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As they pass many colleges and schools a double decker is needed during school terms and AG now have 16 Volvo/Alexander Euro6's.

835, 2207 and 2221 on the 73 today.

2201 and 2206 on the 73.
4225 and 4242 on the 72.

4231 was on the 72 today, otherwise all the other 72's were Geminis. I saw most, if not all the 73's and they were all from the 4276-4291 batch.

834 on the 73.

Will the platinums have to be repainted into the new red livery? 

The 72 was probably all euro6 for the first time today. I saw most, if not all of them. YW had 4181 on the 49. Sunny were using their usual buses.

AG are still using some euro3 Volvo/Alexanders on the 72. Are they being given time to sort this out. All the 5/73's are euro6.

I don't usually have any strong opinions on route number changes, but I think not renumbering the 126 is a mistake, the new 126 is so much different. It is no longer going to Wolverhampton and will not be the quickest route to Dudley. I think this will cause a lot of confusion to the general public.

6861, 6867, 6880 and 6884 have been converted to mini hybrid. The extra air vent is on the offside engine cover behind the emergency exit. It took me some time to find this, I was looking elsewhere.

The Sunny Group are running the following into Solihull this week:
KV03ZFU, KV03ZFS, NA52AXN, NA52AWZ and KXZ4299. Have they been modified to euro4?

It states in this weeks Bus and Coach Week that it is expected that Coventry will retain their current blue livery, What about Stagecoach and DeCourcey? It seems a bit of a farce to me. Personally I never thought Coventry should be part of the West Midlands. I think these Quangos should concentrate on getting information out on time.

4281 and 4288 0n AG73 today.

Thanks 2206, that now makes sense except for the number of branded E200's, but this could be the summer schedule. 2209 and 2210 have recently reappeared..

2209, 2210, 2224, 4279 and 4282 on the 73 this morning. 2205,4283, 4284 and 4304 are on the route this afternoon  In another thread it mentions interworking with the 11 and 72. Is this not going to make it impossible to keep euro3 buses out of Solihull? Also Sunny group are still running on the 72. Have they been modified to euro4?