Round Trips

[T840MAK]

West Yorkshire yesterday

Supertram 103 - White Lane > Sheffield Station
CrossCountry 221123 - 1S35 0921 - Sheffield > Wakefield Westgate
Arriva Rail North 322484 - 2B10 0955 - Wakefield Westgate > Leeds
TransPennine Express 185103 - 1P25 1020 - Leeds > Huddersfield
First 37046 - 503 - Huddersfield > Elland
First 37053 - 503 - Elland > Huddersfield
First 30919 - 314 - Huddersfield > Holmfirth
First 30918 - 308 - Holmfirth > Huddersfield
TransPennine Express 185125 - 1P40 1455 - Huddersfield > Leeds
First 32466 - 16 - Leeds Station > Armley
First 37707 - 16 - Armley > Leeds Corn Exchange
Arriva 1613 - 221 - Leeds Bus Station > White Rose Centre
First 37132 - 3 - White Rose Centre > Dewsbury Road
Arriva 1922 - 202 - Dewsbury Road > Leeds Bus Station
First 60066 - 5 - Leeds Bus Station > York Road
Transdev 703 - 771 - York Road > Leeds Bus Station
Arriva 709 - 481 - Leeds Bus Station > Wakefield Bus Station
Arriva 1943 - 110 - Wakefield Bus Station > Leeds Bus Station
First 69345 - 19 - Leeds Bus Station > Corn Exchange
Arriva Rail North 158848 - 1L99 2030 - Leeds > Sheffield
Supertram 120 - Sheffield Station > White Lane

[Rob H]

07/05/2016

NXWM - 6712 - 957 Sheldon, Wheatsheaf - Birmingham Moor Street (06:35 Solihull Station - Birmingham)
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London Midland - 172218 - Birmingham Moor Street - Birmingham Snow Hill (2J06 07:03 Whitlock's End - Stourbridge Junction)
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Photographed Chiltern Railways 68012 working 1H10 the 07:12 Kidderminster - London Marylebone
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London Midland - 172337 - Birmingham Snow Hill - Stourbridge Junction (2J11 07:00 Stratford-Upon-Avon - Stourbridge Junction)
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London Midland - 139002 - Stourbridge Junction - Stourbridge Town (2P37 08:45 Stourbridge Junction - Stourbridge Town)
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London Midland - 139002 - Stourbridge Town - Stourbridge Junction (2P40 09:00 Stourbridge Town - Stourbridge Junction)
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Chiltern Railways - 82301+68015 - Stourbridge Junction - Birmingham Moor Street (1H17 09:10 Kidderminster - London Marylebone)
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Walked to New Street
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Met Up with Kieran (KTV Videos on YouTube), James (Scouse Trainspotter 1999 on YouTube) & Fynley (Train Gamer02 on YouTube)
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Walked to Snow Hill
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Filmed Trains 10:55-11:55
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London Midland - 172334 - Birmingham Snow Hill - Birmingham Moor Street (2D28 11:27 Stourbridge Junction - Stratford-Upon-Avon)
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Filmed Trains 12:00-13:20
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Got some Food at McDonald's (Dale End)
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Walked to New Street
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Kieran, James and Fynley left here they boarded the following trains; Fynley (14:49 LM to Hereford), Kieran (15:12 XC to Plymouth), James (15:19 XC to Tamworth)
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London Midland - 3232xx - Birmingham New Street - Birmingham International (2I19 15:39 Birmingham New Street - Birmingham International) (Forgot the Fleet Number of the 323)
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Air Rail - Station - Airport
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NXWM - 6703 - 900 Birmingham Airport - Sheldon, Coalway Avenue (16:03 Airport & NEC - Birmingham)

[Kevin]

This morning's episode of "the unnecessarily long way round to work"

NX 4085 - 5 - 06:08 Scott Arms to Queslett Asda (could have walked - meh)
NX 6737 - 997 - 06:23 Asda to Foley Arms
--- Walk to Hardwick Arms ---
Central BU12 LJL - 88 - 06:55 Hardwick Arms to Erdington
NX 7026 - 66 - 07:21 Erdington to Nechells

[Will]

13/05/2016

LM172334 > Kidderminster > Stourbridge Jn
LM139001 > Junction > Town
NXWM (6120, SN15LGG) > 9 > Stourbridge Interchange > Bearwood Interchange
NXWM (4666, BX54DHO) > 11A > Bearwood > Kings Heath

[Kevin]

