Round Trips

[James4368]

My Day (22/03/15)
0753 957 (4907) Gilbertstone Avenue-Birmingham City
0951 14 (46xx) Birmingham City-Lea Hall
10xx 14 (4612) Lea Hall-Birmingham City
11xx 50 (4753) Birmingham City-Digbeth Coach Station
1300 900 (4945) Digbeth Coach Station-Birmingham City
1400 900 (4899) Birmingham City-Home

[Alex]

My trip today (22/3/15):

4602 on 1018 WN529 from Willenhall, Gipsy Lane to Wton Bus Stn
(Met up with @Nathan )
4549 on WN126 from Wton Bus Stn to Birmingham, Bull Ring
(Walked around and got some lunch)
5505 on BC23 from Colmore Row to Sheepcote St
6107 on PN9 from Sheepcote St to Bearwood
4558 on WN126 from Bearwood to Wton Bus Stn
4602 on a very late 1546 WN529 from Wton Bus Stn to Willenhall, The Dale (Actually departed WN Bus Stn at 1558!)
AR2160 on 1629 41 from Willenhall, Union St to Cornwall Gate (The WORST MPD at Wednesfield in my opinion, as it nearly deafened me!!)
(Stayed at my nans for a few hours)
AR2153 on 1823 41 from Cornwall Gate to Granville St

[Sh4318]

14:41, Smethwick Galton Bridge to Birmingham New Street, London Midland, Class 350, 350114
*break at New Street for photos*
16:13, Birmingham New Street to Coventry, London Midland, Class 350, 350248
*walk to Earlsdon*
17:28, 11, Earlsdon to Canley, NXC, Dennis Trident 2 (ZF), 4411
18:14, Canley to Birmingham New Street, London Midland, Class 350, 350267
19:01, Birmingham New Street to Smethwick Galton Bridge, London Midland, Class 350, 350264

[Bryan]

1917 - 6 Shirley to Solihull town centre
4046 - 966 Solihull town centre to NEC
4895 - 900 NEC to Coventry bus station
1610 - 7 Coventry bus station to Coundon
1579 - Coundon to Coventry bus station
4900 - 900 Coventry bus station to NEC
4645 - 966 NEC to Solihull town centre
4518 - 5 Solihull town centre to Shirley

[James4368]

0735 900 (4901) Gilberstone Avenue-Birmingham
0800 X51 (4775) Birmingham-Walsall
Met up with Alex
0900 335 (859) whole route
0945 39 (1459) Walsall-Wolverhampton
Met Nathan , NXDom , Ashley
1255 39 (1407) Wolverhampton-Walsall with Alex and Nathan
1350 X51 (4874) Walsall-Birmingham
1600 957 (4912) Birmingham-Home

[Tara4352]

Planned
1113 or 1124 Service Sandwell And Dudley to Wolverhampton
Meet up with NXWMbusfan1999 and Alex
Photo at wolverhampton
39 to Walsall
Find some MMCS 6116 with Nxwmbusfan1999

[domino.99]

WN4573 126 Roseville - W'ton Bus Stn
WN677   33   W'ton Bus Stn - W'ton Bus Stn
Met @Alex @nxwmbusfan1999 @Ashley 60171
WN2026 82   W'ton Bus Stn - Dudley Bus Stn
Re-Met @Ashley 60171
PE1641  205  Dudley Bus Stn - Russells Hall Hospital
PE1630  205  Russells Hall Hospital - Merry Hill Bus Stn
WN852  81    Merry Hill Bus Stn - Roseville

[P419 EJW]

28th March 2015:

10:59 B7RLE2 on WN 82 from my bus stop to Wolverhampton Bus Station
11:16 1407 on WA 39 from Wolverhampton Bus Station to Walsall Bradford Place
12:10 4765 on WA X51 from Walsall Bus Station to Bull Street, Birmingham
13:25 1840 on PB 952 from Bull Street, Birmingham to Perry Park
13:47 4771 on WA X51 from Perry Park to Walsall Bus Station
Waited from 14:20 to 14:58 for 1434 to arrive
14:58 1434 on WA 38 from Walsall Bradford Place to Wednesbury to Walsall Bradford Place
16:05 1419 on WA 39 from Walsall Bradford Place to Wolverhampton Bus Station
17:05 632 on WN 11 from Wolverhampton Bus Station to Underhill to Wolverhampton Bus Station
17:45 620 on WN 32 from Wolverhampton Bus Station to Northwood Park to Wolverhampton Bus Station
18:20 4605 on WN 529 from Wolverhampton Bus Station to my bus stop.

