Perry Barr Garage

[Jack]

As there is most days

As are ALX400's which are still deemed noteworthy.

[monkeyjoe]

Any inside gossip on the new site yet?

[Tony]

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.

[Gareth]

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]

(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]

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]

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!)

Why would they do that?

Doubt it. Then the new garage would be operating Voith alongside ZF MMCs.

[Straightlines]

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]

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...

[2206]

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 -

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.

[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?

[Tony]

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