Arriva Tamworth

[ntw456]

3728 and 3730 have arrived

[John]

3728 and 3730 have arrived

Complete in the new light blue livery too

[YN64AOG]

Complete in the new light blue livery too

Can't wait to see pictures of them.  I like the new livery.

[PM]

Can't wait to see pictures of them.  I like the new livery.

There's something I never thought I'd hear... :P

[Tony]

There's something I never thought I'd hear... :P

There will be a photo on the main site by 10pm

[PM]

There will be a photo on the main site by 10pm

Anyone else think it's a pretty horrible looking livery? They'd have been best adopting the Frequenta livery to reduce repaint costs, cream horn reduced to mostly vinyl and no yellow on the skirt:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/27204054@N07/27840557272/

Arriva are going to need to look especially smart in Tamworth given the competition going on

[PM]

Doesn't look as bad as I expected tbh, just needs the ugly and old fashioned "no smoking" stickets removing.

[Bob]

Looks alright. Wonder why they left the handrails yellow sort of ruins it a bit

[PM]

Looks alright. Wonder why they left the handrails yellow sort of ruins it a bit

Issue will be how it wears, light colours, especially on the skirt will show any marks/dents extremely quickly.

[Bob]

Least they had a repaint, yano only ten years from new lol. I don't understand why if you're planning to upgrade your service in response to competition you'd replace 58 plate omnilink with knackered sounding pulsars that are older than what they're replacing though? Retrimmed or not

[YN64AOG]

Found it  :)

http://wmbusphotos.com/Arriva/3730.html

[Bob]

The 57 plates used to scream far louder than the 61/63 plates do they still? Could be a bit ear bashing and unpleasant on longer trips cos you couldn't hear yourself think

[ntw456]

If anyone is looking for 3730 its on the 35 today

[2206]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1341907135845636&set=o.405425496185545&type=3&theater

[andy41]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1341907135845636&set=o.405425496185545&type=3&theater

Not so I'm afraid. MRN ran the X80 from Tamworth to Walsall and Beechdale, and back twice a day via Drayton Manor, Falcon Lodge, Sutton and Kingstanding back in the 90s.