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5514 Volvo on the 59 today.

How many East Lancs Dennis Tridents does Arriva Midland have? I've seen shots of the newly painted one but I seen another in full MIDLAND livery.

That last thing you said, you have a point there. Ah well, a man can dream, eh. Tho why would they bother with tenders services here then? They got Midland on the the cheap so extra profits would be made ?

How??? 99% of Midlands fleet are sheds so its still the same crap buses just repainted into aquamarine!  Complemented with a few ex London Darts that are already breaking down. Quality?? Having a giraffe there mate

It seems you've misunderstood my message. With two big heavy weights in Wolvo, thing could get interesting from now on.

And yeah, the crap Arriva have inherited are from other operators. Granted, I don't live in Arriva town where you are, so I have a tonnage of your comments bashing Arriva to go on by. They aren't perfect but still, they're MILES better then Midland could ever hoped to be.

When you got on the Midland bus before Arriva took over, you got the feeling they were operating on a shoe string budget.

The buses are looking smart in the Arriva livery. Its nice to have that knowledge another big heavy weight in the bus world are servicing more routes in Wolvo after buying out Midland. It'll keep NXWM on their toes forsure and crank up the pressure of producing quality bus travel for all in the town.

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Statutory Off Road Notification

Ah, makes sense. Thanks all. So with NX policy not to sell unwanted vehicles to other operators, I can't see them being scraped just yet.

What is the meaning behind the word or abbreviation SORN guys?

Tony,

600 and 601 now on fleet strength at WN from PN

626 now on fleet strength at WN from WB

601 On the 81 yesterday.

I know they Hybrids are in the process of being delivered. When will that be? It don't look like itll arrive in Wolves on Jan as promised.

Could The Green Bus pulling out of the 126 route be due to the amount of vehicles available ? Its been more than a month since I've seen one on the 126 route. They were getting good loadings, especially in the mornings.

whoops.

well i was half asleep while online this morning.

National Express West Midlands and 1532 : YJ61OBF

BX61LKF and BX61LKU : Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse 2's are the last of the batch 2001 to 2029 to be delivered, both noted in Heysham Docks sunday.
Also in was BX61LHU and BX61LHV : Volvo B5LH / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2's.

http://61reg.blogspot.co.uk/2011_12_01_archive.html

HA. I knew there wasn't one. Check out the wheel base of that thing. It can't can't be road worthy can it?

BTW, I can see where you made the edit. The extra bit in the shadow.

I've been on the Greenbus service 125 to town on a Metrobus. Not since 2007 have I been on one (126 route) going down brim new rd and its been just over 2 yrs since I've rid on a Metrobus.

What a ride.

Lesson learned from what happened with the Leyland Lynx.