Acocks Green Garage

[Tony]

You can't come on here alleging that NX are a bunch of money grabbing profiteers with no regard for the passengers who have already paid them for passes because they've disposed of everybody else. Just because they were flashed the cash by the Rugby World Cup?

That will never be tolerated in these parts......

It will if it were true, but a lot of the RWC services were driven by non-driving staff and even garages that are currently suffering staff shortages like AG still managed to get a full registered service out of the garage, even if some mileage was lost due to the traffic congestion caused by the event, so NX did grab the money on offer, and could have provided all the vehicles, but realised if they had staffed all the vehicles they would have had no regard for the normal passengers as duties wouldn't have been covered so hired buses off several other operators (*) to make sure that didn't happen.

Other operators on hire to WMT Ltd included
Green Bus
Midland Classic ( I don't think 4002 turned up!)
First Midland Red
Arriva Midlands North

[GeminiFan1991]

Anyway, getting back to topic, as my original question got 'drowned out'...

Quite surprising as I've seen a few single decks on it although the last was a double deck

[saiwah007]

Anyone have a list of vehicles of what NXWM had on hire for RWC?

[2206]

2201 is on the 1
4673 is on the 37 I usually see a Enviro 200 MMC on the journey it was doing

[Ronnoc]

My friend, he just visited YW garage, has told me that 4520 was being repaired in Yardley Wood Garage but 1926 might not be repaired.

[Liberator9]

Would be a shame if 1926 isn't repaired - damage to the front must've been fairly severe if it's not viable to fix.

[2206]

2236 (71/72) - 37 (now route branded)

2236 has been route branded since it first entered service at the start of September @nxwmbusfan1999

[Trident 4194]

Would have thought the Gemini would be more damaged

[BU07 LGO]

I'm sure the scanias are leased so if so would imagine Scania have finally say?

[Stu]

4673 is on the 37 I usually see a Enviro 200 MMC on the journey it was doing

Which journey is that? The only journey I've been able to ascertain an exact vehicle type is the 8:13am timetabled journey that leaves Acocks Green towards city, that has almost always been a Gemini whenever I catch it! And it is somewhat scheduled almost precisely, because if I get the one either side that is usually a single-deck, they almost certainly end up getting rammed!

[2206]

Which journey is that? The only journey I've been able to ascertain an exact vehicle type is the 8:13am timetabled journey that leaves Acocks Green towards city, that has almost always been a Gemini whenever I catch it! And it is somewhat scheduled almost precisely, because if I get the one either side that is usually a single-deck, they almost certainly end up getting rammed!

14:54   from the City Centre it is 15:25 from Acocks Green the one 2230 was doing on Friday is usually always a Enviro 200 MMC @Stu

[MW]

Really, the only possible rare workings at AG are a decker on the 71/72, and a single decker on the full 11A/C. Everything else isn't exactly rare.

[Matt.N0056]

Really, the only possible rare workings at AG are a decker on the 71/72, and a single decker on the full 11A/C. Everything else isn't exactly rare.

And a decker on the S1  ;)

[James4368]

New ones out today

2249 on 72 (currently on towards chelmsey wood)
2250 on 71 to Sutton Coldfield

[BK63 YWP]

Has 2106 transferred, seen it on the Hagley Road not in service