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32260 and 32261 have returned from Manchester

Never heard of them until today but it dosen't appear they have a thread on here. They are based in Droitwich and run 2 services from the town, those being the 133 to Kidderminster and the 354 to Redditch. Anyone know what vehicles they have?

20165 is having gear issues, constantly getting stuck with the driver having to put it into neutral and back into drive

Does every operator accept the connecta ticket? Do MRD and Clearway of Catshill?

No, it's not a 'free bus service'.

I would imagine that most of the passengers who use this service are pass-holders anyway (concessionary or otherwise).

Even in the absence of a Ticketer, they can still accept cash for single journeys surely.

I wasn't paying too much attention so I could be wrong but I don't remember seeing a single person pay on Tuesday when I rode the 19

The driver let someone who wanted to purchase an nbus ticket on for free, so essentially the 19 is a free service atm if you ask for an nbus, I do question how long they've got to get ticket machines before TfWM start questioning it.

@winston  I think this needs deleting  someone has created another thread for this company despite the fact I did that the other day 🙄🙄

My apologies, I did look and couldn't find one that already exists but I've just looked again and I can confirm I am definitley blind, sorry.

They appear to be a coach company based in Willienhall, and according to the TfWM website they are taking over the 19 from Chaserider on Sunday. https://www.tfwm.org.uk/plan-your-journey/ways-to-travel/buses-in-the-west-midlands/upcoming-bus-service-changes/

Decided to try out the 11 today for 4 hours, and I witnessed 3 incidents involving this operator. The first one was of a driver messing with the ticketer, which usually isn't something I care about. However, I could see that he had his full concentration on the ticketer and wasn't really paying much attention to the road. If a car pulled out of a drive, this would've been an accident.  An hour later on another bus, the driver noticed an NX 11 at the Underhill terminus stop. This caused him to turn onto Wildtree Avenue as normal, then reverse up and turn right to go back to Wolverhampton, skipped the Underhill terminus and another stop. Then just a few minutes ago, there was a TEX 11 parked where 11s tend to park, on Wildtree Avenue just around the corner from the Underhill terminus. An NX 11 turned onto the road, and began to attempt an overtake of the TEX one. With no indication at all, the TEX driver hit the throttle and pulled out to beat NX to the terminus stop, causing the NX driver to blast the horn. I knew Travel Express/Lets Go were bad, I'd saw and heard it a few times, but are they really THIS bad this often or did I catch them on a bad day?

Are this operator still dodgy with both maintenance and their tactics against NX or have they changed now?

32644 hasnt tracked since the 19th, anyone know why?

32238 dosent appear to be tracking anymore, has it been sent back to WM? Also, a mancunian friend wants to know when/if 32260 and 32261 are expected to head back. :)

Has something happened to 32312 this week? I was on it earlier and it didn't sound like a streetlite at all, very unhealthy and was quite loud... never heard anything like it.

The 88 is the only time I've experienced Kevs (yet), and the drivers seemed very nice and always in a good mood when I got on. It's sad Diamond run the 88 now but I'll definitely go on more Kevs routes when I'm out, which routes would you recommend, is there any interesting ones?

I have a swift pass, is it accepted on the 147 and 318?