Withdrawn Vehicles

[Ashley 60171]

Thanks Winston, Ive been reading on the mail site that TWM have Bendy Buses, where can I find these?

Coventry on service 4

[winston]

Thanks Winston, Ive been reading on the mail site that TWM have Bendy Buses, where can I find these?

NX Coventry have 10 x Merc Citaro Artics (6012-6021) still in service:
http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/5001-9959/6012.html

NXWM's 11 x Scania Omnicity Artics (6022-6032) are all in reserve (most parked inside Lea Hall garage building, 2 are/were parked at Miller Street:
http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/5001-9959/6022.html

[Squiz1971]

Thanks Winston, Ive been reading on the mail site that TWM have Bendy Buses, where can I find these?

Lea Hall for the Scania reserves & Coventry for the Citaro Bendies in service @Tomf1993

[2900]

Good to see Mercedes 0405N 1707 is to be preserved, will it be restored to its hockley garage spec when delivered new there in 1999. Wish I  had the time and space to restore a bus, currently have classic mini, and 3 BMW,s that need finishing.

[Squiz1971]

Good to see Mercedes 0405N 1707 is to be preserved, will it be restored to its hockley garage spec when delivered new there in 1999. Wish I  had the time and space to restore a bus, currently have classic mini, and 3 BMW,s that need finishing.

Nice to hear that a Merc is to be preserved shame its not an earlier model but beggars cannot be choosers lol, Will a B10 be preserved do you reckon???

[598]

Good to see Mercedes 0405N 1707 is to be preserved, will it be restored to its hockley garage spec when delivered new there in 1999. Wish I  had the time and space to restore a bus, currently have classic mini, and 3 BMW,s that need finishing.

Can't remember what its Hockley Garage spec was?

[Ashley 60171]

Nice to hear that a Merc is to be preserved shame its not an earlier model but beggars cannot be choosers lol, Will a B10 be preserved do you reckon???

Apparently 1415 is being looked at by somebody.

What about an ALX200 Dart? Or has everybody forgot about them already?

[598]

Apparently 1415 is being looked at by somebody.

What about an ALX200 Dart? Or has everybody forgot about them already?

3603 has already been saved

[Squiz1971]

Can't remember what its Hockley Garage spec was?

look at the bottom picture of 1707 that would be what is meant I guess, the original low floor livery applied to all deliveries on Travel West Midlands buses

[598]

look at the bottom picture of 1707 that would be what is meant I guess, the original low floor livery applied to all deliveries on Travel West Midlands buses

I guess you'll just have to wait and see what happens......

[2900]

1704-1707 were branded for the 120 service at hockley garage from new and very smart they looked to. It did look odd though in the evenings when 87/120 boards inter worked , I think back I still can't believe single deckers were put on the 87,s woefully inadequate , use to leave behind many many passengers . On flip side you would have double deckers from the 87 boards on the 120 where it wasn't required ,go figure.

[Ashley 60171]

1704-1707 were branded for the 120 service at hockley garage from new and very smart they looked to. It did look odd though in the evenings when 87/120 boards inter worked , I think back I still can't believe single deckers were put on the 87,s woefully inadequate , use to leave behind many many passengers .

When I lived in Oldbury briefly as a kid I thought I had only imagined this. I remember seeing them on the old 128/129 on Sundays.

[2900]

Hockley garage put out all mercs on Sunday's , people use to say Sunday best. I did drive the mercs regular on Sunday's very nice indeed just cruising about. Very sharp contrast from a damp smelly metrobus.

[PM]

1704-1707 were branded for the 120 service at hockley garage from new and very smart they looked to. It did look odd though in the evenings when 87/120 boards inter worked , I think back I still can't believe single deckers were put on the 87,s woefully inadequate , use to leave behind many many passengers . On flip side you would have double deckers from the 87 boards on the 120 where it wasn't required ,go figure.

BCC operated the 87 (and the 120) around that time as well didn't they, guess they picked up some of the passengers left behind

I remember the damp, mouldy smell the Metrobuses had when it rained, BC's Scania N113's down the Bristol Road were similar. Remember one time there was so much water sloshing about on the top deck the time I got to town my feet were soaked. Water used to go to the sides of the top deck without anywhere to drain and slosh back to front lol

[2900]

Mercs on Sunday at Hockley 88E queens head Londonderry , 120 normal route, 128/129 to and from city- blackheath