Round Trips

[Dom]

Friday 19th February

Streetdeck Hunting

Bus                          Route                   Time On             Time Off       
NX841                      WN81                    0924                   0942
Roseville Square -> Dudley Bus Station
NX4312                    WN257                  0951                   1032
Dudley Bus Station -> Kingswinford Cross
NX4152                    WN256                  1049                   1104 (Met @900 and @Nathan )
Kingswinford Cross -> Stourbridge Bus Station
( Met @Micheal Bevan and @James4368 )
NX6109                    PN9                       1146                   1228 ( Quite frustrating as 4 9's came in at once, and 3301 went out private )
Stourbridge Bus Station -> Bearwood Interchange
NX4200                    PN140                   1230                   1251
Bearwood Interchange -> Birmingham Colmore Row
NX4456                    BC97                     1324                   1338 ( No Relief so gave up on waiting )
Birmingham Moor Street -> Fazeley Street
NX4461                    BC97                     1340                   1345
Fazeley Street -> Gibb Street
NX2212                    AG37                     1350                   1402
Gibb Steet -> Carrs Lane
( James left here )
NX4156                    BC24                     1418                   1434
Birmingham Livery Street -> Broad Street
NX3301                    PN9                       1441                   1601 ( AT LAST, nice bus actually, climbed the hill in colley gate very well )
Broad Street -> Colmore Row -> Stourbridge Bus Station
( @P419 EJW boarded, Ashley boarded in Halesowen )
( Nathan, Jack & Ashley went and caught the 256 )
NX4347                    PN246                  1628                   1709
Stourbridge Bus Station -> Dudley Bus Station
( Liam left here and caught 1882 on the 313 )
NX861                      WN81                   1713                   1732
Dudley Bus Station -> Roseville Square                   

[Will]

Worcestershire Round Trip (19/02)

DIA (30302, SN09FUW) > 10 > Home > Kidderminster Bus Station (met @Reece - who later left on 30805 on the 303 to Worcester)
(I went & met a bus driver friend of mine for a coffee)
DIA (30804, KX57OVV) > 295 > Kidderminster Bus Station > Worcester Bus Station
(Gearbox was slipping when changing gear I don't think it will be long before it completely goes!)
(I once again met up with @Reece here who then pretty much left and went to catch the 303 back to Kiddy!)
First Worcester (67659, VX05LWC) > 32 > Worcester Bus Station > St Peter's > St Peter's (then back to) Worcester Bus Station (then from) Worcester Bus Station > Ombersley Road (circular) (then back to) > Worcester Bus Station
Johnsons Excelbus (YT13 HKZ) > 350 > Worcester > Redditch
DIA (21009, SN05 FLR) > 51 > Redditch > Batchley (circular) > (then back to) Redditch
DIA (30931, VX54 MUO) > x3 > Redditch > Kidderminster

[RS]

17/2

NX 1852 4h Sandwell Station > West Brom
DIA 30858 4h West Brom > Walsall
NX 4318 529 Walsall > Wolves
VT 221 143 Wolves > New Street
LM 172 218 Moor St > Hawthorns
MM 20 Hawthorns > West Brom Central
NX 1848 4H West Brom > Sandwell

[RS]

18/2

LM 172 218 + 172 212 + 172 219 Cradley Heath > Hawthorns
MM 20 Hawthorns > West Brom
MM 19 West Brom > Handsworth Booth Street (Accidently)
MM 18 Booth Street > Hawthorns (which is where i intended geting of in the first place but i was talking and got carried away)
LM 172 337 Hawthorns > Cradley
Picked a mate up
LM 172 212 Cradley > Solihull
DIA 30134 82 Solihull > Coventry
NX 6013 21 Coventry > Willenhall
NX 6013 21 Willenhall > Coventry
NX 4769 12X Coventry > Rail Stn
VT 390 015 Coventry > New St
NX 4946 63 New St > Moor St Q'Way
NX 4024 x56 Moor Street Q'way  > Walsall Rd Beeches Rd
NX 4256 52A Walsall RD > Moor St
CR 68 015 Moor St > Rowley Regis
LM 172 337 Rowley Regis > Cradley Heath

[RS]

19/2

LM 172 337 Cradley > S'Bridge
LM 139 001 Jucntion > Town
NX 3301 9 Stourbridge > Brum
CR 68 015 Brum > Solihul
LM 153 364 + 170 512 + 172 216 Solihull  > Cradley

[Will]

Round Trip (20/02)

