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Looks like the final E400 (33728 - SN12 ALO) has entered service today on the 14/14A  ;)

Does anyone have any info on the ex Diamond (loan) Volvo B7RLE's that are to replace E300s at AG?

63359 appears to have joined 63360 at Leicester. Just 3 remain at Worcester now! (63361 - 3)

Seeing as there's 5 Tridents and only 3 B7TLs to transfer from Leicester, has there been any mention of how the numbers will be made up ?

Hopefully we'll be able to steal a couple from Potteries too! 37156 & 37158 would be nice. (And there younger than the 3 Leicester examples which would be a bonus! ;))

The 192 usually has one of the white Streetlites on there.

Yes, but 20186 is the most recent of the batch having only just arrived! ;)

Gone for repaint.. should be for service 17.. (or at least that was what was planned back when they first painted service 18/88's etc).

I don't really think much to the spare bus livery.. and I think that should arrive last if anything! They need to brand / paint the rest of the buses otherwise it doesn't really make sense.
Fuscia is ok for "spare" if you ask me!

Thanks! The 17 uses 2 buses doesn't it? I wonder what other vehicle they could paint up for it...

Also, am I correct in saying there were plans to brand up the ex WoE StreetLite's for the 38/38A too?

Regarding the spare bus livery. I think a lot of people (including me) share your view on it. They tend to end up on any route on the network, not just the branded routes!

69442 hasn't been out for a couple of weeks. Does anyone know if it's it in for a repaint? Maybe a candidate for the 'Spare bus' livery already used at Worcester & the Potteries...

What is the point of me typing everything up on the main site if it gets ignored

My Apologies, I hadn't thought to check your fleet list.
However, there are some errors as looking at a picture of 32318 it is registered as BD20 OCP, not 'ODP'

Does anyone know the reg's on the new StreetLite's (32311-8)

32639 has re-appeared after being absent for a number of months. Not quite sure why - just never saw it out in service for ages

Meanwhile 65034, 65035 and 65038 currently comprise the Knotty (101) fleet, with 65042 now branded as a Spare Bus. I'm assuming 65033 and 65036 will shortly follow as these have been MIA for a while as well

Do you know what happened to 65037? (I believe it is Withdrawn)

For some absolutely unbeknown reason, 66692 and 66693 will be moving here from Worcester at sometime in the future. These are B7RLE Centro's, which will be refurbished internally, as well as upgraded to Euro 6. This was confirmed on the midlandred forum, by Nigel Eggleton. Very strange move...

I believe 66692 and 66693 are the chosen ones as they already received a light interior refurb in 2015 (Along with 66694) unlike the rest of the batch which should be retained at Worcester.

My thought is they may be for use on Leicester's route 13 (Replacing the Volvo B7RLEs that were used previously) ?

It's not a 'proposed' livery. It's an actual one. You will see a photo of one of them appear on the main site in around an hour

Thank You Tony

Now that the Leek Link Scania's are all in service, the next route to receive a new identity is the 101, presumably using the current allocation of Scania's. Here is the proposed livery: https://www.flickr.com/photos/43152696@N08/49391220141/in/datetaken/
Similar colours to Leicester's Braunstone Bus & Worcester's Riversider liveries.

It may be Streetlite 32240 SL16YPJ (ex Wrightbus Demo was on long term loan to Arriva Southern Counties), that is due to receive WMB livery & will replace a 13 plate B7RLE to return off lease.

or it could be an existing Streetlites (ex Redditch) & will be in WMB base livery potentially for the 40.

I guess it will be the Signature Streetlite's which will be repainted into WMB livery & sent to Tividale (Depending on how many vehicles are required for the 40)

We'll have 9 coming. 63068 and 69 are already in service here.

Yeah, sorry I was including 63068/9. :)
I wonder if they will be put in a new livery for the 38/38A?