Birmingham Central Garage

[Sayeed]

4613 (i think) made it onto the 900 today. Are all the E400's in service at BC now? First time i see a BC E400 and its on the 24

I believe it's now usual to see E400 on the 24 because it was operating since Monday and yesterday 24 operated 3 E400's

[John]

Are all the E400's in service at BC now? First time i see a BC E400 and its on the 24

Yes they are Nathan

A fair number seem to be sneaking onto the 24 lately

[Trident 4609]

Are all the E400's in service at BC now? First time i see a BC E400 and its on the 24

Yes they are Nathan

A fair number seem to be sneaking onto the 24 lately

Thanks for the info John :) 4613 was on the 900 today

[nitromatt1]

Nice to see neigh on all 46's back on the Pershore/Bristol Road.

4613 (i think) made it onto the 900 today. Are all the E400's in service at BC now? First time i see a BC E400 and its on the 24

It was 4912 we saw on the 24 wasn't it?

[Liverpool Street]

I've explained this once already.

Surplus E400's to go on 24. And remember its not always possible to allocate 100% E400 to 900 boards due to position of where vehicles are parked in the garage and service out times.

But any spare E400's will be on the 24. Its the done thing now.

It'll impress Mike Yarlwood as he's often annoyed with the sheer volume of 41's on the 24. However, I think its unfair as Harborne has had an incredible amount spent on that corridor as it is, let alone letting more new buses in on the act.

[Trident 4609]

I've explained this once already.

Surplus E400's to go on 24. And remember its not always possible to allocate 100% E400 to 900 boards due to position of where vehicles are parked in the garage and service out times.

But any spare E400's will be on the 24. Its the done thing now.

It'll impress Mike Yarlwood as he's often annoyed with the sheer volume of 41's on the 24. However, I think its unfair as Harborne has had an incredible amount spent on that corridor as it is, let alone letting more new buses in on the act.

Thanks LS :) You can tell i am a WN guy ;)

[Liverpool Street]

I've explained this once already.

Surplus E400's to go on 24. And remember its not always possible to allocate 100% E400 to 900 boards due to position of where vehicles are parked in the garage and service out times.

But any spare E400's will be on the 24. Its the done thing now.

It'll impress Mike Yarlwood as he's often annoyed with the sheer volume of 41's on the 24. However, I think its unfair as Harborne has had an incredible amount spent on that corridor as it is, let alone letting more new buses in on the act.

Thanks LS :) You can tell i am a WN guy ;)

Haha, fair enough 4609, I'm still trying to work out the wolvo 59 route haha

[Trident 4609]

I've explained this once already.

Surplus E400's to go on 24. And remember its not always possible to allocate 100% E400 to 900 boards due to position of where vehicles are parked in the garage and service out times.

But any spare E400's will be on the 24. Its the done thing now.

It'll impress Mike Yarlwood as he's often annoyed with the sheer volume of 41's on the 24. However, I think its unfair as Harborne has had an incredible amount spent on that corridor as it is, let alone letting more new buses in on the act.

Thanks LS :) You can tell i am a WN guy ;)

Haha, fair enough 4609, I'm still trying to work out the wolvo 59 route haha

Just call me Nathan ;) All of your 4163-79 were once at WN used for the 559 (Now 59) same with 4316/8.

The 59 is in reality just a normal route that terminates at Ashmore Park

[Mike K]

I've explained this once already.

Surplus E400's to go on 24. And remember its not always possible to allocate 100% E400 to 900 boards due to position of where vehicles are parked in the garage and service out times.

But any spare E400's will be on the 24. Its the done thing now.

It'll impress Mike Yarlwood as he's often annoyed with the sheer volume of 41's on the 24. However, I think its unfair as Harborne has had an incredible amount spent on that corridor as it is, let alone letting more new buses in on the act.

It certainly does impress me LS. Hybrids on the 22/23, new B7RLEs on the 29, new E200s on the 99, and now new E400s on the 24 - we've never had it so good. Mind you Harborne did have to put up with shit buses for years.

Mike Yarlwood - LOL, I like it  ;D

[Liverpool Street]

I've explained this once already.

