Round Trips

[2206]

 AG 11C - 6144 - Ward End, Fox and Goose to Yardley Swan.
BC X1 - 684X - Yardley Swan to Sheldon Wheatsheaf.
AG 72 - 6111 - Sheldon Wheatsheaf to Solihull Station.
AG A12 - 834 - Solihull to Acocks Green.
AG 11A - 6127 - Acocks Green to Yardley Swan.
AG 58 - 222X - 14:54 Yardley Swan to 15:07 Olton Station.
AG A12 - 834 Olton Station to Acocks Green.
AG 99 - 831 - Acocks Green to Castle Bromwich, Morrisons.
PB 94 - 4506 - Catle Bromwich, Morrisons to Ward End, Fox and Goose.

[DJ]

Had a nice day out yesterday to go and catch 6704 on the Outer Circle, didn't take down numbers though. Apologies.

E200 - WB42 - Tipton Railway Station to Dudley Bus Station
E400MMC - PN126 - Dudley Bus Station to Bearwood
Gemini - WB48 - Bearwood to QE Hospital
Platty - BCX20 - University to Selly Oak
Gemini - AG11A - Selly Oak to Kings Heath
6704 - AG11C - Kings Heath to Bearwood
E400MMC - PN126 - Bearwood to Colmore Row
E400 - WA51 - Bull Street to Walsall St Pauls
Omnilink - WA11A - Walsall Bradford Place to Tipton

[2206]

NXWM AG 11C - 6145 - Fox and Goose to Yardley, Swan.
NXWM BC 60 - 487X - Yardley, Swan to Sheldon, Wheatsheaf.
NXWM AG 72 - 4289 - Sheldon, Wheatsheaf to Solihull Station.
NXWM AG A12 - 734 - Solihull, Swimming Baths to Acocks Green.
Train - Acocks Green to Moor Street.
NXWM BC 10H - 4626 - Moor Street to Baskerville House.
NXWM BC 10H - 4625 - Baskervile House to University Station.
NXWM BC X22 - 6838 - University Station to Birmingham City Centre, Moor Street Queensway.
Claribel 94 - City Centre, Priory Queensway to Fox and Goose.

[DJ]

Just got back from a weekend in London, I wasn't really there for any transport related things, so I didn't take much of a record of what I was on, so forgive the vagueness.

19/04/19

NXWM Route 11/11A - Tipton to Dudley (Eclipse 1 B7RLE)
NXWM Route 126 - Dudley to Birmingham Snow Hill (Streetdeck)
NXWM Route 16 - Birmingham Snow Hill to Birmingham New Street (E400 Trident)
Sn-ap (Johnson's) - Birmingham New Street to Baker Street (Scania)
Jubilee Line - Baker Street to Green Park
Piccadilly Line - Green Park to Hammersmith
London Route 190 - Hammersmith to West Brompton (MCV Dart)
Overground - West Brompton to Clapham Junction
SWR - Clapham Junction to Waterloo (Class 455)
Northern Line - Waterloo to Embankment
London Route 26 - Aldwych to Ludgate Hill
London Route 45 - Ludgate Hill to Kings Cross (E400 MMC)
Northern Line - Kings Cross to Old Street
Overground - Haggerston to Highbury and Islington
Victoria Line - Highbury and Islington to Kings Cross

20/04/19

London Route 205 - British Library to Marylebone (E400H)
Bakerloo Line - Marylebone to Oxford Circus
Piccadilly Line - Piccadilly Circus to Russell Square
Victoria Line - Kings Cross to Highbury and Islington
Overground - Highbury and Islington to Haggerston
London Route 149 - Haggerston to Liverpool Street (NRM)
Central Line - Liverpool Street to Tottenham Court Road
Central Line - Tottenham Court Road to Holborn
Piccadilly Line - Holborn to Russell Square
London Route 205 - British Library to Spitalfields (E400H)
London Route 205 - Shoreditch to British Library (E400H)

