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Highly doubt fares or not affect it, NX never got attacked on the 19 they aren't currently being attacked on the 29 that is still using exact fare, what the bus attacks are down to is bored little darlings (being nice) with no care in the world deciding to not be  bored by throwing bricks at cars and buses because they haven't got a community centre or stuff to go to probably why there parents sit at home refusing to take them anywhere like say Alton Towers or Cadbury World watching reality TV and only going out when the local pub has the big match on or to get there dole payments. Meanwhile the Council and local MP blame the Bus Companies yet they aren't deterring them.

NX used to have issues on the 34 and 39 in Darlaston you still have pay probably more as well these days then back when they were being attacked, the reason that stopped was because of people deciding to do things not because NX did anything like run free buses. And in all my years of living around Darlaston I haven't of any time apart from maybe once that the 34 or 39 have to divert due to ASB, the once I believe there was a Fight in Hall Street in Rough Hay so the 34 was using Rough Hay Road missing out the top of Hall Street, within half an hour the Police had come and sorted it, Darlaston doesn't even have a Police Station but the residents had reported it as the 34 being diverted had affected them so the Police came the next day they did a patrol. Same for Kings Hill same for anywhere. Bus Fare has nothing to do with it. It's the overall care and attitude of the residents and sadly Blakenall doesn't have a good attitude and very little care

Blakenall's probably full of dole dossers lol

Did the 4pm and 4.27 brum to Cannock X51s run today? Neither have tracked on bustimes. I caught the 15.33 home..mightve had a lucky escape!

Yes it is

625 and 670 already failed on 826/828 thos morning. 187 got whizzed to Rugeley to replace 625

The plan is too eventually withdraw them but sadly its getting the money to replace them.  Only 2 they are keeping for a long while is 192 and 625

625 a long term thing then despite its age?

There is now a white Metro city sitting in the delta way yard. Unknown why its there or if it is for Chaserider or D&G

Noticed that earlier, went past on 70

The plan is too eventually withdraw them but sadly its getting the money to replace them.  Only 2 they are keeping for a long while is 192 and 625

Hopefully they replace em with some heavyweights suited to longer distance stuff even 2nd hand

198 is gonna take time too. Engine is playing up again so gonna take time to order parts in

Arent they coming to end of life surely? Theyve never had an internal refurb, nx's newer ones are on their 2nd. I think two of em have already been scrapped

Nope, looks like there was no bus spare to allocate it as 124 did the 10:50 to cannock in which it was meant to do the 9:33 from Lichfeild. Looks like as soon as 124 arrived it got wizzed up to Stafford to fill the missing bus

Wonder why theyre so short? They got buses off road or something?

Surprised to catch D&G Solo 124 MX05ENF  on the Chaserider 826 today - sticker saying on hire to chaserider but no working number or destination displays....

Driver pleasant though - are chaserider so short of vehicles that this is out on long journeys ???

That was like the most unreliable Solo ever lol. It went out to replace a breakdown on 70 once and broke down itself 

The last time it got sent away it just sat there. The company couldn't be bothered to look at it and fix it so never got paid for it. Hence why it was away for so long and now been sent away again to actually get fixed. As for 144 they don't know what to do with it atm

144 was actually nice to ride from a passenger point of view. Its a shame that two 64 plate buses are sha##ed 😒

62 has gone away again to actually be worked on this time and 144 is still sitting in a sorry state on the yard

Jesus they mustve thrown some money at 62. Unlikely 144 will come back then?

Did something happen on the X51 in Cannock bus stn last night? A platinum was parked up at the stand with the hazards on with an ambulance parked in front of the bus

Was the 158 brum to bloxwich a once daily each direction route for years?

Still can use anything. They have an exemption to not use Euro 6 buses on it

Is it only till a certain date?

Anyone know if the 70 now has to be euro 6? Could explain the slightly better buses on there of late. Thank god 132 , which was a regular on it, has gone. Stank of mould that bus did