Brand new buses for a route

[winston]

22,23 Hybrids. previously presidents
21, 29 Mercs

The 22/23 had Mercs from new @ BC i.e.1515-1524 & 1556-1576
The 21/29 had Presidents from new at YW, which then changed to Tridents 4142-4161

[Mike K]

22,23 Hybrids. previously presidents
21, 29 Mercs

The 22/23 had Mercs from new @ BC i.e.1515-1524 & 1556-1576
The 21/29 had Presidents from new at YW, which then changed to Tridents 4142-4161

The Network Harborne Mercs were 1515-1526 and 1556-1577 (sorry to be pedantic Winston!)

[winston]

22,23 Hybrids. previously presidents
21, 29 Mercs

The 22/23 had Mercs from new @ BC i.e.1515-1524 & 1556-1576
The 21/29 had Presidents from new at YW, which then changed to Tridents 4142-4161

The Network Harborne Mercs were 1515-1526 and 1556-1577 (sorry to be pedantic Winston!)

Yes of course, it's fine , not a problem what I quoted was wrong

[Stu]

AG:
11A/C-Wright Eclipse Gemini B7TL
37- B7RLE's? (Were these new on the 37?)

The irony with the 11A/C is that it was upgraded in 2004 as a 'showcase' route with brand new Geminis. Nine years later, its now running with older buses!

And yes, the original Mk1 Eclipse Urban B7RLEs were brand new on the 37 in 2007 (WA and AG both had them), before they were all transferred to WA when the Omnilinks arrived in 2010.

[Nathan4775]

what garage was the first to operate low floor buses

[richie]

what garage was the first to operate low floor buses

West Brom

[Ash]

WB had 551 and used it on the 404 as one of the first low floor buses.

[Tony]

what garage was the first to operate low floor buses

West Brom

First route to go low floor was the 33, the B6s were used fairly randomnly initially

[lynx1103]

Remember B6 deliverys and some allocations.
Please add some if you know.
0551 bei g first delivered in WM Buses Livery



0501-0515  0551 WB

401/402
406

0516-0530 BC

44

0531-0539 AG

32
42

0540-0550

375/376/378
639

0552-0581

302/319/328/9/30/333/334/335/336/339/344/346/348/349/350/351/352
355/356/370/370A/371/372/373/991

0582-0587
0592-0593

Coventry

Park and Ride
Can't remember Routes

0588-0591 WB

410

0594 0595 Yourbus

118Y

0596-0620 Travel Merry Hill

222/257

0621-0628 Travel Yourbus

53Y/54Y/92Y

0629-0639 WB

405/478/979

0640-0644 WA

0645 Coventry

0646-0659 Walsall

0660-0662 Coventry

0663-0682 WB

[JoNi]

Coventry B6s were painted green for Park and Ride South and maroon for Park and Ride North.
Other B6s were used to convert Centro tendered route 1 to low floor.

Coventry also it's Geminis for route 13
and new Bendybuses for route 27 to the station.

[Trident 4609]

BC garage:

21/9-  Tridents (2001)

21/29 was operated by YW garage, with Tridents 4142-4161 new at YW replacing B10L's 1421-1442

Oh ok thanks Winston :)

[Ash]

Remember B6 deliverys and some allocations.
Please add some if you know.
0551 bei g first delivered in WM Buses Livery



0501-0515  0551 WB

401/402
406

0516-0530 BC

44

0531-0539 AG

32
42

0540-0550

375/376/378
639

0552-0581

302/319/328/9/30/333/334/335/336/339/344/346/348/349/350/351/352
355/356/370/370A/371/372/373/991

0582-0587
0592-0593

Coventry

Park and Ride
Can't remember Routes

0588-0591 WB

410

0594 0595 Yourbus

118Y

0596-0620 Travel Merry Hill

222/257

0621-0628 Travel Yourbus

53Y/54Y/92Y

0629-0639 WB

405/478/979

0640-0644 WA

0645 Coventry

0646-0659 Walsall

0660-0662 Coventry

0663-0682 WB

WB didn't have 663 they had 585 instead.  Also WB was 664-683. I have TWM fleetlists from 2000 for each garage only a hand full of buses remain at the same garage as they were back then.

[x68]

1660-1666 were all branded for 68 when new and before they caught fire

[Ash]

The batch of mercs new for the 404 (1527-1539) I wonder why in particular 1527/1530/1533/1536 were never branded from new. Although the 1530/3/6 gained 79 branding.

[lynx1103]

Hockley July-September 1999

1649-1707

1651-1655 65 Route Branded
1660-1665 68 Route Branded
1673-1682 8 Route Branded
1683-1702 66 Route Branded
1703-1706 120 Route Branded

All had route descriptions on windows.

Apart from 65 this was the last time any of these routes was low floor.