Round Trips

[Sayeed]

  NXWM         24     Quinton Road West - Birmingham
DIAMOND     146    Birmingham - Redditch
DIAMOND      55     Redditch - Alexandra Hospital
DIAMOND      48     Alexandra Hospital - Redditch
DIAMOND      42     Redditch - Bromsgrove
DIAMOND     202    Bromsgrove - Halesowen
DIAMOND     231    Halesowen - Blackheath
  NXWM         4      Blackheath - West Bromwich
DIAMOND     54     West Bromwich - Quinton Church
  NXWM       244     Quinton Church - Home     

[DJ]

03/09/18

London Northwestern Railway - Class 350 - Tipton to Wolverhampton
University of Wolverhampton - Volvo B5LH Gemini 3 - Wolverhampton to Telford Bus Station

*Spent an hour recording at Telford*

University of Wolverhampton - Volvo B5LH Gemini 3 - Telford Bus Station to Telford Central Railway Station
West Midlands Railway - Class 170 - Telford Central to Shrewsbury

*Spent an hour recording at Shrewsbury*

Arriva Trains Wales - Class 158 - Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton
London Northwestern Railway - Class 350 - Wolverhampton to Tipton

[Kevin]

Two days playing on the new Dudley network last week

04/09/18
NXWM 4937 - 5 - 09:20 Scott Arms to West Brom
NXWM 1938 - 3 - 10:52 West Brom to Merry Hill
NXWM 866 - 2A - 12:28 Merry Hill to Dudley (Wolverhampton Street)
NXWM 752 - 27A - 13:09 Wolverhampton Street to Gornal Wood
NXWM 4439 - X10 - 13:38 Gornal Wood to Merry Hill
iGo KX07 FMC - 208 - 14:10 Merry Hill to Old Hill
NXWM 801 - 18 - 14:21 Old Hill to Dudley
NXWM 4240 - 12A - 15:19 Dudley to Oldbury
Diamond 30943 - 4H - 15:55 Oldbury to Whiteheath
NXWM 2106 - 14 - 16:01 Whiteheath to Dudley
NXWM 6785 - X7 - 16:36 Dudley to Brum

06/09/18
NXWM 6740 - X51 - 09:17 Scott Arms to Brum
NXWM 6779 - X7 - 09:59 Brum to Oldbury
NXWM 6783 - X7 - 10:24 Oldbury to Spring Hill Tesco
NXWM 6781 - X7 - 10:43 Spring Hill to Oldbury (is it obvious I rather like this route?)
NXWM 4240 - 12A - 11:06 Oldbury to Dudley
NXWM 6118 - 14 - 11:42 Dudley to Halesowen
NXWM 3302 - X10 - 12:32 Halesowen to Russell's Hall Hospital
Diamond 30893 - 226 - 13:25 Russell's Hall to Dudley
NXWM 4435 - 2A - 14:00 Dudley to Merry Hill
Diamond 20846 - 24 - 15:30 Merry Hill to Rowley Regis Church
NXWM 1911 - 3A - 16:02 Rowley Regus Church to Blackheath
NXWM 6790 - X8 - 16:22 Blackheath to Quinton
Diamond 20828 - 54 - 16:38 Quinton to Warley
NXWM 4275 - 13 - 17:10 Warley to Oldbury
Diamond 30809 - 4H - 17:34 Oldbury to All Saints
NXWM 1946 - 46 - 18:21 All Saints to Scott Arms

[Sh4318]

Today,
1252, SGB-SBJ, WM, 172340
1318, SBJ-BMO, WM, 170/6 + 153334
1491, BMO-DDG, WM, 172341
1429, DDG-LMS, CH, 168002
1500, LMS-COV, WM, 153366
1522, COV-BHM, VT, 221/1
1642, BHM-WSL, WM, 17051* + 153356
1731, WSL-BHM, WM, 350232
1827, BSW-SGB, WM, 170/6 + 153334

