Round Trips

[RS]

19/03/16

Arriva Midlands Explorer Day

Ticket was Arriva Midlands Child Day ; £4.10

LM 323 215 Sandwell & Dudley > Wolverhampton Railway Station

AM 3761 YJ61 FEO 70 (Wolverhampton > Cannock > Rugeley) Wolverhampton > Cannock Bus Station (THRASH !!!)

Done about 20 minutes of spotting at The Bus Station and had a look around

AM 3724 FJ06 ZTL 70 (Rugeley > Cannock > Wolverhampton ) Cannock > Wolverhampton  (THRASH !!!)

Done about 25 minutes of spoting at the Bus station and had a look in the Co - operative

AM 3747 YJ59 BVK  8 (Wolverhampton > Telford Town Centre) Wolvehrampton > Telford   (THRASH!!!)

Done a bit of spotting and brought a maccies

AM 2994 YJ09 MMK X5 ( Telford Town Centre > M54 > A5 > Shrewsbury Station > Shrewsbury Bus Station ) Telford Bus Stn > Shrewsbury Bus Station (THRASH !!!)

Done about 1 and half hours of spotting got some timetables and had a look around

AM 2994 YJ09 MMK X5 ( Shrewsbury Bus Station > Shrewsbury Station > A5 > M54 > Telford Bus Station ) Shrewsbury Bus STN > Telford Bus Station (THRASH !!!)

Waited for the 8 and then realised i missed it  ::)

AM 3332 FJ64 EUU 4 (Telford Bus Station > Railway Station )

LM 170 501 COUPLED WITH 170 502  Telford > Sandwell & Dudley

[Rob H]

26/03/2016

NXWM - 4440 - 73 Sheldon, Sheaf Lane (opp Mardon Road) - Birmingham Moor Street (06:58 Solihull - Birmingham)
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NXWM - 5510 - 22 Birmingham Moor Street Queensway - Five Ways
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NXWM - 4945 - 24 Five Ways - Birmingham Moor Street Queensway
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NXWM - 6713 - 957 Birmingham, Park Street - Coventry Road, Lyndon Road (08:27 Birmingham - Solihull)
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NXWM - 6710 - 900 Coventry Road, Lyndon Road - Birmingham Moor Street (08:33 Airport & NEC - Birmingham)
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NXWM - 6742 - 935 Birmingham, Lower Bull Street - Perry Barr, Wellhead Lane (09:28 Birmingham - Walsall)
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NXWM - 6731 - 997 Perry Barr, Wellhead Lane - Birmingham, Lower Bull Street (09:21 Pheasey, Deers Leap - Birmingham)
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Met Up with Kieran (KTV Videos on YouTube)
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Arriva Trains Wales - 158830+158825 - Birmingham New Street - Shrewsbury (1D13 11:15 Birmingham New Street - Holyhead)
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Met Up with James (Scouse Trainspotter 1999 on YouTube) and Fynley (Fynley Heydon-Stuckey on Facebook)
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Filmed Trains for 2 Hours (12:25-14:25) James and Fynley stayed at Shrewsbury for another hour
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Arriva Trains Wales - 158836+1588?? - Shrewsbury - Birmingham New Street (1G40 11:23 Holyhead - Birmingham New Street)
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Kieran Left here he boarded the 16:12 Cross Country Voyager to Plymouth
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NXWM - 6717 - 957 Birmingham Moor Street - Old Lode Lane, Hobs Moat Road (Sheldon) (16:27 Birmingham - Solihull)

[Will]

26/03/2016

DIA (30804, KX57OVV) > 10 > Home > Kidderminster Bus Station
DIA (30535, PF09LCO) > 3 > Kidderminster > Walshes Estate
(Went to see a mate spent an hour there)
DIA (30303, SN09FUY) > 3 > Walshes Estate > Stourport Road
(Spent an hour at my sisters)
DIA (30801, WX58FRU) > 3 > Stourport Road > Kidderminster Bus Station
DIA (30302, SN09FUW) > 10 > Kidderminster > Home

[RS]

25/03/16 Easter Friday Round Trip


LM 172220 + 17212 Cradley Heath > Birmingham Snow Hill

NX 4493 BJ03 EXB 905 Birmingham, The Square Peg > Sutton Colefield Town Centre

CB YX65 RLO 78 Sutton Colefield > Queslett Island

CB YX65 RLO 78 Queslett Island > Sutton Colefield

NX 4780 BU08 EHZ 914 Sutton Colefield  > Birmigham Moor Street QueensqY

LM 172 331 + 172 344 Birmingham Moor Street > Cradley Heath

[Reece]

