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Looks like Leamington are running this, using 5 Unibus branded E400MMCs today.

A bit closer to home, there used to be a route 98 that went from Asda at Hay Mills to Sheldon, Wheatsheaf, via most of East Birmingham. It took at least an hour to do the journey, and you ended up 10 minutes further down the road from where you started (both the terminus were on the Coventry Road).

Reminds me of the old 41 service, from memory it ran from Springfield to Hall Green Church, which were practically ten minutes apart if that, but went via much of east Birmingham and Solihull in a big loop, I believe the route actually crossed itself somewhere near Fox Hollies Road.

Looks like NXWM have been awarded the 71 contract on Sundays

I remember the 'old' 258 route that ran from Wolverhampton to Birmingham (before it was shortened to Merry Hill to Birmingham).

I'm pretty sure that took around two and half hours end to end.

Went via nearly everywhere lol

Rugby, Leamington and Nuneaton to get electrics, may see these Birmingham service get those too

Nope, not for Birmingham routes:
https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/news/article/5090/zero-emission-buses-are-set-for-warwickshire-roads-thanks-to-new-funding

I see E062 has had a nasty shunt, front end badly damaged by the looks, platform appears to be pushed right back and not much left below the windscreen, from what ive seen......

ive seen less damage finish vehicles off, is this likely the end of E062

This has already been discussed in the Coventry garage thread, the bus is not being written-off and will have the front-end of the body rebuilt at Walsall by NX's in-house team.

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Tony,  you've forgotten one thing. Not everybody wants to have electric buses on all routes.

Tell that to TfWM then, they're the ones insisting that all buses in the West Midlands should be zero-emission by 2030.

You're just making some baseless claim about electric buses being "super-slow" when they're not.

We  can now look forward to having super slow buses on the 110. This is great(not)

Have you drove an electric bus?

Or even travelled on one?

They can be quite nippy when they need to be!

Generally drivers are specially trained to drive 'defensively', in order to best maintain battery charge.

So I'm guessing that's a no? I was just wondering from the perspective that it's a bus and not a car therefore you may not be able to make the turn in one go

It's easily done, I've watched them do it.

If you look on Google Maps you can see the marks on the road surface where vehicles are regularly turning round there.

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As already been pointed out, the 60 has been terminating and turning around there for many years, if there was any issue then the route would have had to have been changed.

Do deckers on the 60 struggle with turning around at the Cranes Park terminus, or is the crossroad wide enough?

Why would deckers struggle?

Everyone seems to forget they are shorter than a full-length single deck, double decks are as manoeuvrable as a midi-bus. 

Arriva's 110 service to receive new electric buses thanks to ZEBRA funding:
https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Newsroom/Articles/2024/03-March/Staffordshire-receives-electric-bus-boost-for-county-towns.aspx

1917 - no sound is heard when pressing the STOP bell button, or if it does it's very dull and barely audible.

6917 PN-YW
4722 YW-PN

Seems like a strange 'swap', unless there is some other reason for this, to do with 4722 being in a heritage livery?

(Upcoming photo-shoot or private hire?)

In April until June Diamond is diverting the 16A out of City via Carrs Lane due to Metro work. So all other buses will presumably follow the same diversion, That's lot of buses using Carrs Lane !

Track works across Moor Street Queensway from 7th April 'until Autumn'.

There will be various stop closures and diversions during that time:
https://www.tfwm.org.uk/plan-your-journey/major-roadworks-and-events/eastside-birmingham-city-centre/moor-street-queensway/

[E165]

Current locations, more expected to arrive this week

PB	BC	WA	WN	PN	Aston	Roberts
E165	E172	E166	E164	E169	E201	E174
E167	E176	E168	E173	E184		E177
E170	E196	E171	E191	E189		E179
	E203	E175	E197	E192		E180
	E205	E178	E207	E194		E181
	E217	E185	E210	E199		E182
	E218	E195	E211	E200		E183
		E198	E216	E204		E186
		E202		E213		E187
		E208				E188
						E190
						E193
						E206
						E209
						E212
						E214
						E215

Am I right in assuming that those highlighted in red have been liveried up, equipped, and ready for service?

I suppose the next question is the one everyone's dying to ask, any idea when these might start actually entering service?

I did see a comment elsewhere earlier this year that claimed we were looking at March for first entry into service, but I suspect it won't be until at least after Easter now.