21/04/19

London Route 390 - British Library to Tottenham Court Road (NRM)
London Route 98 - Tottenham Court Road to Baker Street
London Route 113 - Baker Street to Finchley Road (B5LH EvoSeti)
Overground - Finchley Road & Frognal to Highbury and Islington
Great Northern - Highbury and Islington to Moorgate
London Route 214 - Moorgate to Angel (E200)
London Route 205 - Angel to Baker Street (E400MMC)
Sn-ap (Redwing) - Baker Street to Birmingham New Street (Tourismo)
NXWM Route X8 - Colmore Row to Blackheath (E400MMC)
NXWM Route 4 - Blackheath to Oldbury (Omnilink)
NXWM Route 87 - Oldbury to Dudley (E400 Trident)
NXWM Route 11/11A - Dudley to Tipton (Omnilink)

[Ashley 60171]

Friday 19th April

Weekend away with the family. The spinning I did on my ones.

NXWM 20?? - 3 - Wolverhampton, Market Street
Cross Country 220008 - Bristol Parkway
Great Western Railway 166207 - Weston Super Mare
First West Of England 32013 - 20 - Brean, Village Hall

Saturday 20th

First West Of England 32001 - 20 - Burnham On Sea
First Buses of Somerset
65764 - 21 - Bridgwater, Bus Station
65760 - 21 - Taunton, Bus Station
44508 - 22 - Rockwell Green
67703 - 22 - Tiverton, Bus Station
Stagecoach Devon
10456 - 1 - Exeter
15604 - 9 - Honiton, Railway Station
36224 - 4 - Axminster, Railway Station
First Buses Of Somerset
67704 - 30 - Chard, Lidl
33378 - 30 - Taunton, Bus Station
Great Western Railway 166218 - Weston Super Mare

Sunday 21st
First West of England
32002 - 20 - Burnham on Sea
32002 - 20 - Weston Super Mare
33156 - 1 - Sand Bay and return to Weston
32002 - 20 - Brean

[DJ]

4/5/19 - Went out with the goal of getting the 38 and 10S, didn't manage either due to the 38 running super late, and the Streetlite on the 10S breaking down at the terminus in Northfield! I did manage to tick off some new routes and 68 plates though, so it worked out in the end.

NXWM 1756 - WA11 - Tipton to Dudley
NXWM 6784 - WNX8 - Dudley to Bearwood
NXWM 6146 - AG11A - Bearwood to Cotteridge
NXWM 4544 - YW18 - Cotteridge to Northfield
NXWM 431 - BC10S - Northfield to Northfield (Didn't move an inch!)
Diamond YJ62 FKK - 19 - Northfield to Longbridge
NXWM 4581 - YW49 - Longbridge to Maypole
Landflight YW68 PFG - A4 - Maypole to Tanworth Lane
Landflight YW68 PFJ - A6 - Tanworth Lane to Solihull
Johnsons MX08 MYO - 82 - Solihull to Meriden
Johnsons YW68 PBX - 82 - Meriden to Solihull
NXWM 2224 - AG4 - Solihull to Digbeth
NXWM 4148 - BC60 - Digbeth to Birmingham
NXWM 4742 - WB87 - Birmingham to Dudley
NXWM 1773 - WA11A - Dudley to Tipton

[DJ]

7/5/19 - Nice little round trip around the area, managed to get shots of a few of the new 19 plate MMCs too.

