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Not sure if this is the place to ask, but why are some of the BC hybrids Harborne branded and some not? I mean it's not like it's only recently, it's always been that way. Just something I've always wondered.

They're not going to unbrand a vehicle just for the once it was used on the 140.

There are no 79 branded vehicles

I didn't say that. What I'm saying is they should remove the "to Wednesbury on the 75 & 79" bit...

@MasterPlan a West Brom bus operates the 140 everyday on a morning peak board. Not only this but the bus isn't branded for the 79.

Then maybe they should remove the numbers 75 ans 79 from the side of the bus then?

41** on the X64. More and more tridents seem to be appearing on this route lately.

EDIT: 4129, I saw it again as the 29E beat it to Weoley Castle.

74/74/79 branded bus on the 140

45/47 branded bus on the 24

6702 on the 29E

7 branded bus on the 94

82E to Cape Hill. With another 82 right behind it.

I'm having trouble getting onto the free WiFi for some reason. It used to be fine.

900 branded 6710 on the 29, it's just going in city now as I'm on it 😃

I'm on it now as the 29E!

6710 on the 29E. I did get a picture but I don't know how to post it.

Is the 16 still meant to stop at Priory Queensway? Because on the board it only says 74. But the 16 driver still stopped there, I asked him and he said it still stops there?

Another 14 branded Trident, on the 29 this time.

In reality it probably does on some journeys but the 21 with its route through the QE and the time it took to get through Selly Oak triangle, then down through Lodge Hill took longer. Towards city the 21 also lost a fair bit of time making that right turn out of Somerset Rd onto Metchley Lane and the right turn at the Green Man. I liked the 21, it was a really useful route, but I suspect the journey times as traffic got worse were amongst the reasons why it was replaced.

To be fair, if you look at the timetable for the 29, most journeys are scheduled to do so. Yeah I guess it did, but it linked up a lot of those areas too and from town etc. Like you say it was a useful route and a popular one too. Yeah it did, the problem was the traffic out of the QE at times but it doesn't seem as bad with the new QE so I don't think it would be as bad now.