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There was an ALX200 bodied either Dart or  B6LE on the 26 Pye Green yesterday, it had a private reg num, looked like ut had been refurbed and quite smart. anyone know anymore about this? why are all these buses bein transferred in & what are they replacing espec at cannock :)

Mostly theyre not big enough for cannock daytime routes except maybe the 68

i got the half 11 bus home from stafford last night and it was one of the FK52 reg pair at Cannock, with the ISB engines which are slightly better i would say than the older ones but jesus when idling the whole bus shook and vibrated it was horrific! and did nothing but bang and rattle when moving

They oughta stick a route on between Cannock & Merry Hill, Chase Buses did one years ago it was quite successful!

it was yesterday

X31 Scania was on the 2 today, the other one was on the X31 so not sure what the second bus was in it? they should divert a couple of new enviro 200s for the X31 it doesnt need full size buses

S614 KHN is running from Stafford not Shrewsbury

it could be an 09 telford one on 890/891/892 or it could be a 57 reg stafford-cannock branded on on the 68/70/76/560 or a new 61 plate one

gemini decker????

Any more transfers due in? maybe Cannock will get some

Yep. The darts are truly rubbish. There just about bearable on local routes, but what are they thinking of running them to Walsall Wolverhampton etc? Awful, and if youve ever caught the sat only Cannock to  Telford route, 1hr 20 mins on a MPD? absolute hell!

Thanks, am it right in thinking that in about 1995 /96 Walsall suddenly gained a load of Dual Purpose nationals with volvo engines? As well as some standard DAF ones? Im sure the DP ones had been withdrawn for years before ending up back at Walsall. They made so many improvements to the Nationals then withdrew them a couple of years after!

Does any one know when the last East Lancs ones ran at Walsall??

i hate em, i hate most of Cannocks fleet its crap.MPDs - rubbish, noisy rattly no legroom and unpleasant  to travel on. SPD/SLF - Much the same. SB200s- Ok but massively underpowered and HORRENDOUSLY noisy when having to over rev cos the engines too small. Scania Omnilink- these seem ok, quiet, a bit diwn market for the X31 tho, it should be a dual purpose bus at least! SB120- really crap! Worn out tatty seats, and legroom that a midget would struggle with! Volvo B10BLE- Probably my favourite, plenty of room, confortable, and sounds like a proper bus not some screaming hair dryer!

Recently theres been a handful of darts transfered from elsewhere, the X523 GGO In Cannock which was listed in fleet updates, but recently theres been a S-KHN pointer in Stafford anda Y-TGM One in telford, but these havent yet been listed in fleet updates, anyone know where they came from and of anymore to come?