Round Trips

[John]

I hear the 47xx batch of Enviros are also excellent. I'd like to try them one day.

If they are anything like our Mk1s then yes they are great buses. Great turn of speed when you need it

[karl724223]

Day out on buses as car was in for mot
This morning
205 on time to rh hospital @Trident 4194
222 rhh to mh on time @Trident 4194
276 mh to golden cross on time @Trident 4194
This afternoon
276 golden cross to mh on time @Trident 4194
228 hansons mh to rhh on time @Trident 4194
205 rhh to twall on time @Trident 4194
Just saying @Trident 4194

[T840MAK]

Taken my seemingly yearly visit to the West Midlands, took the opportunity to try and win a couple of trains...

http://60054.railmiles.me/journeys/?date=20170429

[Ashley 60171]

Round trips from last week

Wednesday 26th

Mid Wales Travel YX65RNV - 512 - Aberystwyth, Bus Station
Lloyds Coches YJ16DYT - T2 - Machynlleth, Red Lion
Lloyds Coaches LC03WYN - X85 - Newtown, Bus Station
Stagecoach Wales 25107 - T4 - Brecon, Bus Station
New Adventure Travel YY15FZF - T6 - Swansea City Bus Station
First Cymru 69242 - X11 - Carmarthen, Bus Station
First Cymru 69304 - T1 - Aberystwyth, Bus Station
Arriva Trains Wales 158820 - Borth
Walk back to caravan site

Thursday 27th

Mid Wales Travel YX64VRJ - 512 - Aberystwyth, Bus Station
Walk round the town and lunch with family
Lloyds Coaches KT04BUS - X28 - Machynlleth, Red Lion
Lloyds Coaches LC61WYN - X28 - Aberystwyth, Bus Station
Richards Brothers YJ15AWU - T5 - Aberaenon, Albion Square
Richards Brothers YJ15AWR - T5 - Aberystwyth, Bus Station
Arriva Trains Wales 158830 - Borth
Walk back to caravan site

Saturday 29th

Lift to town
London Midland 350256 - Crewe
Arriva North West
4489 - 38 - Macclesfield, Bus Station
2610 - 130 - Manchester, Piccadilly Gardens
2746 - 263 - Altrincham, Bus Station
2621 - 247 - Intu Trafford Centre
Diamond North West 40407 - 300 - Bolton, Bus Station
2827 - 534 - Sharples Estate
4184 - 534 - Bolton, Bus Station
2681 - 575 - Station Road, Blackrod Station
2677 - 575 - Wigan, Bus Station
2984 - 352 - St Helens, Bus Station
2983 - 329 - Warrington, Bus Station
Northern 150150 - Deansgate
First Transpennine Express 185104/185118 - Manchester Pccadilly
Northern 150207/150270 - Stockport
Northern 323224 - Crewe
Virgin Trains - 390155 - Stafford
London Midland 350114 - Wolvertrampton
NXWM 2066 - 3 - home

[Kevin]

13/5/17 - some little bits in Wolverhampton to mark off the map

NX 4865 - 51 - 08:29 Scott Arms to Walsall
NX 6763 - 529 - 08:48 Walsall to Wolverhampton
Diamond 20738 - 63 - 09:50 Wolves to Oxbarn Avenue - walk round to Warstones drive
NX 2001 - 4 - 10:23 Warstones Drive to Bantock Park
NX 2018 - 3 - 10:41 Bantock Park to Castlecroft - Walk to Compton
Arriva 2731 - 10B - 11:29 Compton to Codsall
NX 2123 - 5A - 12:03 Codsall to Wolves
iGo  ??? - 53 - 12:40 Wolves to New Cross Hospital
NX 4597 - 89 - 13:05 New Cross to Wolves
Diamond 20738 - 64 - 13:35 Wolves to Penn - Walk to Warstones terminus
NX 2010 - 2 - 14:19 Warstones to Wolves
NX 4560 - 59 - 15:33 Wolves to Wednesfield
Diamond 20812 - 57 - 15:49 Wednesfield to Wolves
NX 6763 - 529 - 16:23 Wolves to Walsall
NX 4860 - 51 - 17:04 Walsall to Scott Arms

