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809 on the 29 left city 13.00 hrs. 808 noted unbranded from 99. John

Saw an E200 on the 29 this evening but figured it was a peak extra, so fair play if you saw it during the day as well

With the 934 now ran by Walsall, it seems that the OmniCitys are now sticking to the 907, both today and yesterday the majority of them were on there

That's good, the 907 deserves good buses, in my opinion

Agreed, the 907 could do with some good buses (so lets get the omnicitys of there and put the 07 plate Enviros on there)  ;)

Yes, have noticed the omnicities on the 907, although granted this afternoon I also saw an omnilink which seemed a little unusual

Oh, and by the way, the residents and workforce of Nechells are not all that happy with the changes....

Not in the slightest bit saying PB should run them all, just intrigued by the fact that they run a bus route that doesn't really cone near to the garage when there's so many running past the garage run by another

One diagram was a pair of 170s yesterday - I presume because of the Bon Jovi concert at Villa Park.

Correct, most trains on Sunday were 2 x 2 car 170s, and all Rugeley trains were stopping at witton. Even extra trains beyond midnight, they did good there I think

I wonder, is it now going to become west brom's lone wanderer? Will we start seeing it on routes like the 83/89, 74/75, 48 etc...?

the X64 now has a lower case x

Been like that for quite a bit now.

It's been like it for so long I don't remember it having an upper case X

Lol, are they admitting it isn't a real express route and doesn't really deserve an "x"

1773 > 997
4279 > 67

might be an idea to wait and see how things settle down with pheasey's new bus network but id be willing to call an eclipse on the 997 (peak hours at least) as not all that unusual. Previously seen peak workings on the 935 using them so this might happen more on the 997 now

This morning (possibly something to do with new routes not being programmed in yet) I caught the 66E to work from the city centre heading to "Erdington via Kingstanding"

Intriguingly, most buses running through Perry Barr are not run by Perry Barr garage... Only the 33, 907, 952, 46 and 654... And yet PB operate the 94... Anyone else see a lack of logic?

One I don't particularly understand is the bus im on as I type this, 72E apparently only goes to Solihul town, so much shorter than its full working to Solihul station that it requires the, lets be honest, misleading "E" suffix on the number

Yeah the key word is "urban", various routes in Scotland I imagine would be a hell of a lot longer but they're not urban routes. I'll be honest its something I never considered about the 360 route, knew it was going to be a beast of a route but didn't think it would rival the 11. I do fear reliability problems with it though, I don't really know what the 801/703/701 etc are like reliability wise at the moment, anyone?

Intruiged to see how well the 88 route does, hope it is a success because it kind of deserves to be

Here's MCW Metrobus 3(0)13 F313 XOF being driven pretty much flat out through the countryside, on the way back to the garage from Redditch:

That video really has made me miss them now, wanna get on one sometime

Must have been a breakdown on the 66 this morning, only reason I can think of for the 08:06 ex-city not showing up.....
In the meantime though, did notice a bendi parked up on Priory Quensway with smoke pouring out the back, didnt think to get its number though