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Following DDA ruling, darts 2384 and 2328 are to be replaced by Dafs 2716 and 2718

Just had a depot tour around Tamworth and I got to say, what an impressive service! One thing that was mentioned to me was that Arriva are planning to launch a new route called the X65 to run between Lichfield and Tamworth using branded Citaro's. Looks like the Xpre55 will have some competition!
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I wondered who that was walking around with the manager!

Can't see that happening.  Can you? ??? Streetlites are crap. Noisy, worst gearboxas ever ( at least how they're set up),jerky. Just pants and not good enough for premium routes. The advertised plug ssockets rarely work either.  My fave buses are the Mercs. The deckers although pretty pants reliability wise are smooth to travel on also. The newest SB200 are a fair bit better than the older ones.

All in your opinion.

As an engineer the streetlites are a pleasure to work on, the Voith box is one of the best on the market after the ZF, what other midi buses would you recommend then?

No just same engines, gearbox, they sound virtually the same. Most websites have them down as 'very similar'....

I've worked on darts and SB120s and apart from gearbox and engine they are nothing alike.

I passed one of Tamworth's Sapphire 110 deckers yesterday in Cannock. I was entering Cannock on the A5 at the big new roundabout and it was going the other way round the roundabout - either towards Tamworth or Walsall but unfortunately I couldn't see where or what it was doing.

Up for MOT at cannock

3512 was on X44 today it be for school run 3 weeks today

Are Hinckley due any more buses

Not as I know of mate, 2714 is off this week for MOT prep

Tamworth Omnilink 3512 will to transfer to Hinckley as soon as next week

Citaro 3003 has arrived here from Tamworth.

Weeks? Why are they branded already then?

All three are yeah...3503 came straight from MRC with vinyls applied. 3501 and 02 were done on Monday.

Ah, well consider me not up to speed on such news then, figured as they're branded then the route exists, because you know, logic

Logic is that you wouldn't keep 3 buses dead for weeks...

Thanks Tony 4 E200s got free wifi in these buses

Yes

Well two of the Omnilinks have already been on the 116, so no

The MIRA route doesn't start until a week on monday, so you tell me which routes they're supposed to stick to?

The interior picture is from one of the E200s for Hinckley, the USB Ports on the Scanias are inbetween the backrests.

MIRA?

Yes on the A5 they're building a large buisness park there, this is also why Hinckley Bus are having now solos too.

All to be done I believe. They wouldn't necessarily be spare for the 110, just sort of upgrading the routes they operate currently (6, 115, 116, 765, 785)

3501-3will be in a MIRA livery for the 765, 3507 3508 will have the same interior as the MIRA ones and 3509 will be a standard repaint.