Surplus E400's to go on 24. And remember its not always possible to allocate 100% E400 to 900 boards due to position of where vehicles are parked in the garage and service out times.

But any spare E400's will be on the 24. Its the done thing now.

It'll impress Mike Yarlwood as he's often annoyed with the sheer volume of 41's on the 24. However, I think its unfair as Harborne has had an incredible amount spent on that corridor as it is, let alone letting more new buses in on the act.

Thanks LS :) You can tell i am a WN guy ;)

Haha, fair enough 4609, I'm still trying to work out the wolvo 59 route haha

Just call me Nathan ;) All of your 4163-79 were once at WN used for the 559 (Now 59) same with 4316/8.

The 59 is in reality just a normal route that terminates at Ashmore Park

Indeed Nathan. Just a bit confusing with the way its timetable is structured.

I've given up trying to remember the history of the 41's, all I care about is the early 44's and 46's. BC royality after the later 43's got stolen by YW.

I've explained this once already.

Surplus E400's to go on 24. And remember its not always possible to allocate 100% E400 to 900 boards due to position of where vehicles are parked in the garage and service out times.

But any spare E400's will be on the 24. Its the done thing now.

It'll impress Mike Yarlwood as he's often annoyed with the sheer volume of 41's on the 24. However, I think its unfair as Harborne has had an incredible amount spent on that corridor as it is, let alone letting more new buses in on the act.

It certainly does impress me LS. Hybrids on the 22/23, new B7RLEs on the 24, new E200s on the 99, and now new E400s on the 24 - we've never had it so good. Mind you Harborne did have to put up with shit buses for years.

Mike Yarlwood - LOL, I like it  ;D

Haha, nice to hear from you again Mike! But it still would be nice to see a Spectra on the 22/23/103, for old time sake  ;)

[Mike K]

Too right it would. I lived on the 50 route near Kings Heath when Spectras were the allocation, then they followed me to Harborne. Was gutted when they left for Wolverhampton.

[Trident 4609]

Too right it would. I lived on the 50 route near Kings Heath when Spectras were the allocation, then they followed me to Harborne. Was gutted when they left for Wolverhampton.

And now have them on the 59 Monday-Saturday( They never ever leave the garage on Sundays) My favourite Spectras are 4001/2 and 4019 (Sounds alot like a Metrobus). The worst has to be 4003 (A driver at WN agrees with me) as it is very slow and is usually the one on the 59 that breaks down

[Liverpool Street]

Too right it would. I lived on the 50 route near Kings Heath when Spectras were the allocation, then they followed me to Harborne. Was gutted when they left for Wolverhampton.

And now have them on the 59 Monday-Saturday( They never ever leave the garage on Sundays) My favourite Spectras are 4001/2 and 4019 (Sounds alot like a Metrobus). The worst has to be 4003 (A driver at WN agrees with me) as it is very slow and is usually the one on the 59 that breaks down

4003 was one of the best when at BC. Just you WN folk don't know what a good Spectra is lol

[nitromatt1]

Too right it would. I lived on the 50 route near Kings Heath when Spectras were the allocation, then they followed me to Harborne. Was gutted when they left for Wolverhampton.

And now have them on the 59 Monday-Saturday( They never ever leave the garage on Sundays) My favourite Spectras are 4001/2 and 4019 (Sounds alot like a Metrobus). The worst has to be 4003 (A driver at WN agrees with me) as it is very slow and is usually the one on the 59 that breaks down

4003 was one of the best when at BC. Just you WN folk don't know what a good Spectra is lol

WN most likely messed it up ;)

[Trident 4609]

Too right it would. I lived on the 50 route near Kings Heath when Spectras were the allocation, then they followed me to Harborne. Was gutted when they left for Wolverhampton.

And now have them on the 59 Monday-Saturday( They never ever leave the garage on Sundays) My favourite Spectras are 4001/2 and 4019 (Sounds alot like a Metrobus). The worst has to be 4003 (A driver at WN agrees with me) as it is very slow and is usually the one on the 59 that breaks down

Trust me i know when a spectra is good or bad ;)


4003 was one of the best when at BC. Just you WN folk don't know what a good Spectra is lol