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Carolean are now tracking on Bustimes.

Carolean have a new depot in bescot now, I seen some of their buses and coaches parked there the other day. However buses still have legals as Darlaston. They have a new enviro 200 from vision bus on Friday I seen it still with vision bus logos on and their legals on. Reg is (YY64 GWC) this had paper blinds and paper legals with their new bescot legals.

An ex igo bus back in the West Midlands!

Noticed on Saturday that Carolean buses finally have Ticketer ETMs. However there was a piece of paper over the display above the scanner which if I had to guess probably said that the machines weren't working yet.

hyperlink for yesterdays image of 2176 links to fleet changes instead.

Now, I don't know how many engineering staff they employ

When I was in Cannock yesterday I noticed that there were pieces of paper stuck to the stands saying that they were hiring new engineering staff.

£2 bus fare cap to be extended to 31st October 2023 then for 13 months afterwards at £2.50
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/2-bus-fare-cap

I suppose the big question now is who takes them over?

I heard rumours that Landflight wanted to operate the X20/87/88 when Diamond first got them.

Is there anything else for Walsall, apart from the 31 / 32 changes & possibly / alledgley the reintroduction of the 89 / withdrawal of the 60?

It also says that there is a variation for the WA41.

6757 - 41

I don't know why they decided to take the announcements off the 4s.  I quite liked them.

I noticed that they started to stop working when the dests changed to the new style.

Does anybody know if the X529 is getting next stop announcements?

Thandi now have ticketer ticket machines.

What's happened to picture E002?

1881 ( 34/9 branded ) is on the 11 seen in Netherton around 10 to 11 weird seeing a ominlink there

it is because the 11/11A has been extended to merry hill and will probably use spare omnilinks.

Today I saw a Thandi branded E200 in walsall today. It definitely isn't the evergreen one due to this one being double doors. Does anybody know?