Round Trips

[Dylanbusboy45]

Ensign bus running day Saturday

390006 Bham Intl-Euston
21417/418 Underground Circle Line Euston Square-Tower Hill
357038 London Fenchurch St-Upminster
A986SYE T986 Leyland Titan  Upminster-Lakeside (X55)
JEV245Y Van Hool Astromega  Lakeside-Aveley High St (X55)
KJD260P MD60 Scania-MCW Metropolitan  Aveley High St (X55)
F192NHD 192 MCW Metrobus  Lakeside-Grays (X81)
EU62BVD 506 B5LH/Gemini 2 Grays-Lakeside (83)
THX646S DM2646 Fleetline (DMS) Lakeside-Shenfield (X81)
321340/438 Shenfield-London Liverpool St
21085/086 Underground Metropolitan line Liverpool St-Euston Square
221143 Euston-Bham Intl

[Sh4318]

Yesterday. 7/12
08:07, delayed by 18 minutes, SGB-LIV, LM, Class 350, 350107
11:27, LIV-MCO, NT, Class 156, 156487
12:39, MCO-MAN, EM, Class 158
14:34, 250, Piccadilly Gardens to Trafford Centre, SMR, Enviro 400, '06 plate
15:45, 23A, Trafford Centre to Stockport, SMR, Enviro 400, '59 plate (sounded very knackered)
17:15, 203, Stockport to Piccadilly, SMR, Enviro 400, '58 plate
18:55, MAN-LIV, NT, Class 319, 319361 (these can go)
20:04, delayed by 10 minutes, LIV-SGB, LM, Class 350, 350265

Station Codes:
SGB - Smethwick Galton Bridge
LIV - Liverpool Lime Street
MCO - Manchester Oxford Road
MAN - Manchester Piccadilly

Train operating company:
LM - London Midland
NT - Northern Rail
EM - East Midlands Trains

Bus company codes:
SMR - Stagecoach Manchester

[Kevin]

Quick run around after work yesterday - fancied a change of scenery and a ride on the tram from Bull Street

NX 4806 - 67 - 18:07 Salford Circus to city
Metro - T31 - 18:36 Bull Street to West Brom
Diamond 30828 - 4H - 19:11 West Brom to All Saints
NX 1768 - 4M - 19:25 All Saints to Walsall
NX 67xx - X51 - 19:40 Walsall to Tower Hill (believe it was @P419 EJW also on board, he can probably ID it better than I was paying attention)

[P419 EJW]

NX 67xx - X51 - 19:40 Walsall to Tower Hill (believe it was @P419 EJW also on board, he can probably ID it better than I was paying attention)

It was 6758, @Kevin. :)

[T840MAK]

12/12/15.

104 - White Lane -> Sheffield Station
222101 - 1C27 Sheffield -> Derby
153326 - 1K07 Derby -> Stoke
First 32079 - 3 - Stoke Station -> Hanley
First 60075 - 2 - Hanley -> Adderley Green
First 63097 - 26 - Adderley Green -> Hanley
First 66304 - 4 - Hanley -> Newcastle
First 65706 - 4 - Newcastle -> Hanley
First 32053 - 1 - Hanley -> Townsend
First 61235 - 2 - Townsend -> Hanley
First 60171 - 32 - Hanley -> Cheadle
First 32635 - 32 - Cheadle -> Hanley
First 53123 - 21A - Hanley -> Stoke
First 66305 - 3 - Stoke -> Newcastle
First 60175 - 3 - Newcastle -> Stoke
First 66838 - 3 - Stoke -> Newcastle
First 66849 - 4 - Newcastle -> Hanley
First 53118 - 21A - Hanley -> Stoke
First 65037 - 3 - Stoke -> Newcastle
First 65567 - 2 - Newcastle -> Stoke
First 53119 - 23 - Stoke -> Stoke station
153381 - 1K26 Stoke -> Derby
221125 - 1E67 Derby -> Sheffield
First 69054 - 8 - Sheffield station -> Home

[Will]

12/12/15

LM172336 > Kidderminster > Stourbridge Jn
LM172331 > Stourbridge Jn > The Hawthorns
Tram (18) > The Hawthorns > Bull Street
Chiltern (68008) > Birmingham Moor St > Solihull Station
NXWM (2250, YX65 PXR) > 72 > Solihull Station > Solihull Town Centre
NXWM (1919, BX59 NTJ) > 6 >Solihull Town Centre > Solihull Station
NXWM (2202, YX15 OYP) > 71 > Solihull Station > Solihull Town Centre
NXWM (6712, YX15 OYG) > 957 > Solihull > Birmingham City Centre
LM172337 > Birmingham Moor St >   Kidderminster

[Kiewii]

12/12/2015

16931 (26) Home - Dundee city centre
34568 (26) Dundee city centre - Home
34569 (26) Home - Dundee city centre
28655 (99) Dundee city centre - St Andrews bus station
53287 (X59) St Andrews bus station - Halbeath P&R
19237 (X59) Halbeath P&R - Edinburgh bus station
27898 (X59) Edinburgh bus station - Halbeath P&R
53249 (X54) Halbeath P&R - Dundee city centre
16228 (26) Dundee city centre - Home

