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6:48 997 from Pheasey has decided to not appear this morning!

Out of interest, why are B7s never on the 39? Around a year ago though I did see one, even did a double take to make sure it wasn't a 34/37!

They aren't allowed because of Bridgeman Street, the curved roofs are too much of a tight call. Hence why I've only see Solo's, B6 and B10's and Omnilinks and E200's go under.

For the 51, shouldn't the ADL Enviro 400 MMC be in the also commonly used section?

At this point those and the E400's are the main allocation as there's hardly any or none Hydrogens!

So, it's STILL happening then...on the basis of this there is no way that Chaserider will revert the 19 back to it's original timetable, I hope at some point Chaserider decide they are pulling off the route altogether and I hope that no other operator wants to take it on and the route is scrapped indefinitely

It's up to TfWM if they want the route to be continue to be operated.

Chaserider should've known what they was going into when they bidded for it!

I'd at least hope they'd be repainting and refurbing the Red/White 49** E400's (as well as 4899). The state of some of those are awful. 

According to the VRM lookup we use at work, this only meets Euro4 standards, so wouldn't normally be used on the TfWM contracts.

I notice that Stagecoach recently are back to their old form of cancelling journeys again, presumably this is being used today due to a shortage of Euro6 compliant vehicles.

If Stagecoach want to be taken seriously by TfWM then they need to show some commitment by investing in a local site and some decent vehicles.

Surely using a Euro 4 bus is better than no bus service at all?

I think most passengers would be more interested in the service running than the Euro rating of the bus! As bad as that sounds.

Any idea why there's an NX E200 parked up in Dudley Bus Station? 

6732 not tracking on the 997.

Dudley stops err what can one say other than complete shambles imo, they TFWM have had years to sort this out properly how did they think they could operate an entire bus station of routes on 2 streets its a joke.
Today i,m glad traffic ate up my all my dropback/layover time resulting in straight in and out there sharpish

100% agree. 

Diddy 758 is on the 74.

Have you actually been down there watching buses or just moaning from looking at a piece of paper
Only it's day three of operation and I've not heard of any problems yet  just you on here

Yes I was there myself watching, I wasn't the only one who thought the same either. Waiting for a 87 that ended up arriving half an hour late. 

Really? Yesterday evening was a nightmare.

I would assume that stop is reserved for unloading only.

Does it require a shelter for Unload Only? Waste of money a Pole Stop would have made sense. To have an empty unused shelter sitting there when there's about 3/4 in the surrounding area overflowing makes no sense.

The 5 bus stop at the King's Road in kingstanding (near the junction with finchley Road) used to have a shelter and now just a pole. Not sure of the reason why but could be down to antisocial behaviour as groups of kids would hang around in the bus stops on the evenings.

Both sides had there shelter removed because of the ASB that happens there.

Does this mean WB's 45** will be gone in the next few weeks?

Considering they've working on 4514 I assume they'll be here for slightly more than a few weeks...

5 Services are using DY4 in Tower Street. 8/X8, 2, 2A, 81 and 82. Yet the 1 has it's own stop on DY5  ?

Makes so much sense doesn't it.