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To gives examples the 9, 51 , 74 are finishing 2300 ish ; the 94 , 50 , 97 ,33 finishing normal 0000/0100 ish.

Longer Routes though are the 9, 51 maybe not as long as the 94 or 97, 74 depends is it to West Brom or Dudley.

Amazing lovely fellow.

That's the Poilte Version 

17×× or two as I didn't get the fleetnumbers it may have been the same B7 down St Lawrence Way at about half eleven and just. 
This Second one stopped at the St Lawrence Way Bilston Street Bus Stop I assume practicing or learning how to pull in and pull out much like you do in a car when parking or asked to pull up at the side of the road

allow it man i'm just trying to learn how buses work whats the problem with that

Do you know what ALF Means I don't think he was targeting you specifically 

Close - It's "Another lying f*cker"

I was gonna guess that eventually but wanted to be PG. We know what it means in 2023 no need to predict it in 2024 now

Have a read of this

Interesting Neausea was mentioned I assume that was due to quietness whilst moving or the jerkiness. 

We find out what ALF means!!

I think I've got it, but I'd like to see.

Alternative/Alien Life Form or something along those lines

17×× B7 Spotted Willenhall Street Darlaston heading twoards Darlaston Yesterday

1858 (4 Branded) 34
1854 (4 Branded) 39

The gearboxes are different to cope with the different engines.

The amount of energy produced depends on the amount of fuel being burnt efficiently, so if you only have four cylinders to get the same horsepower each cylinder will be burning 50% more fuel to give the same power hence the faster revving

Yeah I thought it was something like the Engines having to work harder to make up for a loss of 2 cylinders and the Electric Motor. You can Feel the kick of that Electric Motor when the driver puts there foot down it then. I remember being on 5416 I think on the 1 and I could feel the boosts when we pulled off and the driver put his foot down. 

I thought they had decent acceleration too but then I realised the engine had to rev a lot just to get the bus going yet their 6-cylinder counterparts can get moving with much lower revs

Might be because like on 5415 the Hybrid motor the little Whistle you hear when Accelerating and Decelerating helps. The Toyota Prius uses a Petrol Engine mostly but when depending on the mode it pulls away or stops the Hybrid Motor gets it to say 10MPH (it's probably higher) before the 4 cylinder Petrol kicks in it doesn't have to work as hard as the motor has taken some of the slack to rev away and has changed into 2nd gear. Without the Motor the Petrol Engine would still rev louder than an Equivalent Hybrid Pyrius as it's having to do more work. If you have heard an old Ford Transit pull away you can tell it's old Transit because of it's sound and how loud it is. Compare that to a Hybrid New Transit and it's night and day. Nowadays cars are quieter but in the Hybrid case remove the Electric Motor and the Engine with 2 less cylinders and without the aid will have to work harder. Idk If NX have left the Six cylinders in any of the Diesel Hybrids for a comparison to say 5407 or 5404 or any of them because if the Six Cylinder struggles than it was the Hybrid Motor aiding acceleration, the four cylinder is having to do more work in the Motor boost and two less cylinders 

Fair enough, but thats mostly showing that they arent speed limited. How long did it take to reach that speed.

Either way when I was at the Wolves garage open day i spoke to a driver and he said that the converted hybrids were underpowered and his least favourite to drive

That's on Drivers Opinion 5415 which I believe is still A Hybrid felt just as fast as 5407 the last diesel Converted E400 I caught on the 79 5415 had the acceleration down Darlaston Road and through Hill Top and on Hydes Road 5407 had acceleration on the Bilston Road when it was running late. 

have you even seen the video?

What does that do with Bustimes that should probably be put on the Garage thread 

There are pros and cons to both labour and tory mayors. Franchising only seems to work in London and even then it doesn't make much money. I don't know who would pay the Drivers Salary would it still be NX if say they were driving a Franchise Route let's say the X1 or would it change if say a new operator were allocated an old NX Route let's say the 16 which in that case would That Driver be happy if they had NX Wages and the new operator paid less. How would smaller firms who run into the County such as Chaserider, Banga and Arriva be affected. How would you get operators like Let's Go to comply with the Franchising ways considering most of there buses don't have a livery. Would NX seem to be happy to loose it's majority. So that goes against Labour there.

