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4238, 4303, 4498, 4515, 6025, 6028, 6029 and 6030 on the PB 67 this afternoon. 6025 had failed at Castle Vale. Bendies seem to be having a bad time.

1669 is in Miller St and has been for a couple of weeks. Winston said it was withdrawn in answer to my question on 14th November. It hasn't appeared in official withdrawals. Is it there for work to be done on it?

Thanks Tara, I did not mean to be critical, I think Tony's fleet lists are the best anywhere, however we can all help by checking ourselves to keep them the best.

568 was shown as withdrawn in the October changes, but is still shown as at WB on the NXWM fleet list. Which is correct, please?

I would like to see the new liveries before commenting, but I find the announcement interesting in that 171 buses are to cost over £34million. This is nearly £200 000 each and suggests to me that they may be all E400 double deckers, which I did not expect.

4351 in the workshop at Miller Street today with 3 mechanics in attendance.

I have visited Coventry twice, in the last few weeks and found the electric buses working the 85 route all day. If anyone wants to travel on these interesting buses they leave the Station at 20 and 50 mins past the hour. I think it was short sighted of the council to take them off PRS, but it is good to see them working, apparently successfully on an ordinary route.

AG have received quite a number of Gemini's. What are they replacing?

4221, 4222 and 4695 on the4. Are CV having trouble with Bendies as well as PB? I hope they do better with Sprint.

Is 1669 still at WN. I have seen the other four 1661, 1670, 1671 and 1677 on my visits to WN recently, but not 1669 and it has not been mentioned in these columns, as far as I can see.

As the 58 Platinum buses are not part of the agreement for 600 from Alexander Dennis, will they be supplied by Alexander Dennis as well?

I printed off all the statements about the Alexander-Dennis £100m order and have reread them, the figures for the deliveries just don't tie up with the interim statement issued by NX. 

Trams out this morning were:04, 05, 06, 09, 10, 11, 12, 16, 20 and 22. 27 was out on test. There have been reports on BBC wm recently about trams breaking down, this suggests it may be problems with the new ones.

I was out yesterday and saw the following:
1661 on WN 82, 1677 on 25C, 1670 on 25A.
244, 582 and 677 on WA 29.
These may not be considered noteworthy, but I did not expect to see so many B6's and Mercs with the new deliveries completed. Maybe a few Mercs will stay at WN until the work on the trams is completed.

4971 on the 74 and 4972 on the754 this morning.