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Longest stage carriage service (ie all stops). I think Peterborough to Norwich was limited stop?

Peterborough to Norwich is fully stage carriage

They may not end up on any of the Birmingham routes according to reports on the rail forums. At the moment there is one or two diagrams south of Northampton for the 730/2.
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The quote in the previous comment is correct.  The Birmingham to Liverpool  is going to be both types to keep crew knowledge up

Does anyone have a confirmed date on when the 730/2 will start running on Birmingham services please? I've heard when they do they will be the Birmingham new street to Liverpool lime street service. i would of thought they would of put them on the Birmingham new street to London Euston services first or even the London Euston to Crewe service.

Whatever date you've heard for the Liverpool it's been delayed. I'm waiting to find out the new date 

Yes, the 360A/C were operated by TDC but traffic congestion meant the service suffered from delays which put people off from using it. The service, which was I believe Europe's longest bus route (surpassing the 11A/11C) was split up to improve timekeeping.

I didn't know a loop of Coventry was further than Peterborough to Norwich 

Surely if that were the case they would've just gotten rid of them when they got rid of all the other tridents which was way before glastonbury - no way they thought to keep them just for this, YW would've retained a few platinums at most.
I'm sure they're staying until they develop an expensive fault/their MOT runs out

Yardley Wood has 7 buses at Glastonbury, so has had to keep 7 buses that would otherwise be withdrawn to cover.

When I am back from Glastonbury I have got to work out a fleet for September when the schools go back.

I don't know to be honest, maybe there was an error in the service registration which has subsequently been corrected, but not published yet.

Or perhaps the registration is correct, and NX haven't submitted the correct timetable data to TfWM yet, which has resulted in TfWM publishing incorrect future timetables.

17 extension happens on 3rd August

Can anyone tell me if BV19XPO and BV19XPP are still in service please ? If so, who with ?  Thanks.

BV19 XPO has a change of keeper swing on the 25th of May so has left skills for a new, non-NX owner somewhere.
BV19 XPP doesn't have an NX drive-cam fitted, so is no longer a network coach, but no change of keeper recorded and is still taxed, so likely still with Skills as a private hire vehicle or parked up waiting a buyer

I'm not in the office now until Wednesday,  so won't be reporting any more until then, but I've had an email from traffilog saying they have sorted all know problems at Pensnett,  so any not tracking there now would be good to know

E251/2/3/5/6/7. Z4009/10 are all at Glastonbury.  They are being covered the same as the diesels down there by early summer timetable reductions  and buses that would have been withdrawn if Glastonbury wasn't happening 

https://bustimes.org/stops/4200F162322?date=2025-07-29

Currently the 85 doesn't have an end date programmed in, so as of yet it hasn't been cancelled/adjusted. The TfWM page states that they need to give six weeks' notice, so we may not see any changes until the new school year in September.

NX current tender runs until 31/12/25

Good to hear, though why will it, " probably stop tracking again tomorrow"?

Do you know something we don't, or are you genuinely one of the tracking engineers?

This stuff is very interesting to know.

The Traffilog engineer was at PN last night, you'll notice several of the 69xx have restarted tracking today as well

The Manchester Metrolink vehicles don't have stop bells

I bet they have a couple somewhere, You won't find them on Levantes unless you know where to look

any idea why there are stop bells on the trams?

legal requirements on any passenger carrying vehicle whether it is rubber or steel wheels

I've come across this before, no idea what causes it, but sometimes the doors will go to close, then they will spring back open again - usually after a couple of attempts they will then stay closed and the vehicle can start moving again.

Scania doors have a sensor in the rubber to make sure they don't trap anybody. If the two doors touch each other too hard the sensor opens the doors again

nahh I mean on the outside, i almost couldn't see the route it was on

It'll be in night mode, the light sensors probably faulty of covered in muck