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Heh, what happened to it?

Engine door missing and rear nearside light cluster hanging off

4436 looks erm............. different

bandit alarm  @pndriver

Yes hahaha

Can't say @clayderman some members on here could wet themselves with excitement

Talk about quite the advance notice ! I look forward to this event as I did with last year's open day. I'm thinking NX might have a special selection of vehicles on display to commemorate such a anniversary !

Perhaps something in travel merry hill livery will appear

Management  at Pensnett have said after the success of the open day last year they are looking to hold another open day in September 2017 to mark 20 years of the garage being open.

Only a few days left to wait until the deliveries start

Which  is better and why , appreciate any views

IMO the Crimson livery probably best one out there to suit the body design, platinum would look great.

Streetdeck for me, I like the MMC'S but they're nothing compared to the streetdecks

A childhood dream has been achieved today, I've finally got to drive a metrobus. 9959 is by far the best bus I have ever driven.

I'm wondering if once the Platinums arrive, those few minutes might just get cancelled out anyway as more people let the 9 pass and jump on the "posh bus" X10 instead if they can see it coming behind. The X51 has seen an increase in people switching from the 51 so maybe the same will happen for customers travelling as far as Halesowen?

They won't let the 9 pass, I've tried convincing passengers waiting on colmore row that the X10 is quicker than the 9 and they still choose to catch the 9, I've told them they can catch the X10 and be on a 9 which left before the one they're waiting for. Some people are catching the X10 the others are stuck in a routine. The passengers who catch the X10 are really pleased how fast the journey is overall.

Personally I do feel as though the route needs to be made quicker, the limited stop between Birmingham and Quinton is good but it should ideally be like that for the whole route, even missing out every other stop would increase the running time

From my experience driving it, it is pretty quick how it is at the moment. I know other drivers won't agree with me but I don't feel that it needs as much time as it has got between Quinton and Merry Hill but I suppose this helps keep the bus on time if it gets held up at another point of the route

The X10 shares a stop in Colmore Row with the 10 / 10H operated by igo. Let's hope people don't confuse them for the same route!

A few passengers already have, they got to merry hill and asked the driver when do they get to tesco.

When did the 126S stop running?

A driver at Pensnett was telling me about how he used to drive it before.

4083 now at Pensnett with its downstairs emergency exit door swinging open and shut whilst being towed down kingswinford road

6101 →X10