Round Trips

[BusFan94]

Yesterday to The Hawthorns and back To watch WBA win 3-1 over Arsenal
4542 79 from Darlaston to West Bromwich
4984 74 from West Bromwich to Birmingham Road The Hawthorns
Went to meet some mates of mine Walked to the Vine Pub then Walked to the ground
Then
4974 74 From Birmingham Road to West Bromwich (after diversion had finished for the game)
4580 79 From West Bromwich to Darlaston ASDA
1844 37 from Darlaston to Nags Head Darlaston Green to play Darts
1882 37 From Nags Head Darlaston Green to Walsall Road Gordon Street Stop
Walked up Old Park Road To my house

[BusFan94]

One I did today
4544 79 To West Bromwich
4976 74 To Dudley
6784 126 To Birmingham
6844 X1 To Coventry
(Really Hungry and Pissed off with my mate who knows Coventry Better than me not Showing up)
6846 X1 To Birmingham
(Stopped off at Homemade Burger Company for a delicious burger and filling meal with Butterscotch Milkshake that I can recemoned to on here it's near the Bullring by the Coachstation)
6724 X51 To Walsall
6774 529 To Wolverhampton to see my uncle Could have used 126 rather these two but 126 takes ages
Walked to Weatherspoons
4541 79 To Darlaston then Took my uncle to mine
Result got back half an hour ago tired so I might have got fleetnumbers wrong please tell me if I had

[Kevin]

25/03/17 - Arriva buses around Telford (ish)

NX 4866 - 51 - 05:40 Scott Arms to city
LM 172221 - 06:33 Birmingham Moor Street to Kidderminster
Arriva 6010 - 297 - 07:45 Kidderminster to Bridgnorth
Arriva 3697 - 436 - 08:25 Bridgnorth to Shrewsbury
Arriva 3694 - 81 - 09:50 Shrewsbury to Telford
Arriva 3751 - 8 - 10:37 Telford to Shifnal
Arriva 2501 - 113 - 11:12 Shifnal to Bridgnorth
Arriva 3718 - 9 - 12:29 Bridgnorth to Telford
Arriva 3733 - 1 - 14:30 Telford to Madeley
Arriva 3321 - 4 - 15:15 Madeley to Wellington
Arriva 3704 - 7 - 16:38 Wellington to Oakengates
Arriva 3782 - 5 - 17:19 Oakengates to Stafford station
Arriva 3758 - 74 - 18:43 Stafford station to Cannock
LM 170508 - 19:28 Cannock to Perry Barr
NX 4734 - 51 - 23:31 Perry Barr to Scott Arms

[Kevin]

26/03/17 - an afternoon aimlessly wandering around the Sunday services of the Black Country

NX 1946 - 46 - 11:26 Scott Arms to West Brom
NX 865 - 289 - 11:55 West Brom to Merry Hill
Diamond 30811 - 002 - 13:03 Merry Hill to Halesowen
NX 6118 - 4H - 13:45 Halesowen to Halesowen via Hayley Green (15 late so just missed the 142)
Arriva 2276 - 13 - 14:15 Halesowen to Merry Hill (believe this bus missed a journey earlier, because I didn't see it coming from Merry Hill on the previous trip)
NX 2081 - X96 - 14:55 Merry Hill to Stourbridge (10 late)
NX 6761 - 256 - 15:12 Stourbridge to Wolverhampton (15 late)
NX 2064 - 6 - 16:20 Wolves to Pendeford
Arriva 2705 - 25 - 17:15 Pendeford to Willenhall
NX 6766 - 529 - 18:09 Willenhall to Walsall
NX 4866 - 51 - 18:45 Walsall to Tower Hill

[Rob H]

Trains at Reading, Kings Sutton & Banbury (01/04/2017)

