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3736 has returned to Tamworth with 3737 also now present, both in different versions of Sapphire livery.

Just seen former Wythenshawe Enviro 300 CX58EVN (2741) on the 786. On bustimes.org it's tracking as 4600

Cheers ... Richard

2747, CX58EVW was also here on the 17th November on the pits with 2741, so I assume thats due out soon too

Might have asked this before so apologies if so,but can nBus tickets be bought on Stagecoach buses in Coventry?

Yes it can be, so can the nNetwork and nMetro/Bus variants.

LT02 ZZJ is the vehicle

2512 was in use at Tamworth on Friday, on service 786

1028 had seen service with Midland Rider - I've photographed it on the 194 and on a Wythall day 758 car park shuttle as well as at the old Aston Manor

https://www.trainbasher.com/N451DWJ/

as Mr Trainbasher says, it did run as 1028, a number of photos on Flickr back this up too

Unsure on 1020

I have put a full Midland Rider fleetlist on the main site with links to any photos I have so far found in my collection

Fleet list is up to March 2010 when they were taken over by Liyell / Midland

Midland Classic fleetlist (wmbusphotos.com)

N451 DWJ was numbered 1028

At about 11:56 (just before Jeremey Vine came on radio 2) a Stagecoach drove over the new bridge as I was going under it. I've had a look at bustimes but none of the tracked routes have gone over the bridge, so I guess it was an OOS bus.

Also, the tracking shows the buses leaving Nuneaton garage. Were they always from Nuneaton or did they start at Leamington garage?

This would have been 36154, running dead as a driver shuttle to Nuneaton depot. Bustimes has it passing the bridge at 11:56

https://bustimes.org/vehicles/scnh-36154?date=2023-07-24#journeys/455122054

noticed 18471 on the U1, interesting as it's an open top bus!

Did you actually see this? Or just 'BusTimes' see it? Looking on Bus Times, the vehicle was dual tracking, so I would assume its a machine swap

That now makes 27215, 27219, 27221 and 27222 all present at Nuneaton

27221 has arrived at Nuneaton depot.

I see the SC 60 route drivers are counting ang logging on the ticket machine the number of people who get OFF at each bus stop. Do any other buses do this in the West Mids?

All Stagecoach services record this automatically on the machine when a ticket is sold or pass scanned, drivers should then recored when passengers leave the vehicle.

Among the Stagecoach vehicles brought in were a number of Mercedes Sprinter minibuses. Did anyone identify what these were used for, please?

At least 2 were needed for an Athletes shuttle from Birmingham Uni to King Edwards School just off the Bristol Road, running every 30 minutes.

An 110 E400 was being debranded and some purple livery being vinyl'd on today as I passed the depot. Possible Jubilee livery? 

929 is normally parked in chelmsley wood in between the 811 driver goes home normally using 72 route from solihull

Driver lives no where near Chelmsley Wood, its just more convenient for him to park the bus there in between the 811