Quote from: BBS on Today at 05:23:37 AMwhat about the 75**? Did they come into service after 1st October?No, September 2019
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Show posts MenuQuote from: BBS on Today at 05:23:37 AMwhat about the 75**? Did they come into service after 1st October?No, September 2019
Quote from: mesub on Yesterday at 01:35:49 PMAn interesting read:
https://www.route-one.net/bus/fuel-supply-brings-challenges-for-more-hydrogen-bus-deployment/
Quote from: cardew on Yesterday at 02:30:25 PMI can't say I'm surprised, NX must have been so frustrated having 20 buses sitting idle for want of fuel.
So what of the WMCA's grand plans to generate hydrogen from canal water in Walsall I wonder?
The ZEBRA funding aspect is interesting, will the government allow that phase one funding to be re-specified as electric vehicles like they did for the Sprint bendis? I think the total grant was £30 million for 124 buses.
Quote from: Tony on Yesterday at 01:22:07 PMIt as nothing to do with the car speeding the car was actually going very slowly
Quote from: BlackCountryBusSpotter on Yesterday at 07:38:02 PMOh I didn't want to acuse the Bus Driver of Speeding either I know the car pulled out. There could ne numerous factors, Driver might not have seen the car reacted late as wba lad said, bus driver might have had his/her sight obstructed by something or someone. Could have been distracted by a Passenger. I also didn't want to blame the Car Driver but based on the way i interpreted it flew out the junction obviously it didn't. All that we do is 1846 is a write off further why I gathered speeding was a factor. Although the bus must have hit the car quite hard to be a write off unless it hit a Range Rover or something.I see far too many 'near-misses' where drivers fail to 'give-way' at junctions or roundabouts.
Quote from: Ingleboro261F on Yesterday at 02:53:55 PMAny chances the 11A/11C will get announcements any time soon?Probably not for a while. The current vehicles being used don't have the equipment installed.
Quote from: Mayfield on May 12, 2024, 10:39:54 PMWhy have all the long term out of use vehicles suddenly lost the last tracing data i.e.Because its only retained for a certain period.
Chaserider 62 & 630
Centrebus 324
First Worcester 35152
Quote from: Ronnoc on May 12, 2024, 05:02:52 PMIt's so common on Facebook to see all of these low functioning doom and gloom people commenting nonsense about electric buses blowing up. They are everywhere and have nothing better to do. Your article was amazing, don't let them hinder your work.Thanks, I don't do this for kudos or recognition, just to try and inform bus users about what is going on. I wouldn't say that article was 'amazing' though, just concise and to the point.
Quote from: BK63 YWP on May 11, 2024, 04:58:49 PMI wouldn't be surprised if AG gets some platinums to make the 4/A double decker moving some of the e200mmc to West Bromwich. But that's all speculation.The priority at AG is going to be getting rid of the older non-Euro6 Geminis, before they even think about moving out their E200s.
Quote from: don on May 10, 2024, 06:44:31 PMI shall be very interested to see how you deal with AG's allocation of non Euro 6 Geminis in the short term - although they don't necessarily need to replaced based on non B'ham city centre routes, I guess, if really necessary, there are enough Euro 6 ones at WB to move across if they get some more E400s (noting the next fleet number, leap frogging the 5 Omnidekkas is 4799).....There aren't any Omnidekkas, you must mean the Omnicities.
Anyway, a very interesting period, fleet wise approaches!!
Quote from: BlackCountryBusSpotter on May 10, 2024, 03:05:10 PMIt is strange as usually that sort of thing gets reported locally and in the news there was nothing especially considering it must have been serious to write the bus offIf there isn't a 'tweet' then the media don't know about these events.
Quote from: winston on May 08, 2024, 10:48:53 AMRichard Parker seems to think he'll have bus franchising up & running in the WM within 2 years... We'll see! 🤔I thought I saw in another article - possibly on the Birmingham Mail - that he had said within 3 years.
Quote from: BlackCountryBusSpotter on May 02, 2024, 09:05:40 PMWould Chaserider accept Nbus between Walsall and Lichfield if I have it issued on an NXWM bus If not how much would an Adult Daysaver or Return from Walsall to Lichfield benBus is only valid within the TfWM travel area, which Lichfield is not part of.
Quote from: BlackCountryBusSpotter on May 01, 2024, 06:26:02 PMOn Saturday I will be travelling to Lichfield getting the bus there is fine 12:00 8 to Lichfield, coming back 17:42 or 18:17 I know the 8 takes an hour is there any quicker Buses that I could get on that meet the number 8 does the 10 meet if so is there much difference. I would check Bustimes but I don't know if the Number 10 does meet the Number 8 at all.Just use the TfWM Journey Planner or Google Maps, that will show you the best way to get back.
Quote from: Wba_lad on May 02, 2024, 04:39:35 PME014 and E016, both in the 50.They (E400EVs, not just those particular two) often appear on most YW routes now (with the obvious exception of the 27 of course).