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I guess it's the Welsh House Farm and World's End sections of the route which are the most difficult. I've ridden this route once or twice recently on a Saturday from Harborne to Halesowen, and two Midis trying to pass each other in Pitman Road was quite entertaining!  I can't imagine Omnilinks on it ....  ;D

The route could easily be diverted to cut out the dog-leg in Welsh House Farm by travelling straight up Welsh House Farm Road; similarly, diverting straight down Worlds End Road to Ridgacre Road and up the No.24 route to rejoin the existing route at the site of the old bus depot would cut out the narrow road sections.

The buses I travelled on were well patronised, it seems quite a well-used route .....

LOL, I never knew that!!  ;D

This is irrelevant, but can someone explain to me why the 9 and 126 don't have a joint Monday-Saturday frequency along the Hagley Road, they have similar frequencies and go the same way from Hagley Road - Colmore Row, just seems strange to me.

I think that the 9 has a slightly higher overall frequency, i.e. 7 buses/hour daytime compared to the 126's 6/hour.  I know that the 9 and the 141 often seem in practice to run in convoy!

I saw 4265 in Dudley Bus Station last Saturday and noticed there's a dedication on the side to "Alan Brookes", a bus enthusiast?  (You can see it just behind the front wheel arch on Tony's site photo).  How did that come about?  ;D

And looking at the photos of that batch, did 4268 have a similar dedication before repaint?  Are there / were there any others???

Cheers, Tony, thanks for that.

Will the emission requirements affect operators like Sunny, Joes, VIP, Central Connect who run into the city centre, or are they exempt?