Round Trips

[Kevin]

Suppose I'll put up my Wythall day (while I'm bored I'm a pub with WiFi)

NX 4857 - 51 - 08:44 Scott Arms to city
Diamond 30509 - 50 - 09:54 city to Maypole
NOE 544R Midland Red National to Wythall
E989 VUK Wmt Metrobus to Maypole and back
XDH 516G Walsall Fleetline to Maypole
PDU 135M Coventry Fleetline to Becketts Farm (walk to museum)
TOE 527N WM Ailsa to Maypole
SDA 757S WM Fleetline to Becketts Farm
WDA 986T WM Fleetline to Maypole
WDA 4T WM Titan to Becketts Farm
JOV 738P WM Ailsa to Maypole
NOA 462X WM Metrobus to Becketts Farm
JOV 738P (again) WM Ailsa to Maypole
F57 XOF WM Metrobus to Becketts Farm
DOC 26V WM National 2 to Maypole
V177 MOA Mercedes 0405 to Becketts Farm
S669 VOA Volvo B6 to Maypole
P415 EJW Volvo B10 to Becketts Farm
R2 NEG Optare Spectra to Maypole
D912 NDA Timesaver Metrobus to Becketts Farm
P401 EJW Volvo B10 to Maypole
R598 YON Volvo B6 to Becketts Farm
P415 EJW Volvo B10 to city centre
NX 6758 - X51 - 16:54 city to Scott Arms

[Rob H]

Blackpool (15/10/2016) :D

Endeavour - EK59CFN (Pick-Up) | Sheldon, Wheatsheaf - Bordesley Green (08:30 from Sheldon)
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Endeavour - M5 END (Main Coach) | Bordesley Green - Blackpool
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Blackpool Transport (Heritage) - Balloon 717 | 13:15 Tower/North Pier - Pleasure Beach
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Blackpool Transport (Heritage) - Balloon 723 | 13:30 Pleasure Beach - Tower/North Pier
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Blackpool Transport - 407 | 9 Blackpool, Clifton Street - Cleveley's
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Blackpool Transport (LRT) - 007 | Cleveley's - North Pier
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Blackpool Transport (Heritage) - Balloon 723 | 15:20 Tower/North Pier - Pleasure Beach
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Filmed 723 Departing and 717 Arriving
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Blackpool Transport (Heritage) - Balloon 717 | 16:00 Pleasure Beach - Tower/North Pier
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Filmed 717 & 723 Departing for Pleasure Beach
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Blackpool Transport (Heritage) - Balloon 717 | 16:50 Tower/North Pier - Cabin - Tower/North Pier (16:40 ex Pleasure Beach & 16:55 ex Cabin)
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Got Some Food
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Endeavour - M5 END (Main Coach) | Blackpool - Sheldon, Wheatsheaf (Departed at 7pm)

[Kevin]

15/10/16 Manchester. Went up for a gig and took opportunity to do some bits I haven't done before.
Bought an off peak return to Manc and a Greater Manchester Wayfarer

NX 6736 - X51 - 08:10 Scott Arms to city
XC 220xxx - 08:57 New Street to Macclesfield
High Peak (can't read my notes to ID it properly, but was a Solo SR, possibly 780?) - 58 - 10:16 Macclesfield station to Buxton
NT 150132/220 - 11:24 Buxton to Manchester Piccadilly
NT 323236 - 12:46 Manchester Piccadilly to Hadfield
SC Manc 10587 - 237 - 13:35 Hadfield station to Stalybridge station
NT 156461 - 14:08 Stalybridge to Manchester Victoria
NT 158793 - 14:26 Manchester Victoria to Rochdale
ML 3090 - 15:23 Rochdale to Exchange Square
Spent time getting food
ML 3019 - 17:06 St Peters Square to Old Trafford
Dropped stuff at friends house
ML 3018 - 18:43 Old Trafford to Piccadilly garden
Gig
ML 3020 - 00:51 St Peters Square to Old Trafford

...bit of sleep
First tram to Piccadilly in the morning, breakfast on the first train to Wolverhampton, 529 across to Walsall in time for the 10:20 shuttle bus to Aldridge Transport Museum

I died slightly that evening

[T840MAK]

22/10/2016

Supertram 111 - 08:36 White Lane > Sheffield Station
TransPennine Express 185110 - 1B69 09:11 Sheffield > Stockport (delayed due to an operating incident)
Stagecoach 12202 - 192 Stockport > Manchester
First 66872 - 135 Manchester > Queens Road depot
First 12018 - 135 Queens Road depot > Cheetham Hill
First 12006 - 135 Cheetham Hill > Heaton Park
First 12010 - 135 Heaton Park > Bury
First 66894 - 468 Bury > Tottington
Rosso 227 - 469 Tottington > Bury
First 60252 - 468 Bury > Jericho
First 60249 - 468 Jericho > Bury
First 60238 - 474 Bury > Ramsbottom
First 66914 - 472 Ramsbottom > Bury
First 37398 - 471 Bury > Bolton
Diamond 32220 - 300 Bolton > intu Trafford Centre
First 69172 - 52 intu Trafford Centre > Eccles
First 66853 - 52 Eccles > Cheetham Hill
First 69205 - 52 Cheetham Hill > Salford Shopping Centre
First 33710 - 37 Salford Shopping Centre > Manchester
TransPennine Express 185135 - 1B92 2020 Manchester Piccadilly > Sheffield
Supertram 115 - 21:17 Sheffield Station > White Lane

