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There is a lady driver at Walsall whose hair colour may be a tribute to the late Walsall Corporation Transport. She is unfailingly polite and pleasant to her passengers.

Tram 31 on trial today. Also, something failed this morning causing delays...

1776 'Not in Service' in Walsall Bus Station, stand N, 1410.

Central Buses YJ57XVY on service 125:

We all know you were filming the blonde really....

Who is that woman on the platform? Route guidance?

I think so. She was fit though ;)

I traveled on the 125 on the last Friday and I think that young lady was on board taking notes of the number of passengers.

Can anyone think of timetables that are so optimistic they are nearly impossible for a driver to keep to?
The 125 seems to assume no congestion in Kiddie, hence 10-15 minutes late in Bewdley and a mad dash to Bridgnorth. Exciting if not very comfortable!  Other route seem to be Hinkley Buses X44 from Rugby to Leicester and Bennets 491 from Stafford to Stone via Eccleshall.
Any more suggestions?

B10 on 40/41 today

WA or WB?

2064 was parked by Cannock Bus Station around 13.30 today.
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Diamond Geezer isn't an outsider, he'd used to work for Diamond before moving on to Yourbus

You may be thinking of someone else. This DG is a long time Londoner who has an office job and previously lived in Norfolk.

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See entry for 5/1/14   Other bus related entries, mainly London, also on this Blog.

I believe every single Walsall route, with the exception of the 34/39 (which have Scanias on) are double deck operated today.

This includes such rare routes as the 4/4M, 311/313, 29 & 70.

Noticed in Walsall so far...
4/M - 4126, 4129, 4131, 4136, 4138, 4306, 4308 & 4534
29E - 4734
40E - 4871
51 - Unusually has a couple of Tridents & standard Gems on, in addition to Enviros
70 - 4305 & 4764
89 - 4140 & 4681
301/302 - 4326, 4532, 4684, 4685, 4763 & 4767
311/313 - 4127, 4327 & 4682

By 1325 1760 was working the WA40E

Did I imagine it, or did I see an E200, 853 or 854, named 'Amy'?

[Another contender could be the 140 Birmingham - Dudley via Blackheath. Unless it had an extension in the 1990s (something is nagging me, but I can't be sure)]

City/Town Centre changes are why I said there will be none unaltered for more than a few years, but typing that made me realise there may be one. The 18 Yardley Wood to Bartley Green. If you exclude City/Town centre changes I would think the 60 would be the next least changed

I agree with this too.  I think the 18 has been unchanged since the early 1980s, when it was extended at Yardley Wood from Yardley Wood Road/Haunch Lane to the Bus Garage.  The 60 has been unchanged, except in the City Centre, since it started in 1951.

Another contender could be the 140 Birmingham - Dudley via Blackheath.  Unless it had an extension in the 1990s (something is nagging me, but I can't be sure)  the route outside City/Town centres has been unchanged since 1939.

Certainly all the old timetables i have show the 140 as Birmingham to Dudley via Blackheath.

The 126 goes back to the opening of the Birmingham-Wolverhampton New Road, I believe.
Farther afield, the 144 from Brum to Worcester goes back to 1914, whilst what is now the 890 from Wolverhampton to Bridgnorth began in 1903, operated by the GWR.

Just wondering

Noticed a new number route 5 by snow hill Queensway on the board
It seems to be for Birmingham - Perry Beeches run by astons
New service or temp? Not so sure a bit far out for them isn't it

Shown on Centro website as 22-23/12 only.

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Nice one LS....anymore like that and you'l get Bard....get it?..b ar.. oh never mind

While sheperds washed their socks by night
all seated on the ground
the hoovers of the lord came down
and vacuum'ed-all around  :) 

I'll get my coat ;)

While shepherds washed their socks by night
All seated round the pot
A lump of soot came rolling down
And spoiled the blooming lot!

1453 on WA41/07