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Tram 24 out on test again today. I travelled on 12 which followed it from Wolverhampton to Birmingham.

1411 was in the pen at MS this afternoon.

762, 763 and 764 onthe 654 this morning.

I was told in the Centro office at New Street Station that the closure of the line From Priestfield to St Georges had been put off until the Birmingham tunnels reopen. This seems to be sensible.

1601 was shown as withdrawn from WB June 2013 and sold to PVS July 2014.It is shown as WB on the current Fleet list. Can some one clarify this please. 

I read on Buszone that Reading are sending 10 Hybrid E 400 Enviro'to Glasgow for the games. Should be interesting going up Shap and Beatock.

It has been suggested that the 4 Presidents have been transferred to Dundee for school services, but Scottish schools have already finished for the Summer holidays. Could they be to replace the last 4 B10L's there?

The April 27th 654 timetable shows WB as the garage for lost property not PB. Is this a mistake, or will the 645 transfer to WB, when they receive the new short Enviro 200's?

A B7RLE, a Hybrid Versa and a standard diesel Versa on the 82/88 today. No Citaro's.

7028 went along Church Rd, Yardley this evening n.i.s., with a driver rather than mechanic driving. Buses doing this are usually running back to AG off the 71. Loan or transfer?

This morning 502 was towed away from Harbourne and 452 was on the 22 going toward the City Centre with one passenger on board.

It could be that the new bonded glass exlpains the pictures of the E200 shown in the announcement of the £100m order. The vehicle shown could be the first for NX.

7027 was on the 37 this afternoon.

Does anyone know if the whole of the Lea Hall site was sold, or just the garage building? There are still many buses parked outside.

As usual there is confusion on the press releases, half the work for Falkirk makes more sense if you take into account that all the chassis will be made in Guildford, England. I think one thing that is clear that Dundee will have about 50 buses. This will eliminate the Solo's, B10L's, B10BLE's and Presidents and perhaps 7067 alias 1481. The oldest vehicles in the Dundee fleet would be the Gemini's 7001 to 7018. Full length E200's could replace some Merc's and B10L's and suitable routes.