Round Trips

[domino.99]

3/7/15
PB 33,4852, Kingstanding Circle-Hawthorn (via City and Pheasey)
(Walked to North Birmingham Academy and did school)
PB 907, 4781, North Birmingham Academy-City Centre
BC 900E, 6710, City Centre-Birmingham Airport
BC 900, 6706,  Birmingham Airport-Birmingham International
BC 900, 6708, Birmingham International-Birmingham Airport
BC 900, 6710, Birmingham Airport-City Centre with @nxwmbusfan1999
PB 67, 4251, Priory Queensway-Lancaster Circus
PB 902, 4801, Lancaster Circus-Sutton Coldfield with @John at the wheel (however a drunk woman gave me some abuse)
WB 5, 4087, Sutton Coldfield-Kingstanding Circle.

Why did she give you abuse?

[John]

Don't worry, she gave me abuse too as they wanted to get off while I was at the Tamworth Road lights. I just laughed at them and said whatever! They were sitting on the floor at the bus stop as I was heading back onto Sutton, just drove right past them that time

Anyway, I did get a good pic of 4801 parked at Hill Hook. Plus there was 3 different people that asked me about the new livery

[MrBevan2000]

Why did she give you abuse?

She was drunk and just randomly started on me.

[James4368]

04/07/15 Stratford-Upon-Avon
0843 957 (6712) Sunnymead Road/Coventry Road-Solihull Train Station
0914 LM (172345) Solihull-Stratford-Upon-Avon
Riverside Coach Park (Photographing)
1252 LM (172345) Stratford-Upon-Avon-Solihull
1337 957 (6713) Solihull-Gilbertstone Avenue

[Trident 4194]

869- 244- Halesowen
610*- 9 - Birmingham colmore row
4870-997- Walsall ( long route and was 15 minutes late by the end, despite going pretty fast)
1882-4H - Halesowen ( how are you meant to do that in 60 minutes!!! Arrived 15 late)
30942-4H

[the trainbasher]

04/07/2015 - A Major Change

226   20841   Diamond Bus   Hawbush Road   Brierley Hill, Five Ways
222   828   NXWM   Brierley Hill, Five Ways   Merry Hill, Bus Station
53   4190   NXWM   Merry Hill, Bus Station   Timbertree, Graingers Lane/Corngreaves Road *Missed my intended stop because someone was hitting on me so I had to quickly whip out the Arriva App on my phone and missed a 53 and a 243 going the opposite way at Cradley Heath, Five Ways!*
17   2159   Arriva Midlands North   Timbertree, Graingers Lane/Corngreaves Road   Cradley Heath, High Street
141   4818   NXWM   Cradley Heath, High Street   Cradley Heath, Railway Station
***LM Class 172/3 Cradley Heath - Birmingham Moor Street***
37   2206   NXWM   Birmingham, Moor Street/Railway Station   Digbeth, Coach Station
37   4668   NXWM   Digbeth, Coach Station   Digbeth, Old Camp Hill/Trinity Terrace
6   1916   NXWM   Digbeth, Old Camp Hill/Trinity Terrace   Sparkbrook, Stratford Road/Auckland Road
37   4648   NXWM   Sparkbrook, Stratford Road/Auckland Road   Sparkbrook, Stratford Road/Ladypool Road
37   1935   NXWM   Sparkbrook, Stratford Road/Ladypool Road   Sparkbrook, Warwick Road/Stratford Road
37   4654   NXWM   Sparkbrook, Warwick Road/Stratford Road   Greet, Warwick Road/St Johns Road
37   4642   NXWM   Greet, Warwick Road/St Johns Road   Greet, Warwick Road/Boscombe Road
37   1940   NXWM   Greet, Warwick Road/Boscombe Road   Tyseley, Warwick Road/Knights Road
37   4510   NXWM   Tyseley, Warwick Road/Knights Road   Acocks Green, Village Centre
37   2205   NXWM   Acocks Green, Village Centre   Olton, Railway Station **
37   4516   NXWM   Olton, Railway Station   Solihull, Poplar Road/Station Road
58   2134   NXWM   Solihull, Poplar Road/Station Road   Yardley, Coventry Road/Sunnymead Road *Got a but delayed by a few minutes by The Lyndon PH as the control panel was giving off a beeping noise*
957   4911   NXWM   Yardley, Coventry Road/Sunnymead Road   Digbeth, Coach Station
900   4940   NXWM   Digbeth, Coach Station   Birmingham, Moor Street/Railway Station
98   807   NXWM   Birmingham, Moor Street/Railway Station   Birmingham, Old Square/Corporation Street *After a spot of Afternoon Tea at Eat4Less, walked back to Moor Street Station*
***LM Class 172/3 Birmingham Moor Street to Cradley Heath***
208   2145   Arriva Midlands North   Cradley Heath, Railway Station   Merry Hill, Bus Station
226   2103   igo/WMSNT   Merry Hill, Bus Station   Hawbush Road

