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'Current' location, excellent pun for the electrical generation.

'Shocking joke if you ask me 

Looks like 4814 has been withdrawn, ticket equipment has apparently been removed

Was on the 7 this evening 

Very odd business decision to lease just that batch, probably nothing to do with it but was it around the time when Stagecoach were sniffing about the take over of the NX group

That could have something to do with it, I remember NX not been as financially sound then compared to a few years after

So the first ones to get withdrawn are 4799-4815 and 4817 to 4829

Remember these being decent to drive when i worked for NX, shame their being sold on

This morning I was in Great Bridge. I saw a Diamond double decker being towed away. Looked like a trident, I could be wrong.  I also noted that the bus had no roof on on it. Any info plz

Believe this came from up north a while back

Suppose once the electrics enter service at PB they could transfer some doubles from PB to WA short term to help with cover for the hydrogens 

Yes, that is true, but doesn't explain how a 3.2m high vehicle can still fit under a bridge with a restriction of 2.9m!

They always put a slightly lower height on the restriction than what the actual height is in reality, for example there's a railway bridge by blackwell adventure park near bromsgrove marked at 12ft 3 but have seen taller coaches fit under

Is it usable only on NX buses?

All buses from all operators in TFWM land and all NX only buses out of TFWM land

Yes but wouldn't it be easier to type train one garage than a route which shares drivers from both tividale and redditch garage.

No as redditch drivers don't drive tividale buses and vice versa

I saw 4847 being recovered with a tow truck from Auckland Drive, just before the junction at Arran Way at 01:50 this morning. Bustimes suggests it had been there since around 00:15.

Nice overtime slip there 

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.

In addition to this there are certain buses that don't track on bustimes so it could look like certain journeys are not running when in fact they are, not saying this is what has happened in this instance.

Correct me if I'm wrong but if the driver doesn't change to destination at the terminus then the next stops don't work. There have been many occasions when the 50 has been going out of the City with Birmingham still on the front, therefore the next stop announcements don't work

That's correct 

Is there a list anywhere of what services Tividale depot operate I've just applied for a job and wandered what routes they run

16A
96
4/4H
50 (2 duties only)
42
40
31
32
81
18
17
45
226/226A
30
74A
61
54/54A

There's a few more also but that's pretty much it when I worked there anyway. 

I had 3 seperate passengers on the same journey once. One got on with an Iron (looked new but wasn't boxed), another got on with an ironing board and the another got on with a clothes rack on wheels (that he wheeled onboard). I was in stitches. This was the 11A from Erdington

It's erdington, are you surprised lol

20886 could of been running late on the 16A as it would of had a driver change as the 74A and 16A are on separate rotas. 20886 might of gone back to garage to fuel and swap drivers.