[Kevin]

Arriva Midlands daysaver 27/05/17

NXWM 4869 - 51 - 08:14 Scott Arms to Walsall
NXWM 6764 - 529 - 08:34 Walsall to Wolverhampton

This is where my planned day in Staffordshire via Select, D&G, Midland Classic and Central Buses fell apart, apparently Select Buses don't sell that ticket despite it being valid on their services. Never mind.

AM 2748 - 10 - 09:45 Wolverhampton to Telford
AM 4797 - 3 - 10:58 Telford to Brookside
--- walk across to Madeley ---
AM 3322 - 1 - 11:40 Madeley to Telford
AM 4807 - 18 - 12:50 Telford to Much Wenlock - my god what a route!! thrash along main roads and country lanes and that hill down into Ironbridge - but some helluva tight roads around Broseley!!
AM 3692 - 436 - 14:06 Much Wenlock to Bridgnorth Low Town
AM 3718 - 9 - 14:57 Bridgnorth Low Town to Wolverhampton
NXWM 5407 - 59 - 16:07 Wolverhampton to Wednesfield - fancied a hybrid and a different pub
AM 3721 - 71A - 16:48 Wednesfield to Cheslyn Hay
AM 3303 - 2 - 17:34 Cheslyn Hay to Cannock
AM 2370 - 3 - 18:43 Cannock to Walsall
NXWM 6737 - X51 - 19:40 Walsall to Scott Arms

[James4368]

01/06/17

08:10 X2 (SN66WFW 6851) Coventry Road/Gilbertstone Avenue - Moor Street Queensway

08:45 X51 (SN15LDK 6725) Bull Street - Walsall Bus Station

09:30 45 (BX62SXR 821) Bradford Place - Bescot Stadium

Filming / Photographing trucks on the M6 till 12:45.

13:00 45 (BU51RVJ 4251) Bescot Stadium - Bradford Place

13:15 X51 (SN15LFA 6736) Walsall Bus Station - Moor Street Queensway

13:53 X1 (SN66WFT 6848) Moor Street Queensway - Coventry Road/Sunnymead Road.

[Kevin]

A bit of the new East Brum network - Sunday 04/06/17

NXWM 4262 - 5 - 10:33 Scott Arms to Sutton Coldfield Queen Street (temp stop due to Fun Run)
Diamond 20733 - 71 - 11:17 Sutton Upper Holland Street (another temp stop) to Chelmsley Wood (with another longer term diversion en route at Castle Vale)
NXWM 6825 - X70 (although driver was displaying 70) - 12:21 Chelmsley Wood to Birmingham - came into city via the Spine Road
NXWM 6701 - X12 - 13:45 Birmingham to Solihull - left city via Aston Expressway
NXWM 2230 - 6 - 15:19 Solihull to Shirley (couldn't resist one of the new transfers to YW)
NXWM 4655 - 5 - 15:31 Shirley to Solihull
NXWM 2227 - 72 - 16:08 Solihull to Chelmsley Wood (was hoping the route would be Gemini but probably Sunday's will see these still)
NXWM 4615 - 14 - 16:47 Chelmsley Wood to Kitts Green
NXWM 4465 - 97 - 17:01 Kitts Green to city centre
NXWM 6725 - X51 - 17:54 Brum to Scott Arms

[Jordan]

I was the one on the x70 in chemistry wood and on the x12 kevin

[Jordan]

Chemsley wood *******

[Kevin]

Southern Tour I did during the last week
Followed Birmingham Speedway for two away meetings in Kent Monday night and on the Isle of Wight Tuesday, made a bit of a mini holiday out of it using a Kent Rover ticket and a Southern Railways day ticket