[Sh4318]

12:42, Smethwick Galton Bridge to Wolverhampton, London Midland, Class 350, 350127
13:06, Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury, Arriva Trains Wales, Class 153, 153312
16:40, Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton, Arriva Trains Wales, Class 158, 158830 + 158832
17:22, Wolverhampton to Smethwick Galton Bridge, London Midland, Class 323, 323243

[Kevin]

Friday 3/6/15. Was on a long weekend camp near Coventry. Took advantage of being there and explored some routes I've always wanted to.
Started with all the group shopping at Sainsburys Canley, and then:

NXC 1570 - 18 - 11:45 Canley Sainsburys to Pool Meadow (yay, merc!)
NXC 4419 - 8 - Pool Meadow to station
VT 390xxx - 12:22 Coventry to Birmingham International
LM 350110 - 12:45 Birmingham International to Coventry (met me dad on the train to surprise him on his way to holiday in Holland)
DeC 569 - 585 - station to Pool Meadow
NXC 4983 - 23 - 13:25 Pool Meadow to Allesley Park and back  a few stops
DeC 549 - 360A - 13:55 to Keresley (penny park lane)
NXC 4422 - 16A - Keresley to Pool Meadow
NXC 4688 - 10 - Pool Meadow to Eastern Green
NXC 4222 - 6A - Eastern Green to Tanyard Farm terminus
...And walk back along Tanner's Lane to camp

[Alex]

My trip today:

2154-AM28E 1006>1039
Willenhall, Lion Hotel>Wolverhampton Bus Stn
(Met up with Dom & Nathan)
4552-WN126 1053>1135
Wolverhampton Bus Stn>Dudley Bus Stn
4965-WB87 1139>1158
Dudley Bus Stn>Oldbury Interchange
2100-PN120 1159>1234
Oldbury Interchage>Birmingham, Colmore Row
(Dom left here)
(Food)
4632-BC60E 1320>1349
Birmingham, Moor St Queensway>Yardley, Swan Centre
4905-BC60 1403>1428
Yardley, Swan Centre>Birmingham, Markets
(Nathan bolted it for the 126)
323212-LM 1508>1534
Birmingham New St>Wolverhampton
(Ended up meeting back with Nathan)
4135-WN529 1547>1604
Wolverhampton Bus Stn>Willenhall, The Dale
(Bolted it like a lunatic for the 28E!)
2154-AM28E 1605>1610
Willenhall, Lion Hotel>Lane Head TESCO
(Stopped at my nans for a few hours)
(Walked back to see what was at ZF, Arriva 4742, and one unidentified E400MMC in Crimson (or summat that looked very similar), with no reg plate, and a very unusual seating arrangement)

[MW]

