Round Trips

[James4368]

06/02/15 Redditch
0807 900 (6705) Gilbertstone Avenue - Moor Street
0835 DIA 146 (32121) Smallbrook Queensway - Redditch Bus Station
Visited Diamond Redditch Depot
0940 DIA 58 (40540) Redditch Bus Station - Winyates Shopping Centre
1007 DIA 57 (30935) Winyates Shopping Centre - Redditch Bus Station
1040 DIA 247 (30162) Redditch Bus Station - Alexandria Hospital
1058 DIA 55 (30009) Alexandria Hospital - Redditch Bus Station
1132 DIA 57 (32101) Redditch Bus Station - Greenlands Post Office
1145 DIA 58 (40543) Greenlands Post Office - Redditch Bus Station
1200 DIA 143 (30161) Redditch Bus Station - Tardebigge Inn
1213 DIA 143 (30402) Tardebigge Inn - Redditch Bus Station
1235 DIA 146 (30942) Redditch Bus Station - Smallbrook Queensway
1340 900 (6708) Moor Street - Coventry Road / Sunnymead Road

DIA - Diamond Bus

[RS]

06/02/15

Rotala,Diamond Bus 30815 FJ57 CYS 4H Sandwell & Dudley Railway Station > Walsall,Bradford Place     Score :)
Time on 11:58 Time Off 12:31
(Notes: Very Good best vehicle ive been on for a while ;D)

Rotala Diamond Bus 30408 P058 KPY 4  Walsall,Bradford Place > Tame Bridge Parkway Railway Station  Score 8)
Time On 12:50 Time Off 13:11
(Notes: Kind of ok on the scale of diamond darts that are worse than this in the fleet  ::) ::) )

London Midland Class 323 202 Tame Bridge Parkway > Birmingham New Street
Time On 13:13 Time Off 13:34
(Notes : The worst Class 323 ever it reminds me of one of the terrible Northern Rail Class 319 i think loud vibrating and that etc; )
Met @Will Here
Virgin Trains Class 390 005 Birmingham New Street > Wolverhampton
Time on 1405 Time off 1439
(Dirty and needs refurbing as it looks tired )

Arriva Midlands Wednesfields *Finest* 2550 WL03 AOL 57 Wolverhampton Bus Station > Bilston Bus Station via the wrekin and wednesfield
Time on 1504 Time off 1601
( Notes: Very Noisy tidy and a few bits of thrash)

Midland Metro 22 Bilston Central > Bull Street
Time on 1606 Time off 1645
(Notes very wet and uncomforable )

National Express West Midlands 4630 BX54 XRW 47 Carrs Lane > St martins queensway new street station
Time on 1737 Time off 1747
(Notes : N/A)

Virgin Trains 390 137 Birmingham New Street > Sandwell & Dudley Railway Station
Time on 1811 Time off 1829
Left @Will here

[Will]

06/02/16

DIA (30121, B15 WTS) > 10 > Home > Kidderminster Station
LM172342 > Kidderminster Station > The Hawthorns
Tram (25) > The Hawthorns > Bull Street
(Walked to New Street met @RS)
VT (390005) > New Street > Wolverhampton
AM (2550, WL03 AOL) > 57 > Wolverhampton > Bilston
Tram (22) > Bilston Central > Bull Street
NXWM (4630, BX54 XRW) > 47 > Carrs Lane > New Street
VT (390137) > New St > Sandwell & Dudley
(Left @RS who went home)
DIA (30940, BK13 NZR) > 4H > Sandwell & Dudley > Halesowen
(I got off walked into the bus station and who should be stood in there but a certain ex-member of this forum who will remain nameless suffice to say I very quickly disappeared into Asda!)
NXWM (2105, BX12 DDY) > 243 > Halesowen > Dudley
AM (2257, Y257 YBC) > 257 > Dudley > Stourbridge
LM139002 > Stourbridge Town > Junction (with Phil Tonks driving!)
LM172215 & 220 > Stourbridge Jn > Kidderminster

[Ashley 60171]