Chiltern (didn't ID) > Kidderminster > Stourbridge Jn
(Purchased Daytripper+)
LM139001 > Stourbridge Jn > Town
DIA (20003, KP02PUX) > 142 > Stourbridge Interchange > Quinton, Tesco (This struggled like hell to get up any type of hill or incline from Stourbridge then when it left Halesowen it climbed Mucklow Hill I honestly believed at one point whether the bus would actually get to the top or whether I (being the only passenger onboard) would have to get out & push it!!)
iGo (KP02 PUO) > 10H > Tesco, Quinton > Moor St Queensway
DIA (30822, BX09SJO) > 16 > Moor St Queensway > Hamstead
NXWM (4826, BX09PHF) > 16 > Hamstead > Moor St Queensway
NXWM (6724, SN15LDJ) > x51 > Bull Street > Walsall (met up with @Alex, @WN, @Nathan & @900 who then promptly left on the number 7 to Aldridge so I walked across the bus station and bumped into @RS then I carried on over to Tesco to get some lunch)
DIA (20543, YT51EAO) > 29 > Walsall Bus St > Blakenhall (and back)
BCT (3002, LOG302) > (57) > Walsall Bus St > Aston Manor Road Transport Museum
BCT (3002, LOG302) > (16) > Aston Manor Road Transport Museum > Lichfield (and back)
NXWM (1707, V177MOA) (preserved) > (57) > Aston Manor Transport Museum > Walsall Bus St
NXWM (1849, BX58SXO) > 4 > Walsall, Bradford Place > Sandwell & Dudley Railway Station
(left @RS who went home)
LM (didn't ID) > Sandwell & Dudley > Smethwick Galton Bridge


An amazing day it has to be said although a tad chilly & damp.

[Reece]

16/02/2016

Diamond | X3 > Kidderminster Bus Station - Redditch Bus Station (30500) MW52PZR
Diamond | 247 > Redditch Bus Station - Redditch, Alexandra Hospital (30402) LF51CYC
Diamond | 55 > Redditch, Alexandra Hospital - Redditch Bus Station (30008) YJ07JRU
Diamond | 57 > Redditch Bus Station - Matchborough, Centre (32101) YJ07JDZ
Diamond | 57 > Matchborough, Centre - Redditch Bus Station (30879) SN10CDK
Diamond | 143 > Redditch Bus Station - Bromsgrove Bus Station (20976) MX11CZJ
Diamond | 143 > Bromsgrove Bus Station - Bromsgrove, Rail Station (30168) ERZ2028
Diamond | 143 > Bromsgrove, Rail Station - Bromsgrove Bus Station (30402) LF51CYC
First | 144 > Bromsgrove Bus Station - Worcester Bus Station (33039) LN51DWD
( Lunch )
First | 44C > Worcester Bus Station - Worcester, County Hall (63362) SM65WMF
First | 44C > Worcester, County Hall - Worcester Bus Station (63362) SM65WMF
First | 31A > Worcester Bus Station - Worcester Bus Station (53047) VU03YJZ
First | 31C > Worcester Bus Station - Worcester Bus Station (53047) VU03YJZ
First | 31A > Worcester Bus Station - Worcester Bus Station (53047) VU03YJZ
(Had a lift home off a old mate from school)

[Reece]

18/02/2016

Arriva | 297 > Kidderminster Bus Station - Bridgnorth Sainsbury's (3341) FJ64JYN
Arriva | 9 > Bridgnorth, High Town - Wolverhampton Bus Station (3751) YJ59BUO
Arriva | X68 > Wolverhampton Bus Station - Cannock Bus Station (2275) FL52MML
Arriva | 74 > Cannock Bus Station - Stafford Rail Station (3740) YJ57AZT
( @Alex joined )
( left @Alex )
Arriva | 5 > Stafford Bus Station - Telford Bus Station (3780) FL63DXM
Arriva | 9 > Telford Bus Station - Bridgnorth, High Town (3751) YJ59BUO
Arriva | 297 > Bridgnorth, High Town - Kidderminster Bus Station (2145) MX12JXG
Arriva | 297 > Kidderminster Bus Station - Home (2145) MX12JXG

[Will]

County Connecta Day (25/02)

DIA (30302, SN09FUY) > x3 > Kidderminster Bus Station > Bromsgrove (This bus was awful!!! and when I say awful I'm not joking there was a thin cloud of exhaust smoke filling in the saloon (tell me that's normal or safe) I couldn't wait to get off it at Bromsgrove I thought @Reece was bluffing last week when he said it was bad but he was actually spot on)
First (67652, VX05LVS) > 144 > Bromsgrove Bus Station > Worcester
First (didn't ID) > 31C > Worcester Bus Station > Warndon (then Hospital) > Worcester Bus Garage (I was with my mate who gave me a lift back to Stourport)
DIA (30806, WX58FRV) > 3 > Stourport, High Street > Kidderminster Bus Station

(Not much of a round trip but never mind)

[Kevin]