04/07/2015 - A Major Change

226   20841   Diamond Bus   Hawbush Road   Brierley Hill, Five Ways
222   828   NXWM   Brierley Hill, Five Ways   Merry Hill, Bus Station
53   4190   NXWM   Merry Hill, Bus Station   Timbertree, Graingers Lane/Corngreaves Road *Missed my intended stop because someone was hitting on me so I had to quickly whip out the Arriva App on my phone and missed a 53 and a 243 going the opposite way at Cradley Heath, Five Ways!*
17   2159   Arriva Midlands North   Timbertree, Graingers Lane/Corngreaves Road   Cradley Heath, High Street
141   4818   NXWM   Cradley Heath, High Street   Cradley Heath, Railway Station
***LM Class 172/3 Cradley Heath - Birmingham Moor Street***
37   2206   NXWM   Birmingham, Moor Street/Railway Station   Digbeth, Coach Station
37   4668   NXWM   Digbeth, Coach Station   Digbeth, Old Camp Hill/Trinity Terrace
6   1916   NXWM   Digbeth, Old Camp Hill/Trinity Terrace   Sparkbrook, Stratford Road/Auckland Road
37   4648   NXWM   Sparkbrook, Stratford Road/Auckland Road   Sparkbrook, Stratford Road/Ladypool Road
37   1935   NXWM   Sparkbrook, Stratford Road/Ladypool Road   Sparkbrook, Warwick Road/Stratford Road
37   4654   NXWM   Sparkbrook, Warwick Road/Stratford Road   Greet, Warwick Road/St Johns Road
37   4642   NXWM   Greet, Warwick Road/St Johns Road   Greet, Warwick Road/Boscombe Road
37   1940   NXWM   Greet, Warwick Road/Boscombe Road   Tyseley, Warwick Road/Knights Road
37   4510   NXWM   Tyseley, Warwick Road/Knights Road   Acocks Green, Village Centre
37   2205   NXWM   Acocks Green, Village Centre   Olton, Railway Station **
37   4516   NXWM   Olton, Railway Station   Solihull, Poplar Road/Station Road
58   2134   NXWM   Solihull, Poplar Road/Station Road   Yardley, Coventry Road/Sunnymead Road *Got a but delayed by a few minutes by The Lyndon PH as the control panel was giving off a beeping noise*
957   4911   NXWM   Yardley, Coventry Road/Sunnymead Road   Digbeth, Coach Station
900   4940   NXWM   Digbeth, Coach Station   Birmingham, Moor Street/Railway Station
98   807   NXWM   Birmingham, Moor Street/Railway Station   Birmingham, Old Square/Corporation Street *After a spot of Afternoon Tea at Eat4Less, walked back to Moor Street Station*
***LM Class 172/3 Birmingham Moor Street to Cradley Heath***
208   2145   Arriva Midlands North   Cradley Heath, Railway Station   Merry Hill, Bus Station
226   2103   igo/WMSNT   Merry Hill, Bus Station   Hawbush Road

@the trainbasher sure I seen you come to think of it, right when that video ended. 4668 going the other way, seen someone sitting in that position looking forward as if they were recording. It was in AG, outside Aldi/Farmfoods. I don't expect you to remember lol, but I was on the lookout for enthusiasts that day. They caught me driving 1940 earlier on that day in City.

[the trainbasher]

@the trainbasher sure I seen you come to think of it, right when that video ended. 4668 going the other way, seen someone sitting in that position looking forward as if they were recording. It was in AG, outside Aldi/Farmfoods. I don't expect you to remember lol, but I was on the lookout for enthusiasts that day. They caught me driving 1940 earlier on that day in City.

Lol i saw 2206 pass me in AG (based on the other thread) and thought you wasn't going to be far behind with 4668...I would have mentioned it in there at the time but I had phone problems (it decided to get a bit too hot for itself) and shut down for a bit after I pressed the upload button (fortunately it uploads when I hit a hotspot...)

[MW]

Lol i saw 2206 pass me in AG (based on the other thread) and thought you wasn't going to be far behind with 4668...I would have mentioned it in there at the time but I had phone problems (it decided to get a bit too hot for itself) and shut down for a bit after I pressed the upload button (fortunately it uploads when I hit a hotspot...)

Nah 2206 and 4668 got back on time in Solihull, he had to go straight out whilst I had my layover of around 5-6 minutes.

[the trainbasher]

09.07.2015 - Tube Strike Special

As there was a tube strike on today I thought I'd see if there was any interesting stuff out...

