Round Trips

[DJ]

West Midlands Railway 323xxx - Tipton to Birmingham New Street
CrossCountry 170xxx - Birmingham New Street to Tamworth

Walked to the open day and back to the station

London Northwestern Railway 350113 - Tamworth to Lichfield Trent Valley
West Midlands Railway 323217 - Lichfield Trent Valley to Birmingham New Street
Virgin Trains 3901xx - Birmingham New Street to Coventry
National Express Coventry 4894 - 8A - Coventry Rail Station to Pool Meadow
National Express West Midlands 6855 - X1 - Pool Meadow to Birmingham International
Arriva Trains Wales 158840 - Birmingham International to Birmingham New Street
West Midlands Railway 323220 - Birmingham New Street to Tipton

[Ian Hardy]

Sunday 5th August 2018

Cross Country 43378 & 43304 Chesterfield - Burton on Trent (via Toton & Castle Donington)
Cross Country 170104 Burton on Trent - Tamworth
BMMO 707 5919 Tamworth - Stoneydelph - Tamworth
BMMO 786 5545 Tamworth - Newton Regis - Tamworth
Rochdale 110 235 Tamworth - Mile Oak - Tamworth
Cross Country 170112 & 170523 Tamworth - Burton on Trent
Cross Country 220027 Burton on Trent - Doncaster (via Castle Donington & Toton)
East Midlands 222002 Doncaster - Derby (via Belper)
Stagecoach Rail Replacement 50206 Derby - Chesterfield

Ian Hardy

[Trident 4194]

6121-9- Quinton church
20839-54- wolvo road
6787-126- Brum
4486-907- Sutton- nice Gemini
4125-6- Walsall- lovely bus on a lovely route
20733-4H- West Brom- rare working
30490-43- Bilston- what a fast bus
Intended to catch 30638 on 23 to Wednesbury- but it had broken upon arriving in Bilston
V reg solo- 530- nice nice bus
5421-255- merry hill- lovely bus on a lovely route.
6712-x10- bearwood
4276- 11A- harborne
68**-24
2094-140- Quinton church
6112-9- Halesowen

[2206]

Had a Few trips on First Kernow while in Cornwall.
03/08:
NXWM AG 11C - 4234 - Ward End to Yardley Swan.
NXWM BC X1 - 6839 - Yardley Swan to Birmingham Airport.
Flight to Newquay Airport, Cornwall from Birmingham.
05/08:
First Kernow T1 - 33459 - Camborne Bus Station and Bus Garage to Penzance Bus Station.
First Kernow U4 - 33477 - Penzance Bus Station to Marazion.
First Kernow A2 - 32211 - Marazion to Penzance Bus Station. (Turned up 30 minutes late).
First Kernow - T1 - 33458 - Penzance Bus Station to Camborne Bus Station and Bus Garage (Also turned up 30 - 45 minutes late, the ticket seller at the bus station told the passengers it was because the driver had to have a legal brake after comming in late of his previous trip from Lands End on the A1).
First Kernow 47 - 44965 - Camborne Bus Station and Bus Garage to Eastern Lodge, Tehidy Country Park - First time i'd been on a SWB E200 MMC.
06/08.
First Kernow A4 - 33303 (16:22 journey from St Ives to Newquay and Quintrell Downs - The Bus that spends the whole day on the A4) - Godrevy to the far end of the B3301 Coast Road by Portreath.
07/08:
First Kernow 47 - 44968 - Eastern Lodge, Tehidy Country Park to Camborne Bus Station and Bus Garage.
First Kernow - T2 - 33460 - Camborne Bus Station and Bus Garage to St Ives.
First Kernow - T2 - 33460 - St Ives to Camborne Bus Station and Bus Garage.
First Kernow 47 - 44967 - Camborne Bus Station and Bus Garage to Easten Lodge, Tehidy Country Park.
08/08.
First Kernow T1 - 33467 - Camborne Bus Station and Bus Garage to Penzance Bus Station.
Flight Lands End to St Mary's, Isles Of Scilly. (There was a Johnsons of Henley in Arden coach parked up outside Lands End Airport as well.)
I noticed that N718DJC is still in use on the local town shuttle service on St Mary's, Scilly.
Diverted Flight Isles of Scilly to Newquay.
Hoppleys Coaches WK18XXX Coach - Newquay Airport to The Star Inn, Crowlas.
First Kernow T1 - 33465 - The Star Inn, Crowlas to Camborne Bus Station and Bus Garage.
First Kernow - 47 - 44968 - Camborne Bus Station and Bus Garage to Eastern Lodge, Tehidy Country Park.
(The unusual Optare Solo that did a trip on the 47 from Truro was swapped for 44968 at Camborne Bus Station on its way back to Redruth after comming from Troon).
10/08.
Flight to Birmingham Airport from Newquay.
NXWM BC X1 - 6850 - Birmingham Airport to Yardley, Swan.
NXWM AG 11A - 4234 - Yardley Swan to Ward End.
NXWM by 55 - 1834 - Ward End to Birmingham City Centre.
NXWM BY 94 - 4695 - Birmingham City Centre to Ward End.

