Round Trips

[T840MAK]

Quick spin today with the first B10 Sunday service since...well, ages! Sounded amazing.

First 60700 - 8 - Basegreen -> Ecclesfield, Monteney Ave
First 60700 - 8 - Ecclesfield, Monteney Ave -> Basegreen

Might not be much but it was worth the trip out. Probably the best run in a long time on 60700 and I forgot how nice it sounds when driven properly too.

[Jack6101]

Here is a round trip I did  on the 15 December 2015
4742-87 -tesco burnt tree to oldbury bus interchange
1851-4-oldbury bus interchange to west bromwich bus station
816-46-west bromwich bus station to hamsted green lane
4801-16-hamsted to Birmingham markets
Then a walk to colmore row then
4752-87-colmore row to burnt tree tesco

[Trident 4194]

30814- 4H - west brom arrived 11:25
1699- 11:43- 42- Dudley( very lucky to only wait 20 mins for it.) thrashed by a great driver. Arrived 12:20
4350-241- Halesowen
868-244 home

[T840MAK]

29/12/15 - Maybe The End of the B10:

First 69048 - 8 - Basegreen -> Sheffield, Arundel Gate
Stagecoach 22445 - 1 - Sheffield, Arundel Gate -> Firth Park
Stagecoach 15712 - 88 - Firth Park -> Firvale
Stagecoach 22616 - 1 - Firvale -> Sheffield, High Street
Stagecoach 34455 - 53 - Sheffield, Sheffield Interchange -> Manor Top
Stagecoach 22366 - 7 - Manor Top -> Sheffield, Arundel Gate
First 60696 - 40 - Sheffield, Castle Square -> Catcliffe, Morrisons
First 37025 - 72 - Catcliffe, Morrisons -> Sheffield, Sheffield Interchange
Stagecoach 12099 - 120 - Sheffield, Sheffield Interchange -> Hackenthorpe
First 37493 - 120 - Hackenthorpe -> Manor Top
Stagecoach 22440 - 7 - Manor Top -> Sheffield, Arundel Gate
Stagecoach 36191 - 25 - Sheffield, Castle Square -> Manor Park Centre
Stagecoach 36190 - 25 - Manor Park Centre -> Sheffield, Castle Square
Supertram 108 - Castle Square -> White Lane
Supertram 103 - White Lane -> Gleadless Townend
Supertram 116 - Gleadless Townend -> Castle Square
Supertram 102 - Castle Square -> White Lane

[Will]

"Penultimate Round Trip of 2015" (29 December 2015)

AM (2149, MX12JXM) > 113 > Bridgnorth > Telford
AM (3749, YJ59BVM) > 8 > Telford > Wolverhampton
CrossCountry (220033) > Wolverhampton > Coventry Station (@RS boarded at Birmingham New St)
NX Coventry (4768, BV57XKM) > 11 > Coventry Station > Pool Meadow
(Went for lunch then did some spotting at Pool Meadow for half an hour) 
NX Coventry (4891, BX13JVG) > 8 > Pool Meadow > Coventry Station
CrossCountry (220027) > Coventry Station > Wolverhampton (@RS alighted at Birmingham New St)
AM (3749, YJ59BVM) > 8a > Wolverhampton > Telford
AM (2266, Y266YBC) > 9 > Telford > Bridgnorth <-> HELLFIRE Dart!!

[Will]

First Round Trip of 2016!! (02/01/16)

AM (2266, Y266YBC) > 116 > Bridgnorth > Shifnal
AM (4810, W431WGJ) > x92 > Shifnal > Telford
AM (2994, YJ09MKK) > x5 > Telford > Shrewsbury
(Got some photos in Shrewsbury bus station for around half hour in the pouring down rain!)
AM (2996, YJ58PHX) > 81 > Shrewsbury > Telford
AM (3737, YJ57AZO) > 9 > Telford > Bridgnorth

AM = Arriva Midlands

[Kevin]

02-01-2016
Couldn't decide between going for a walk or going for a few bus rides.
Did both....

...Walked from home to Asda Queslett
NX 4713 - 5 - 11:10 Queslett to Sutton
iGo 16 - 168 - 12:07 Sutton to Asda Minworth
NX 2235 - 71 - 12:34 Minworth to Sutton
Arriva 2156 - 604 - 12:56 Sutton to Little Sutton road / Slade road
...Walk to the Roughley terminus
NX 4924 - 905 - 13:49 Roughley to Mere Green
Central YJ57 XVW - 78 - 14:03 Mere Green to Streetly
...Walk from Streetly gate round bits of Sutton Park
NX 6758 - 77 - 15:11 Sutton Oak Road to New Oscott
NX 4054 - 5 - 15:30 New Oscott to Scott Arms
...walk down through Gorse Farm to Hamstead and back home

Happy with that. Finally been on that bit of the 168 through Newhall and the 905 beyond Mere Green, and caught one of Central's Versas

[Sh4318]

