhall Wood to Wergs road
Arriva 3751 - 891 - 14:25 Wergs road to Wolves (with some familiar faces)
NX 2003 - 81 - 15:30 Wolves to Dudley
NX 1677 - 243 - 16:17 Dudley to Old Hill
NX 1546 - 289 - 16:38 Old Hill to West Brom (God this bus sounds beautiful)
NX 1762 - 4 - 17:22 West Brom to All Saints
NX 820 - 46 - 17:38 All Saints to Hamstead

[Ashley 60171]

Todays fun

NX 2016 - 3 - town
NX 662 - 32 - Northwood Park
NX 601 - 33 - Wolverhampton
NX 4331 - 40 - Moseley Road
NX 4302 - 40 - Wolverhampton
Food
NX 2071 - 10 Perton - Wolverhampton
NX 5406 - 1 - Dudley
NX 1573 - 276 - Merry Hill Centre
Shopping
NX 1630 - 276 - Stourbridge
NX 4583 - 256 - Wolverhampton
NX 2023 - 3 - home

[karl724223]

6342 HA
DKY 735

[Reece]

18/07/2015 Yesterday I decided to get a Arriva Midlands Day Saver...
Wrekin Connect Before The Big Shack Up

Arriva | 297 > Kidderminster Bus Station - Bridgnorth Sainsbury's (2716) Y356UON
( @Will Joined in Bridgnorth )
Arriva | 114 > Bridgnorth High Town - Shifnal, Victoria Road (2267) Y267YBC
Arriva | X92 > Shifnal, Victoria Road - Telford Bus Station (3779) FL63DXK (The bus was empty.)
Arriva | 33 > Telford Bus Station - Oakengates Bus Station (3733) YJ57AZF
Arriva | 44 > Oakengates Bus Station - Wellington Bus Station (3336) FJ64EUY
( @Alex and @Nathan Joined in Wellington )
Arriva | 66 > Wellington Bus Station - Telford Bus Station (2133) V426DGT

( We got some lunch in Telford )
( Left @Alex and @Nathan at Telford who carried on back to Wolverhampton on the 892 )

Arriva | 88A > Telford Bus Station - Bridgnorth High Town (2725) Y346UON (Traveling on the last ever 88A Telford - Ironbridge - Much Wenlock - Bridgnorth was a bit sad but I guess travel habits have changed over the years.)
Arriva | 101 > Bridgnorth High Town - Sydney Cottage Drive (3328) FJ64EUO (Arriva especially allocated a Streetlite for the 101 as it was its final day of operation.)
Arriva | 101 > Sydney Cottage Drive - Bridgnorth High Town (3328) FJ64EUO
( Left @Will in Bridgnorth )
Arriva | 297 > Bridgnorth High Town - Kidderminster Bus Station (3746) YJ59BVH (A very rare treat for me on the 297 a Pulsar and great THRASH!!) :D
Arriva | 297 > Kidderminster Bus Station - Home (3746) YJ59BVH

A day spent going round the Wrekin and saying a final goodbye to some long standing routes the withdrawal of the very last Bridgnorth Town Circular service 101 route after over 50 years of operation in its different forms and being numbered B90/B91 in the 1960s it has sadly finally been killed off by being emerged with the 436 to Shrewsbury which is now operated by yet another new company to the route GHA Coaches. :(

[Ashley 60171]

Sunday 19th July. Didn't plan this escape but here goes

NXWM 2029 - 3 - town
LM 323217 - Smethwick Galton Bridge
LM 172337 - Olton
NXWM 2210 - 37 - Solihull, Poplar Road (first E200MMC and I hate to say it but I approve)
NXWM 2106 - 72 - Lode Lane, Old Lode Lane
NXWM 6712 - 957 - Solihull
Social Travel S301SHB - 71E - Lode Lane, Old Lode Lane (beast)
NXWM 6713 - 957 - Solihull
NXWM 4648 - 31 - Shirley, Morrisons (penultimate required NXWM Gemini)
NXWM 4678 - 5 - Solihull (one of the best)
Igo 4019 - S1 - Rowood Drive, Stockwell Avenue
NXWM 2107 - 966 - Birmingham International
ATW 158822+158838 - Birmingham New Street
ATW 158820+158824 - Birmingham International
ATW 158821+158831 - Wolvertrampton
NXWM 2010 - 4 - Bantock Park, Broad Lane
Walk home