[2206]

17/08/18.
NXWM BY 55 - 1827 - Ward End to Birmingham City Centre.
West Midland Metro - Bull Street, Birmingham City Centre to Wolverhampton St Georges - first time i've been all the way to Wolverhampton on the Metro.
Arriva Midlands (Shrewsbury Services 9 and 436) - Wolverhampton Bus Station to Cross Houses - 3696 - with the 9 and 436 now interworking, it is now possible to catch a bus from Wolverhampton all the way to Shrewsbury without having to get of the bus.

20/08/18.
Cross Houses to Ward End (Birmingham) by bus.
Arriva Midlands (Shrewsbury Services 436 and 9) - 3698 - Cross Houses to Wolverhampton, Bus Station.
NXWM WN 126 - 6780 - Wolverhampton, St Georges to Birmingham, Colmore Row - First and Possibly the last time i've used the 126 over the section between Bearwood and Wolverhampton. A very long route end to end, it took 2 hours overall, it took forever to get into Birmingham City Centre as well, with very slow moving traffic all the way from the Plough and Harrow to Calmore Row. The Metro is certainly a lot faster.
NXWM PB 94 - 4490 - Birmingham City Centre to Ward End.

Interesting to see quite a few passengers travelling onwards through Bridgnorth and staying on the bus as well in both directions, using the through service between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury on those paticular journeys.

[Dom]

NXWM WN 126 - 6780 - Wolverhampton, St Georges to Birmingham, Colmore Row - First and Possibly the last time i've used the 126 over the section between Bearwood and Wolverhampton. A very long route end to end, it took 2 hours overall, it took forever to get into Birmingham City Centre as well, with very slow moving traffic all the way from the Plough and Harrow to Calmore Row. The Metro is certainly a lot faster.

Well that is hardly a shocking statement. The metro runs on a dedicated track with next to no delays running constantly at 43mph, whereas the 126 is on a public road, stopping frequently on roads that yes, a majority, are 40mph but it's getting to that speed first.

2 hours seems a bit of an exaggeration though, the running time even in the peak doesn't top 90 minutes and even with the way the Hagley Road and Broad Street is at the moment I can't see an extra 30 minutes being added to the journey.

[2206]

Well that is hardly a shocking statement. The metro runs on a dedicated track with next to no delays running constantly at 43mph, whereas the 126 is on a public road, stopping frequently on roads that yes, a majority, are 40mph but it's getting to that speed first.

2 hours seems a bit of an exaggeration though, the running time even in the peak doesn't top 90 minutes and even with the way the Hagley Road and Broad Street is at the moment I can't see an extra 30 minutes being added to the journey.

Its not an exageration. It took approximatley 2 hours, I didn't check the exact times but I got of 3698 at 11:45 and got on 6780 at about 11:50 - 11:55, getting of at about 13:40.
I didn't check the exact times but it took near enough 2 hours.

