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Just seen a double decker on the 71 towards Sutton...

anyone know who will be running the 75 ex Blue Diamond route if anyone

WMSNT according to what was posted in WMSNT section by Tony

75
Aldridge to Kingstanding via Barr Beacon
WMSNT

2145 on the 957 this evening - haven't seen one on there for a while

Two within two days a few days back

Oh, I have been out on the buses much  ::)

The evening 957 is booked B7RLE using a bus off the 58

oh right, I take it this is since the timetable changes?

2145 on the 957 this evening - haven't seen one on there for a while

Two within two days a few days back

Oh, I have been out on the buses much  ::)

Having read a message on WMBus Yahoo Group earlier, I now think it sounds more likely BC may have gained a 50 running board as it was reported 4906 was on there today, I haven't seen it myself so am unable to confirm, just read the message, but 4326 was definitely on there yesterday.

I saw 4906. It was around 3pm in Kings Heath not in service heading towards Maypole, then 10 minutes later it was in service heading into Birmingham. Saw it again when I got into Birmingham leaving again to Druids Heath

Most likely just went to the Lanes End and back again, will have to keep my eyes peeled tomorrow morning, heres hoping a nice E400H sneaks out tomorrow!

Yep, I saw it parked up at Lanes End around 3:10 ish

2145 on the 957 this evening - haven't seen one on there for a while

Another UNO dart out on 71E today

3 buses i have seen so far, 4909,4910,4912 I think. I think 4910 is named 'Alanna'. On the rear downstairs window it looks similar to the 934/5/6 branding - FAST Sheldon - Yardley - City or something like that with '957' in the upstairs window.

Also to note, they seem to be changing the destinations again, to the same as AG.

What you mean by that neale? :)

Presumably the font of the text on the hanover display or the via points have been changed eg like the 126

The destination i.e 'Birmingham' is bigger with the via point 'via Sheldon' smaller. The same as what AG have done and BC have done in the past.

3 buses i have seen so far, 4909,4910,4912 I think. I think 4910 is named 'Alanna'. On the rear downstairs window it looks similar to the 934/5/6 branding - FAST Sheldon - Yardley - City or something like that with '957' in the upstairs window.

Also to note, they seem to be changing the destinations again, to the same as AG.

Looking on Flickr, it seems to be at Manchester.

A Wessex Connect dart on the 96/99  today

7020 out on 37s today

A Trident on the 126 today managed to squeeze onboard 4 unfolded prams with babies inside (quite a mothers union!), and it got me wondering, up to how many unfolded buggies are supposed to be permitted on each type of vehicle?

Only 2. Stickers appeared and a notice, i think it was May 2011?, saying that only 2 unfolded buggies could be carried.

MX62AXH (or-N) Streetlite was on the 36 today this morning in Acocks Green, then spotted later parked up on Mole Street in Sparkbrook.

There was one Streetlite on the S10 today aswell but couldn't get registration

That was one doing the 'extra' journeys (10/11am from Cranes Park) There was a streetlite on the S10 all day for a couple of days last week aswell.

Also to note, they seem to have a new livery for their coaches, one onf the 07 (LFY?) Scanias is now in allover silver.

You can't throw a Centro contract back in.

Well surely you must be able to-you could just stop operating couldnt you? There must be a penalty system in place though but centro surely cant force an operator to run and obviously you can throw a contract back in as that is what has happened. VIP has decided to stop unless they are on the brink of collapse or performance on the route has been bad

I believe it was commercially operated, but I'm not sure. VIP re-registered the 71 between Sutton and Chelmsley so seem to have won the emergency contract?

Really? I was sure it was a centro tendered route and have they since reregistered it and won the contract?

I know it was tendered when it ran between Sutton and Chelmsley only. It was then extended to Solihull and I remember reading on the NWM site something about commercial registration including former tender journeys (or something like that).

They re-registered it on the 30th July:

PD0001724/26 - VIP CONTRACTS LTD, WHARF STREET, HOCKLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B18 5HS
Registration Accepted by SN
Starting Point: Sutton Coldfield
Finish Point: Chelmsley Wood
Via:
Service Number: 71
Service Type: Normal Stopping
Effective Date: 24-AUG-2013
Other Details: Sundays only except bank holidays, xmas and new year