Round Trips

[Trident 4194]

30854 | 4H
Gold primo- kevs cars |147 to bromsgrove
69450 | 144A to Worcester
66692 | X50 to Evesham
32121 | 247 to Alexandra Hospital
07 plate optare tempo | 350 to Worcester
30951 | 303 to Kidderminster
30117 | 192

Great day with some wonderful scenery. Kevs primo was surprisingly good one of the best promos I've ever been on. The salt road B7RLES are a bit full. Centros are great buses. 32121 was the highlight of the day. Fantastic route for this vehicle, a very fast bus and has a metrobus hint to it. Optare tempo was a new vehicle to me, and I was very impressed despite it having a water leak causing the driver to go to a car garage to collect some water to replace it. 30951 was average, bus didn't seem to be pushed much at all, no real speed achieved on that one. 30117- I never knew omnlinks could shift as much as that, was able to keep up with cars.

[Kevin]

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30117- I never knew omnlinks could shift as much as that, was able to keep up with cars.

Only thing Scanias are good for, speed. None of this stops start local rubbish they're used on

[Trident 4194]

Only thing Scanias are good for, speed. None of this stops start local rubbish they're used on

Which is quite surprising as they are bulky buses which would make you think they wouldn't do well in the countryside, that's far from the truth.

[DJ]

Had a ride out to Stourbridge to finally ride one of the Dart E200s, have to say that 732 is pretty nice overall, very quick up the hills on the 28.

1767 - WA11A - Tipton to Dudley
6942 - PN6 - Dudley to Holly Hall
4306 - PN6 - Holly Hall to Stourbridge
732 - PN28 - Stourbridge to Merry Hill
829 - PN2A - Merry Hill to Brierley Hill
4307 - PN6 - Brierley Hill to Dudley
4762 - WB87 - Dudley to Burnt Tree Tesco
4955 - WB74 - Burnt Tree Tesco to Dudley
1769 - WA11 - Dudley to Tipton

[Dylanbusboy45]

Surrey and East Hampshire 02/02

Virgin Trains (x2 221) Birmingham International to London Euston
London Underground Northern Line - Euston to Waterloo
South Western Railway (x1 455) London Waterloo to Hampton Court
Falcon Buses - 461 - YX68UJP - Enviro 200 MMC - Hampton Court to Walton-on-Thames
Falcon Buses - 461 - YX68ULR - Enviro 200 MMC - Walton-on-Thames to West Molesey
Falcon Buses - 461 - YX68ULS - Enviro 200 MMC - West Molesey to Weybridge
Arriva Surrey - 436 - 4200 YJ57EKG - Optare Versa - Weybridge to Brooklands Superstores
White Bus - 437 - 60 YX68ULW - Enviro 200 MMC - Brooklands Superstores to Woking Station
White Bus - 463 - 61 YX68ULY - Enviro 200 MMC - Woking Station to Send
White Bus - 462 - 59 YX68ULV - Enviro 200 MMC - Send to Woking Station
South Western Railway (x2 450) Woking to Guildford
Safeguard Coaches - 4 - X307CBT - Optare Excel !  - Guildford Friary Bus Stn to Royal Surrey Hospital
Arriva Surrey - 3993 - A - GN07DMF - Enviro 200 - Royal Surrey Hospital to Guildford
South Western Railway (x1 455) Guildford to Aldershot
Stagecoach South - 10776 - 1 - Aldershot Stn to Farnborough
Stagecoach South - 10766 - 1 - Farnborough to Camberley
Stagecoach South - 10778 - 1 - Camberley to Farnborough Main Station
South Western Railway (x2 450) Farnborough Main to Basingstoke
Great Western Railway (x1 165) Basingstoke to Reading
CrossCountry (x1 221) Reading to Birmingham International

A very enjoyable day and managed to ride 6 nice E200MMCs with Allison gearboxes. I suspect Silverlines and Johnsons upcoming ones will be the same, sound much better than voiths  ;)
Safeguards Excel was immaculate and shows that if you look after a vehicle it will last, no matter who made it. Photos being uploaded to my Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/128470593@N05/

[I love Walsall buses]

I know this might be short but I thought I would do something different today
Nxwm 1857 29 Walsall to blakenall
~coach to school~
Nxwm 6749 937 brownhills parade-aldridge shopping centre
Nxwm 4870 6 Aldridge-little Aston
Nxwm 4870 6 little Aston-Aldridge
Diamond 20839 35 Aldridge-walsall
Nxwm 2132 32 Walsall-hospital Street
~hospital street home~

[karl724223]

Day out on public transport today for a company training course at miller st Newtown
0720 train from cradley heath 10 min late and very overcrowded no room at all
33 from just just up from moor st station on time
33 from Newtown Miller st again on time
Train from moor st to cradley 1609 I think short wait on time even got a seat limited stop to cradley heath as well
Not a bad day for reliability of public transport

God dam auto correct !