Todays fun

NXWM 2062 - 3 - Wolverhampton, Market Street
LM 350373 - Birmingham New Street
Diamond 32121 - 146 - Redditch Bus Station @James4368 didn't spot me on the bus or a couple of hours later but anyway. I had my glasses on/off all day because of the weather.
Diamond 57/58 - various short hops on service 57/58 aka The Track. 21009 30161 30857 30882 30884 30885 30933 30945 40540 40542 40543 32101. Very strange route.
Diamond 20847 - 51 - Batchley Circular and return. Absolutely hellfire Solo!!
Diamond 30944 - X3 - Bromsgrove Bus Station
Diamond 20851 - X3 - Redditcb Bus Station (dud but a nice Dart)
Diamond 32122 - 70 - Astwood Bank Circular and return
Diamond 30856 - 64 - Woodrow Circular and return (chauffeured round)
Diamond 30010 and 30933 - 51 - Batchley Circular and return (well it's one way to tick them off)
Diamond 30851 - 67 - Alexandra Hospital
Diamond 30878 - 48 - Redditch Bus Station
Was hoping to have had 30402 but kept hiding from me.
Diamond 30406 - 143 - Bromsgrove Bus Station
First Wyvern 63366 - 144 - Birmingham, Smallbrook Queensway (nicer than I expected)
VT 390112 - Wolverhampton
AM 4786 - 10 - Compton Road, Finchfield Hill (BEAST!!)
Walk the rest of the way home

Admittedly not an adventurous bash but just wanted to crack on with scoring as a Diamond geezer.

[T840MAK]

Yesterday:

Supertram 103 - White Lane -> Gleadless Townend cancelled due to a RTC. The following "bustitution" moves then occurred:
First 47485 - 18a - Gleadless Townend -> Manor Top
Stagecoach 12107 - 120 - Manor Top -> Sheffield Interchange
Northern 158855 - 1Y13 0905 - Sheffield -> Nottingham
NET 202 - Nottingham Station -> Toton Lane
NET 233 - Toton Lane -> Nottingham Station
NET 237 - Nottingham Station -> Clifton South
NET 203 - Clifton South -> Old Market Square
[Lunch]
NET 206 - Old Market Square -> Hucknall
[Tesco]
EMT 156404 - 2H15 1410 - Hucknall -> Mansfield Woodhouse
EMT 156404 - 2D15 1437 - Mansfield Woodhouse -> Hucknall
NET 228 - Hucknall -> Old Market Square
NET 232 - David Lane -> Phoenix Park
NET 204 - Phoenix Park -> Old Market Square
NET 225 - Old Market Square -> Wilkinson Street
NET 207 - Wilkinson Street -> Lace Market
Walk - Lace Market tram stop -> Broadmarsh bus station
Trent Barton 331 - i4 - Broadmarsh -> QMC
Trent Barton 86 - red arrow - QMC -> Victoria really posh and comfortable
Trent Barton 780 - twos - Victoria -> Canning Circus surprisingly nice for a euro6!
Trent Barton 724 - twos - Canning Circus -> Victoria viced :(
Trent Barton 997 - centrelink - Victoria -> Broadmarsh
Trent Barton 722 - indigo - Broadmarsh -> QMC
Trent Barton 705 - indigo - QMC -> Broadmarsh
Walk - Broadmarsh bus station -> Nottingham railway station
EMT 43052/43050 - 1D62 2016 - Nottingham -> Sheffield
Supertram 102 - Sheffield Station -> White Lane

[T840MAK]

Got bored this afternoon so decided to make some headway on my last five First Sheffield buses: (* - Scored)

First 60710 - 8 - Basegreen -> Manor Top
Stagecoach 12171 - 120 - Manor Top -> City Centre, Sheffield Interchange
Stagecoach 19511 - 265 - City Centre, Sheffield Interchange -> Fir Vale*
First 37493 - 1a - Fir Vale -> City Centre, High Street
Stagecoach 36186 - 25 - City Centre, Arundel Gate -> Queens Road KFC*
First 37116 - 51 - Queens Road KFC -> City Centre, Arundel Gate
First 37479 - 76 - City Centre, High Street -> Millhouses*
TM Travel 509 - 6 - Millhouses -> City Centre, Sheffield Interchange*
First 47483 - 18 - City Centre, Sheffield Interchange -> Hollinsend Road* via the world
Walk home

[T840MAK]

