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Referring to MW's post about AG allocations, does this mean the 71 is leaving AG on 4th June. I thought PB was short of room.

Like many others I am disappointed with some of the 4th June changes, however we have to accept that NXWM are running a commercial business and the changes will involve cost saving or improved running with today's overcrowded roads. As an example the revised 60 will be easier to operate than the 58/59/60 through Small Heath. It will now be much easier to turn a bus short to get it back on time.
I think a service could usefully be added from the City Centre to Lea Hall Station by one of the independents, although I would not like to suggest whether it went via Heartlands hospital, Yardley Green Road side, or The Swan and Coventry Road. Other correspondents have mentioned that the present 59 is not much used in the Kingshurst area. However others have said a lot of people use it visiting the Swan Centre, with which I agree from my own observations.
The 73 route has been criticised for not starting at the same stop as the 17 in the City Centre., but I have been travelling on this service from Priory Queensway for the past year , with my wife in a wheelchair and while
there have been very few passengers boarding there, there have often been a lot getting on by Digbeth, especially when the 17's have been held up..

V84 MOA is shown on the Green Bus fleet list as No 384. Disposals show it as sold to Transdev. Which is correct please?  Are many of the Spectras and Olympians still in service? I haven't seen any of them for sometime.

YX17NYV all over white on the 424 today.

The Solihull travel office is to close on 28th April, according to a notice in the window.
The April route changes will see a  reduction of pvr with the demise of the 99 and shortening of the 3
The 4th June changes will also apparently see savings, especially if the 59 is not replaced,
Is this a general attempt to improve profit margins?.

Outer Circle branded 4665 on the 72E this morning.

YJ53VDL still with Claribels, on the 71E again today.

The 59 has been cancelled without any replacement. It was suggested in the consultation that it would run from Yardley to Kingshurst only. Is this yet to be announced, or could it become a tendered service?

YJ 53 VDL on the 71E again today.

YJ53VDL was on the 71E yesterday morning.

A number of 46XX Geminis including 4637, 4640, 4646, 4647, 4651 and 4655 have recently received adblue tanks which is probably the reason why AG are borrowing buses.

My mistake the bus photographed was 4908.

There is an article on pages 50 and 51 0f this weeks "Coach and Bus Week" which reports on the Black Country cheap area zone ticket. The article has a picture of NXWM 4708 on the 47 with Pershore Road branding. The caption is "The NXWM route 47 is one which is included in the area zone ticket for Dudley and Sandwell" I know the Black Country area is difficult to define, but surely some one is way out here!

SK 51 AYC passed the Yew Tree, Yardley, at 9.06 a.m.

4379 on the 73 this morning.