Sunday June 11th
NX 4860 - 51 - 08:22 Scott Arms to city
Chiltern 168112 - 09:15 Birmingham Moor Street to London Marylebone
Bakerloo Line - 11:23 Marylebone to Piccadilly Circus
Piccadilly Line - 11:51 Piccadilly Circus to Kings Cross St Pancras
SouthEastern 395019 - 12:27 St Pancras International to Ebbsfleet International
GoAhead London  E236 - Rail Rep. - 12:53 Ebbsfleet International to Meopham
SouthEastern 375801/628 - 13:17 Meopham to Faversham
--- sort out my hotel for the night then back out again ---
SouthEastern 375626 - 15:01 Faversham to Dover Priory
SouthEastern 395001 - 15:49 Dover Priory to Ashford International
SouthEastern 375711/603 - 16:32 Ashford International to Canterbury West
SouthEastern 375828/811 - 17:31 Canterbury West to Ramsgate
SouthEastern 395006 - 18:20 Ramsgate to Margate
SouthEastern 375801 - 20:16 Margate to Faversham

Monday June 12th
SE 375609/918 - 09:38 Faversham to Chatham
--- walk the high street and the riverside to Rochester ---
SE 465017/190/466004 - 11:01 Rochester to Gravesend
SE 466/018/465025/040 - 11:37 Gravesend to Strood
SE 375309 12:04 Strood to Tonbridge and 13:04 back to Paddock Wood
SE 375604/??? - 13:30 Paddock Wood to Ashford International
SE 465909 - 14:10 Ashford International to Maidstone East
SE 375308 - 15:05 Maidstone Barracks to Strood
--- walk to Rochester again, this time from the other way ---
SE 375824 - 15:51 Rochester to Faversham (to drop my day stuff and get my speedway stuff)
SE 395023 - 17:26 Faversham to Sittingbourne
--- Speedway ---
SE 466038 - 21:25 Sittingbourne to Sheerness
SE 466041 - 22:21 Sheerness to Sittingbourne
SE 395019 - 23:21 Sittingbourne to Faversham

Tuesday June 13th
Stagecoach East Kent 34442 (Dart) - 666 - 06:58 Faversham Court Street to Ashford
--- spend a bit of time observing the minibuses in Ashford and having breakfast ---
Southern 171727 - 09:33 Ashford International to Hastings
Southern 313210 - 10:26 Hastings to Eastbourne
Brighton & Hove 943 (Streetdeck) - "Coaster" 12A - 11:23 Eastbourne to Seaford
Southern 313214 - 11:57 Seaford to Brighton
Southern 377412 - 13:13 Brighton to Hove
Southern 313215 - 13:27 Hove to Worthing
Southern 377441 - 14:08 Worthing to Littlehampton
Southern 313213 - 14:57 Littlehampton to Portsmouth and Southsea
GWR 158952 - 16:48 Portsmouth and Southsea to Portsmouth Harbour
Whightlink "Whight Ryder 1" - 17:15 Portsmouth to Ryde
--- Speedway ---

I'll do the day on the Island and my return to Brum separate, for no valid reason other than I now need to pop out the flat for a while
Also - Blog of this and/or the Island day to follow soon

[Kevin]

....
Continued
A day on the Isle of Wight and coming back to Brum
IL = Island Line (ex tube stock)
SV = Southern Vectis - with bus type as I'm sure some people won't even know what they have there