Sorry for the spam, but todays seemed worthy of putting in here. Well, I never expected to start on a 19 year old B10BLE and finish on a 19 year old Olympian in 2016 ;)

First 60626 - 8 - Basegreen -> Ecclesfield
First 60626 - 8 - Ecclesfield -> Sheffield Interchange
First 35133 - X78 - Sheffield Interchange -> Meadowhall Interchange
First 35138 - X78 - Meadowhall Interchange -> Sheffield Interchange
First 47486 - 56 - Sheffield Interchange -> Highfield
First 37477 - 56 - Highfield -> Sheffield Interchange
First 60626 - 8a - Sheffield Interchange -> Crystal Peaks
First 60626 - 8 - Crystal Peaks -> City Centre, Arundel Gate
Walk to Sheffield Interchange
TM Travel 1128 - 252 - Sheffield Interchange -> Gleadless Townend
Walk home

[Ashley 60171]

Saturday 13th February

NXWM 2025 - 3 - Wolverhampton, Market Street
VT 390xxx - Birmingham New Street
XC 221132 - Burton on Trent
Walk to town Centre
AM 3711 - 8 - Swadlincote Bus Station
AM 3776 - 9 - Coalville, Memorial Square
AM 4794 - 16 - Loughborough, Fennel Street
AM 4808 - 16 - Shepshed, Charnwood Road
AM 4783 - 16 - Loughborough, Fennel Street
AM 4773 - 127 - Clarendon Road
AM 4765 - 127 - Loughborough, Lemyngton Street
AM 4755 - 127 - Leicester, St Margaret's Bus Station
Walked up to the Haymarket site
AM 4731 - 84 - random stop
AM 4741 - 86 - Eyres Monsell
AM 4020 - 86 - Leicester City Centre
AM 4731 - 31A - London Road, Sandown Road
AM 4001 - 31 - Oadby Parade
AM 4205 - X3 - St Margaret's Bus Station
AM 3803 - 26 - Coalville Town Centre
The last 9A through to Burton didn't observe the Memorial Square stop it's supposed to call at. The penny drops
AM 4762 - 126 - all the way back to Leicester
City centre closed off for resurfacing so ran like hell to the train station to buy a different ticket.
XC 1701xx - Birmingham New Street
LM 350237 - Wolverhampton
NXWM 852 - 3 - home

[Jack6101]

Yesterday I did
Wb 819/42- tesco dudley - west bromwich bus station
Wb4114/5 -west Bromwich bus station-red lion all saints way
WA 1891/4-red lion all saints way - beacon view road
Wb 1949/45-tame bridge rail station -Walsall Bradford place
WA 1764/41 Walsall bs - Brantley lane
WA 4258/40Bentley lane -Walsall vs
WA 1856/4H Walsall Bradford place to holyhead road

[James4368]

15/02/15

0857 900 (6705) Gilbertstone Avenue - Moor Street
Met @Michael Bevan
0930 9 (6114) Colmore Row  - Stourbridge Bus Station
Met @WN and @Ashley 60171
1145 X96 (2086) Stourbridge - Merry Hill
Met @Nathan
1220 276 (2083) Merry Hill - Dudley Bus Station
1255 87 (4738) Dudley - Dudley Tesco
1303 42 (4052) Dudley Tesco - West Bromwich Bus Station
1350 5 (4234) West Bromwich - Sutton Coldfield
Left @Ashley 60171 , @WN , @Nathan , @Michael Bevan here
1442 902 (4914) Sutton Coldfield - Moor Street
1520 900 (6705 again) Moor Street - Coventry Road/Sunnymead Road

[RS]

07/02

VT 390 137 Sandwell & Dudley > Birmingham New Street
NX 4608 63 New Street > Carrs Lane
AM 4414  110 The Square Peg > Scutton Colefield
AM 2168 77 Scutton Colefield > Walsall
DIA 30858 4H Walsall > West Brom
NX 1848 4M West Brom > Sandwell Station

[RS]

13/02

LM 172 214  Cradley Heath > Stourbridge Junction
LM 139 001 Stourbridge Junction > Stourbridge Town
LM 139 001 Stourbridge Town > Stourbridge Juncton
LM 172 344 Stourbridge Junction > Birmingham Moor Street
NX 6729 X51 Moor Street Q'way > Walsall BS
LM 323 202 Walsall > New Street
LM 172 343 Moor Street > Cradley

