Unusual Workings July 2013

[nitromatt1]

If you want narrow winding country roads and double deckers i recommend a stagecoach to stagecoach west turf

I know exactly where to go - Stagecoach Cumbria.

Today,

4801 - 276
1892 - 39
4021 - 255
1650 - 2
2083 - 243/4

5510 replaced 4021 on the 255 at Wolverhampton around 17:30. Rode it on the full 255 this evening, leaving Wolverhampton around 17:35 and arriving at Merry Hill about 18:55. Ridiculous to have a B5 going along all those narrow country lanes!

Why is it ridiculous? No different to a Spectra.

Because a B5 is worth at least 30 times as much as a Spectra/Trident!

It's difficult to explain, but the idea of seeing a brand new double decker hybrid bus in service on roads like those is very strange to me.

They are all roughly the same height, plus putting a spectra out on it with a chance of breaking down. Better of with a hybrid.

Either way it is fair to say there is no Unusual workings at WN the only ones that must happen are B7's on the 6 and 10 as they require those vehicles.

As I said, you wouldn't understand. The sight of a B5 in service in the middle of the countryside is peculiar. Just my opinion.

And if a double decker on the 26 (which has happened once or twice) is not an unusual working, then I don't know what is.

[Trident 4609]

E400H on the 62 wouldn't be unusual then BN? ;D

[CL]

19** - WA77 - I don't know if it's unusual?
477* - PB94 - Fairly unusual

I saw 4177 today, twice. I saw it first changing destinations from City to Coften Hackett, then amongst waiting for a bus, i saw it again, on the 45 to Longbridge

16** - WA5

The 45/7 interwork don't they?

Well, yeah. But, it was only really the livery, tbh. It usually only goes out on the 97 or the 22/23/24 etc...

[JB93]

4199 was on the 140 two nights ago
New enviro on the 23 earlier
ALX400 on the 33 earlier too :)


Just a sidenote: rode my first BC hybrids on the 24 the other day visiting the bf in Harborne, got a B5 on the way there, E400H on the way back and I must say, they're very smart buses :)

:o you're a woman?

And they are, aren't they? Albeit - slow.

No, I'm not a woman!
And they weren't THAT slow to be honest, it was strange not feeling an engine or anything as they pulled off though :)

[Ashley 4569]

Bf - text speak for best friend

[JB93]

No it meant boyfriend haha, but whatever, that part's irrelevant :) I need to go to WN one of the days soon and try out their hybrids

[Ashley 4569]

Sorry mate i just thought i was helping :)

[JB93]

It's fine, no worries :)

[Trident 4609]

No it meant boyfriend haha, but whatever, that part's irrelevant :) I need to go to WN one of the days soon and try out their hybrids

Because Matt has done both WN and BC's E400H and B5's he said to me that BC's E400h are better than WN's but WN's B5's are better than BC's (I agree)

[domino.99]

I saw 4002 in dudley bus station on the 257 at 17:48 on wednesday anyone got any help on how and why this happened?

[Ashley 4569]

Theres no real reason as to why "unusual workings" happen, just adds abit of variety i suppose, good spot though

[lynx1103]

Theres no real reason as to why "unusual workings" happen, just adds abit of variety i suppose, good spot though

They happpen due to avalibillity of Buses.

On Walsall 4 there are 21 Running Boards

18 Branded Buses

one day only 12 Branded buses on
5 Unbranded Scaninas
4 B7RLE

If Certain bus types need repairing other Buses may appear just to keep Service running.
And if a bus breakdowns and a change bus come only avalibillity might be a branded bus.

[Trident 4609]

I saw 4002 in dudley bus station on the 257 at 17:48 on wednesday anyone got any help on how and why this happened?

Well the 256/7 are double deck routes and Spectras are double deckers! But seriously as someone previously said if a bus isn't avaliable (ie Trident) then another type is used. Got told at WN garage is that an allocator looks at a map of where the buses are parked. So say a trident on the 82, Will be because either a bus has broke down or a merc wasn't avaliable at the time the bus was set to leave the garage

[John]

You do occasionally get Spectras on the 256/7

[Stuharris 6360]

I saw 4002 in dudley bus station on the 257 at 17:48 on wednesday anyone got any help on how and why this happened?

Well the 256/7 are double deck routes and Spectras are double deckers! But seriously as someone previously said if a bus isn't avaliable (ie Trident) then another type is used. Got told at WN garage is that an allocator looks at a map of where the buses are parked. So say a trident on the 82, Will be because either a bus has broke down or a merc wasn't avaliable at the time the bus was set to leave the garage

Thats very true Nathan, and that is why unusual working can happen at any time of the day. First thing in the morning, in particular, you can't expect them to move half a dozen buses to get hold of the particular bus that is required, so the nearest suitable bus has to do.

Besides that, if every route had the same type of bus on it all the time, it wouldn't half be boring and we wouldn't have anything to talk about on the forum.