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Will the 48** series from Perry Barr be pooled in with the 49**s on the 1 or is another route planned to be upgraded, do we know?

It helps when you don't spam the wrong threads with pointless crap, and keep it on point.

Meanwhile in the West Midlands we have 22 year old vehicles like 4393 being used on late boards even on a Sunday.

Gov clean air zone check shows them as no charge which must mean they're Euro 6.

Says who? All that says is they are exempt from any charges in Clean Air Zones, like many other non Euro 6 vehicles are.

Yes I'm sure the average speed of the X1 is 12mph... More nonsense from one of Jeremy Vine's minions... We all know cyclists cause nothing but hazards and delays for buses, lorries and pedestrians. To this day I've not met one who could actually tell me what either Highway Code rules 64 or 71 say, let alone follow them! When you look at the amount of money wasted on these cycle routes which just sit empty, while they still use the road, and the absolute deathtraps waiting to happen that are "floating bus stops", over investing in dedicated busways, faster priority, bus gates and proper public transport interchanges, it's laughable and no wonder we are in this mess. 

Yardley Wood generally lose around 0.5% of mileage due to engineering (breakdowns or No bus available) below the industry average. DVSA expect a minimum of 99% to run

It would be interesting to know the figures specifically for the 49 and 76, as these are the routes the OP mentioned. Yesterday morning according to the tracking there were 3 buses missing on the 76. I know myself from waiting that the 11:26 journey from Q.E. failed to operate. I am also informed that 4609 was broken down at West Heath island earlier tonight. 

Yes as I choose not to fill this forum with rubbish! The point is, a customer focussed company like Diamond WM would not block somebody without good reason, they are not a cowboy builder on trustpilot. 

They have blocked you then, must've had enough of the complaining. 

Having the 002 terminate at Weoley Castle doesn't do it any favours, there aren't many routes left that customers can connect with there than say somewhere like Northfield which has connections going all over. TfWM's Cashpoint is ready to pay out, lets just hope the plan doesn't backfire and the cash doesn't end up going to Rugby by mistake, Miller St will be needing a broadband speed boost! 

A9 Kingshurst to Blythe Valley via Solihull & Monkspath

That's what went out for tender. What actually happens is yet to be confirmed.

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828 on loan to WN this afternoon (27), not tracking.
4761 also, on the 6 this evening, not tracking.

Have you reported to bustimes if it can get it fixed so it can track properly?

There wouldn't be much point as it isn't a bustimes issue, LVF has been experiencing the same issue with WM Vehicles since 18:28 yesterday.

I very much doubt it. WMCA are clearly happy to piss away taxpayers money, but I think the costs involved in transporting other vehicles to loan just for a few weeks would raise some eyebrows.

The current fleet will likely be patched up for repair and then put back into service. Then in a couple of years (when those repairs start to fail again), TfWM will announce some 'investment in new fleet vehicles' with more millions of pounds ready to spend on buying new trams, which will be bought 'on the cheap' again, and thus the cycle continues.

Absolutely spot on! We will have this all again too when the new ones currently on delivery finally enter service. I believe CAF are already trying to deflect and are blaming badly maintained rails for some of the cracks with other operators, does make me wonder if that is why suddenly so much money has been spent re-doing Corporation St?!

Walk then.

I thought the bodywork on the B7TLs was a lower height than the Tridents? They definitely look shorter.

Little bit of an optical illusion, the windscreens are higher and they have shorter destination glass than the trident bodied ALX.