Yesterday (I just wanted a reason to ride a 153):
08:37, SGB-BHM, LM, Class 323, 323240
09:14, BHM-BLY, LM, Class 350, 350242 & 350250
11:05, BLY-BDM, LM, Class 153, 153356
11:54, BDM-STP, TL, Class 387
15:50, Piccadilly Line, Hyde Park Corner - Kings Cross St Pancras
16:18, 8 minutes late, STP-BDM, TL, Class 387
17:40, BDM-BLY, LM, Class 153, 153356
18:43, BLY-NMP, LM, Class 350, 350103
19:16, NMP-BHM, LM, Class 350, 350126 & 350249
20:23, BHM-SGB, AW, Class 158, 158824

Station Codes:
SGB - Smethwick Galton Bridge
BHM - Birmingham New Street
BLY - Bletchley
BDM - Bedford
STP - London St. Pancras International
NMP - Northampton

Train Operating Companies:
LM - London Midland
TL - Thameslink
AW - Arriva Trains Wales

[Ashley 60171]

Saturday 9th - Some new turf

NXWM 2001 - 3 - Wolverhampton, Stafford Street
AM 2734 - 76 - Stafford Rail Station
LM 350377 - Crewe
FP 66303 - 3 - Crewe Bus Station
RMB YJ53VDT - C84 - Nantwich Bus Station
RMB YJ07JWD - C84 - Crewe Bus Station
ANW 2625 - 84 - Nantwich Bus Station
RMB W806PNL - C84 - Crewe Town Centre
ANW 4490 - 84 - Nantwich Bus Station
RMB H116SAO - C84 - Chester Bus Exchange
ANW 3144 - 1 - St Chads Road, The Lodge
ANW 3142 - 1A - Chester Bus Exchange
ANW 3000 - 2 - Ellesmere Port Bus Station
ANW 3004 - 2 - Chester Bus Exchange
ANW 4645 - X2 - Ellesmere Port Bus Station
ANW 3134 - 2 - didn't check road name
ANW 3006 - 2 - Ellesmere Port Bus Station
ANW 3000 - 2 - Chester Bus Exchange
RMB H116SAO - C84 - Nantwich Bus Station
ANW 4478 - 84 - Crewe Bus Station
FP 65041 - 3 - Hanley Bus Station
FP 65732 - 4 - Newcastle under Lyme Bus Station
FP 65038 - 10 - Stafford Town Centre, Sainsbury's
NXWM 847 - 54 - Wolverhampton Bus Station
NXWM 2069 - 10 - Compton Road, Finchfield Hill
Walk home

Key
NXWM - National Express West Midlands
AM - Arriva Midlands
LM - London Midland
FP - First Potteries
RMB - Routemaster Buses, Nantwich
ANW - Arriva North West

Few things

Audi A4's with L plates, joggers in the bike lane. Chester city centre is too spread out to find anything. I don't like Crewe or scousers. But those 2DL Integrals are awesome and it was nice to have a Leyland Olympian and some different Pulsars. I still prefer Yorkshire and Stoke.

[T840MAK]

09/01/16:

Supertram 120 - White Lane -> Sheffield Station
EMT 222104 - 1C27 - Sheffield -> Derby
EMT 158773 - 1K07 - Derby -> Stoke On Trent
First 65728 - 3 - Stoke station -> Hanley
First 42893 - 6A - Hanley -> Longton
First 67640 - 1 - Longton -> Adderley Green
First 67633 - 1 - Adderley Green -> Hanley
First 53042 - 21A - Hanley -> Stoke
First 66963 - 3 - Stoke -> Newcastle
First 66843 - 4A - Newcastle -> Hanley
First 41497 - 7 - Hanley -> Sneyd Green
First 32632 - 7A - Sneyd Green -> Hanley
First 65729 - 4 - Hanley -> Newcastle
First 67631 - 22 - Newcastle -> Trentham
First 43876 - 21 - Trentham -> Stoke
First 32077 - 3 - Stoke -> Hanley
First 53064 - 7A - Hanley -> Sneyd Green
First 41497 - 7 - Sneyd Green -> Hanley
First 32080 - 7A - Hanley -> Sneyd Green
First 32633 - 7A - Sneyd Green -> Hanley
First 65040 - 10 - Hanley -> Newcastle
First 65042 - 3 - Newcastle -> Hanley
First 67636 - 1 - Hanley -> Longton
First 63174 - 6A - Longton -> Hanley
First 65731 - 3 - Hanley -> Newcastle
First 63172 - 3 - Newcastle -> Stoke station
EMT 153313/153385 - 1K26 - Stoke On Trent -> Derby
EMT 222002 - 1F65 - Derby -> Sheffield
Supertram 101 - Sheffield Station -> White Lane

[Kevin]

Got an emergency order at work last night so went in nice and early:
NX 4867 - 51 - 06:44 Tower Hill to city
NX 4290 - 67 - 07:10 city to Salford Circus
...Work...
...lift to the Children's hospital...

