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[wbdriver]

you can probably work out which one i voted for......... bit biased being how i work at the garage.

seriously, i agree with no new deckers at WB but we need replacements for the B6, Mercs and Darts as they can't have long left.

more enviro 200s please - best buses at the garage!

[mranon]

i voted for wn, they may have had 21 hybrids, and 30 b7rles, but it still has many unreliable mercs and spectras, plus the trusty old solos replaced with b6s which spend more time off road than on. wn need some new buses to replace b6s especially.

[uniquicity]

i voted for wn, they may have had 21 hybrids, and 30 b7rles, but it still has many unreliable mercs and spectras, plus the trusty old solos replaced with b6s which spend more time off road than on. wn need some new buses to replace b6s especially.

49 B7RLE. 2001-29 and 2059-77.

[Trident 4609]

i voted for wn, they may have had 21 hybrids, and 30 b7rles, but it still has many unreliable mercs and spectras, plus the trusty old solos replaced with b6s which spend more time off road than on. wn need some new buses to replace b6s especially.

Well if i was going on my local garage then i would say WN. On my local route the 59 there is NX's oldest Double Deckers in service (Spectras) and one of the newest (Hybrids)

[Stu]

My local garage is Acocks Green, and while its nice they've got so many nice brand-new and newish buses, it would be nice to see an influx of new double-decks to replace the ageing Presidents on the 11 Outer Circle service.

The irony is that the route was upgraded back in 2004(?-ish) with brand new Geminis at the time replacing Metrobuses, but now nearly ten years later, this route has now been 'upgraded' with older refurbished buses from 1998!

While I must add I have no problem with the Presidents, and the recently refurbished examples look fantastic, they could still spend another couple of years with the company in service elsewhere, and surely the Outer Circle as a flagship route is deserving of newer buses.

I accept this is not going to happen this year, but I hope this could be addressed next year, or at least before 2016, when the 11 celebrates its 90th birthday!

In the meantime, my vote went to Birmingham Central garage. Centro's 'Smarter Network' project includes improvements on the 'South Birmingham Technology Corridor' routes, which includes the Pershore Road and Bristol Road services, so I would not be surprised to see new bus investment on these bus routes this year, as with the removal of the Enviro400s and Presidents, Birmingham Central have been mostly left with elderly Tridents, which like the Presidents could still yet see several years of service within the group, but are not quite befitting to important arterial routes out of the city centre.

[nitromatt1]

Don't give Pensnett any new buses I don't want them!! Wouldn't change our fleet from how it is at the moment