Walked from home to Roseville
Banga YX60 FUE - 52 - Roseville to Wolverhampton Bus Station - Very nippy E200, felt weird with the First interior though.
NXWM 6783 - X7 - Wolverhampton to Dudley Bus Station
Diamond 20167 - 226 - Dudley to Russells Hall Hospital
NXWM 6101 - PN6 - Russells Hall to Brierley Hill
NXWM 4335 - PN15 - Brierley Hill to Merry Hill Centre
Diamond 32233 - 002 - Merry Hill to Halesowen Bus Station
Diamond 30118 - 202 - Halesowen to Woodgate
NXWM 6856 - BC23 - Woodgate to Birmingham City Centre - First time doing the 23, lovely route overall and made a nice change from the Hagley Road.
Diamond 30879 - 16W - Birmingham to West Bromwich - Very quick E300 once it's up to speed, driver seemed a bit dodgy at times though.
Diamond 20732 - 41A - West Brom to Wednesbury - Lovely driver, left WB a bit late so he had his foot down for most the route. Very quick for a Solo too.
NXWM 1883 - WA11A - Wednesbury to Tipton

[CL]

Been around today, first time in a while I've kept track of everything I've caught!

NXWM 4811, 16, Hockley Circus to (Birmingham) Old Square
Arriva 3805, 110, Corporation Street to Sutton Coldfield
Arriva 4413, 110, (Sutton) Manor Hill to Moor Street Queensway
- walked to Millennium Point -
NXWM 4613, 14, Curzon Street to Priory Queensway
NXWM 5514, 61, Priory Queensway to Northfield
NXWM 431, 10S, Northfield to Harborne, Greenfield Road
NXWM 2135, 10H, Harborne, Greenfield Road to Harborne Junction - a warning light came on the dash; I was 'transferred' onto...
NXWM 6851, 24, Harborne Junction to Birmingham, Corporation Street
WMM UID Tram, Grand Central to Jewellery Quarter

The Streetlite was good fun.. Shame about 2135, I'd have liked to have ridden the 10H with NX, as I have yet to do.

[CL]

Been around today, first time in a while I've kept track of everything I've caught!
...

The Streetlite was good fun.. Shame about 2135, I'd have liked to have ridden the 10H with NX, as I have yet to do.

And again! Managed to keep a tab on everything I've caught. :P (It was a Black Country sorta day, lol)

NXWM 4487, 16, Hockley Circus to Snow Hill Queensway
NXWM 6925, 9, Colmore Row to Stourbridge Bus Station
NXWM 2092, 8, Stourbridge Bus Station to Merry Hill
NXWM 4535, 15, Merry Hill to Wolverhampton Bus Station
NXWM 2065, 33, Bus Station to Stafford Street
-walked back to Bilston Street -
NXWM 5419, 1, Bilston Street to Chapel Ash
NXWM 5417, 1, Chapel Street to Dudley Road, Grove Street
NXWM 5406, 1, Dudley Road to Snow Hill
-walked to St. Georges Tram Stop -
Metro 17, St. Georges to Bilston Central
NXWM 861, 39, Bilston Bus Station to Walsall, Bradford Place
DIA 30856, 4, Walsall to West Bromwich
NXWM 1948, 46, West Bromwich to Hamstead
NXWM 4808, 16, Hamstead to Hockley Circus

[Dylanbusboy45]

Yesterday's round trip for me taking in Dudley, Stourbridge and Wombourne amongst other nearer places to my part of the city...
4908 - 45 - Cotteridge Island
6139 - 11A - Bearwood, Hagley Road
6979 - 82 - Cape Hill, Grove Lane
4766 - 87 - Oldbury Interchange
6972 - 87 - Tividale Road
6970 - 87 - Dudley Bus Station
4306 - 6 - Russell's Hall Hospital
6107 - 6 - Stourbridge Interchange
4325 - 17 - Kingswinford
4932 - 15 - Wombourne
4354 - 15 - Wall Heath terminus
6792 - 15(E) - Kingswinford
4931 - 17 - Gornal Wood Interchange
6938 - X10 - Russell's Hall Hospital
4437 - 6 - Dudley Bus Station
4922 - 74 - Burnt Tree
4951 - 87 - Oldbury Interchange
6980 - 87 - Cape Hill, Grove Lane
6970 - 82 - Bearwood Interchange
4673 - 11A - Selly Oak, Bristol Road
4946 - 63 - Northfield
4364 - 18 - Bartley Green terminus (reserve fleet vehicle)
4732 - 18 - Northfield
4876 - 61 - Frankley, Holly Hill terminus
4548 - 49

One of my longest West Midlands round trips in a while, and a very enjoyable one too. Was nice to photograph a Trident in Wall Heath terminus, and the X10 at Gornal Wood, plus some of West Brom's new Platinums, finishing off with reserve 4364. And yes, some of the moves above seem pointless, but I am someone who keeps track of buses rode on !

