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where can i access the timetable, or will it be published closer to the date

same for vehicles running

Timetable and buses are usually announced a couple of days before.

Could they maybe donate them, give them away to someone who may have better luck getting them into service. If BCC didn't pay for them then they're not losing anything. They're not fit for their purpose here and they won't be in service anytime soon.

I always thought H = highbridge layout double deck, then upstairs and downstairs seats, then F = front entrance / exit (D standing for dual entrance / exit).

That's correct. 

753 was having an evening on the 66 today.

4597 was on the X51 tonight.

I saw it too. A paint job from 15 years ago, full dark TWM blue seating and even the small connector bars fleetname. Can't recall the last time I saw one of those! Can't be many left!

Managed to sample a 197 on a trip from BHI to BHM last night. Quite pleasant journey. One thing I did notice was the very high step up to the train from the platform at International, and it wasn't much better at New Street. Not the most easily accessible train and a noticeable difference to a 730.

Alum Rock is packed today. Many 14s are very late going into city and from city.

It's the weekend in Alum Rock. Exactly the same as it has been for the past 20 years.

CV 2153 has orange grab poles.

Ah yes. But I suppose that was never a proper NX bus to begin with.

Noticed a little blast from the past whilst on 4894 earlier. The little bracket on the floor holding the grab pole was orange. What would the last buses with the orange interiors be? S Reg Mercs and B6LEs? Think everything else after that was pink and latterly red.

Does it really take a long time for this to be done as it's been loaned for ages it seems

BC have a lot of E400s!

4894 - 14E Pelham Island.
Don't think that one is used very often.

Oh that's a rare one! Never seen one of those. Was it coming from City or from Chelmsley?

(Seriously, you can't even use the word 'idiot'!)

Understandably! How dare the evil Birmingham Mail not wanting people being called names on its website.

The politicians relish such ignorance amongst the public though. 

Yes of course!
'You want all that evil EU money to go straight to the NHS? Vote for Brexit'
'You want to deport all the evil brown people invading us? Vote Tory'
'You want cheap bus fares and on time buses and think NX are evil? Vote for local franchises!'

For too long anything political is about short catchy soundbites and not actual policy or substance.

Today marks 10 years of the 35 branding for the few enviro400s that still have it

How do you even remember things like that?

I noticed on my usual bus stop today that alternating between the scheduled departure time on the electronic display was the word 'CAN'. Are cancelled services now showing? Whilst not helpful a bus not turning up, it does I suppose show that it's cancelled and not just not tracking or late or early.
I'm guessing it must mean cancelled as the service it was showing for didn't show up.