NX West Midlands | 2221 | 72 Sheldon, Hobs Moat Road – Solihull Station (06:35 Chelmsley Wood – Solihull Station)
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Chiltern Railways | 82309+68012 | Solihull – Banbury (1H10 07:12 Kidderminster – London Marylebone)
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Great Western Railway | 165131 | Banbury – Oxford (2L39 09:08 Banbury – Oxford)
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Great Western Railway | 43063+43026 | Oxford – Reading (1P37 08:43 Great Malvern – London Paddington)
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Met Up with Oliver (OMGTrains on YouTube), Jamie (JD the Trainspotter on YouTube), Kier (The GreatWesterner on YouTube), Kevin (TrainSpotEast on YouTube), Kieran (KTV Videos on YouTube), Dan (TrainClipsHD on YouTube), Max (Cornwall Trains Fan on YouTube), Shaun (Sftfan1909 on YouTube) and a few others
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Film Trains 11:10–13:10
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Cross Country | 221124 | Reading – Oxford (1E48 13:45 Reading – Newcastle)
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Great Western Railway | 165131 | Oxford – Kings Sutton (2L42 14:21 Oxford – Banbury)
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Film Trains 14:45–15:55
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Chiltern Railways | 165030 | Kings Sutton – Banbury (1U39 14:43 London Marylebone - Banbury)
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Film Trains 16:10–17:45
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Chiltern Railways | 68012+82309 | Banbury – Solihull (1G49 17:10 London Marylebone – Birmingham Snow Hill)
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NX West Midlands | 2204 | 72 Solihull Station – Sheldon, Mardon Road (18:55 Solihull Station – Birmingham)

[Ashley 60171]

Wednesday 29th (not posted one for a while)

NXWM 2013 - 3 - Wolverhampton, Market Street
LM 350116 - Birmingham New Street
LM 350234 - Coventry
SM 36943 - X17 - Leamington Spa, Royal Parade
SM 22842 - 63 - Rugby Town Centre
SM 19088 - 3 - Hillmorton, Kingsley Avenue
SM 34815 - 3A - Rugby, Clifton Road
SM 34818 - 10 - Daventry, Bus Station
SM 37067 - D1 - Northampton, Drapery
SM 18153 - 16 - Holly Lodge Drive
SM 18159 - 16 - Northampton, North Gate Bus Station
SM 36209 - 96 - Rugby, Clifton Road
SM 34642 - 86 - Coventry, Trinity Street
NXWM 6849 - X1 - Birmingham International Station
LM 350120 - Birmingham New Street
VT 390121 - Wolverhampton
NXWM 2062 - 10 - Compton Road, Finchfield Hill
Walk home

[Kevin]

02/04/17 - Sunday afternoon around South Brum

NX 6757 - X51 - 10:48 Scott Arms to city
NX 4728 - 35 - 11:25 Moor Street Selfidges to Kings Heath
NX 1931 - 27 - 12:10 Kings Heath to Northfield
NX 5506 - 29 - 12:55 Northfield to Frankley
--- Walk to Great Park ---
NX 2125 - 98 - 13:25 Great Park to Northfield
NX 1916 - 27 - 14:06 Northfield to Hawkesley
NX 4731 - 35 - 14:35 Hawkesley to Druids Heath
Diamond 30000 - 50 - 14:53 Druids Heath to Moseley (possibly the previous journey 10 late, as he left at 14:49 and there was another Diamond bus in the terminus on break)
NX 6710 - 1 - 14:49 Moseley to Five Ways (legit - was 18 mins late that's how I managed to catch a bus that left before the previous one I caught)
NX 5503 - 22 - 15:41 Five Ways to Woodgate
NX 2134 - X64 - 16:26 Woodgate to City
Diamond 30852 - 16 - 17:13 Moor Street to Hamstead Green Lane

[Sh4318]

Yesterday
08:07, Smethwick Galton Bridge to Birmingham New Street, London Midland, 350263
08:30, Birmingham New Street to Derby, CrossCountry, 220016
09:26, Derby to Sheffield, East Midlands Trains, 222002
10:18, Sheffield to Leeds, Northern, 1587**
11:26, Leeds to Manchester Victoria, Northern, 155347
13:14, Manchester Victoria to Wigan Wallgate, Northern, 156428
14:28, Wigan North Western to Wolverhampton, Virgin Trains, 390***
15:50, Wolverhampton to Smethwick Galton Bridge, London Midland, 323218