19/03/2016

Chiltern > Kidderminster Rail Station - Smethwick Galton Bridge (82 309+68 014)
LM > Smethwick Galton Bridge - Wolverhampton Rail Station (323 219)
XC > Wolverhampton Rail Station - Stafford Rail Station (220 011) > The guard was absolute legend he definitely brightened up my morning when he was doing the train announcements "Costa Del Crewe" LOL! ;)
First Potteries | 101 > Stafford Rail Station - Hanley Bus Station (66839) MX05CFY
First Potteries | 18 > Hanley Bus Station - Norton, Norton Lane (65005) YN04YJG
(Lunch)
First Potteries | 18 > Norton, St. Margaret's Drive - Hanley Bus Station (65003) YN04YJE
First Potteries | 101 > Hanley Bus Station - Stafford Rail Station (65040) YN06WMO > I had never appreciated how much a Scania could be THRASHED!!!!
LM > Stafford Rail Station - Smethwick Galton Bridge (350 104)
LM > Smethwick Galton Bridge - Kidderminster Rail Station (172 218) > 2 trains in a row both 10 mins late and both 2 cars and both were full and standing to the doors it was shear luck I managed to squeezes on the second train!!
Diamond | 2L > Kidderminster Bus Station - Home (30535) PF09LCO > Very smooth ride for a Diamond Bus!

[Ashley 60171]

First Potteries | 101 > Hanley Bus Station - Stafford Rail Station (65040) YN06WMO > I had never appreciated how much a Scania could be THRASHED!!!!
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Those OmniCities can literally fly. Even more so on a quiet journey.

[Rob H]

29/03/2016

London Midland - 172212+172220 - Olton - Dorridge (2C08 07:14 Worcester Foregate Street - Dorridge)
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London Midland - 170508+170503 - Dorridge - Birmingham Snow Hill (2B08 09:10 Dorridge - Birmingham Snow Hill)
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Walked to New Street
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London Midland - 350233 - Birmingham New Street - Tame Bridge Parkway (2A13 09:57 Birmingham New Street - Walsall)
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Filmed Trains at Tame Bridge Parkway (10:20-11:15)
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London Midland - 323243 - Tame Bridge Parkway - Bescot Stadium (2A17 10:57 Birmingham New Street - Walsall)
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Filmed Trains at Bescot Stadium (11:25-12:30)
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London Midland - 323205 - Bescot Stadium - Birmingham New Street (2W28 12:31 Walsall - Birmingham New Street)
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Walked to Moor Street
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London Midland - 172219+172217 - Birmingham Moor Street - Whitlocks End (2S42 12:57 Stourbridge Junction - Stratford-Upon-Avon)
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London Midland - 153365+170511 - Whitlocks End - The Hawthorns (2V34 14:19 Whitlocks End - Worcester Foregate Street)
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Midland Metro - 20 - The Hawthorns - Bull Street
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NXWM - 6709 - 900 Birmingham Moor Street - Coventry Road, Coalway Avenue (15:20 Birmingham - Coventry)

[Dylanbusboy45]

25/03/16
NXWM 4897 45 West Heath-Cotteridge
NXWM 4040 11C Cotteridge-Bearwood
Looked for 3301 but didn't turn up
NXWM 6114 9 Bearwood-Stourbrudge
NXWM 4429 246 Stourbridge-Dudley
NXWM 1771 311 Dudley-Walsall
Photographed buses in Walsall
NXWM 4035 302 Walsall-Lower Farm-return
Photographed buses in Walsall again
NXWM 4538 529 Walsall-Wolverhampton
Photographed buses in Wolverhampton
NXWM 4884 LM1 Wolverhampton-Birmingham New St Station (Rail Replacement)
NXWM 4947 45 Birmingham-Burford Park Road
NXWM 4872 45 Burford Park Road-West Heath

[Dylanbusboy45]

29/03/16
LM 323204/240 Kings Norton-Birmingham New St
Photographed Rail Replacements in Birmingham
igo LT02ZZG LM1 Birmingham-Sandwell&Dudley (Rail Replacement)
NXWM 4937 LX1 Sandwell&Dudley-Birmingham
CR 68010 Birmingham Moor St-London Marylebone
LUL Hammersmith+City Line 21477/478 Baker St-Edgware Road
LUL District Line 21469/470 Edgware Road-Paddington
LUL District Line 21301/302 Paddington-Edgware Road
CR 68010 London Marylebone-Birmingham Moor St
LM 323201 Birmingham New St-Kings Norton