226   30002      Diamond Bus   Hawbush Road   Merry Hill, Bus Station   
24      KX57FNL   igo/WMSNT   Merry Hill, Bus Station   Cradley Heath, railway station
***Class 172/2 x2 Cradley Heath - Birmingham Moor Street***
***Class 168/1 Birmingham Moor Street - London Marylebone***
18   VW1877      Metroline   London Marylebone, Railway Station/Euston Road   Baker Street, Euston Road/Tube Station   
453   LT282      Go-Ahead London General   Baker Street, Euston Road/Tube Station   Regents Park, Euston Road/Tube Station   
18   VW1861      Metroline   Regents Park, Euston Road/Tube Station   Great Portland Street, Euston Road/Tube Station   
18   VW1862      Metroline   Great Portland Street, Euston Road/Tube Station   Euston Square, Euston Road/Tube Station   
73   LT491      Arriva London   Euston Square, Euston Road/Tube Station   London Euston, Railway Station   
68   E201      Go-Ahead London General   London Euston, Railway Station   Tavistock Square   
91   TE1076      Metroline   Tavistock Square   Southampton Row   
91   TE920      Metroline   Southampton Row   Strand, The Royal Courts of Justice   Service Extra
15   LT402      Stagecoach East London   Strand, The Royal Courts of Justice   City of London, Fleet Street/Ludgate Circus   
15   MD60   KJD260P   Ensignbus   City of London, Fleet Street/Ludgate Circus   City of London, Fleet Street/Chancery Lane   Service Extra - Yes, I'm not joking, the Scania Metropolitan came out to play!
172   9836      Abellio London   City of London, Fleet Street/Chancery Lane   Strand, The Royal Courts of Justice   
15   LT248      Stagecoach East London   Strand, The Royal Courts of Justice   Southampton Street/Savoy Street   
6   VP557      Metroline   Southampton Street/Savoy Street   Oxford Circus, Oxford Street/Regent Street   
453   LT284      Go-Ahead London General   Oxford Circus, Oxford Street/Regent Street   Regents Park, Euston Road/Tube Station   
30   VN37958      Tower Transit   Regents Park, Euston Road/Tube Station   Baker Street, Euston Road/Tube Station   
205   12308      Stagecoach East London   Baker Street, Euston Road/Tube Station   London Marylebone, Railway Station/Fourcourt   
***Class 168/1 London Marylebone - Stourbridge Junction***
***Class 139 Stourbridge Junction - Stourbridge Town***
met my brother and got a lift from his work colleague home

[Alex]

My trip today (Will update as i go):

861-WN28 0847>0859
Granville St>New Invention Square
847-WN28 0859>0907
New Invention Square>Granville St
4598-WN529 0927>0952
The Dale>Walsall Bus Stn
4125-WA6 0959>1033
Walsall Bus Stn>Sutton Coldfield
SN04 EFP-CB75 1120>1215
Sutton Coldfield>Bham Intl Rail Stn
6716-BC900 1221>1233
Intl Rail Stn>Sheldon, Wheatsheaf
1946-AG72 1236>1252
Sheldon, Interchange>Solihull Town
172341-LM 1317>1329
Solihull>Bham Moor St
(Met up with Nathan and Dom)
(Food)
4027-AG73 1407>1432
Bham Moor St Q'way>Yardley, Yew Tree
2144-BC59 1444>1448
Yardley, Yew Tree>Yardley, Swan Island
6711-BC957 1449>1510
Yardley, Swan Island>Bham Moor St
(Left Nathan to get 4528 on the X51)
323202-LM 1539>1602
Bham N St>Wolverhampton
1446-WA40 1613>1635
Wton Bus Stn>Sandbeds Rd
(Stopped at my nans for a bit)
847-WN28 1809>1813
Cornwall Gate>Bloxwich Rd South

[Trident 4194]

My trip today (Will update as i go):

861-WN28 0847>0859
Granville St>New Invention Square
847-WN28 0859>0907
New Invention Square>Granville St
4598-WN529 0927>0952
The Dale>Walsall Bus Stn
4125-WA6 0959>1033
Walsall Bus Stn>Sutton Coldfield
SN04 EF?-CB75 1120>
Sutton Coldfield>Bham Intl Rail Stn

Is the 6 route nice?