[RS]

14/02

DIA 30826 301 Walsall > Mossley
DIA 30826 301 Mossley > Walsall
NX 1772 70 Walsall > Bloxwich
NX 1772 70 Bloxwich > Walsall
NX 1763 70 Walsall > Bloxwich
NX 1763 70 Bloxwich > Walsall
AM 3902 3A Walsall > Brownhills
AM 3902 3A Brownhills > Walsall
AM 3702 3 Walsall > Brownhills
NX 4328 10 Brownhills > Walsall
NX 1897 89  Walsall > Wolverhampton
NX 4605 529 Wolverhampton > Walsall
AM 2158 77 Walsall > Scutton Colefield
NX 4929 904 Scutton Colefield > Birmingham
NX 4866 51 Birmingham > Walsall
CB SK15 GYA Walsall > Tame Bridge
AM 3797 Tame Bridge > Walsall

[T840MAK]

10/02:

First 69022 - 8 - Basegreen -> Crystal Peaks
First 69023 - 41 - Manor Top -> Moor Markets
First 69023 - 40 - Moor Markets -> Castle Square
First 47490 - 3 - Castle Square -> Meadowhall via many estates without being racist
First 35123 - X78 - Meadowhall -> Rotherham Interchange
First 35130 - X78 - Rotherham Interchange -> Haymarket
First 37499 - 1a - Arundel Gate -> Fir Vale
Stagecoach 22562 - 83a - Fir Vale -> High Street
First 33872 - 120 - Castle Square -> Sheffield Interchange
First 35125 - X78 - Sheffield Interchange -> Rotherham Interchange
Stagecoach 37108 - 228 - Rotherham Interchange -> Wath on Dearne
First 31144 - 22m - Wath on Dearne -> Barnsley Interchange
Stagecoach 47297 - 32 - Barnsley Interchange -> Cudworth -> Barnsley Interchange
First 35134 - 22 - Barnsley Interchange -> Wombwell
TM Travel 11169 - 203 - Wombwell -> Barnsley Interchange
Stagecoach 19511 - 265 - Barnsley Interchange -> Sheffield Interchange
First 63139 - 120 - Sheffield Interchange -> Manor Top
Supertram 103 - Manor Top -> White Lane

11/02:
First ????? - 8 - Basegreen -> Manor Top First did a First here and didn't show up. Again.
First 61631 - 8a - Basegreen -> Manor Top
Stagecoach 22436 - 7 - Manor Top -> Moor Markets
Stagecoach 22436 - 000 - Moor Markets -> Angel Street alighting only as bus was readjusted
First 35129 - X78 - Castle Street -> Rotherham Interchange
Stagecoach 37091 - 217 - Rotherham Interchange -> Rawmarsh garage
Stagecoach 35113 - 109 - Rawmarsh garage -> Parkgate Shopping
Stagecoach 26026 - 22x - Parkgate shopping -> Rotherham Interchange
Stagecoach 22770 - 217 - Rotherham Interchange -> Rawmarsh garage
Stagecoach 26029 - 22x - Rawmarsh garage -> Wath on Dearne
Stagecoach 22769 - 222 - Wath on Dearne -> Wombwell
Stagecoach 39616 - 67 - Wombwell -> Birdwell
Stagecoach 19562 - 66 - Birdwell -> Barnsley Interchange
Stagecoach 36180 - 95 - Barnsley Interchange -> Barugh Green
Stagecoach 36181 - 95 - Barugh Green -> Barnsley Interchange
Stagecoach 36179 - 265 - Barnsley Interchange -> Sheffield Interchange
First 61631 - 8 - Sheffield Interchange -> Basegreen honestly the worst bus I've travelled on, slow, filthy and in a complete state

[Trident 4194]

30407-4H- piece of crap- can't climb hills
30862-002- another piece of tatty crap
30862-002- repeat with a better driver
30639-142- finally a nice bus
30815-4H- beast of a bus
6107-9-average mmc
6110-9- fast bus
4353-141- best 43** pensnett trident
30489-4H- Crap this goes fast