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It would seem 1810 is currently running around with the wrong front reg plate at the moment. It's currently running with 1814's reg plate. I'm not sure if 1814 has 1810's plate...

Are they selling the B7RLE Mk1's?

I wouldn't be too sure about that, the Sutton Lines branding still hasn't been amended to show Lichfield on the route map, as far as I know.

Unfortunately, the branding has not been amended.

4478 and 6810 aren't tracking at all at the minute and 6809 continually tracks as a 65.

6855-7541 don't seem to have them for some reason. Maybe NX didn't spec them on the order?

3303 is on W7 today

As I have already posted on the Walsall thread 3 hours ago.

This is not a noteworthy working as that is the intended route for the Streetdecks at WA

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6804 and 6824 *ARE* tracking. However, They're tracking on other routes as X4 for some reason. 6806 is on 67 and 6824 is on 907 today.

I dunno how feasible this would be, but it may be an idea for the 96 to have its timings tweaked so the buses didn't end up passing each other on Kingfisher Drive?

Last night when I was out for a walk, I got to observe the spectacle of not only the two buses having to squeeze past each other, but the unenviable task of then having to squeeze the bus around the awfully parked cars (one of the cars had parked just behind the Erdington-bound bus stop on Burtons Way, which made it a nice squeeze around that kink in the road). It does seem to happen quite a lot to them.

They're scheduled to meet there. It's exactly the same story on The Hurstway. They're timetabled to meet on the bend closest to College Road. It's narrow and double parked all the way round. It's a nightmare.

All NX buses are tracking on bustimes.org

Perry Barr's buses are currently tracking under Metroline Travel and hopefully be running under NX tomorrow They're currently all white for the time being. DEAD runs can also be tracked. Some routes won't always show up so you may have to guess what is on what.

The Perry Barr issue has now been fixed. All buses are in their respective liveries

All NX buses are tracking on bustimes.org

Perry Barr's buses are currently tracking under Metroline Travel and hopefully be running under NX tomorrow They're currently all white for the time being. DEAD runs can also be tracked. Some routes won't always show up so you may have to guess what is on what.

[on the nearside of the vehicle adjacent to the entrance which is closest to the front of thevehicle at a height of not less than 1.2m to the lower edge of the display characters and not morethan 2.5m to the upper edge of the display characters measured from the ground and, if fittedwith a kneeling system, with the vehicle in the normal condition for vehicle travel]

I don't know about anyone else whether they've noticed this before but isn't the route number supposed to be on the near side rather on the offside as stated in the PSVAR guidance.

"Route and destination displays 8.(1) A regulated public service vehicle shall be fitted with a route number
display and a destination display in the following positions
(a) on the front of the vehicle, as close as practicable to that part of the windscreen which is
within the drivers field of vision; and
(b) on the nearside of the vehicle adjacent to the entrance which is closest to the front of the
vehicle at a height of not less than 1.2m to the lower edge of the display characters and not more
than 2.5m to the upper edge of the display characters measured from the ground and, if fitted
with a kneeling system, with the vehicle in the normal condition for vehicle travel."

I just thought it was something to bring up as I've also noticed NX Coventry also have this issue.

For someone who does experience mental health issues, I can say that getting out of the house is beneficial for me as it allows my mind to be taken away from online lessons and anything that may be going through my head. Whilst it may seem like spotters are flouting the rules, I have walked to and from my locations. I also try to get a few things whilst I am out, things like medication for my family (my dad is currently shielding and can't get them himself), or things that were missed off the weekly shop. Sometimes I go out just for exercise. I wear my mask and I always cross the road when people are coming the other way. It's just some spotters which I will not name just giving the rest of us a bad image making it look like we're also flouting the rules. I can assure you, we're not. I have to be extremely careful about what I do when I go out as I have people in my household who are at great risk as has, a matter of fact, had COVID and it honestly frightened me. That may seem contradictory but that's my own affairs which I don't intend to share and for anyone wondering, it wasn't because I went out spotting. I really don't understand how it's fair some people are being blamed for other peoples actions and I don't quite understand why people think it's okay to go riding on buses and can't see the repercussions of their actions as it can and possibly has killed people. Those people aren't all bus spotters so can people please stop generalising us. I hope this sheds some light on my side of the story.

Perry Barr Rota`s

Sutton 115,902/4/5/7/914/915
Pheasey 46/66/66A/952
Kingstanding 33
Great Barr 28
Hamstead -  16
Perry Common 7/65
Castle Vale 67
Chelmsley Wood 94
Erdington 638

Missed out 1 or 2 i think

WA;

Stating the obvious is the 934/5/6, 997 & 51 all on 1 rota
X51/X56 on another ?

The Perry Barr rota's have been updated since.

Sutton Rota -  907/X3/X4/X5/X14
Pheasey Rota - 38/52/66/71/96
Kingstanding Rota - 33
Great Barr Rota -28
Perry Common Rota - 7/65
Oxhill Rota - 16/101
Castle Vale Rota - 67
Inner Circle Rota - 8A/8C.
Chelmsley Wood Rota - 94
School Rota - 815/838/838A/839/855/869/870/871
Spare Rota - X15

Walsall...
City Rota 51/934/935/936/937/937A/997/X51
Brownhills/Wilenhall Rota - 6/7/7A/8/8A/9/10/10A/37/41
Track Rota - 19/29/31/32/70/70A
Bradford Place Rota - 4/4H/4M/11/11A/34/36/39/45.

This is from what I know.