Diamond day ticket + Ludlow Spring Festival 13/05/16

NX 4861 - 51 - 06:40 Scott Arms to city
Diamond 30165 - 146 - 07:35 City to Redditch (ticket machine wasn't working so had a handwritten emergency ticket for the whole day - was fully expecting to be questioned on every bus but they all just accepted it)
Diamond 20982 - 55 - 08:30 Redditch to Woodrow south
Diamond 32214 - 57 - 08:52 Woodrow centre to Winyates centre
Diamond 30011 - 48 - 09:03 Winyates centre to Batchley
Diamond 30945 - 51 - 09:44 Batchley to Redditch
Diamond 30121 - 42 - 10:30 Redditch to Kidderminster (never done beyond Bromsgrove on this route and have to say I'm pleasantly surprised, was a lovely route)
Diamond 20104 - 1 - 11:30 Kidderminster - Rifle Range circle (only because I had an hour to kill)

--- And now the main event ---
Diamond 30930 - 2L - 12:40 Kidderminster to Ludlow - WHAT A ROUTE!!! Loved it, the views going over Clee Hill on a day like today are just stunning. Such a shame it has to serve the estates in Kidderminster and Bewdley en route. Surprisingly well used route all the way along as well.
Anyway... --> Castle --> Beer tent --> bar --> another bar --> some more bars --> some food stalls --> bus stop
Diamond 30931 - 2L - 16:25 Ludlow to Bewdley Load Street - standing load of fairly inebriated adults leaving Ludlow meant a hell of a slow crawl up Clee Hill

Central YX64 VLZ - 125 - 17:32 Bewdley Load Street to Kidderminster
LM 172216 - 18:06 Kidderminster to Snow hill
NX 4283 - 65 - 19:30 City to Stockland Green

[Reece]

@Kevin The estates between Kidderminster and Bewdley are the only parts of the 2L route that make any money throughout a average year. And if anything it avoids the traffic bottle neck of bewdley hill which used to make the 292 service late when it used to use the direct route to Bewdley.

[Dylanbusboy45]

Fenland Bus Fest Yesterday:

GCL349N Bristol RE/ECW Wythall-Whittlesey
M41EPV Volvo Olympian/East Lancs Whittlesey town circular
WNG864H Bristol RE/ECW Whittlesey-Ramsey +Return
WAH587S Leyland National Greenway Whittlesey-Turves +Return
N215TDU Volvo B10M/Alexander PS Whittlesey-Thorney +Return
N600ABC DAF SB220/Northern Counties Whittlesey-Turves +Return
HTA844N Leyland National Whittlesey-Glatton-Ramsey-Whittlsey
BKE861T Bristol VR/ECW Whittlesey-Peterborough
GCL349N Bristol RE/ECW Whittlesey-Wythall

[RS]

Round Trip 21/05/16

LM 323 216 Sandwell&Dudley > Wolverhampton

XC 220 018 Wolverhampton > Manchester Piccadilly

Stagecoach 19410 X50 Piccadilly Bus Station > Trafford Centre

Stagecoach 19355 250 Trafford Bus Station > Piccadilly Bus Station

First Vantage 39248 V1 Manchester Piccadilly Gardens > Leigh Bus Station via Guided Bus Way

First Bus 69526 582 Leigh Bus station > Bolton Bus Station

First Bus 33712 6 Bolton Bus Station > Manchester Piccadilly

Tram 5083 Market Street > Piccadilly

XC 220 018 Manchester Piccadilly > Wolverhampton

VT 390 109 Wolverhampton > Sandwell&Dudley

[Kevin]

21/05/16 - no plan beyond maybe a ride on 4698

NX 6738 - X51 - 10:25 Scott Arms to Moor Street Queensway
NX 2144 - 59 - 10:41 Park Street to Chester Road
NX 2202 - 72 - 11:39 Chester Road to Marston Green
NX 4623 - 14 - 11:57 Marston Green to Bluebell Drive
NX 4184 - 70 - 12:16 Bluebell Drive to Chelmsley Wood
NX 4456 - 97A - 12:39 Chelmsley Wood - Resorts World - Birmingham International station
iGo YX06 CUW - 91 - 13:25 International station to Marston Green
NX 2236 - 72 - 13:50 Marston Green to Solihull
-- pull into solihull just in time to see 4698 pulling out --
-- Quick thinking and live bus times app --
NX 4656 - 31 - 14:25 Solihull to Shirley - much nicer route anyway, and it paid off cause I got to Shirley just in time for...
NX 4698 - 76 - 14:38 Shirley to QE Hospital
NX 804 - 99 - 15:40 QE Hospital to Priory Queensway
NX 6738 (again on the way home! Who'd have thought) - X51 - 16:05 city to Tower Hill