[Ashley 60171]

Yesterday afternoons fun

5420 -1 - Dudley bus station
4198 - 246 - Stourbridge bus station
Short wait for 3301, decided to move
4433 - 9 - Halesowen bus station
Think I was here almost an hour (again)
Hanson's 1512 - 004 - Harbourne High Street, The Junction
NXWM 4948 - 24 - Birmingham, Broad Street (least I won something)
5508 - 22 - Harbourne, The Green Man
5504 - 23 - Bartley Green
Diamond 30807 - 002 - Halesowen bus station
6102 - 9 - Stourbridge Bus station
4138 - 256 - Wolverhampton Bus Station
Arriva 2261 - 10 - Compton Square

[Reece]

31/03/2016

Diamond | 303 > Kidderminster Bus Station - Worcester Bus Station (30392) VX54MUP
(Theory Test) I did pass first time by the way.
First Worcester | 144 > Worcester Bus Station - Birmingham, Smallbrook Queensway (33405) VX54MUB
First Worcester | 144 > Birmingham, Smallbrook Queensway - Worcester Bus Station (33405) VX54MUB
Diamond | 303 > Worcester Bus Station - Kidderminster Bus Station (30392) VX54MUP
Diamond | 2L > Kidderminster Bus Station - Home (30121) B15 WTS

[RS]

05/04/16

LM 172 336 Cradley Heath > Solihull

DIA 30019 BV10 ZJU 82 Solihull > Solihull Town

ST KV03 ZFU 71E Solihull Town > Chelmsley Wood

CT YJ54 CEO 71E Chelmsley Wood . Solihull Town

DIA 30009 30 Solihull Town > Acocks Green

DIA 30009 30 Acocks Green > Olton Station Approach

LM 172 332 Olton > Cradley Heath

[Reece]

05/04/2016

Diamond | X3 > Kidderminster Bus Station - Redditch Bus Station (30805) KX08HMY
Johnsons | 350 > Redditch Bus Station - Worcester Bus Station -> YJ59GEY
First Worcester | 31 > Worcester Bus Station - Worcester Bus Station (53051) VU03YKE
First Worcester | 31A > Worcester Bus Station - Warndon (53051) VU03YKE
First Worcester | 31C > Warndon - Worcester Bus Station (53051) VU03YKE
First Worcester | 31B > Worcester Bus Station - Lowesmoor (53051) VU03YKE
First Worcester | 31C > Lowesmoor - Worcester Bus Station (67661) VX05LWE
( Lunch )
First Worcester | 35 > Worcester Bus Station - Worcester Bus Station (47516) SN64CFU
First Worcester | 33 > Worcester Bus Station - Worcester Bus Station (47516) SN64CFU
First Worcester | 34A > Worcester Bus Station - Worcester Bus Station (47516) SN64CFU
First Worcester | 33A > Worcester Bus Station - Worcester Bus Station (47516) SN64CFU
First Worcester | 35 > Worcester Bus Station - Lowesmoor (67665) FN08AZZ
( Had a lift off a mate back to Kidderminster )
Diamond | 2L > Kidderminster Bus Station - Home (20717) MG53BLU

[RS]

09/04/16

LM 323 243 Sandwell & Dudley > Wolverhampton

LM 350 257 Wolverhampton > Liverpool Lime Street

MR 50118 Lime Street > Hamilton Square

MR 50117 Hamilton Square > Chester

AM 4410 J100 ABW  1 Chester Rail Station > Wrexham Bus Station

ATW 175 009 Wrexham General > Chester

MR 50118 Chester > Lime Street

LM 350 373 Liverpool Lime Street > Wolverhampton

VT 390 143 Wolverhampton > Sandwell & Dudley

[Will]

12/04/2016

AM (2147, MX12JXJ) > 114 > Low Town, Bridgnorth > Telford Bus Station
AM (2983, YJ09MLF) > 81 > Telford > Shrewsbury
AM (2942, YJ61MJE) > 25 > Shrewsbury Bus Station > Tesco, Harlescott
AM (2996, YJ58PHX) > 24 > Tesco, Harlescott > Shrews Bus Station
GHA (SK52UTT) > 96 > Shrews Bus St > Ironbridge, The Wharfage
AM (3737, YJ57AZO) > 9 > Ironbridge The Wharfage > Bridgnorth, High Street