SGB - Smethwick Galton Bridge
SBJ - Stourbridge Junction
BMO - Birmingham Moor Street
DDG - Dorridge
LMS - Leamington Spa
COV - Coventry
BHM - Birmingham New Street
WSL - Walsall
BSW - Birmingham Snow Hill

CH - Chiltern Railways
VT - Virgin Trains
WM - West Midlands Railway

[DJ]

13/09/18

NXWM 1758 - 11 - Tipton to Dudley
NXWM 4321 - 82 - Dudley to Roseville
Diamond 20735 - 229 - Roseville to Bilston
Thandi NK56 EPC - 334 - Bilston to Lunt Road
igo YJ67 FYO - 326 - Lunt Road to Bloxwich
Arriva 3307 - 1 - Bloxwich to Leamore
NXWM 2116 - 31 - Walsall Garage to Walsall
NXWM 6765 - 529 - Walsall to Willenhall
NXWM 2085 - 25 - Willenhall to Moseley Road
Banga MX04 VMF - 545 - Moseley Road to Wolverhampton
NXWM 6760 - X8 - Wolverhampton to Dudley
NXWM 3304 - 14 - Dudley to Whiteheath
NXWM 1887 - 4M - Whiteheath to Oldbury
NXWM 1946 - 3A - Oldbury to West Bromwich
Diamond 30525 - 42 - West Bromwich to Bourne Avenue
NXWM 1770 - 11 - Bourne Avenue to Home

[DJ]

14/09/18

Got a lift up to Dudley
NXWM 6783 - X8 - Dudley to Colmore Row, Birmingham
NXWM 2213 - 4A - Carrs Lane, Birmingham to Tyseley
NXWM 2222 - 4 - Tyseley to Solihull
Diamond 32213 - 82 - Solihull to Coventry
NXC 4408 - 4 - Coventry to Arena Park
WMR 153xxx - Coventry Arena to Nuneaton
Eminence Travel BJ59 OJH - Rail Replacement - Nuneaton to Coleshill Parkway
NXWM 4448 - X70 - Coleshill Parkway to Birmingham
NXWM 4863 - 51 - Birmingham to Walsall
NXWM 1763 - 11 - Walsall to Tipton

[DJ]

15/09/18 - Went and checked out the rail replacement services from Tame Bridge Parkway.

NXWM 1753 - 11A - Tipton to Wednesbury
NXWM 4304 - 47 - Wednesbury to Rydding Lane
Diamond 20745 - 30 - Millfields Road to Stone Cross
NXWM 1888 - 4 - Stone Cross to Tame Bridge Parkway
Midland Classic 6 - RRB - Tame Bridge Parkway to Walsall
D&G 158 - RRB - Walsall to Landywood
D&G 145 - RRB - Landywood to Walsall
WMR 323216 - Walsall to Bescot Stadium
NXWM 4258 - 45 - Bescot Stadium to Walsall Bradford Place
Diamond 30409 - 4H - Walsall Bradford Place to Tame Bridge Parkway
NXWM 4258 - 45 - Tame Bridge Parkway to West Bromwich Bus Station
Diamond 20543 - 41A - West Bromwich to Wednesbury
NXWM 4163 - 79 - Wednesbury to Darlaston ASDA
NXWM 858 - 39 - Darlaston ASDA to Bilston
Diamond 30527 - 43 - Bilston to Tipton Princes End
Walked home

Sorry if the daily posts annoy anyone, but hey, I've gotta make use of the nBus pass that I brought somehow!

