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You mean this one
http://wmbusphotos.com/Trains/class172/172217.html

I don't really know! I had just got off my train arond 9am on 17th March (a Saturday) and saw it pulling in on Platform 12 with passengers on. I went over to see what it was doing and get the photo, but all screens on 12 were not showing any departures and the crew just left it there

401
506; 507; 529; 530; 541; 556; 594; 599
603; 605; 611; 612; 618; 619; 621; 623; 641; 644; 645; 647; 652; 653; 656;
668; 678; 683
1467
1531; 1559; 1583
3234
9928; 9929; 9955.

No & No, sorry

There are 30 new midibuses already on order

They are doing quite a bit of internal work on it before it enters service

Tony, is 4176 in exactly the same livery as 4177?

4176 outside Walsall paintshop today

Waiting to go in, not finished!

3 solos were dead when I went in PB today, one, 287, has not yet been used at PB

Basically, the long & short of it is NXWM are short of newer (Min Euro 2) double deckers, they desperately need to order some further new one's or consider acquiring some second hand examples as an interim measure. Even the 21 x Hybrid double deckers NX have been awarded Green Bus funding for will not be here until Spring 2013

They are not short of Euro 2 deckers, only 120 of the current fleet don't meet that spec, and there are well over 120 double deck duties that don't come into Birmingham City Centre. AG garage alone had about 60.

Although I am not party to it, I do know an allocatioon plan is already drawn up for July to make sure all vehicles in the City Centre do meet Euro2

4176 outside Walsall paintshop today

What is the PVR of the Outer Circle? 40 ish?

Just over

No - The 8 operates around the 'Middle' ring road, not the inner.

The 126 does not go around the city, just onto Colmore Row the same as the 9, 22, 23, 140 & 141

Yes it will include any operator wanting to run a service of a frequency greater than every 30 min. Most of VIPs fleet are OK anyway

I believe the exclusion area now excludes the complete 1 route, so the 1 can keep its Presidents

All Diamonds MCVs have been sold to New Zealand, just not all have left yet

Yes it has, and 4374(the last 43xx at Walsall will be moving to YW today or tomorrow