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Sorry Mike i messed up my report. It should have carried on to say he missed the left turn and carried on to the Coventry Road.

Garrets Green Lane has been closed with diversions for the 17. It ma

4192 on YW6 this morning.

4966 was on the 74 yesterday.

I saw 3614 on the 41 in West Bromwich yesterday morning. Must have been it's last day.

1630 was on the 120, coming into birmingham at about 2.p m.

I have considered over many decades that the double decker is the best bus for Britain, with plenty of seats for those travelling longer distances, this being due to the lack of Rapid transit systems.
I have recently had to reconsider my opinion, since the conversion of one of my local routes to single deck operation, that is the 59, which is single deck, due to it interworking with the 58. I find that loading and unloading on the very busy Coventry Road section seems quicker than with double deckers and due to the nature of the route there are plenty of seats available once the route turns off the Coventry Road. Many of the passengers on the Coventry Road only travel for a few stops. I wonder if the 60 would work better with single deckers. Turning at the Cranes Park terminus may be a difficulty.
The theoretical maximum capacity of the B7RLE is 100, compared with about 90 for the Tridents, but I doubt if this could ever be achieved.

If there is a yes vote in Scotland most major decisions will be sorted out by the governments. It is the minor problems which may be difficult, for example, one which would interest this forum, the status of Dundee as NXWM's 11th garage.

Are the new Alexander Dennis vehicles arriving so quickly to avoid import/export taxes, if there is a yes vote on the 18th?
Deliveries seem much quicker than usual. Will they have to be reregistered with English plates?

This morning,
4960 on 74,
4961      75
4962      74
4963      74
4964      74
836        40
838        40
3612 on 41. These must be getting rare now.

Trams 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 18, 21 and 23 were in service this morning and had been joined by 12 by early afternoon.
The arrangements at Priestfield seem very poor with passengers from Wolverhampton having to cross the main road, where there is no marked crossing point.

I've seen several BX64 cars on the road. This puzzles me, if the Birmingham office has closed.

The timetable for the 58, 59 and 60 from August 31st, on the NXWM site shows the 58 and 59 interworking which means the 59 will change to single deck.

4945 was on the 59 this evening. I think it was the extra that comes out for the evening peak. If so it was it's first run in service from BC.

I would have thought the Enviro's in Glasgow would be needed for the V Festival.