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Are these transfers to make the 54/54A and 89 allocation 100% SWB Enviro 200s?

[4759's]

4967 still has the 74 route map on the top deck from when it was branded

The left side of the nearside display of 4813 is showing gibberish

4818's rear bumper has a place for a license plate (like the MKII Enviros)

6793's (as well as 4759's, 4892's, 4934's and 6802's) rear display isn't showing

7520's nearside display is not working

I don't know if this is an oddity, but 4759's doors aren't inline, it looks like the door closest to the front of the bus is dipping lower than the other one

Has it escaped everyone's attention that 6789 has been going round (for at least a year) with no (8/X8) route branding other than the yellow "^{up to} every 10 minutes" banner under the front LED display 

7522's rear LEDs are showing that single dot in the left top corner with nothing else, same for 1860's near side and rear display

Around 1:42 this afternoon, I boarded 6873 on the 23 at Library Metro, towards Birmingham, and after I sat down, the driver told us to get off and board 6859 on the 24 behind us. 6873 followed us to St Martin's Queensway and presumably went back to the garage. It was meant to be out all day according to bustimes

[Bus Stopping]

On the screen (at least downstairs) on 6859, the camera view on the top deck (above the Bus Stopping) sign shows what looks like parking markers on the screen. It's really hard to explain, but I've never seen anything like it

1867 (28) - X4

E019 (6) - 35

4923 - 97(E) to Stechford, *football diversion* apparently, just seen on Moor St, didn't think the blues were playing today

Interesting rear display that transitioned from showing the number in original with a clear background and inverted

814 is doing a lot of heavy lifting on the 80 today

I think 6857 may have a bad diff for something, it sounds more like a B7TL than an ADL Cummins

829's rear LED isn't working, just displays a flickering orange dot in the top left corner. 4519 is hoovering

829 - 126
4449 - X8

4479 - 89E to Cape Hill, towards Bearwood. Is it actually a short working of does it not have the Bearwood destination programmed?

If the 12/12A were combined every 10 minutes they would probably still be able to cope with Singles. I remember the 120/127/128/129 all coping fine with Singles for years. Obviously they would have been more frequent then because NX don't seem to increase frequencies as much anymore.

I wouldn't say cope fine, but they wouldn't be as necessary. Double deckers have always been used whenever possible for Portland Road services. Even when the 12/A/120 served Hagley Road/Sandon Road, you would get the odd double decker here and there, especially in the late 2010s

1919 - 6E to Marshall Lake Road (from Birmingham)
4926 - 97E to Stechford (from Birmingham)
6944 - 35E to Parsons Hill (from Birmingham)

They don't need more single deckers either on there, unless they increase the frequency, which probably won't happen.

The days when the 120 was every 10 minutes between Brum and Oldbury, singles used to cope fine then.

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