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1833 back from paint

I was driving along Great King Street North yesterday and noticed 1822 passing in the opposite direction on the 8C - skipping New John Street West & Hockley Circus

https://bustimes.org/services/8c-birmingham-inner-circle-clockwise-2/vehicles?date=2021-09-29#journeys/170483737

I'm chalking it up to the queue for the Texaco that lies on the island, but I suppose it could be for a different reason.. Driving past the petrol station, I saw 1827 in it(!) - although bustimes suggests it was just there to turn around, rather than to fuel up 😂

https://bustimes.org/vehicles/278601?date=2021-09-29#journeys/170475878

   I notice that the new Hydrogen series all appear to have no clearly
  visible fleet numbers ?  at least not in the usual positions?  is there a
  any particular reason ?   thanks.

Haven't been applied yet, presumably

Going off their latest post on Facebook, B6LE 598 has joined the collection at Wythall

[Newtown Row]

Newtown Row
H1003
https://flic.kr/p/2mt8nno

1856 currently at PB also

H1001 - Sylvia

https://flic.kr/p/2mnxJKm (not my photo)

Noted DBV (H1003) this morning passing through Newtown

At 11.15 today  GO Goodwin's Yelloway liveried E40 outside TK Max, both of Ridley's E40s seen later on Nuneaton services.
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Didn't see any D&G or Midland Classic vehicles, yet coaches from as far away as Swansea.

Midland Classic had their 10, 14, 15, 22, 24 out throughout the day

Belfast too, with their BRT system. Leicester had some until fairly recently, but I believe they've been withdrawn at this point.

re: Leicester

The Arriva fleet changes on the main site shows that 5001/6/7 have been reinstated at EMA, and 5003 reinstated at Thurmaston back in June. I'm unsure if anything has changed since then, but they don't appear to be listed, let alone track, on bustimes!

(Unless, of course, that's what you had been referring to!) :P

3 years on - Are there any bendies left in the uk?

Aberdeen, Brighton, and Cardiff springs to mind.. York has a handful on their Park & Ride services.

Still plenty dotted around the UK airports as well; notably, fairly recent 20-plates at with NX at Stansted (SC01-21) - http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/fleetlist/SC01-99.html

       Q how did you identify the vehicle   none of the firat 4 appear to have fleet numbers  judging by tonys images  ?/ pres the reg plate I imagine?

At the time of posting, H1001 was the only one that had been delivered. It's also (currently) the only one with any vinyls applied, which would make it easier to differentiate.

Is it just 2 being withdrawn? Unless they plan on increasing the proportion of double decks in the fleet in the future perhaps?
What's likely to happen to 2246 anyway?

I've heard 2246 is to replace 1687 as the new Health Buzz

Two E400s have not long passed Hockley Circus

One was too far to ID, and the other I saw seems to be allocated fleet number 603

toying with the idea of ex-Abellio ones, with a number having been withdrawn at Battersea recently

https://flic.kr/p/2maMhHz

LJ09 CCZ (former 9450) has been delivered, it seems