[OH25]

Did a day trip to Wales last Saturday:

Arriva 9 - Wolverhampton to Bridgnorth
Arriva 436 (same bus) - Bridgnorth to Shrewsbury
Arriva 70 - Shrewsbury to Oswestry
Arriva 2 - Oswestry to Wrexham

then
Arriva 2A - Wrexham to Oswestry
Arriva 576 - Oswestry to Shrewsbury

Arriva Trains Wales - Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton
(as all the buses had finished)

[Kevin]

Tuesday 18/9/18
Job interview at Russells Hall Hospital and general day spent mooching around the Dudley area

NXWM 4929 - 5 - 06:59 Scott Arms to West Brom
NXWM 4970 - 74 - 07:16 West Brom to Dudley
NXWM 2090 - 6 - 07:56 Dudley to Russells Hall Hospital
NXWM 6712 - X10 - 10:12 Russells Hall Hospital to Gornal Wood
Diamond 20743 - 223 - 10:37 Gornal Wood to Sedgley
Diamond 20053 - 229 - 11:00 Sedgley to Tipton
Diamond 30527 - 42 - 11:36 Tipton to Dudley
NXWM 863 - 81 - 12:20 Dudley to Merry Hill
NXWM 865 - 8 - 13:35 Merry Hill to Dudley
NXWM 6777 - X7 - 14:26 Dudley to Brum
NXWM 6784 - X7 - 15:59 Brum to City Road
NXWM 4436 - 12 - 17:05 City Road to Dudley
NXWM 4243 - 12A - 18:25 Dudley to Brum
NXWM 6726 - X51 - 19:30 Brum to Scott Arms

[Kevin]

27/09/18

NXWM 6758 - X51 - 07 27 Scott Arms to Walsall
NXWM 4601 - 32 - 07:47 Walsall to Lower Farm
Arriva 3306 - 2 - 08:17 Turnberry Road to Bloxwich
iGo 2106 - 326 - 8:55 Bloxwich to Bilston
NXWM 4163 - 82 - 09:45 Bilston to Wolves
NXWM 2070 - 10A - 10:30 Wolverhampton to Pattingham and back to Perton
NXWM 2066 - 10B - 11:57 Perton to Codsall
NXWM 2121 - 5 - 12:14 Codsall to Aldersley
NXWM 2075 - 6 - 12:35 Aldersley to Pendeford
NXWM 2079 - 25 - 12:49 Pendeford to Bushbury Hill
NXWM 849 - 2 - 13:06 Bushbury Hill to Spring Hill
NXWM 4342 - 16 - 14:10 Spring Hill to Wolves
NXWM 4266 - 82 - 15:00 Wolves to Bilston
Thandi NK56 EPP - 334 - 15:33 Bilston to Walsall
NXWM 4867 - 51 - 16:07 Walsall to Scott Arms

[2206]

11C's delayed so walked to Stechford Station.
London Northwestern Railways 350237 - Stechford to Birmingham New Street (Delays and cancellations due to someone one apparently jumping of a bridge onto the line near Coventry meant I had to go via New Street, the next train from Stechford wasn't till 13:30).
It do with its seats being retrimmed as well, as could 350244.

London Northwestern Railway 350244 - Birmingham New Street to Northampton (Bypassing Tile Hill, Canley, Long Buckby and Rugy due to the extreme late running of the Service.

UNO 18 - 387 (E400MMC) - Northampton Railway Station to Nothampton Town Centre - First time on a UNO bus.

Stagecoach In Northamptonshire Kettering 15749 - X4 - Northampton (14:55) to Corby (Corby Road), (About 16:40).
First ever time on Stagecoach Gold and an E400 bodied Scania.

Centrebus RF1 - 229 (KX55PFD, an Optate Solo) Corby Railway Station (18:15) to Oakham Bus Station, John Street (19:10). Nice route. First time i've been on a Centrebus bus as well. (The ticket was also branded the Rutland Flyer).

Cross Country - Oakham (19:15) to Birmingham New Street (20:45) - I think it was 170523.

NXWM BY 55 - 1806 - Priory Queensway, Birmingham City Centre to Ward End, The Fox & Goose.