...And then a snap decision --> to London!
Chiltern 168214/218 - 08:53 Snow Hill to Banbury
Chiltern 165004 - 09:44 Banbury to Princes Risborough
Chiltern 165039 - 11:02 Princes Risborough to Aylesbury
Chiltern 165025 - 11:20 Aylesbury to Harrow on the Hill
Metropolitan line - 12:15 Harrow on the Hill to Uxbridge
Metropolitan line - 12:39 Uxbridge to Rayners Lane
Metroline TE1084 (E400) - 12:57 Piccadilly line replacement bus to Acton Town
Piccadilly line - 13:55 Acton Town to Hounslow Central
London United DLE7 (E200) - H98 - 14:58 Hounslow to Hayes and Harlington (was hoping for one of the Optare Metrocity's)
Heathrow Connect 360201 - 15:24 Hayes and Harlington to Ealing Broadway
District line - 15:50 Ealing Broadway to Hammersmith
H&C line - 16:11 Hammersmith to Edgware Road
District line - 16:36 Edgware Road to Wimbledon
Tramlink 2543 - 17:23 Wimbledon to West Croydon
Overground 378146 - 17:50 West Croydon to Norwood Junction
Arriva EMC8 (yay, a Metrocity!!) - 312 - 18:07 Norwood junction to East Croydon
Thameslink 387108/123 - 18:25 East Croydon to City Thameslink
Thameslink 387106 - 19:03 City Thameslink to Blackfriars (a pointless journey I know...)
District line - 19:09 Blackfriars to Monument (platform display had it down as Barking but it was only to Tower Hill, so had to get the one behind)
District line - 19:18 Blackfriars to Bow Road
Go-Ahead SE114 (E200) - D8 - 19:45 Bow Road to Poplar (bis driver told us all to get on the one behind)
Go-Ahead SE149 (E200) - D8 - 20:05(ish) Poplar to South Quay
Go-Ahead WVL426 (Wright / Volvo B9 - or B5 - I don't know) - D7 - 20:22 South Quay to Westferry
Stagecoach 363xx (E200 - forgot to ID it properly) - D3 - 20:39 Westferry to Shadwell
Overground 378139 - 21:01 Shadwell to Peckham Rye
Thameslink 319446 - 21:20 Peckham Rye to Elephant and Castle
Bakerloo line - 21:40 Elephant and Castle to Marylebone
Chiltern 168004 - 22:10 Marylebone to Birmingham Moor Street
NX 48xx - 51 - 01:02 Bull Street to Tower Hill (guessing, unless I get lucky and something else is the last bus tonight)
Screw that am I waiting in town 55 mins...
NX 4851 - 33 - 00:17 Bull Street to One Stop, I'll walk home from there

Not bad for leaving home at half 6 in the morning with no plan after work  :D

[Jack6101]

From yesterday
Wb 4966 dudley port - dudley bs 74 (very rude driver)
Pn 866 dudley bus station- old hill 244
Pn 4436 old hill- cradley heath 141
Pn 868 cradley to dudley 243
Wb 4956 dudley bus station -burnt tree tesco

[Reece]

28/12/2015
West Midlands Day Ranger

London Midland > Kidderminster Rail Station - Smethwick Galton Bridge (172 222+172 214)
London Midland > Smethwick Galton Bridge - Birmingham New Street (323 219)
London Midland > Birmingham New Street - Lichfield Trent Valley (323 203)
Virgin Trains > Lichfield Trent Valley - Nuneaton Rail Station (390 020)
London Midland > Nuneaton Rail Station - Coventry Rail Station (153 364)
( @Alex joined )
Virgin Trains > Coventry Rail Station - Birmingham International (390 107)
Arriva TW > Birmingham International - Birmingham New Street (158 841+158 823+158830)
London Midland > Birmingham New Street - Colwall Rail Station (170 634)
( left @Alex )
London Midland > Colwall Rail Station - Hereford Rail Station (170 634)
( Lunch )
GWR > Hereford Rail Station - Worcester Foregate Street (166 206)
London Midland > Worcester Foregate Street - Kidderminster Rail Station (170 631)

It was nice to spend a day on the trains for a change :)

[Trident 4194]

28/12/2015
West Midlands Day Ranger

London Midland > Kidderminster Rail Station - Smethwick Galton Bridge (172 222+172 214)
London Midland > Smethwick Galton Bridge - Birmingham New Street (323 219)
London Midland > Birmingham New Street - Lichfield Trent Valley (323 203)
Virgin Trains > Lichfield Trent Valley - Nuneaton Rail Station (390 020)
London Midland > Nuneaton Rail Station - Coventry Rail Station (153 364)
( @Alex joined )
Virgin Trains > Coventry Rail Station - Birmingham International (390 107)
Arriva TW > Birmingham International - Birmingham New Street (158 841+158 823+158830)
London Midland > Birmingham New Street - Colwall Rail Station (170 634)
( left @Alex )
London Midland > Colwall Rail Station - Hereford Rail Station (170 634)
( Lunch )
GWR > Hereford Rail Station - Worcester Foregate Street (166 206)
London Midland > Worcester Foregate Street - Kidderminster Rail Station (170 631)

It was nice to spend a day on the trains for a change :)

How much that cost @Reece ?

[Reece]

How much that cost @Reece ?

@Trident 4194 The West Midlands Day Ranger cost me £16.55 with a Student Railcard mate 8)