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Diamond Bus - Unusual Workings

Started by fleetline6477, February 02, 2013, 05:52:31 PM

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Quote from: Ash on July 01, 2013, 09:51:49 PM
Didnt see any other b7rles apart from those 2 w336vgx w567jvv s397hvv t447ebd and 30202/7/11/13/16 were the buses i saw

Thats interesting-Im going to pop over to west brom tomorrow to see whats on there then

Trident 4609

How unusual are MPD's on the 002?

PM

Quote from: Trident 4609 on July 01, 2013, 09:58:26 PM
How unusual are MPD's on the 002?

Id say pretty unusual tho more frequent recently. Think Matt got a picture of an MPD on the 002 recently and there was a cadet on there not long ago but mostly the branded buses

Trident 4609

Quote from: Peter123 on July 01, 2013, 10:00:19 PM
Quote from: Trident 4609 on July 01, 2013, 09:58:26 PM
How unusual are MPD's on the 002?

Id say pretty unusual tho more frequent recently. Think Matt got a picture of an MPD on the 002 recently and there was a cadet on there not long ago but mostly the branded buses
Yes i think he showed me that photo

nitromatt1

Quote from: Trident 4609 on July 01, 2013, 09:58:26 PM
How unusual are MPD's on the 002?

20202 was on there a few weeks back, and Cadet 30216 (if I remember rightly?), but other than that I have not seen anything else (other than the odd unbranded Centro) on the 002 for a long time. I class anything other than Centros as rare, as they are usually very good at keeping all the 002-Centros on route.

Trident 4609

Quote from: nitromatt1 on July 01, 2013, 10:28:45 PM
Quote from: Trident 4609 on July 01, 2013, 09:58:26 PM
How unusual are MPD's on the 002?

20202 was on there a few weeks back, and Cadet 30216 (if I remember rightly?), but other than that I have not seen anything else (other than the odd unbranded Centro) on the 002 for a long time. I class anything other than Centros as rare, as they are usually very good at keeping all the 002-Centros on route.

Yes it was 30216 matt :)

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I got 30130 in mid 2012 if I remember rightly

Ash

The black country connection MCV's used to appear on the 002 from time to time, but there are 2 spare royale centro's daily and surely it would better to take a b7rle from the 4 than put a mpd on the 002. The 002 could ideally be double decker operated maybe using some of the your bus presidents parked up then move the 6 '002' centro's onto the 301 and the cadets from there onto the 4 and the 40/42/43. Yeah it's a good job it wasn't a warm day as the cadets struggle to last the day on the 4H and 4M duties the older single deck darts seem to cope better especially W335-7VGX of which seem quite reliable these days. V377/391SVV are usually on the 42/43 if your ever after capturing a pick of these two buses.

nitromatt1

Quote from: Peter123 on July 01, 2013, 10:34:15 PM
I got 30130 in mid 2012 if I remember rightly

Now that would be odd, a Versa on the 002...? Are you sure?

the trainbasher

Quote from: nitromatt1 on July 01, 2013, 10:50:22 PM
Quote from: Peter123 on July 01, 2013, 10:34:15 PM
I got 30130 in mid 2012 if I remember rightly

Now that would be odd, a Versa on the 002...? Are you sure?

One has been on


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nitromatt1

Quote from: DJ trainbasher on July 01, 2013, 10:53:47 PM
Quote from: nitromatt1 on July 01, 2013, 10:50:22 PM
Quote from: Peter123 on July 01, 2013, 10:34:15 PM
I got 30130 in mid 2012 if I remember rightly

Now that would be odd, a Versa on the 002...? Are you sure?

One has been on

Hang on, I just got a flashback of seeing a Hybrid on the 002, but must've been a couple of years ago at least, now I think of it I used to see them quite regularly (living on the 002 route)!

bususer12

Quote from: nitromatt1 on July 01, 2013, 11:01:30 PM
Quote from: DJ trainbasher on July 01, 2013, 10:53:47 PM
Quote from: nitromatt1 on July 01, 2013, 10:50:22 PM
Quote from: Peter123 on July 01, 2013, 10:34:15 PM
I got 30130 in mid 2012 if I remember rightly

Now that would be odd, a Versa on the 002...? Are you sure?

One has been on

Hang on, I just got a flashback of seeing a Hybrid on the 002, but must've been a couple of years ago at least, now I think of it I used to see them quite regularly (living on the 002 route)!

Can't be that long ago, they were new only 16 months ago!

nitromatt1

Quote from: bususer12 on July 01, 2013, 11:18:33 PM
Quote from: nitromatt1 on July 01, 2013, 11:01:30 PM
Quote from: DJ trainbasher on July 01, 2013, 10:53:47 PM
Quote from: nitromatt1 on July 01, 2013, 10:50:22 PM
Quote from: Peter123 on July 01, 2013, 10:34:15 PM
I got 30130 in mid 2012 if I remember rightly

Now that would be odd, a Versa on the 002...? Are you sure?

One has been on

Hang on, I just got a flashback of seeing a Hybrid on the 002, but must've been a couple of years ago at least, now I think of it I used to see them quite regularly (living on the 002 route)!

Can't be that long ago, they were new only 16 months ago!

It feels a long time ago to me! But then, my interest in buses had massively grown over the past year, so that would be perhaps while it feels longer. I definitely remember seeing Hybrids on the 002, I assume they would've been Versas? (I did not know many bus types back then)

Ash

Yeah it would have been a hybrid versa and they have appeared on most diamond service whilst at tividale.

JackC

One of the 13 plate B7RLEs was out on the 40 along with a Royale Centro so that's one tracked down for you.

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