But the current mayor Trains yes fine, although HS2 should be scrapped it's pointless now just upgrade and build new loop lines or reopen lines with proper clearance for faster WCML Trains. 22 years ago Richard Branson who I don't like proposed the 390's could do 140MPH and asked if Railtrack/Network Rail could upgrade infrastructure to allow this speed they got to 125MPH surely if we had 140 we could have pushed to 160/180 and now maybe 180/200MPH Trains working to 220MPH Trains for 2030. So yes Local Trains work although the Walsall to Wolverhampton Train is still less convient than getting the 529 The 34 and Darlaston Corridoor and the X51 to Birmingham or even Walsall for a train, would still be quicker than the initial planned Frequency from Darlaston or even getting one to Darlaston and getting the 79 to Wolverhampton or Wednesbury and the Tram from Wednesbury to Brum or the Train from Wolverhampton to Brum or beyond. If you live in the town which a lot who get the 34/37/39 to connect to the Birmingham buses do get on in Darlaston these are more efficient options.

Sprint has been delayed and delayed and delayed. It doesn't inspire Tax Payers when you keep pushing it back. Whose mental idea was it to demolish the Perry Barr Flyover for it you could have repurposed it. Sprint will sit in the same traffic that the 51 and X51 and X1/X2 do now. The fact Sprint goes from Walsall to the Airport is madness when there is now direct Trains to the Airport I believe Semi fast calling at Tame Bridge, New Street and International. That would be more convenient and have more capacity. There is then his obsession with Trams which as someone who regularly uses the 79 including when the Trams failed due to Cracks can testify it was the bus that existed long before the Trams inception that saved the day much to the inconvenience of anyone who lived in Darlaston, Bilston or Moxley who were quicker to use the Bus. So if he extends it to Merry Hill and it fails what takes the slack the good old bus. Yes it is a good idea and one proposed from Merry Hill's inception that is taking place. If the Tram uses the Street Section to Merry Hill then it will be delayed that area is gridlocked around December. The 5's W's he planned including ghr Tram through Darlaston. There is a problem the old Darlaston Town station not far from where the Tram would stop On Picturedome way behind the Main King Street to Darlaston James Bridge line doesn't exist it is now Victoria Park or built over.

The other issue he wants the Tram to go to the Airport you have the Train, Sprint and the Tram going there. BHX is not LHR, it would be nice if he could maybe tempt Singapore Airlines, American and others to BHX to warrant it even Heathrow doesn't have conflicting rivalling transport, the Underground's is part of a different line to the Elizabeth Line and the Heathrow Express only terminates at Paddington and is used for Terminal 5 Express Passengers. So why does BHX need 3 methods not including the X1, 97, X12 and Coaches.

Some of the Tory Ideas are good, I don't know many of Labour's ideas other than Franchising but Both candidates need to forget the Trams Mr Street and Franchising Labour and focus on maybe making the current Buses more efficient ie Bus Lanes or replacing the Perry Barr Flyover or improving the Roads despite the obsession with Transport they both have trying to tempt Mondeo man out of his Mondeo to get on Sprint. People are still going to use cars for freedom of there own Choice, Radio Station's, Setting off Later than getting a bus or 2 to get to Birmingham, they will be quicker and they don't have to risk waiting 40 minutes when a crash, Roadworks, A breakdown or other issues causes buses to be missed out and people to cram onto the first 14 they see. The Car driver can navigate around, have there own space not be stressed, soaked, tired, wet, cold and squashed. Focus on having Buses and Cars work on the roads together then focus on Sprint, Trams which there construction delays the Buses and Sprint more and maybe then extensions. There is no guarantee that any of these extensions Mr Street wants will be profitable and won't be abandoned in 30 years time when I tell my kids years ago that was a Tram Line now it is an Urban Park and walkway or an Urban concrete Canal or a massive Cycle Lane But there is no Gaurantee the Labour Canidate will do much better with his ideas. Both have Pros and Cons I don't really know much about Labour's ideas so can't go into more depth fully. Whereas I do know more Tory ideas or things he is going/continuing to do.

1880 (4 Branded) was on the 34/37/39 rota eairler