Telford Garage

[mark114]

Hi Adam 404 thank you for your post please do not get me wrong I was not questioning Tony's information for one minute the only reason I wanted to confirm is because I travel to Telford daily and the bus in question 3705 I had not seen it about I hope this clears up any misunderstanding but thank you again for your post



Mark

[Trident 4194]

@Nathan what buses are transponder fitted?

[Alex]

@Nathan what buses are transponder fitted?

4797 definitely is, 4803/4807 probably are, unsure about 4806
All of the E200s (2140-50) and Cadets 2730-32 do as well

Basically anything that gets on the 10/13 usually

[Bob]

Are the deckers ever on there anymore?

[Trident 4609]

Are the deckers ever on there anymore?

The afternoon peak extra that comes off a school service is usually a DB250/ALX400. 4797 is the vehicle usually allocated.

[Trident 4194]

Are the deckers ever on there anymore?

How has it gone from deckers to mini e200s??

[Busman Jamie]

Proberbly doesn't warrant a decker now

[Westy]

How to kill a decent bus route?

Get Arriva to operate it!

That what it seems like to me!

(Certainly over here in West Mids county recently, with the shutting of Wednesfield, & they cant even operate from Walsall to Lichfield now, as its probably not cost effective to run it from Tamworth!)

[Bob]

I remember when they took over Wednesfield and i said it would be a massive failure like everything they seemed to run in Staffs/WM and a fair few on here having a bit of a go at me....but i was bang on the money every route they launched failed spectacularly and it shut down 😂😂😂😂 i also remember getting shouted down for querying deckers on the 10....its now empty E200s.... LOOOOOL

[jtaylor69]

Visited the new bus station last month. Was the budget too little?
Badly laminated timetables of various fonts make the place look cheap.
You'd think that they'd have electronic destination boards and fixed signage?

[Depotosw]

MPD 2212 SN03 LGF which was at Shrewsbury recently was operating at Telford on route 3 Brookside on Saturday 27th January.

[Depotosw]

Notable and perhaps considered odd workings in Telford on Saturday 3rd February:

2144 MX12 JXF, 1/2 Sutton Hill
2702 YJ54 CKE, 4 Leegomery / Madeley
2730 BU03 HRC, 1/2 Sutton Hill (normally solid on 10)
2748 LF02 PLZ, 15 Arleston
2981 YJ09 MKZ, 7 Wellington
3310 FJ64 EVN, 5A Muxton, 5 Stafford
3321 FJ64 ETX, 7 Wellington
3322 FJ64 ETY, 5A Muxton, 5 Stafford
3734 YJ57 AZG, 10 Wolverhampton, drafted in on late afternoon turn (not sure if can activate transponder at Perton?)
3738 YJ57 AZP, 5A Muxton, 5 Stafford
3739 YJ57 AZR, 4 Leegomery / Madeley
3779 FL63 DXK, 3 Brookside (seems to appear alot on here)

The 1/2 and 7 had the usual mix of types including Centros, Commanders and Pulsars on otherwise but to complete picture for Commanders out:

3701 FD52 GGO, 1/2 Sutton Hill
3702 FD52 GGP, 7 Wellington
3703 FD52 GGU, 7 Wellington
3704 FD53 GGV, 1/2 Sutton Hill
3717 BF52 OAD, 1/2 Sutton Hill

Only Commander not noted out was 3705 BF52 NZR.

Hope of interest.
Chris

[Trident 4194]

There is still a through route from Telford- wolves right? Every 2 hours? The timetable on arriva says so but it looks like it could be 2 different buses than one bus?

[2206]

There is still a through route from Telford- wolves right? Every 2 hours? The timetable on arriva says so but it looks like it could be 2 different buses than one bus?

Searching it into traveline will tell you if there are any through routes from Telford to Wolverhampton.
Arriva 9 - Telford - Bridgnorth - Wolverhampton - Every 2 hours.
Arriva 10 - Telford - Perton - Wolverhampton - Every 1 hour.
Banga 891 - Telford - Wolverhampton - Every 1 hour.
http://www.travelinemidlands.co.uk/wmtis/XSLT_SELTT_REQUEST

[Bob]

Banga by far the quickest