[WMT3000]

12/12/15

LM 172337 - Olton - B'ham Snow Hill
Metro 32 - Bull St - West Bromwich Central
NXWM 4960 (74) - West Bromwich Bus Station - Dudley Bus Station
NXWM 825 (222) - Dudley Bus Station - Tennyson St
NXWM 2104 (205) - High St/Tennyson St - Dudley Bus Station
NXWM 4966 (74) - Dudley Bus Station - West Bromwich Bus Station
Metro 22 - West Bromwich Central - Bull St
LM 170517 - B'ham New St - Walsall
LM 323221 - Walsall - B'ham New St
LM 172221 - B'ham Moor St - Acocks Green

[Ashley 60171]

Today (all NXWM)

2001 - 3 - Chapel Ash
Walk the rest to town
4733 - 40 - Walsall
Phone rings
4597 - 529 - Wolverhampton
845 - 28 - New Invention
4265 - 69 - Walsall
4261 - 7 - Aldridge
4262 - 7A - Walsall
4027 - 29 - Bloxwich
4297 - 89 - Pelsall
4126 - 8 - Walsall
4072 - 7 - Aldridge
4032 - 7A - Walsall
4302 - 77 - didn't look at stop name
4035 - 77 - Walsall
1879 - 4 - Oldbury (this was boring)
4701 - 89 - Blackheath
4269 - 127 - Dudley (evening service better than the daytime)
5405 - 1 - Wolverhampton
2068 - 3 - White Oak Drive

Back to normal tomorrow. Nice little B7TL bash.

[Will]

"Business Round Trip", via Willenhall

16/12/15;

LM172213 > Kidderminster > Smethwick Galton Bridge
LM350??? > Smethwick Galton Bridge > Wolverhampton
NXWM (didn't ID) > 529 > Wolverhampton > Neachells Lane
(had to some personal business to deal with)
NXWM (didn't ID) > 529 > Neachells Lane > Walsall Bus Station
Thandi (T77NND) > 334 > Walsall, Bradford Place > Bilston Bus Station - HELLFIRE sounded amazing you can't beat a little Dart bash sometimes 😜
NXWM (812, BX62SNK) > 43 > Bilston Bus Station > West Bromwich

NXWM (4956, SL14LSO) > 74 > West Bromwich (there was a stand off between the driver and a potential passenger when we reached Soho Road the reason I say "potential passenger" is the driver refused to let him on board due him not paying the correct fare he was trying to pay £1 for 2 stops as everybody knows (or should do) it is £1.90! Although it was his own fault as he never asked the driver how much it would be until after he had put his money in the vault! When the driver refused to let him on he said "oh so you think I'm gonna put a £1 in then walk off the bus nah bruv it ain't happening!" - at this point the driver switches the bus off!! And at this point I thought all hell was going to break loose! - in the end this guy got off peacefully but not before giving the driver a load of abuse first! I don't envy National Express West Midlands drivers or inspectors at all as the abuse they get day in day out can't be very pleasant) > Birmingham City Centre (met @RS)

Chiltern 165016 > Birmingham Moor St > Solihull Train St
NXWM (2206, YX15OYU) > 72 > Solihull Train St > Solihull Town
NXWM (1909, BX59NSU) > 6 > Solihull Town Centre > Solihull Train St
LM172218 > Solihull Train Station (@RS got off at Cradley Heath) > Kidderminster

[Liverpool Street]

@Will - and people think the Soho Road is easy!

[MW]

@Will - and people think the Soho Road is easy!

It is, just press anomaly button. Would have avoided all that aggro surely?

[Will]

It is, just press anomaly button. Would have avoided all that aggro surely?

Do you mean the bandit alarm?

[MW]

This is one thing I've never understood.

Why do drivers take it amongst themselves to "enforce" the fare. Why switch the bus off? Why refuse to drive? Why take it personally? All you do is press the damn button. In the scenario of people just walking on, I don't say anything at all, just press the button. You're not paid anymore to be a hero are you?

Maybe someone can help me understand this. Even the company says what I'm saying!

[Will]

This is one thing I've never understood.

Why do drivers take it amongst themselves to "enforce" the fare. Why switch the bus off? Why refuse to drive? Why take it personally? All you do is press the damn button. In the scenario of people just walking on, I don't say anything at all, just press the button. You're not paid anymore to be a hero are you?

Maybe someone can help me understand this. Even the company says what I'm saying!

Well because so I've been told by my mate (who used to be a driver at PN, BC & YW) alledgly he told me that if a driver gets a good hiding by a passenger (for whatever reason) the driver then gets £1,000 off the union instantly I don't know if that is still the case but it was when he was at Pensnett & Birmingham Central as I said I don't know if that was or still is the case