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Looks like 4780, is Perry Barrs last diesel double deck in service.
On late night 65/67.

If I wasn't due out early in the morning, I'd have used 4780's last evening in traffic to have a few beers along the route to lay proper PB buses to rest.

The PB scene now is like staring at a wall painted magnolia or the TV Test Card. No point in pretending there's anything of interest going on now in North East Birmingham. 

Good grief. And with it the demise of the Omnicities. Well, at least we've got a virtuous and utterly standardised fleet in their place.

And thus dies my PB bus interest. R.I.P.

I very highly doubt that the average person thinks about China when reading the adverts on the back of a bus. Maybe you, though.

Of course they don't. Which is why scams like Net Zero carry on.

That's the joke lol, it's not meant to be factual. it's meant to make you think this, it's irony.

If so, the irony is pretty dark (appropriately) when the production emissions in China are considered. 

It occurred to me earlier, whilst sat behind E2xx at a respectful distance, that the 'Zero Emissions at the tailpipe' slogan actually makes no sense. 

For starters, we have exhaust pipes in this country, but moreover, an electrical bus doesn't have an exhaust pipe, so the claim is factually impossible.

Those E200MMCs are the most underpowered and sluggish buses ever, I'd happily take a scania and be somewhere a few minutes quicker and pull out of red lights on time rather than 5 minutes later

And given the enthusiasm of traffic management companies to install a contraflow system for a 1cm infringement of a pavement these days, you're never more than 100 yards from a 3-way traffic light.

I jest, but only slightly.

I was returning to the Wet Midlands on Monday morning when I passed a pair of dark grey Alexander Milfloats on the M6 southbound near Crewe. Both running on tradeplates.

No further comment really. 

E298 into service, E293 at PB to be next

104 and 105, proper throwback routes!

For anyone who follows Pure Audits on YouTube, his video published today shows, in fact zooms in on, the former 4826 parked up in a big car park in Oxford. 'Quite an old bus,' he comments! 

E291 has now followed into service today

Well, any fule no that it won't be found operating the Clarence Road, Hillhook to Birmingham stage service! 

(Note for young people, the 102 route was an ex-Midland Red bus service to a district of Sutton Coldfield)

number 101 into service is E285

I've not checked, but it would be neat if its inaugural working was the 101 trundle.

It's the drivers discretion as to how many passengers he/she feels is safe to carry (providing they don't exceed the maximum capacity)

How 'entitled' of them, to decide the bus is full when there are loads of empty seats!

Tonight I went to get the 16 from Upper Dean St. Driver said that the bus was full. Counted six empty seats downstairs & about twelve empty seats upstairs

When I was looking at the Northern rail franchise bid back in 2014 one of the enhancements we proposed was selective payload weighing on multiple units fitted with air suspension. This was a method of calculating loadings during operating diagrams.

Have the new buses got a similar laden weight indicator or alert that advises the driver when the bus thinks it's full, when it could be that some larger than average folk are on board, carrying rucksacks full of lead shot.

Two more Tridents transferring from Wolverhampton to expand the Walsall fleet to 8, the new arrivals being 4597 and 4599. Plenty of Endangered Species options around here now!!!

All these DD's to WA Will help boost the City routes and the local busy routes such as the 6, 7 and 10 which with the kids going back will almost certainly need more DD's they might be end of life but they will last longer than 4566 as there Euro 6.

I love the '6' because much of the time it feels the absolute opposite of a busy local route, meandering through fields like a country bus.