[Jack]

20/8/18

NX 7022, 952, Hassop Road to Birmingham.
WMR Class 172, Birmingham to Blakedown.
Diamond 20734, 192, Blakedown to Kidderminster.
Diamond 30001, 42, Kidderminster to Redditch.
Diamond 30701, 67, Redditch to Studley to Redditch.
Diamond 30007, 55, Redditch to Oakenshaw Tesco.
Diamond 20027, 55, Oakenshaw Tesco to Redditch.
Diamond 32121, 146, Redditch to Birmingham.
NX 7022, 952, Birmingham to Hassop Road.

[Kevin]

Been a while since I actually posted one of my travels...

23/8/18
Great Barr to Bradford by bus, because I had the entire day

NXWM 4869 - 51 - 05:52 Scott Arms to Walsall
NXWM 2132 - 10 - 06:25 Walsall to Brownhills
--- missed 2131 on the 10A to Lichfield because he ran 3 early ---
NXWM 6742 - 936 - 06:54 Brownhills to Walsall Wood
Diamond 30975 - 35 - 07:20 Walsall Wood to Lichfield
Midland Classic 82 - X12 - 07:45 Lichfield to Burton on Trent
Arriva Midlands 3796 - X38 - 08:20 Burton to Derby
Trent Barton 692 - 6.2 - 09:05 Derby to Belper
Trent Barton 687 - 6.1 - 10:18 Belper to Matlock
Stagecoach 10663 - X17 - 11:10 Matlock to Chesterfield
Stagecoach 15193 - X17 - 12:20 Chesterfield to Barnsley
Stagecoach 15661 - 59 - 14:50 Barnsley to Wakefield
Arriva Yorkshire 1702 - 425 - 16:40 Wakefield to Bradford

Blog up now - clicky

[Sh4318]

Yesterday:
0530, VT, BHM-CRE, Class 221
0648, NT, CRE-MAN, Class 323, 323228
0817, TP, MAN-LDS, Class 185
1049, NT, LDS-CAR, Class 158, 158906
13:34, TP, CAR-PRE, Class 350
14:50, NT, PRE-MAN, Class 156, 156458
1630, AW, MAN-CRE, Class 175
1720, AW, CRE-SHR, Class 153, 153323
18:33, AW, SHR-BHM, Class 158841

BHM - Birmingham New Street
CRE - Crewe
MAN - Manchester Piccadilly
LDS - Leeds
CAR - Carlisle
PRE - Preston
SHR - Shrewsbury

VT - Virgin Trains
NT - Northern
TP - Transpennine Express
AW - Arriva Trains Wales

[DJ]

Saturday 25th August 2018
London

West Midlands Railway 323xxx - Tipton to Birmingham New Street
CrossCountry 220xxx - Birmingham New Street to Oxford
Great Western Railway 800009 - Oxford to London Paddington
Circle Line - S Stock - Paddington to Sloane Square
Southern 455826 - London Victoria to Clapham Junction
Go Ahead London - YY14 WEH - Route 170 - Clapham Junction to London Victoria
District Line - S Stock - Victoria to Blackfriars
Thameslink 700004 - Blackfriars to West Hampstead Thameslink
London Overground 378xxx - West Hampstead to Gospel Oak
London Overground 172xxx - Gospel Oak to Harringay Green Lanes
Great Northern 313053 - Harringay to Moorgate
Circle Line - S Stock - Moorgate to Kings Cross
Victoria Line - 2009 Stock - Kings Cross to Euston
London United - BF67 GNU - London Euston to Paddington
Great Western Railway 43xxx - Paddington to Oxford
CrossCountry 220xxx - Oxford to Birmingham New Street
West Midlands Railway 323xxx - Birmingham New Street to Tipton

[2206]