[sonic84]

I did a little round trip today

10H Quinton to Birmingham
X7 Birmingham to Wolverhampton - thought would be nice to do on the last day
27A Wolverhampton to Dudley
19 Dudley to Quinton

There's some really fantastic views on the 27A route! Quite a few tight turns though!

[2206]

PB 94 - 4479 - Fox and Goose to Castle Bromwich, Green Lane.
PB 96 - 7031 - Castle Bromwich, Green Lane to Castle Vale, Spitfire Island.
PB 67 - 469X - Castle Vale, Spitfire Island to Priory Queensway, City Centre.
BC X20 - 6856 - Priory Queensway, City Centre to New Fosse Way.
BC X20 - 6887 - New Fosse Way to Edgbaston, Church Road.
BC X20 - 6892 - University, The Vale to City Centre, Priory Queensway.
PB 94 - 4495 - City Centre, Priory Queensway to Fox and Goose.

[Cheese]

Had a little spin round Staffs using 'The Knot' ticket today, as well as various trains.

WMR 323??? Bournville - Birmingham New Street
LNWR 350240 (I think) Birmingham New Street - Kidsgrove
First Potteries 67654 AD E300 3A Kidsgrove - Hanley
First Potteries 37146 Volvo B7TL/Wright 32 Hanley - Cheadle
First Potteries 37156 Volvo B7TL/Wright 32 Cheadle - Uttoxeter
Midland Classic 62 Scania OmniCityDekka 402 Uttoxeter - Burton
Midland Classic 82 Scania L94/Wright X12 Burton - Lichfield
WMR 323??? Lichfield City - Kings Norton

Nice run round some bits of Staffs I haven't been to for a few years.

[Westy]

Had a little spin round Staffs using 'The Knot' ticket today, as well as various trains.

WMR 323??? Bournville - Birmingham New Street
LNWR 350240 (I think) Birmingham New Street - Kidsgrove
First Potteries 67654 AD E300 3A Kidsgrove - Hanley
First Potteries 37146 Volvo B7TL/Wright 32 Hanley - Cheadle
First Potteries 37156 Volvo B7TL/Wright 32 Cheadle - Uttoxeter
Midland Classic 62 Scania OmniCityDekka 402 Uttoxeter - Burton
Midland Classic 82 Scania L94/Wright X12 Burton - Lichfield
WMR 323??? Lichfield City - Kings Norton

Nice run round some bits of Staffs I haven't been to for a few years.

At what point did you get the Knot ticket?

[Trident 4194]

30859-4H- Oldbury
4754- 87- Birmingham- I do feel sorry for the drivers that have to drive this. The clientele clearly isn't great.
30825-16- markets
20870- 34- Moseley- not a bad bus at all route a bit boring though
6969- 50- maypole
E200 mmc - A4- Solihull- lovely route on much better buses than standard e200s!!
21219- a1 Solihull circular. 40 Mph on those minibuses is effortless. The future is bright with these machines.
4582-49- maypole
20882- 19- Northfield- very nice vehicle
Waited for 38 which was 5 minutes late and counting, but then a merc citaro on 144 appeared, I can't tune down that offering!!
CCF reg citaro- smallbrook Queensway- beast of a bus overtaking 61 and 63 on the dual carriageway. The layout of these citaros are a bit weird, having to sit sideways near the back due to the amount of people onboard. On par with Arriva citaros
6932-x10- Halesowen- quite a speedy driver it seemed did well to arrive only 2 minutes late despite the five ways closure
1772-4H - lovely vehicle plenty of power