Wednesday June 14th
IL 004 - 09:52 Ryde Esplanade to Shanklin
SV 1590 (E400) - 3 - 10:33 Shanklin to Newport via Ventnor
SV 1115 (Scania Omnicity decker) - 8 - 11:40 Newport to Sandown
IL 007 - 12:44 Sandown to Ryde Esplanade
SV 1620 (E400) - 9 - 13:05 Ryde to Newport
SV ??? (E350H) - 5 - 13:50 Newport to East Cowes (don't think it actually has a fleetnumber but it's a demonstrator apparently on loan while warranty work is done on some E400s)
Floating Bridge 6 - Chain Ferry across the river to Cowes
SV 2709 (mini E200) - 1 - 14:45 Cowes Red Jet to Newport
SV 1108 (Omnicity) - 7 - 15:45 Newport to Yarmouth
Whighlink "Whight Sky" - 17:05 Yarmouth to Lymington
South West Trains 158890 - 17:57 Lymington Pier to Brockenhurst
South West Trains 444041 - 18:15 Brockenhurst to London Waterloo
Northern Line - Waterloo to Euston
Virgin 390137 - 21:05 London Euston to Birmingham New Street
LM 323211 - 22:47 Birmingham New Street to Hamstead
NX 1940 - 46 - 23:15 Hamstead to Scott Arms (Yes I could get the 51 to Scott Arms but I would have had to wait half an hour in town for it)

[WMT3000]

Today's expedition:

Olton - Stourbridge Junction LM172215.
Stourbridge Junction - Stourbridge Town LM139001.
Walked to Dudley via 246 route (except the hospital).
Dudley Bus Station - Oldbury, Halesowen St interchange 120 NX6119.
Sandwell & Dudley - B'ham New St VT390045.
Carrs Lane - Olton B'vard East/Dolphin Ln 31 NX4501.

[Kevin]

Friday June 30th
A bit of a day in Coventry - was camping there the weekend but tradition for our group is going a day earlier to chill out and do all the shopping and an all-you-can-eat breakfast at The Tollgate. After that I went off on me own for an afternoon finishing off the bits of Coventry I haven't yet travelled

NXC 4450 - 7 - 12:07 Holyhead Road / The Tollgate to Pool Meadow
NXC 4885 - 10 - 12:35 Pool Meadow to Sewall Highway
NXC 4421 - 6 - 12:57 Blackberry Lane to Pool Meadow
NXC 4774 - 11U - 13:30 Pool Meadow to Earlsdon
Central Buses 212 - 1 - 13:49 Earlsdon to Walsgrave
--- Walk to the 8 terminus by Tesco ---
NXC 4883 - 8 - 15:00 Walsgrave Tesco to Woodway Lane
--- Walk to Shilton Lane ---
iGo YX08 FLA - 30 - 15:28 Shilton Lane via Lentons Lane to Pool Meadow
NXC 4404 - 6A - 16:26 Pool Meadow to Tanyard Farm
--- Walk to campsite ---

Blog to follow

[Michael Bevan]

Might aswell post about today's 'Round Trip' for Aston Manor.

6722 WA937A Kingstanding Circle-Birmingham Moor Street Queensway.
4869 WA51 Birmingham Moor Street Queensway-Walsall St. Paul's Bus Station.
Met @Isobel6725.
RM506 AMRTM 57 Walsall, Hatherton Road-Aston Manor Road Transport Museum.
Met @Alex, @Nathan , @Ashley 60171, @Kevin and @nxplatinum6805.
3606 AMRTM 57 Aston Manor Road Transport Museum-Aston Manor Road Transport Museum (via Walsall).
658 AMRTM 57 Aston Manor Road Transport Museum-Walsall, Hatherton Road).
3603 AMRTM 57 Walsall, Hatherton Road-Aston Manor Road Transport Museum.
8110 PRIVATE RUN Aston Manor Road Transport Museum-Aston Manor Road Transport Museum (via Aldridge).
3603 PRIVATE RUN Aston Manor Road Transport Museum-Aldridge.
Got some chippy.
6735 WA937A Aldridge-Birmingham Moor Street Queensway.
6721 WA934E Birmingham Moor Street Queensway-Kingstanding Circle.

Proved to be a good day. Went on 3603 too many times though!