Noteworthy Workings November 2013

[Trident 4609]

677 on WA69 (And with 244 and 547 on the 70A thats why the trident is on the 335/6). Very rare for 677 to be on any route other than 335/6/then a 301

Also 1436 on an all day 301
4630 on BC900
1894 on WA 40/1
4245 on an all day PB 33
Omnilink on YW3 (I know they do appear but not sure how often)
4543 and 4566 on WN25/25A (Hasn't been tridents on the daytime 25 for ages now)

[John]

677 on WA69 (And with 244 and 547 on the 70A thats why the trident is on the 335/6). Very rare for 677 to be on any route other than 335/6/then a 301

I rarely see anything else than B6LEs on the 70A (only a Gemini and OmniLink I can recall).

There were 2 on the 34/38/39 (669 and 673)

The 3 B6LEs on the 34/39/69 is more likely the reason for the Trident on the 335

[Rob H]

4630 on BC900
Omnilink on YW3 (I know they do appear but not sure how often)

4630 weren't the only one on the 900 4625 was too and 4368 was on the 957 think this is the first time that 3 Tridents have appeared on 900/957 in one day since the Enviros came :)

Omnilinks do appear on the 2 or 3 almost everyday :)

[Trident 4609]

677 on WA69 (And with 244 and 547 on the 70A thats why the trident is on the 335/6). Very rare for 677 to be on any route other than 335/6/then a 301

I rarely see anything else than B6LEs on the 70A (only a Gemini and OmniLink I can recall).

There were 2 on the 34/38/39 (669 and 673)

The 3 B6LEs on the 34/39/69 is more likely the reason for the Trident on the 335

No i wasn't saying the B6's on the 70A were unusual, Just saying they were on there in reference to the trident on the 335/6

Btw tridents are regulars on the 70A aswell

[Trident 4609]

4630 on BC900
Omnilink on YW3 (I know they do appear but not sure how often)

4630 weren't the only one on the 900 4625 was too and 4368 was on the 957 think this is the first time that 3 Tridents have appeared on 900/957 in one day since the Enviros came :)

Omnilinks do appear on the 2 or 3 almost everyday :)

Wasn't sure so thanks for the info Rob :)

[Rob H]

4630 on BC900
Omnilink on YW3 (I know they do appear but not sure how often)

4630 weren't the only one on the 900 4625 was too and 4368 was on the 957 think this is the first time that 3 Tridents have appeared on 900/957 in one day since the Enviros came :)

Omnilinks do appear on the 2 or 3 almost everyday :)

Wasn't sure so thanks for the info Rob :)

No worries buddy ;)

[John]

No i wasn't saying the B6's on the 70A were unusual, Just saying they were on there in reference to the trident on the 335/6

I know, I was saying that B6LEs on the 70A would not be the reason why the Trident was on the 335

[OH25]

4856 was on the 7

[John]

4136 on 51
2026 on 79

[notepanel]

677 on WA69 (And with 244 and 547 on the 70A thats why the trident is on the 335/6). Very rare for 677 to be on any route other than 335/6/then a 301

I rarely see anything else than B6LEs on the 70A (only a Gemini and OmniLink I can recall).

There were 2 on the 34/38/39 (669 and 673)

The 3 B6LEs on the 34/39/69 is more likely the reason for the Trident on the 335

What time did you see the B6 on the 69. 1430 appeared to be taken off the 69 at 1225 (it came in with 69 destination, but then left the bus station NIS at 1225), so perhaps 677 was the replacement? That would explain why 677 was out, but not on the 335 (I.e. it was unavailable this morning, but available this afternoon).   

[the trainbasher]

4813 243
4809 222

Matt will be happy!!

Have PE gone mad today?

Why couldn't they have done it tomorrow :(

Tom, where and when did you see both 4199 and 4813?

4813 - 1405 at Merry Hill
4199 - 1106ish at Timbertree and 1425 at Merry Hill

[vinh1000]

Just curious
How come saw 4901 earlier colmore with a PB driver driving it? (sure ive seen him hes on Oxhill rota)

[lynx1103]

335

The same driver does 335 every day until 1130
The only B6 he can drive is 677 due to the drivers sear and him
being quite tall.
If 677 is unavailble a double deck ussally a trident goes in place.

4331 was on there Monday

335 is very tightley timed and can easy run late due to slow passengers and
Delay exiting Wibram Road


The first driver is part time M-Friday 0603-1125 10 trips and knows all the regular
Passengers. I spoke to him the other day . He is quite tall and says the only B6 he can drive is 677
Due to drivers seat. The 335 is very boring and easy gives driver headache and is hard to drive
With park cars everywhere. I personally think 4 trips on the 335 is enough.

If 677 was on the 69 its either change bus or a defect must have been found in morning
It's quite rare for 677 to go on anything but 335 might as well brand it.
Accident and Energency

A question for the bus drivers on here - 5 hours on the Alumwell Circulars everyday sounds like a very repetitive & boring shift to be doing. As drivers, do you prefer portions like that or one with only 1 or 2 return trips?

[Trident 4609]

4136 on 51
2026 on 79

Saw 4136 head out of Walsall towards Birmingham earlier so thats what it was doing :)


Notepanel, 677 was on the board that does the 9:25,11:25,13:25,15:25 etc from Wolverhampton (Usually a B7RLE on this board

[Jack2001]

Don't know what fleetnumber or time it was but I spotted a E400 on the 243/244 aswell as 4199