[Jack]

Day out on public transport today for a company training course at milker st Newtown
0720 train from cradley heath 10 min late and very overcrowded no room at all
33 from just just up from moor st station on time
33 from Newtown milker st again on time
Train from moor st to cradley 1609 I think short wait on time even got a seat limited stopover to cradley heath as well
Not a bad day for reliability of public transport

You mean Miller Street, not 'Milker Street'  :P

[CL]

Been here, there, and everywhere today. All in search of the MMC Demonstrator, it would seem. ::) lol
As it's not typical to include the bits in between my trips, I've added it anyway for context - but have made the text smaller

NXWM 4978, 74 Hockley Circus to Constitution Hill (St. Pauls Tram Stop)
WMM Tram 32, MM1 St. Pauls to West Bromwich Central
NXWM 1918, 3 West Bromwich to Merry Hill
NXWM 804, 2A Merry Hill to Dudley Bus Station
NXWM 6107, 126 Dudley Bus Station to Bearwood Interchange
NXWM 4671, 11A Bearwood to Acocks Green Bus Garage
NXWM 4296, 1A Acocks Green Garage to Acocks Green Village
> missed a Shirley-bound 99, but stuck around for an hour to see if it was on the other 99, or any of the 96s. It wasn't.

igo 4010, 99 Acocks Green to Shirley, Haslucks Green Road
NXWM 6134(?), 5 Shirley to Birmingham Coach Station
> wanted to see if there were any Levante IIIs, but the 327 to Hull wasn't due for another hour (later missed EYMS's 2 while coming back into Birmingham)
> walked from Coach Station to Colmore Row, before deciding the train would be quicker
> walked to New Street

WMR 323219, 1433 towards Bromsgrove: Birmingham New Street to Longbridge
igo demo, 39A Longbridge Station to Clapgate Lane (finally!) 8)
NXWM 6868, 23 Clapgate Lane to Birmingham, Colmore Row
NXWM 4532, 101 Livery Street to Goode Avenue

[Dylanbusboy45]

Been here, there, and everywhere today. All in search of the MMC Demonstrator, it would seem. ::) lol
igo demo, 39A Longbridge Station to Clapgate Lane (finally!) 8)

What did you think of the Demo out of interest? , personally I find them better than the regular Voiths

[Tony]

Class 170 Hednesford-Birmingham
Class 350 Birmingham-Coventry
DeCourcey MD35 Coventry-Luton
Class 700 Luton-st Albans
Class 700 St Albans-st Pancras
Class 350 Euston-Rugeley Trent Valley
Class 170 Rugeley-Hednesford

[CL]

What did you think of the Demo out of interest? , personally I find them better than the regular Voiths

Not too shabby, in my opinion. Definitely packs a punch in the more built up areas; as in, no problems going up hills or twisting around tight corners. The last bit has its size to thank for that. 😂 I've caught it twice now, once on the 208 and now on the 39A. Quality motor; I would assume this demonstrator is more reliable than some others I've heard about.

[Dylanbusboy45]

Not too shabby, in my opinion. Definitely packs a punch in the more built up areas; as in, no problems going up hills or twisting around tight corners. The last bit has its size to thank for that. 😂 I've caught it twice now, once on the 208 and now on the 39A. Quality motor; I would assume this demonstrator is more reliable than some others I've heard about.

Yeh they seem much more spritely. I have heard rumours that Igo are to get some, so fingers crossed. That takes up up to 4 operators with new MMC200s  8)

[karl724223]

Another public transport day out today
Train from cradley heath to moor st station   On time
33 to Newtown  Miller st. On time

1432 Miller st garage to Walsall garage to Miller st garage

51 Newtown Miller st to town  on time
Train moor st station to cradley Heath station  on time
Public transport working

[2206]

NXWM PB 94 - 4502 - Fox and Goose to City Centre.
NXWM PN 13A - 830 - City Centre to Bearwood, Three Shires Oak Road.
NXWM PB 9 - 6929 - Bearwood, Hagley Road to City Centre.
NXWM BY 55 - 1820 (?) - City Centre to Fox and Goose (not to sure about the fleetnumber).
NXWM AG X12 - 4669 - Bromford Lane, Bromford Drive to City Centre.
NXWM BC X20 - 6882 - City Centre to Arthur Road, Church Road, Edgbaston.
NXWM BC X22 - 6853 - Arthur Road, Church Road, Edgbaston to City Centre.
NXWM PB 94 - 4530 - City Centre to Fox and Goose.