[Kevin]

Thursday 04/10
Trial out what could be my new early morning commute and interview, plus inevitable travelling around the Solihull area

NXWM 4860 - 51 - 05:00 Scott Arms to Brum
NXWM 2218 - 4 - 05:30 Brum to Greet and on to Solihull
Diamond 32212 - 82 - 06:55 Solihull to Meriden
NXWM 6844 - X1 - 07:20 Meriden to Birmingham International
Claribels YJ59 BCU - 75 - 07:51 Birmingham International to Birmingham Businesses Park
--- walk through to Yorkminster Drive ---
NXWM 4626 - 14 - 08:28 Yorkminster Drive to Tile Cross
RK Travel KXZ 4299 - 72 - 08:36 Tile Cross to Sheldon
iGo YX14 FJE - 96 - 09:35 Sheldon to Hall Green
--- walk through to Greet - interview ---
iGo YJ10 EZB - 36 - 13:15 Sparkbrook to Heartland Hospital
NXWM 4291 - 73 - 14:01 Heartlands Hospital to Solihull
Diamond 20015 - S2 - 15:07 Solihull to Dorridge
--- walk up to Knowle ---
Diamond 32309 - S3 - 16:15 Knowle to Hockley Heath
Johnsons YJ59 GFE 120 - 16:51 Hockley Heath to Shirley
NXWM 4287 - 5 - 17:23 Shirley to Brum
NXWM 4818 - 7 - 18:25 Snow Hill to Perry Common
Taxi home late at night

[Kevin]

Wednesday 10/10/18
Another interview, in Oxford

WMR 350253 - 06:11 Hamstead to Birmingham New Street
XC 220034 - 06:33 Birmingham New Street to Oxford
SC 10786 - S3 - 08:55 Oxford to Oxford Airport
--- interview ---
SC 15934 - 7 - 10:20 Oxford Airport to Oxford Parkway
SC 10069 - 700 - 10:45 Oxford Parkway to John Radcliffe Hospital
SC 12011 - 10 - 11:18 John Radcliffe Hospital to Cowley
OBC 657 - 5 - 12:20 Cowley to Blackbird Leys
SC 10432 - 1 - 12:31 Blackbird Leys to Oxford
OBC 848 - 4A - 13:53 Oxford to Botley and back to Seacourt
OBC 660 - 400 - 14:47 Seacourt to Thornhill
SC 36983 - 800 - 15:30 Thornhill to John Radcliffe Hospital
OBC 312 - 13 - 15:41 John Radcliffe Hospital to Oxford Queens Lane
SC 10679 - 3 - 16:10 Oxford Queens Lane to Rose Hill
--- walk through to Kennington ---
OBC 308 - 35 - 17:05 Kennington to Oxford
GWR 165117 - 19:18 Oxford to King's Sutton
CR 165009 - 19:55 King's Sutton to Leamington Spa
CR 168005 - 20:35 Leamington Spa to Birmingham Moor Street
WMR 323212 - 21:47 Birmingham New Street to Hamstead

WMR - West Midlands Railway
XC - Cross Country
SC - Stagecoach
OBC - Oxford Bus Company
CR - Chiltern Railway

[Tony]

I'm doing Dundee -Aberdeen-Inverness-Perth-Dundee today on Scotrail. £17 anywhere in Scotland ticket. Being over 50 does have some advantages

[Sh4318]

Friday, a 43** bash :D:
13:16, SGB-WVH, WM, 350242
15:11, 11, Wolverhampton to Underhill, NX, 4365
15:55, 11, Underhill to Wolverhampton, NX, 4361
16:15, 69, Wolverhampton to New Invention, NX, 4536
17:09, 41, New Invention to Walsall, NX, 4357
17:45, 6, Walsall to Aldridge, NX, 4347
18:03, 7, Aldridge to Walsall, NX, 4348
18:28, 934, Walsall to Birmingham, NX, 4735 (coolers were on for the whole ride >:()
19:39, BHM-SGB, WM, 350263

TOCs/Bus Operator:
WM - West Midlands Railway
NX - National Express West Midlands

Station Codes:
SGB - Smethwick Galton Bridge
WVH - Wolverhampton
BHM - Birmingham New Street