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Travel Express' whole fleet is the same is Chaserider 2... white with name printed on

Travel express I think white is their livery however a quick jet wash wouldn't hurt them 🤣

If they're going to expand they need to consider an actual livery and gain an identity

I agree, I mean I'm surprised TFWM haven't actually put their foot down yet and said they want a comapny livery, as I heard when Chaserider ran the 19 and still with their walsall services 36 and 36A apparently TFWM kick up a fuss when they used 5002 which had D&G on it, and I'm sure they didn't like the fact that bus 2 the white enviro 200MMC was not in company livery, I'm sure it will all be sorted but if they are planning on taking all these tender routes on and expanding the business they need to have a comapny livery at least, and their depot isn't the biggest of places either.

Seeing Transdevs one will national express so for standard layout, I like the way the transdev one is layed out, with the 2 tables for the downstairs back seats and then upstairs with the 2 and 1 seating layout, and not to forget the 2 wheelchair bays, I'm assuming national express will go with rear facing seats downstairs at the back possibly 1 wheelchair bay and then the 2 and 2 seating upstairs, and I wonder if national express will go for the sun roof

I don't really go on the forum much recently I've been working and just haven't had much time to check the forum so apologies.

ADL have been saying in their releases for ages what what they were displaying

You kept saying E334 would be ag euro bus expo.

One of the brand new ilesbus sprinters are at euro bus expo, from what I was told we will have it straight after the show on Thursday. 

I can confirm that E334 has NOT attended euro bus expo, instead transdev one was used.

It's 729 having some engine work done

Ah thankyou Tony.

I had to go to Wolverhampton garage earlier for lost property which was lost today I was in tbe Wolverhampton area couldn't get in touch with anyone anyway I noticed there is a 72* or 73* in the depot anyone know which one this is.

Branded vehicles are now irrelevant, soon there may be no branding at all.

Yeah I understand that, bur while it's still around wouldn't jt be best to keep it at its routed garage, you know some passengers aren't the brightest and even some people can genuinely get confused by jt especially when you get a 4 branded vehicle on Blackheath, Oldbury and west beom routes where the 4 goes. 

Tony has said that 1838 hasn't transferred, so presumably it is just 'on loan'.

With Perry Barr's delivery of new electric double decks almost complete, and Yardley Wood's to resume soon, there will be a number of OmniLinks that become 'surplus to requirements', however it wouldn't surprise me if there is some 'rotation', with older examples in worse condition at WA and WB being withdrawn and replaced with better condition ones from PB and YW.

But at this time, the priority is to remove non-Euro6 vehicles. All will become clear in the next few weeks!

Yeah I know 1838 is a loan but my point was why font west brom keep 1838 which is a unbranded one and walsall have 1848 back which is a 4 branded saving west brom a job of unbranded and faffing around with 1848 I'm not saying Tony's doing his job wrong, this is just my opinion Tony knows what's what so it's upto him 

Yet another Scania has made its way to WB - 1838, to be dumped on the 12s/13s where they do not belong. I guess whoever allocates them wants us drivers to continue to always leave Colmore Row with a standing load and skip past the many people waiting at the next few stops

Yeah that's true scanias and E200s are way too small for the 12s and 13s, one thing I'm confused about is why not keep 1838 and send 1848 back instead which is branded for a walsall route. 

4131 seen in stone cross 

1787 just seen in stone cross heading towards walsall.

A new sprinter arrived at tividale yesterday reg plate WN74 XVJ.