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4666 0n AG 73 1332 from the Yew Tree. The 0912 departure this morning was 733.

836 on AG 73 0912 ex Yew Tree.
833 on AG 73 1012 ex Yew Tree.

6133 and 6134 0n AG 73 today.

AG734 on the 73. 0912 from the Yew Tree. I think this goes n.i.s when it gets to Solihull.

YT51DZZ was the weekly 966 yesterday.

Thanks Tony and 2206 for clearing that up for me.

Previous reports on this website have said that the 31 and 58 are leaving AG on 24th February but nothing has appeared officially on any public websites. Is this going to happen?

KV03ZFS on the 72 today, apparently on one of the RKT duties. Last time I saw it was on the 966. Could be a spare for the Sunny group.

AG were using the special timetable for the 5/73 today, not the normal Saturday timetable as advertised on their website. The website now says that the special timetable will be used on Saturday 5th January, as well as the days mentioned on the timetable itself. It seemed to be working well today.

I have passed KV03ZFU at least 8 times in December and each time it has been displaying 72 not 71E. 

One of them on the 0801 from Heartlands, probably 6741. Will it get under the bridge on the 5 route?

Thank you Paul, I had also excluded the coaches to make a fair comparison with your January list.

On January 6th 2018 Paulb1973 posted a fleet list giving a total for the West Midlands as 1559. My records now give a total of 1501.I am not as accurate as Paul, but can't be far out. This is normal for NXWM and their predecessors whereas most operators replace x buses with x new ones it does not happen here. The last time I can remember that it did was the replacement of the trams and trolleybuses when it had to because the current was switched off.

Point taken, but it was the gyro drive that proved unsatisfactory not any of the bus designs.

In Coach and Bus Week today, in an article about the Oxford Bus Company it says that the Enviro  400's delivered with flywheels in the transmission have had them removed. This was the type NXWM had a government grant for a couple of years ago. It was stated in the technical  press sometime later that production of them had ceased and I think  this article brings the saga to its final conclusion. I shall be disappointed if the same happens to the electric and hydrogen powered buses expected.