[Kevin]

Two days of my grand plan to cover the whole of the West Mids bus network, mostly involving little bits of minibus services around estates

Sat 29/10/16

NX 4861 - 51 - 07:33 Scott Arms to Bell Inn, walk up to Gillity Village
CB 112 - 74 - 08:00 Gillity Village to Walsall
AM 3758 - 2 - 08:35 Walsall to Leamore, walk to Beechdale
NX 856 - 70A - 09:01 Beechdale loop to Walsall
NX 859 - 36 - 09:25 Walsall to Manor Hospital
AM 2212 - 637 - 09:35 Manor Hospital to Six Ways, walk into Chuckery
iGo KX57 FKV - 22 - 10:00 Paddock to Walsall
then to work for an hour
LM 323240 - 11:31 Walsall to Aston
LM 323215 - 13:05 Aston to Walsall
iGo KX57 FKV - 22 - 13:45 Walsall to Cameron Road, walk down into and through the Arboretum
AM 2730 - 35A - 14:07 Hatherton Lake to Druids Heath / Walton Road
NX 4305 - 7 - 14:38 Walton Road to Aldridge
NX 6740 - 997 - 15:23 Aldridge to Queslett Asda, walk home

Sat 05/11/16

NX 6724 - X51 - 08:10 Scott Arms to City
NX 4883 - 60 - 08:38 City to Cranes Park
Silverline YX63 ZXM - S10 - 09:30 Cranes Park to Solihull
Diamond 30135 - S15 - 10:20 Solihull to Marshall Lake Road
NX 4395 - 6 - 10:36 Marshall Lake Road to Shirley, Saracens Head
Johnsons SN65 OJA - X20 - 10:48 Shirley to Hockley Heath
Diamond 30130 - S3W - 11:00 Hockley Heath to Solihull (running late so just caught it)
NX 4574 - 6 - 12:04 Solihull to Marshall Lake Road
Diamond Solo (unidentified) - 69 - 12:23 Marshall Lake Road to Brandwood Park
NX 4394 - 35 - 13:26 Brandwood Park Road to Druids Heath
NX 4566 - 49 - 13:36 Druids Heath to Maypole
Diamond 30132 - S3 - 13:48 Maypole to Solihull station
LM 1723xx - 14:17 Solihull to Olton
iGo KX08 HMC - 96 - 14:21 Olton to Sheldon (can't believe I made this connection....)
iGo KX08 HMF - 99 - 15:08 Sheldon to Lea Village
NX 4616 - 14 - 15:25 Lea Village to City
NX 6726 - X51 - 16:05 City to Scott Arms

[Kevin]

And now another Manc trip, finish stuff I wanted to do up there and use the unchecked return ticket from two week's previous

Sun 30/10/16

NX 4864 - 51 - 08:09 Scott Arms to City
VT 221xxx - 09:20 Birmingham to Wigan North Western
NT 156443/421 - 11:05 Wigan Wallgate to Manchester Victoria, walk through to Piccadilly because there's no trams
NT 150137 - 12:23 Manchester Piccadilly to Hazel Grove
NT 156461/150144 - 13:11 Hazel Grove to New Mills Newtown, walk through New Mills
NT 142014 - 14:03 New Mills Central to Manchester Piccadilly (yay, Pacer!!)
ML 3025 - 14:41 Piccadilly to Deansgate Castlefield, get lunch
ML 3081 - 15:48 Deansgate Castlefield to Media City UK
ML 3095 - 16:09 Media City UK to Ashton Under Lyme
NT 142009 - 17:25 Ashton Under Lyme to Mossley
NT 142036/203 - 17:41 Mossley to Stalybridge
TP 185151 - 17:50 Stalybridge to Manchester Oxford Road, walk to St Peters Square
ML to Cornbrook and another to Airport - too much of a rush to make this connection work out I didn't ID the trams or time it all
NT 323xxx - 19:06 Manchester Airport to Alderley Edge
NT 323223 - 19:32 Aldereley Edge to Crewe
LM 350105 - 20:19 Crewe to Birmingham New Street
NX 4935 - 907 - 21:25 City to Perry Barr, pub, then late 51 home forgot to ID and wasnt paying attention to time

[Tony]

Friday
4701 Walsall - Dundee
Saturday
4716 Dundee - Walsall

result - kn**k**ed

[Dylanbusboy45]

London Midland Rail Replacements today:

