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6762 is on the 8, not tracking

825 on the 8 yesterday

32644 has been withdrawn, meaning there are now no barbie buses in public service with first

I would extend the PN 7 into Wollaston Farm. Would give greatly needed links to Norton and Lye, its very common for Wollaston Farm people to walk into Wollaston village to get the 7 to these places, or change in Stourbridge from the 8. It would also reduce the standing time the 7 has at the roundabout in the village, even though I believe drivers aren't actually supposed to do their time there, they do, and it blocks the 8 and 242 from accessing the main stop in Wollaston.

Anyone know what font is used for the 'Lets Go!' text on the buses?

I'm very confused about a 'stop' in Wollaston on the 8. NXWM, google maps and bustimes lists 'Apley Road' as a bus stop, and its on the announcements. The stop flag is 'not in use' and has been since like 2020, with no timetable information there, and the drivers dont stop there when someone dings the bell. Is this supposed to be a stop on the 8 or not...?

E400s are a normal allocation for the PN 7, they appear everyday and have done since the start of the 2023 when PN got the route back, meanwhile E200s are quite rare on it

Can't find a topic for this Shropshire operator so I'll create one, anyone have a fleet list for them?

32260 and 32261 have returned from Manchester

Never heard of them until today but it dosen't appear they have a thread on here. They are based in Droitwich and run 2 services from the town, those being the 133 to Kidderminster and the 354 to Redditch. Anyone know what vehicles they have?

20165 is having gear issues, constantly getting stuck with the driver having to put it into neutral and back into drive

Does every operator accept the connecta ticket? Do MRD and Clearway of Catshill?

No, it's not a 'free bus service'.

I would imagine that most of the passengers who use this service are pass-holders anyway (concessionary or otherwise).

Even in the absence of a Ticketer, they can still accept cash for single journeys surely.

I wasn't paying too much attention so I could be wrong but I don't remember seeing a single person pay on Tuesday when I rode the 19

The driver let someone who wanted to purchase an nbus ticket on for free, so essentially the 19 is a free service atm if you ask for an nbus, I do question how long they've got to get ticket machines before TfWM start questioning it.

@winston  I think this needs deleting  someone has created another thread for this company despite the fact I did that the other day 🙄🙄

My apologies, I did look and couldn't find one that already exists but I've just looked again and I can confirm I am definitley blind, sorry.