[Tara4352]

Lift to Dudley to get my bus pass done
Lift to Oldbury
12:04 Lm service to Brum
1231 XC service to Whampton
1300 529 to Walsall 4605
Meet James up
4874 X51 to Brum faster than I expected
Photo at Brum and went JD for some clothes a coat and shoes
17:01 LM service to Whampton
Photo at Pipers row at Whampton
1820 Lm service to Oldbury Sandwell and Dudley
Lift home

[Kevin]

NX 4685 - X51 - 08:02 Tower Hill to city

Walk to Aston Cross with me ex to do some cleaning at our work's new place (I've had stranger mornings)
Then out to go for a bash on some of NX's endangered species

NX 4929 - 115 - 14:12 Aston Cross to city
NX 6108 - 9 - 14:27 city to Halesowen
NX 1573 - 244 - just missed it going out to Hasbury so waited til 15:17 to catch it to Dudley
NX 1641 - 205 - 16:00 Dudley to Kingswinford
NX 4570 - 255 - 16:27 Kingswinford to Spring Hill
NX 2069 - 4 - 16:55 Spring Hill to wolves
NX 4015 - 25 - 17:24 good old bash on a Spectra to Wednesfield
NX 5404 - 59 - out round Ashmore Park and back into wolves
NX 620 - 33 - 19:00 good old bash on a B6 round Northwood Park and back
NX 4605 - 529 - 19:40 wolves to Walsall

hour in pub

No idea what bus but 51 branded E400 to Perry Barr

More hours in pub

NX 4735 - 51 - 00:19 One stop - Tower Hill

[Niall]

6116 - 9 to Birmingham
(walked down to Digbeth to get some photos of 50s)
4765 - X51 to Walsall
(brief stop for photos at St Pauls, walk round to Bradford place)
1408 - 34 to Bilston
(more photos while waiting for a Spectra, gave up)
2009 - 82 to Wolverhampton
(hang around for more Spectras and had a chat with another spotter, went to find the Select Olympian)
5416 - 1 to Dudley
(couple of photos until the bus home came)
4356 - 241 home

Got a couple of good photos but not the ones I expected!

[Reece]

Today I decided to get a Worcestershire County Conneta ticket...

( Met up with @Will )

Diamond | X3 > Kidderminster Town Hall - Bromsgrove Bus Station (30388) V388SVV
Popped into Asda in Bromsgrove
First Wyvern | 147 > Bromsgrove Bus Station - Droitwich, Ombersley Street (67631) VX54MOV
Diamond | 19C > Droitwich, Ombersley Street - Droitwich, Ombersley Street (20853) LG02FFD
First Wyvern | 144 > Droitwich, Ombersley Street - Worcester Bus Station (32852) T852LLC (One of the ex Whittle drivers was driving and we talked to him till we got to Worcester) (Just to say this Plaxton President is the worst one I have ever been on in my life!!)

We spent a few hours in Worcester got some lunch and did some spotting I when on a local Worcester service mentioned below while @Will charge his phone at Worcester Library.

First Wyvern | 30 > Worcester Bus Station - Dines Green, Grenville Road (33401) VX54MTV
First Wyvern | 30 > Dines Green, Grenville Road - Worcester Bus Station (33401) VX54MTV
Johnsons Coach & Bus | 350 > Worcester Bus Station - Redditch Bus Station YJ59GEY (Nice and warm almost fell a sleep.)
Diamond | X3 > Redditch Bus Station - Kidderminster General Hospital (30931) VX54MUO (This bus is very ILL and needs a new gearbox IMMEDIATELY it struggled to get up any sort of hill/bank. On a one very steep hill leaving Redditch it was barely reaching 12mph and we had queue of 20 cars and a 143 stuck behind us. This is officially the worst bus I have ever been on!!!!!)

