Wednesfield Garage

[Ck]

Changes for Wolverhampton on vosa now 2 new services for arriva not bad

[Trident 4609]

Changes for Wolverhampton on vosa now 2 new services for arriva not bad

If you are refering to the 50/53 services. They aren't entirley new as they will be covering parts of the 531/57/63

[Trident 4609]

To save clogging up WN garage thread i will continue the discussion in here.

AMD, Do 19 boards interwork during the day with the 10 now? Before the changes i know a journey that gets into Wolverhampton about 15:20 goes onto the 10

There are a couple of boards that do this, yes.

I presume you do this to enable ALX400 DAF's to be easily allocated to both the 19 and 10/A/B?

Also i have noticed the ALX400 DAF's have been appearing in service on Sundays now with the Sunday 10 being allocated a DAF regually

[Trident 4609]

Oh ok thanks :) But why do you choose to put the ALX400's over the Tridents? The Sunday 10 up to the other week i noticed was run by 4851 or 4854 which both also have transponders fitted

[Trident 4609]

There is no difference operationally. It would depend whether any vehicles are off, as both Tridents are today.

Ok Thanks :) It just seemed that apart from the Amazon contract, The ALX400 DAF's weren't used in Public service on Sundays before Christmas

[Bob]

Having deckers going to & from pattingham is like a flashback to the 80s when MRN stuck Fleetlines on the routes theee lol

[Bob]

Bizarrely in the early-mid 90s they stuck a duple laser Tiger coach on there most of the time

[Trident 4609]

The difference will be because transponders have now been removed from smaller vehicles and fitted to DDs.

Thanks for the info AMD :) So apart from the Sainsbury's Solos and the couple of Darts you mentioned fitted with Transponders,Will Single Deckers be stopped from being put on the 10?

[Trident 4609]

AMD, Is the 18 now booked to be one of the ALX200 Darts as they seem to be on there 99% of the time.  Sometimes 2208,2347 or 2414 operate the route if they aren't avaliable. MPD's and Solo's (Which are best suited to the Roads of Moat-House Estate) were usually allocated before but i did notice that buses were packed on the 09:39 and 10:38 journeys from Stubby Lane got packed or very busy. Was this why biggr buses are allocated to the 18 now?

[Trident 4609]

No, service 18 has no specific requirement and can take anything other than a DD.

Oh ok :) I presume you allocate an ALX200 most of the time as they are the avaliable bus at the time of allocation?

[mranon]

spotted a daf alx400 on tow around 18.30 being pulled by mansfield along lichfield rd past albion pub. couldnt get which one, it was flying along

[Trident 4609]

spotted a daf alx400 on tow around 18.30 being pulled by mansfield along lichfield rd past albion pub. couldnt get which one, it was flying along

I live right near there and it is a regular sight to see ALX400 DAF's being towed back to Wednesfield Garage on the back of a Mansfield Truck ;D ;)

[Bob]

Lol reliability as standard then...on the fb page passengers keep puttin stuff like 'the cannock 33 hasnt come' & arriva post their apologies an put it was due to a breakdown etc...jeez

[andy]

Lol reliability as standard then...on the fb page passengers keep puttin stuff like 'the cannock 33 hasnt come' & arriva post their apologies an put it was due to a breakdown etc...jeez

Yes I'm surprised Mansfield could fit them in around the constant stream of Tridents they have to drag around on a daily basis for NX....

[Bob]

Db250s are far less reliable buses than tridents.. on the whole. Arrivas breakdowns are higher..on the whole...