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KV03ZFS on the 966 this morning.

I can confirm it is NK54NUB, I saw it again today. Also KV03ZFS was on the 11C, left the Yew Tree at 0907 this morning. This one seems to float between the companies in the group. It had RKT as the owner on a sticker in the window.

Discount had a newer bus on the 72 today.xx54NUB. I could not get the rest of the number as I was driving past it at the time.

5 YW route 6's running in line along Blossomfield Road at 11,40 this morning. All E200's.

5501 on BC889.

NA52AWZ was a regular on the72 until KV03ZFS appeared. SN51SXU may have been the 966 a couple of weeks ago.

KV03ZFS now has a piece of paper saying it belongs to RKT Travel. That makes 3 RKT and 1 Sunny although I couldn't see any sign of ownership on KV03ZFU.last time I saw it.The timetable may have changed but that can't be relied on as in Yardley the 73 is still shown as going to Solihull Station and a few stops still have 59a on the flag.

If the stop for the shuttle on Saturday is by the Billesley Pub, is it the 11A stop or the 11C stop? The 11C stop looks the most likely.

What will be the livery on the new buses for YW? I read they are Platinums, but route 50 is shared with Diamond and the bus stops have been changed to Transport for West Midlands ones.

15 0f the 16 euro6 Volvo/Alexanders were out on the 72, 73 and 73E today. 4276 may have been on the 11A but I wasn't near enough to be sure. Pretty good for 17 year old buses which have probably done more than half a million miles.

832 on the 73. Should leave Heartlands at 1101.

Same 3 vehicles on today. It is sometimes difficult to work out the ownership of the vehicles as they do not keep to the timetables and probably loan to one another. ZFS does not seem to have notice of ownership.

Sunny Group had NA52AXN,KV03ZFS and KXZ4299 on the72 yesterday and NA52AXN and KV03ZFS this morning. KZX4299 had the fleet number 10 on the front. They seem to be running short of buses..

Is there news on the electric buses due this year? I would have expected some of the necessary infrastructure involved would be evident by now.

4292, 4297 and 4301 on the 72 today. The usual Sunnies are still out. Are they now euro4?