Drivers - Bus Reviews & Opinions

[B.C Driver]

rumours, gossip call it  what you will, 83/89 moving to Liverpool st BC and 120 moving back to  West Bromwich in the spring, if it materialises then all good I won't miss the 83/89 good riddance.
May be pensnett will get the 99 from BC

I can see the 99 going to PN but cant see the 83/89 coming to BC somehow.

[979]

4965 what a great bus.. comes close to being as good as a 47** E400 to drive.

[2900]

Great news concerning my  smethwick rota we,re losing the awful 83/89 services less Dudley rd work good riddance whoopee, the new Oldbury rota will do the following services 82/87 unfortunately ,120A 127 128 , I was hoping management would separate 82/87 from 120A/127/128 can't win them all. This should mean no unpaid traveling to and from west brom/Oldbury to do second portions.

[2900]

I can see the 99 going to PN but cant see the 83/89 coming to BC somehow.

The rumours here at west brom BC might get the 80 and the revised 83 which might be renumbered 81 as these two services will be interworked to create a 10 minute service between city and cape hill,  these services will serve the markets new st etc so relief points could be either of those for BC drivers

[winston]

The rumours here at west brom BC might get the 80 and the revised 83 which might be renumbered 81 as these two services will be interworked to create a 10 minute service between city and cape hill,  these services will serve the markets new st etc so relief points could be either of those for BC drivers

What routes would WB gain in exchange if the 80 & 83 are to.move to BC?

[979]

What routes would WB gain in exchange if the 80 & 83 are to.move to BC?

Their not going, 121 going to PN though.

[winston]

Their not going, 121 going to PN though.

Thanks for the confirmation. Is the 99 still moving to PN in some form or another?

[2900]

Just heard on the BAT phone, West Bromwich rota I guess will have the following 48/48A 80/81 89 121 to the farm nothing going to BC , this isn't gospel plenty of changes still could be made.

[karl724223]

Thanks for the confirmation. Is the 99 still moving to PN in some form or another?

YES

[2900]

I would like an answer from da management for the reason of sending buses back down broad st, last nite was the usual end of month blow out, 25 minutes From ICC to sheapcote st , I only picked up 2 people for me troubles,  I also claimed the compulsory overtime should get a couple pints. 

[2900]

First of all most drivers on the Oldbury rota glad to have the 120A service its million times better than the awful 83/89 no one misses that pile of crap, even the 82/87 doesn't seem that bad now even though its full of shite,

Fares: I personally have seen the rise of use of the £1.50 fare massively needless to say it's abused massively too.

Scanias: driven most by now I think, yes the engine gearbox is very smooth almost car like, they do feel slow but when do look at the speedo you doing 30mph which feels like 20mph, the initial get away is slow on all of them, they vary a lot on hills. The most annoying thing is the how weak the dashboard is where the wayfarer is mounted they wobble vibrate really badly, really annoying, some have had aluminium plates bonded to the dash where they have cracked.
Front suspension not the best gets very bouncy on poor roads.
These have generally been unreliable too, I ,ve had to park up on quite few occasions recently , the  deckers all types it's kind of rare to have so many issues.
Overall I would say good buses to cruise about in, the Mercedes 0405N no comparison

[2900]

757 ADL enviro 200
Got this as a change bus one Saturday nite on the 127/128 from Dudley side I laughed at first oh shit, to my surprise I really enjoyed driving this feather weight bus about it feels go cart gets to 30mph sharpish , this bus made so much sense to use on the 127 between Dudley and bearwood navigating through all those back streets a doddle. Because I waited an age for this change bus i was running 30 /40 minutes late I let the 128 clear city side to brum and back to bearwood which was a decker.
All good . Probably one of the better enviro 200s

[2900]

Quick question, why have certain Volvo ALX400s received the add blue and exhaust traps, surely they are way too old, I hear the conversion costs is 20k a bus?

[4679]

Probably because there's not enough buses that meet the regulations
At WB
There's 25 47xx E400 for 24 87 Running Boards and there's at least one parked I garage
And 47 49xx E400 for 29 74 Running Boards, 14 80 Boards that leaves two Spare for other routes.

[Trident 4194]

Probably because there's not enough buses that meet the regulations
At WB
There's 25 47xx E400 for 24 87 Running Boards and there's at least one parked I garage
And 47 49xx E400 for 29 74 Running Boards, 14 80 Boards that leaves two Spare for other routes.

There was a 49** on 87 today, which I believe is a regular occurrence?