[Ashley 60171]

Yesterday

NXWM 2123 - 3 - Wolvertrampton, Market Street
ATW 158837/158841 - Birmingham Speww Street
XC 170522 - Leicester or Fester
XC 170115 - Peterborough (two hours on Turbostars :( but both winners)
Enthusiasts tour with Sun Fun of Cambridgeshire
Rides on L911LRA, P904RYO, P907RYO, R363LGH, P279VPN, H82DVM and T812CBW around the Fens with lunch at an A14 service station and a mooch round all three company yards
Return to Peterborough Railway Station
Walked over to Queensgate Bus Station
Stagecoach 15739 - X4 - Northampton, North Gate Bus Station (dud Scania and it rained all the way)
Stagecoach 37063 - D2 - Northampton Railway Station
LM 350117 - Rugby (Nice station I have to say)
Walked over to Tesco and the Stagecoach depot
VT 390016 - Wolverhampton
NXWM 2122 - 3 - home

All things considered that sort of looks like a proper bus spotter adventure so that will do me and the discovery of the right camera settings and other stuff FYI while we're on a tech thing.

[JoNi]

Did round trip inner rail one day last week on best behaviour!
https://www.flickr.com/gp/92409298@N06/mY03hF

[T840MAK]

Wrong side of the pennines again...

Supertram 106 - White Lane > Sheffield Station
East Midlands Trains 158788/158777 - Sheffield > Stockport
Arriva Rail North 323234 - Stockport > Manchester Piccadilly
Arriva Rail North 156489/156424 - Manchester Piccadilly > Bolton
First 37400 - 471 - Bolton > Breightmet
First 69186 - 471 - Breightmet > Bolton
First 30894 - 520 - Bolton > Chorley Old Road
First 66907 - 520 - Chorley Old Road > Bolton
First 62233 - 507 - Bolton > Hall i' th' Wood
Arriva 2827 - 541 - Hall i' th' Wood > Bolton
First 62241 - 507 - Bolton > Hall i' th' Wood
First 30912 - 507 - Hall i' th' Wood > Bolton
First 37393 - 471 - Bolton > Bury
First 37423 - 471 - Bury > Rochdale
First 37449 - 182 - Rochdale > Royton
First 33755 - 409 - Royton > Ashton
First 41786 - 346 - Ashton > Hyde still as useless as they were when we had these heaps of .....
Stotts YJ54UXB - 343 - Hyde > Stalybridge
First 37466 - 348 - Stalybridge > Ashton
Stagecoach 19279 - 219 - Ashton > Manchester
Stagecoach 17180 - 111 - Manchester > Oxford Road
Stagecoach 17273 - 143 - One stop up the road
TransPennine Express 350406/350407 - Manchester Oxford Road > Manchester Airport
TransPennine Express 185138 - Manchester Airport > Sheffield
Supertram 123 - Sheffield Station > White Lane

[Will]

28/05/2016

LM172 (didn't ID) > Kidderminster > Stourbridge Jn
DIA (20511, KX54NKZ) > 142 > Brook Road > Bus Station
NXWM (3301, SM65WNC) > 9 > Stourbridge > Colmore Row
(I walked down to Victoria Square and followed the Pride march from there to the Hurst Street (where @Alex later met up with me) as I'm gay myself it was the first time I'd ever been to Gay Pride & I can honestly say it was an amazing atmosphere & I will be definitely be going again next year 😃)

(Left @Alex at Moor Street where I then met my uncle)

Virgin Train (didn't ID) > Birmingham New Street > Birmingham Airport
LM350 (didn't ID) > Birmingham Airport > New Street
(Walked down the Birmingham Markets)
NXWM (4479, BJ03EWL) > 16 > Birmingham Markets > The Priory Queensway

(I left my uncle here who went and caught the bus home - I walked back down the Pride for a nosey)

LM172214 > Moor Street > Kidderminster

[P419 EJW]

28/05/2016

(I walked down to Victoria Square and followed the Pride march from there to the Hurst Street (where @Alex later met up with me) as I'm gay myself it was the first time I'd ever been to Gay Pride & I can honestly say it was an amazing atmosphere & I will be definitely be going again next year 😃)

(Left @Alex at Moor Street where I then met my uncle)

Hope you and Alex had a banging time. ;)

[Will]

Hope you and Alex had a banging time. ;)

::) ::) well actually he was more interested in the South & City College bus (1468, R468XDA)