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2223 and 2229 are down as being delivered but I haven't seen or heard report of them being on the road yet.

802 on the 58/59 this afternoon. I haven't seen one on this route for some time.

6745 0n the X51 this afternoon.

2224 on the 37 today.

Thanks Ashley,
Network WM still have TE on the 1 on their website and on the timetable on the stop in the City Centre. If I remember correctly that one was dated 19th July 2015.

I passed 2215, 2216, 2217 and 2218 while travelling to  Solihull on 2204. I could not figure out what triggered the engine cut out. Can the driver prevent the cut out in some way?

All new trams out today plus 35 out on test with the seats still covered in plastic.

I was in Wolverhampton for about an hour today and did not see any TE buses on the 1 or 2. The 11, 32 and 33 were running normally. I have not seen any of their step entrance buses on my last few visits to the city.

I find the new format for fleet changes very useful with the last few months shown together. It is much easier to check.

7138, 7148, 7168 and 7175 have been reported withdrawn on this thread but have not been reported in the monthly changes. Why is this please?

An interesting cover to Coach and Bus Week. One of the articles is about Platinums and another about the scrapping of  First Cymru bendies in Swansea. I wonder If Centro are taking this into consideration before going ahead with Sprint. It seems to me that NXWM have a much better solution with the faster services going on  the longer routes as is happening with Platinum.

The mention of 65 new single deckers for AG is probably an error and includes the 15 E200's delivered earlier in the year.

Referring to your post #813, while maximum engine power is important for buses I believe the torque curve is also important. The speed range of max torque is less with smaller engines. This is overcome by having more speeds in the gearbox as well as sophisticated engine management.I may well be proved wrong
, but I am still of the opinion that engines can go too small. The small engine in the Citaro bendies caused problems in London and Berlin.   

Is there any reason 2201, 2202 and 2203 do not appear in the June changes?

08, 10 and 16 all out today. I travelled on 23 to Wolverhampton this morning and it had to shut down for a rest at Priestfield. I don't know if it was overheating, but a tram from Spain should be able to cope with a bit of hot weather.