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7 buses have moved from Long Acre to Tividale including the E300s according to various folks I have spoke to

30952 is now at Trivadle @the trainbasher

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At the present moment in time the signature services have transferred to Redditch only

The 16 is now operated from Tividale.

We have another change date during late September when we will review what is happening next

What was the signature bus doing on the 50 on Monday then?

Not 4240, that has been on the 67 all morning, 4246 is the only PB one at Walsall, another may have followed to bring the driver back, but not 4240 and not 4 of them

I would of thought they would have been on their way to Walsall @Tony as I saw them on Thursday Afternoon definitely were 4 of them  :) 2 infront and closely behind were the other two including 4246.

Just spotted a 71/72 branded E200 on the 1 in Acocks Green village.

It's probably always been the norm for 71/72 buses to go onto the 1 in the evening, but I've never noticed before as they weren't branded previously.  ;)

Come of the 71 and go onto the 1 @Stu

There's been at least one B7RLE on the 31 and the 37 recently. Sometimes on the 1 too. Personally I think a better move for AG would be to convert the 5/31 to B7RLE and send Plaxtons out. But the decisions made are I suppose made to better the company rather than depot by depot lol

I agree with you @MW I personally I find it very poor that AG'S youngest decker is 4679 which is now nearly 11 years old. If not the 5 and 31, the 73 and 966 could have the B7RLE.

I meant while the rest of the route branded E200MMC's are being delivered. I know they are used on any of AG's single deck routes @2206 Though to be fair I seem to get more Scania's or B7RLE's than MMC's on the 72 which is my main route. Or MMC's are going in the other direction to me grr lol

Yeah I was stood in Sollihul last week only saw the MMC on the 71 I did not see any on the 72 even the one I had a ride on was on the 71 only saw Omnilinks and B7RLE on the 72 @Squiz1971 seem to get more Omnilink. I do not seem to get many B7RLE whenever I use the 71 now @Squiz1971

They have been on the 71/72 in the last week or so @Stevo covering I guess

Covering what they are used on any AG Single Decker route @Squiz1971

Are the stop-starts 2203/4 still around? I haven't seen them on the 37 recently.

Been on the 71/72 a few times recentl. @Stevo

I highly doubt PN would be getting any Scanias. Reckon YW will just get some Tridents or 1905-1907 from PB, with 1896-1899 moving to Walsall to simplify the Scanias number range. The other thing is whether 4733 to 4737 move to YW or WB.

4733-4737 could possibly go to WB for the 80.

I have been left a bit confused did signature  busses transfer to Redditch on Saturday night after reading about the following sevices transferring to Redditch Signatures,X30/1, 30, 36 & possibly 38 to Redditch I today saw a signature bus on the 50.
Are you able to say yet whether they transfered to Redditch. Please

Not uncommon for a Signature to stray onto the 16 or 50 - if there's a spare that day.

Nobody said it was uncommon @Liberator9 Just that these were apparently supposed to have to have transferred to Redditch along with the signature services on Saturday Night. I personally expect they did not though after seeing one on the 50 today.

As nice as these new buses look to the public, personally i don't really want the 11 to get newer buses. All new buses in general seem so boring, lack of power due to all this Euro rubbish, low revving, and to top it off like the MMCs have voice recording and also they can see which pedals depressed when and which indicators etc are on at any time. It all seems a bit too Big Brother to me, I don't really feel comfortable in the MMCs sometimes. Just feels like they are waiting for some sort of complaint to give you some sort of disciplinary!

I personally think the public do not care whether they get a MMC or, a 17 year old bus @MW the only reason they caught the bus in the first place was to get to their destination.

Not sure when they are moving but have been told, Signatures,X30/1, 30, 36 & possibly 38 to Redditch. Others to Tividale. Some 71 duties also at redditch.

Don't think they have gone to Redditch @Matt.N0056 one of the Signature busses was on the 50 today.

AG|1936|37|Usually Enviro 200MMC
PB|4779|67|Usually Volvo B7TL ALX400 with the odd Gemini
PB|4856|67