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6962 PB - WB

Very sad day today at WB the passing of legendary driver GR Patel from stage 4 cancer sadly, remarkable service of 55 plus years, lovely chap always happy, just got on with the job. R.I.P Uncle

Top man he was best of the best, 812 was also named after him around 5-6 years back for his long service commitment . 🙏🏽

Thought there was rumours of a Great Bridge Garage being planned? Or was that just speculation

Some years back they were looking at a potential premises in Greets Green by Great Bridge but it got taken by wrens kitchen.

I never saw the point with the inter working the 12s and 13s I also don't remember the 120 having this issue when it had single deckers as its main allocation for so many years

The 120 was a 10mins service with Diamond and went straight down Hagley Rd, Currently the  12 on a 15 mins service already has a standing load before it even gets to Bearwood. In reality this is no good for drivers, passengers or NX.

4766 involved in RTC another decker down. 

Matches? There's repaints with a solid red line, ones with a patterned red line. Repaints with a full line, repaints with bits missing behind the advert frame. Repaints in two greys. And repaints in a single grey colour.
Oh and now vinyl with bits of red showing.
What's next? Grey without the red line?

Things can only get so economical before they get cheap and pointless

Due to the current situation NX needs very minimal vehicles off road.

https://www.birminghamworld.uk/news/birmingham-busiest-bus-routes-national-express-west-midlands-4522034
74 seems to have come out 1st.

_{82/87 has been updated, last stop thank you for travelling with national express please take your belongings} 

AG never get new buses? All those Scanias in 2010, all those B7RLES in 2012, 50 E200s in 2015 didn't happen then?

Similarly WB didn't get 33 brand new E400s in one go, then batches if E200s then the Platinums for the Dudley Road

And the Geminis Investing in Sandwell/Black country/Dudley did really put NX on the map and was highly sought after by local authorities. 

PN 4758 - WB 82/7

810 - 82/87

This tend's to happen when events are on at the NIA and symphony Hall.

id guess because the advertising companies want buses that spend most of their time in the city, hence PB and BC since all their routes get into the city where all the people are, while WA basically all their city routes are served by platinums which dont get all-over ads.

Fair point but it all seems one sided into city nothing Black Country end i.e Hagley Rd corridor, Soho Rd corridor ect.
Back in the days Hockley garage was ideal it covered every angle into city.

Agreed, now the 12/A (previously 120) serve the Portland Road, with the 13/A (previously 127/128), they could do with less singles, the odd single here and there is fine during the day, but off peak, it's not uncommon to see standing passengers on single deck services

Passenger shouted at me whilst getting off a rammed scania " I'll be getting an Uber next time driver ".

I believe the 12 already interworks with the 13 on Sundays.

Mon - Sat they do, not Sundays