A Very Cold and Wet Day  ::)

[the trainbasher]

Friday 27.3.15

Lift from home to Stambermill Viaduct
9   6109      NXWM   Stambermill, Viaduct   Stourbridge, Bus Station
228   1511      Hansons   Stourbridge, Bus Station   Merry Hill, Bus Station
X96   2096      NXWM   Merry Hill, Bus Station   Dudley, Bus Station
82   4021      NXWM   Dudley, Bus Station   Loxdale, Salop Street/Greenway Road
43   30213      Diamond Bus   Loxdale, Salop Street/Greenway Road   Loxdale, Oxford Street/Loxdale Street
530   V253JRR      Banga Travel   Loxdale, Oxford Street/Loxdale Street   Bilston, Bus Station
334   TBZ5873      Thandi Transport   Bilston, Bus Station   The Lunt, Lunt Road/Darlaston Lane
334   T88NND      Thandi Transport   The Lunt, Lunt Road/Darlaston Lane   Bilston, Bus Station
30   WX57TBO   Walsall Community Transport   Bilston, Bus Station   Loxdale, Oxford Street/Loxdale Street Does anyone know what the exact chassis type is?
530   2151      Arriva Midlands North   Loxdale, Oxford Street/Loxdale Street   Rocket Pool, Rocket Pool Drive/Meldon Drive
530   V253JRR      Banga Travel   Rocket Pool, Rocket Pool Drive/Meldon Drive   Loxdale, Oxford Street/Loxdale Street
43   20539      Diamond Bus   Loxdale, Oxford Street/Loxdale Street   Bilston, Bus Station
530   KX58GSZ   Banga Travel   Bilston, Bus Station   Rocket Pool, Rocket Pool Drive/Meldon Drive
530   KX58GSZ   Banga Travel   Rocket Pool, Rocket Pool Drive/Meldon Drive   Loxdale, Oxford Street/Loxdale Street
82   4004      NXWM   Loxdale, Oxford Street/Loxdale Street   Bilston, Bus Station
905   V882HBY   Coastal Liner   Bilston, Bus Station   Bilston, MECCA Bingo
905   V882HBY   Coastal Liner   Bilston, MECCA Bingo   Bilston, Bus Station
530   2705      Arriva Midlands North   Bilston, Bus Station   Rocket Pool, Rocket Pool Drive/Meldon Drive
530   V258DRB   Banga Travel   Rocket Pool, Rocket Pool Drive/Meldon Drive   Bilston, Bus Station
82   V252JRR      Banga Travel   Bilston, Bus Station   Coseley, Roseville Square
81   861      NXWM   Coseley, Roseville Square   Dudley, Bus Station
87   4701      NXWM   Dudley, Bus Station   Oldbury, Interchange
289   1521      NXWM   Oldbury, Interchange   Blackheath, Sainsburys
4H   30002      Diamond Bus   Blackheath, Sainsburys   Halesowen, Bus Station
244   867      NXWM   Halesowen, Bus Station   Hayley Green, Portsdown Road/Mendip Road
244E   867      NXWM   Hayley Green, Portsdown Road/Mendip Road   Halesowen, Bus Station
141   4349      NXWM   Halesowen, Bus Station   Cradley Heath, High Street
141   4811      NXWM   Cradley Heath, High Street   Merry Hill, Bus Station
226   2101      igo/WMSNT   Merry Hill, Bus Station   Brierley Hill, Five Ways
222   825      NXWM   Brierley Hill, Five Ways   Merry Hill, Bus Station
226   2104      igo/WMSNT   Merry Hill, Bus Station   Hawbush Road

[Abluhwleh]

y Transport   Bilston, Bus Station   Loxdale, Oxford Street/Loxdale Street Does anyone know what the exact chassis type is?

It's a Mercedes 515CDI

[James4368]

Todays Trips
0715 957 (4909) Gilbertstone Avenue-Birmingham
0745 9 (6109) Birmingham-Lye Cross
0847 9 (4818) Lye Cross-Stourbridge Bus Station
1050 9 (6115) Stourbridge Bus Station-Prospect Coaches Depot
1110 9 (6111) Prospect Coaches-Birmingham
1220 14 (4612) Birmingham-Tiles Cross (Birmingham International Coaches Depot)
1400 72 (1932) Tiles Cross-Sheldon
1415 957 (4909) Sheldon-Gilbertstone Avenue