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E259 is today's delivery to Yardley Wood, already inspected, so should be in service quite quickly

It seems a hell of a lot of time for these brand new buses to sit around without turning a wheel in service

Is it 12 months now? This would have been unheard of in recent years and further back

Is the switch on at YW soon?

Stop Omnilink hate

Omnilink Lives Matter!

I did the 50 an odd few times when I started at BC in 1997, was operated by the 32xx Scanias then, you could hear those brakes from a long way away! Not long after that the 40xx Optares operated it which I was never keen on.

Was never over keen on the 50 so only did it very rarely. Was (and still is) very busy. I wonder if the new train station at Kings Heath will make any difference?

With E334 listed on the fleetlist, and with Bus And Coach Expo coming up at the NEC in November, can we expect to see a new WM bus exhibited?

Is this the same as E164 etc or different?

6804 - I'll have to review this again because it's quite different from last time. Lacked power today, especially when taking off. Driven a few of the 66 plate transfers and whilst they sound a lot nicer than the 68 & 19 plates, most seem to be tired and slow.

Yep. Those 8 years up and down the Expressway and the 400,000+ miles have taken their toll...

I meant to edit the comment, I mean the current PB parked at PB, I'm sufre theres some I've yet to see on the road E175, E179, E180, E181, E182 spring to mind

Have all of the current PB ones entered service now?

Is there a time scale for the demise of the BC Tridents?

This is great to read :)

years a go there was lots of chat about the 09 4800 batch were racking up to much mileage on the 9s i never understood why, now i know there leased it makes sense, one of the conditions of leasing is mileage if its in the contract.

Interesting, but it's a bus which travels on bus routes daily, not a car used once a week for shopping and church. What kind of mileage would they expect?

every route at PB that is double deck

Hearing 8s too...

6913 on X4 last night, presume loan

Hearing (rumours) that the 8 could go DD...

Yesterday (Mon 30th)

I saw a single deck X3 bulging at the seams and had to leave people.
Other day a single deck 7 again full to capacity leaving stops with people unable to board.

Will PBs double decker allocation be increased at all?