NXWM PB 94 - 4477 - Ward End, Fox and Goose (08:20) to Priory Queensway, Birmingham City Centre.
NXWM PN X10 - 6718 - Colmore Row, Birmingham City Centre (08:58) to Halesowen Bus Station (09:26).
NXWM PN 9 - 6103 - Halesowen Bus Station (09:40) to Stourbridge Bus Station.
West Midland Trains - 139001 - Stourbridge Town to Stourbridge Junction - First time i've ever been on one of these.
West Midland Trains - 172338 - Stourbridge Junction to Kidderminster.
West Midland Trains - 172345 - Kidderminster (18:00) to Stourbridge Junction (18:12) - (18:00 journey towards Leamington Spa).
West Midland Trains - 139001 - Stourbridge Junction (18:15) to Stourbridge Town.
NXWM PN 9 - 6112 - Stourbridge Bus Station (Aprox. 18:20) to Birmingham City Centre, Colmore Row (19:20).
NXWM PB 94 - 4505 - Priory Queensway, Birmingham City Centre (Aprox. 19:35) to Ward End, The Fox And Goose (19:51).

[Jack]

30/8/18

NX 1868, 28, Thornbridge Avenue to Scott Arms.
NX 1943, 46, Scott Arms to West Bromwich.
NX 2091, 289, West Bromwich to Merry Hill. With the most grumpiest driver I've ever had.
Diamond 30051, 226, Merry Hill to Dudley.
NX 823, 222, Dudley to Merry Hill.
NX 1853, 4M, Merry Hill to Walsall.
NX 6723, 997, Walsall to Shady Lane, where the shed broke down.
NX 6732, 997, Shady Lane to The Drakes Drum.

[2206]

Walsall Running Day (01/09/18).
NXWM BC 14 - 4166 - Station Road, Stechford Retail Park, Stechford (aprox. 12:45 - 13:00) to Priory Queensway, Birmingham City Centre (aprox. 13:30) - nice to have this turn up.
NXWM WA X51 - 6735 - Bull Street, Birmingham City Centre (14:00) to Walsall Bus Station (I think the last time I was here was the 2015 Walsall running day) (14:40).
NXWM WA 10A - Wythall Transport Museum 116 - Walsall Bus Station (14:40) to Lichfield, Bus Station (15:36) (My favorite bus of the day and the most comfortable one to - more comfortable than Platinum 6735 as well, in my opinion - first time i've ever been on 116.
NXWM WA 10A - Wythall Transport Museum 4001 - Lichfield, Library (16:13) to Walsall Bus Station (17:13)  - first time i've ever been on 4001 as well.
NXWM WA X51 - 6732 - Walsall Bus Station (17:20) to Moor Street Queensway, Birmingham City Centre (approx. 18:00).
NXWM PB 94 - 4475 - Priory Queensway, Birmingham City Centre (approx. 18:00) to Ward End, The Fox And Goose (Coleshill Road) (approx. 18:20).

Solihull (30/08/18).
NXWM AG 11A - 4231 - Bromford Lane, Ward End, The Fox And Goose to Yarldey, Swan.
NXWM BC X2 - 6841 - Yardley Swan to Solihull, Railway Station.
NXWM BC X2 - 6832 - Solihull Railway Station to Birmingham City Centre, Moor Street Queensway.
NXWM BY 55 - 1822 - Birmingham City Centre to Washwood Heath Road, Ward End, The Fox And Goose.

[CL]

Saturday 1st September
Walsall Classic Bus Running Day

NXWM 4972    74 Hockley Circus to Birmingham Old Square
NXWM 4606    51 Lower Bull Street to Walsall Bus Station
[Pres] 1707   10A Walsall Bus Station to Lichfield Bus Station
[Pres] 1707   10A Lichfield Bus Station to Walsall Bus Station
NXWM 4125    10A Walsall Bus Station to Lichfield Bus Station
NXWM 2957    10A Lichfield Bus Station to Walsall Bus Station
[Pres] 4001   10A Walsall Bus Station to Chasetown Clock
[Pres] 4001   10A Chasetown Clock to Walsall Bus Station
NXWM 4606    51 Walsall Bus Station to Birmingham Moor Street
NXWM 4808    16 Priory Queensway to Hockley Circus