Out on a whim today. Only aim was to catch 3301

Diamond 30826 - 16 - 11:06 Hamstead Village to city centre (station Street)
NX 4701 - 80 - 11:54 Smallbrook Queensway to Five Ways
Diamond BU08 ADZ - 647 - 12:35 Five Ways to Harborne high street (killing time before 3301 was due in Brum - plus haven't done this route since NX stopped running the 10)
NX 4628 - 24 - 12:57 Harborne to Colmore Row
NX 3301 (guessed timings were spot on!!) - 9 - 13:26 Colmore Row to Stourbridge
NX 4562 - 256 - 14:30ish Stourbridge to Wolverhampton
NX 4326 - 89 - 16:43 Wolves to Bloxwich
NX 1752 - 301 - 17:21 Bloxwich to Walsall
NX 1766 - 29 - 17:35 Walsall to Blakenhall
Diamond 30888 - 29 - 17:48 Blakenhall to Walsall
NX 4860 - 51 - 18:10 Walsall to Tower Hill

[John]

Main aim was to find 4041, but fancied to do the 55 as it's been a long time since I last done it

997 - Beeches Road - Birmingham
1810 - 55 - Birmingham - Chelmsley Wood
2203 - 72 - Chelmsley Wood - Solihull (The stop start started to get annoying after a while)
4387 - 76 - Solihull - Chin Brook Road
Walked up to Yardley Wood garage
4333 - 18 - Yardley Wood - Northfield
4610 - 61/3 - Northfield - Birmingham
997 - Birmingham - Home

[Reece]

19/02/2016

Diamond | 4A > Home - Kidderminster Bus Station (20574) KP51SXW
Diamond | 303 > Kidderminster Bus Station - Worcester Bus Station (30805) KX08HMY
( Lunch )
First | 31 > Worcester Bus Station - Worcester Bus Station (53045) VU03YJX
First | 31C > Worcester Bus Station - Worcester Bus Station (53045) VU03YJX
Diamond | 303 > Worcester Bus Station - Kidderminster Bus Station (20252) Y252KNB
Diamond | 2 > Kidderminster Bus Station - Home (30302) SN09FUW

[Niall]

Didn't go anywhere near like I planned today, but I did get a few nice photos (and a fair few awful ones!):

20840 - 202 home to Bromsgrove
30805 - X3 Bromsgrove to Kidderminster
30500 - X3 Kidderminster bus station to Oxford Street - driver announced we'd have to wait for a change bus
20851 - X3 Kidderminster to Bromsgrove
30878 - 143 Bromsgrove to Redditch (first time on mk2 E300)
30402 - 64 Redditch to Redditch (first time on B7L)
21009 - 143 Redditch to Bromsgrove
20840 - 202 Bromsgrove to home

[Will]

County Connecta Day (03/03);

DIA (20853, LG02FFD) > 10 > Home > Kidderminster Bus Station
DIA (30944, MX55NWL) > x3 > Kidderminster > Redditch (this bus had some serious thrash!! 😀)
DIA (30935, VX54MTE) > 58 > Redditch > Matchborough (circular) > Redditch
DIA (30879, SN10CDK) > 247 > Redditch > Evesham (I do not recommend this journey to anyone took nearly 2 hours to get there 😬)
First Worcester (66694, CN07HVJ) > 551 > Evesham > Worcester (Another journey that's nearly 2 hours long and one I wouldn't recommend to anyone)
First Worcester (67662, VX05LWF) > 35 > Worcester > Blackpole (circular) > Blackpole > Worcester
> Worcester > Blackpole > Blackpole > Worcester Bus Garage

[RS]

VT 221 113 +221 144 Sandwell & Dudley > Birmingham New Street

NX 2139 BX12 DHL 98 New Street > Moor Street

CH 165 016 Birmingham Moor Street > Solihull

NX 2246 YX65 PXN 37 Solihull Station > Solihull Town Centre

DIA 30019 BV10 ZJU 88 Solihull Town> Solihull Station

LM 172 213 Solihull > Birmingham Moor Street

NX 4609 BX54 DDZ 63 Moor Street > New Street

LM 170 631 Birmingham New Street > Walsall

NX 1852 BX58 SXS 4 Walsall > West Bromwich

MM 30 West Bromwich Central > Wolverhampton Saint Georges

NX 4590 BU04 BLN 1 Wolverhampton Police Station > Tettenhall Wood

NX 4590 BU04 BLN 1 Tettenhall Wood > Wolverhampton Pipers Row

NX 2003 BX61 LJA 33 Wolverhampton Bus  Station > Northwood Park

NX 2003 BX61 LJA 33 Northwood Park > Wolverhampton Bus Station

AM 2731 BU03 HRD 10 Wolverhampton Bus Station > Perton

AM 2706 BU02 USB 10 Perton > Pattingham

AM 4780 10 Pattingham > Perton

AM 4797 W368 VGJ 10 Perton > Wolverhampton

VT 390 012 Wolverhampton > Sandwell & Dudley