Coastal Liner Dart LK53FDP-Northfield-Longbridge
First Worcester Streetlite 63360-Longbridge-Northfield
Grosvenor MAN Centro KX08OMP-Northfield-Longbridge
NXWM 2225-Longbridge-Selly Oak
NXWM 2230-Selly Oak-New St
Central Buses PN03UMJ-New St-Selly Oak & back to New St
Green Bus 103 PO51WNJ-New St-Redditch
Green Bus 111 NK51UCH-Redditch-Selly Oak
NXWM 1914-Selly Oak-University
First (Leicester) 35188-University-Selly Oak
Green Bus 101 PO51WNF-Selly Oak-Birmingham & back to Selly Oak
NXWM 1933-Selly Oak-Bournville
Central Buses YY16YJH Bournville-Longbridge
First Worcester 67656 Longbridge-Northfield

A good day out on a great variety of buses in my local area

[Will]

04/11/16

LM172 (didn't ID) > Kidderminster > Stourbridge
LM139002 > S/Bridge Junction > Town
Diamond (20100, KP02PVA) > 657 > Stourbridge > Kingswinford (& back)
Diamond (20100, KP02PVA) > 267 > Stourbridge > Wall Heath (& back)
Hansons (0035, SN03YCE) > 250 > Stourbridge > Merry Hill
NXWM (6121, SN15LGJ) > x10 > Merry Hill > Birmingham
Chiltern (didn't ID) > Snow Hill > Kidderminster
Diamond (30947, FJ08VRD) > 3 > Kidderminster > Areley Kings (& back)

[Will]

07/11/16

LM 172 (didn't ID) > Kidderminster > Cradley Heath
NXWM (1840, BV57XHH) > 4M > Cradley Interchange > Merry Hill
NXWM (4585, BU04BKX) > 255E > Merry Hill > Kingswinford
DIA (30816, BX58AOO) > 226 > Kingswinford > Dudley
NXWM (4745, BV57XJK) > 87 > Dudley > Birmingham
NXWM (6122, SN15LGK) > x10 > Birmingham > Halesowen
NXWM (6114, SN15LFZ) > 9 > Halesowen > Stourbridge
LM 139001 > Town > Junction
LM 172213 & 216 > Stourbridge > Kidderminster 

[Sh4318]

Today. Needed to get out the house, seemed like a good opportunity to do the HOWL again

323209, 10:16, Smethwick Galton Bridge - Wolverhampton, London Midland *still surprises me how fast these things can accelerate!*
153327, 11:06 delayed by 15 minutes, Wolverhampton - Shrewsbury, Arriva Trains Wales *ran non-stop between Wolverhampton - Shrewsbury*
150235, 12:04, Shrewsbury - Llanrinddod Wells, Arriva Trains Wales
150251, 13:43, Llanrinddod Wells - Shrewsbury, Arriva Trains Wales *something very special about this train, has more character than any other /2 I've ridden*
153327, 16:10, Shrewsbury - Wolverhampton, Arriva Trains Wales
323209, 17:22, Wolverhampton - Smethwick Galton Bridge, London Midland

[Kevin]

26/11/16 - couple of East Brum minibus routes ticked off to and from the NEC for the Warley model railway show

NX 4055 - 5 - 08:14 Scott Arms to Sutton
NX 6804 - 905 - 09:01 Sutton to Mere Green
Arriva 2271 - 604 - 09:30 Mere Green to Little Sutton, and walk to Roughley
NX 6817 - 905 - 09:49 Roughley to Erdington
Diamond 20869 - 25 - 10:30 Erdington to Bromford Bridge
NX 2212 - 72 - 11:00 Bromford Bridge to Chelmsley Wood
Central EU06 JVW - 91 - 11:55 Chelmsley Wood to Birmingham International
-- Model show for a few hours --
NX 4466 - 97A - 15:47 Birmingham International to Heartlands hospital (running 20 late)
iGo KX14 FJC - 53 - 16:50 Heartlands Hospital to Chester Road
NX 4484 - 94 - 17:18 Chester Road to Fox and Goose (decided against town because I knew there'd be traffic)
NX 4510 - 11A - 17:38 Fox and Goose to Perry Barr
NX 4859 - 51 - 18:12 Perry Barr to Scott Arms

[the trainbasher]

@Kevin the 97As were hit really hard today from what I noticed. Heading to Free Radio Live earlier, the 97A I caught was 37 down approaching International Station to Resorts World

[Adam 404]

NX 4484 - 94 - 17:18 Chester Road to Fox and Goose (decided against town because I knew there'd be traffic)

You were right about that! On a 22 service, it took 25 mins to get from Livery Street to New Street Station.

[2206]

You were right about that! On a 22 service, it took 25 mins to get from Livery Street to New Street Station.

Took me 18 minutes to get from Livery Street to Colmore Circus on the 24.
Took about 15 - 20 minutes to get through traffic on Jennes Road as well on the 55.