[RS]

9108/04/17

221107+221109 11:55 Sandwell & Dudley - Birmingham New Street - 12:07 - Virgin Trains West Coast
220 028   12:30 Birmingham New Street - Doncaster - 14:16  - Cross Country Trains
91118+82209 14:36 Doncaster - Peterborough - 15:33 - Virgin Trains East Coast
15:33-16:51 Spot Trains at Peterborough
82224+91101 16:51 Peterborough - Grantham 17:12 - Virgin East Coast
17:12-18:15 Spot Trains at Grantham
82222+91121 18:15(5 Minutes Late) Grantham - Newark Northgate (A Last Minute Decision for a HST RIDE) - 18:36 - Virgin East Coast
43316+43317 18:46 Newark Northgate - Doncaster - 19:11 -Virgin East Coast
Now in the vain hope that if i could get to Wakefield for the late running 1924 Cross Country back to birmingham i got a service to wakefield and missed the cross country by 4 minutes as i passed it at Sandall & Agbrigg so anyway this is what we do
43299+43300 19:15 Doncaster - Wakefield Westgate - 19:34 - Virgin East Coast
43378+43357 19:51 Wakefield Westgate - Leeds - 20:11 ( 7 Late Arriving) - Cross Country Trains
221 127 20:12 Leeds - Birmingham New Street - 22:14 ( 9 Late Arriving ) - Cross Country Trains - Which i very nearly missed luckily they were by each other on the platform so i got by the skin of my teeth

390 013 22:16 Birmingham New Street - Sandwell & Dudley - 22:29 ( 5 Late Arriving) - Virgin West Coast


Best day out on the railway yet

[Trident 4194]

20839-142
4296-11A to Selly oak (excellent fast bus)
4171-63 to brum (fast and smooth)
6828-X2- solihull (much prefer these to voith ones)
Johnsons 87- train station( e200 enough said)
4732-6- city centre
4371-76 to kings heath( excellent again)
4677- 11C seemed very sluggish
4173-24- bottom of harborne high street( old seating but not badly showing)
1550 004- Halesowen

[MW]

6828-X2- solihull (much prefer these to voith ones)

I've never been on any Platinum before but I'm sure the 2015 ones are ZF, and the 2016 ones are Voith. The Acocks Green/Pensnett/Walsall ones are ZF, and the Birmingham Central/Perry Barr/Wolverhampton are Voith aren't they

[Trident 4609]

I've never been on any Platinum before but I'm sure the 2015 ones are ZF, and the 2016 ones are Voith. The Acocks Green/Pensnett/Walsall ones are ZF, and the Birmingham Central/Perry Barr/Wolverhampton are Voith aren't they

Correct.

[Trident 4194]

I've never been on any Platinum before but I'm sure the 2015 ones are ZF, and the 2016 ones are Voith. The Acocks Green/Pensnett/Walsall ones are ZF, and the Birmingham Central/Perry Barr/Wolverhampton are Voith aren't they

Appears you're correct I knew there was a difference in the garages as some have start/stop technology others don't.

@MW you ever remember driving 4677?? If so what you think of it?

[Stu]

Appears you're correct I knew there was a difference in the garages as some have start/stop technology others don't.

The 2016 models at Birmingham Central, Perry Barr and Wolverhampton all have stop-start and USB sockets, the others don't.

[MW]

Appears you're correct I knew there was a difference in the garages as some have start/stop technology others don't.

@MW you ever remember driving 4677?? If so what you think of it?

4677 is a good bus. Only 46xx I didn't like was 4639, due to it being sluggish and then the power coming at once. I believe it's been repaired and drives like the rest of them now.

The 46xx batch of Geminis are excellent in my opinion. I hear the 47xx batch of Enviros are also excellent. I'd like to try them one day.