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Was on the 17 this morning and the display on the machine indicated the driver was running on time.Presumably this info is fed back to management?

If the 73 continued to stop at the Albert Street  stop in City Centre it would help reduce some of the packed 17's during rush hour.Don't know why it was shunted to Old Square when it transfered from Acocks Green to Central.

Spotted a new type of "chip and pin" style numbered card reader on an X2 earlier on today. Are they for the new ticket machine?

I've yet to spot any crimson Scania's on the 17, 55. Why is this, especially when some of Yardley Wood's 19** Scania's are crimson?

Regarding the stop/start feature. How significant will fuel savings be when you compare one passenger getting on/off en-route to a heavy loading at the city centre or outer terminus stops?

Has the Wi-Fi policy changed?. When I signed on, I was asked for my name,email and route number {957}instead of just clicking the "confirm" button. I was only the bus for less than 5 minutes (between Moor Street and Park Street) and I was logged off with a message saying "I've used up my data allowance"!!. Dodgy Wi-Fi connection on bus 6713 maybe?

I dunno if my eyes were deceiving me but are some of the fleet numbers on the driver's side of the MMC's gold and some others white? Also the spacing seems uneven as well. If so,what happened to uniformity?. {sorry to be such an anorak!}

Anything to report on the outcome of the transport commissioner's public enquiry meeting?

It was on BBC Midlands Today about First withdrawing their Hereford services and closing this depot along with the Newcastle Under Lyne one.Services due to end by the end of August ish?

4778 4780 & 4781 seen on 94 yesterday evening (3rd June).well surprised.  :D

Presumably "Mr Stagecoach" gets the better quality buses he makes! 

I was on 6707 about 1754 from the Wheatsheaf to the Swan. Nice and smooth. Like the legroom and brief use of wifi.No stop announcements but the " next stop" in continous display was "Avis Retail Park". Slight teething problems with the announcements which maybe should have been checked prior to the buses going into full time passenger service.

I also had a non platinum day . Let th
e 13:20 at the swan  pass cos it wasn't new!! Nipped into tesco and missed the next one cos my watch was wrong. Crossed over to go to town on the 14; 04. Gave up at 14:20 cos it disappeared off the real time display. As I got over the road,  it appeared!  It wasn't to be. The ones I saw all seemed rammed.  :-(

Are you able to say what build quality issues they have?

4912 on the 59 service on Coventry Road heading into birmingham