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Started by 6013, July 22, 2013, 09:39:24 PM

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Jack

Quote from: John on May 22, 2018, 10:21:19 PM
As there is most days
As are ALX400's which are still deemed noteworthy.

monkeyjoe

Any inside gossip on the new site yet?

Tony

Quote from: monkeyjoe on May 23, 2018, 06:20:05 PM
Any inside gossip on the new site yet?

Yes thank you, but it has to stay 'inside gossip' until officially announced

monkeyjoe

Is it in the same area, at least ;)

Brummie45

A new site has been found, I've been told where it is by drivers I know. However I won't say where.
Current Local Routes 53,94,96 and X12. Nearby routes 55,70,71,71A,99 and X70.

Gareth

#3860
Quote from: Brummie45 on May 24, 2018, 12:06:48 PM
A new site has been found, I've been told where it is by drivers I know. However I won't say where.

Then keep quiet. No one likes a bragging 'I know and you don't know'. It sounds so childish.

Westy

Are the new premises going to be bigger than the current site & if so, will any routes be moved out of other depots into there, eg would the Walsall operated routes 934, 935, 936, 937, 937a & 997 be moved out to the new depot?

(For those of you with long memories, previous incarnations of these routes(995, 996, 997) were operated by PB, before moving to Walsall!)

Mike K

Quote from: Westy on May 24, 2018, 08:22:53 PM
(For those of you with long memories, previous incarnations of these routes(995, 996, 997) were operated by PB, before moving to Walsall!)

Those with even longer memories will recall that the predecessors to the 995 etc (155, 157, 158) were operated from Walsall before moving to Perry Barr - this group of services have changed hands a bit.

Straightlines

Quote from: Westy on May 24, 2018, 08:22:53 PM
Are the new premises going to be bigger than the current site & if so, will any routes be moved out of other depots into there, eg would the Walsall operated routes 934, 935, 936, 937, 937a & 997 be moved out to the new depot?

Why would they do that?

CL

Quote from: Westy on May 24, 2018, 08:22:53 PM
Are the new premises going to be bigger than the current site & if so, will any routes be moved out of other depots into there, eg would the Walsall operated routes 934, 935, 936, 937, 937a & 997 be moved out to the new depot?

(For those of you with long memories, previous incarnations of these routes(995, 996, 997) were operated by PB, before moving to Walsall!)
Quote from: Straightlines on May 24, 2018, 10:20:14 PM
Why would they do that?
Doubt it. Then the new garage would be operating Voith alongside ZF MMCs.
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Straightlines

Quote from: CL on May 24, 2018, 10:22:10 PM
Doubt it. Then the new garage would be operating Voith alongside ZF MMCs.

Quite - as well as an increase in mileage costs or potential rework of the timetable to make it feasible.

lauren1993

Quote from: CL on May 24, 2018, 10:22:10 PM
Doubt it. Then the new garage would be operating Voith alongside ZF MMCs.
No different to Coventry operating voith and ZF tridents and AG (and YW) operating voith E200 MMCs as well ZF E400 MMCs, not to mention both ZF and Voith B7TL at AG. So don't see why it'd be any different...
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2206

Quote from: lauren1993 on May 26, 2018, 04:56:33 AM
No different to Coventry operating voith and ZF tridents and AG (and YW) operating voith E200 MMCs as well ZF E400 MMCs, not to mention both ZF and Voith B7TL at AG. So don't see why it'd be any different...
Think this was the reason why -
Quote from: SL 16 YPN on September 13, 2017, 10:03:49 PM
Ahhhh Elementary my dear Watson. It was due to the wheel rims required different equipment so to save on having the equipment at multiple garage they decided to install at three garages rather than six which is cheaper.
Local Routes
94/95, 11A/11C, 28.

2206

There was an empty SWB E200 parked up on Lancaster Street earlier today at 12:00, does anyone know what it was doing.
Unusual to see a SWB E200 in the City Centre on a Saturday.
I was to far away to identify it, does anyone know which one it was?
Local Routes
94/95, 11A/11C, 28.

Tony

Quote from: 2206 on May 26, 2018, 04:38:17 PM
There was an empty SWB E200 parked up on Lancaster Street earlier today at 12:00, does anyone know what it was doing.
Unusual to see a SWB E200 in the City Centre on a Saturday.
I was to far away to identify it, does anyone know which one it was?

733. I was on my way from Walsall to Acocks Green with it and all the paperwork was in my desk in Lancaster Circus for it

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