Passengers - Bus Reviews & Opinions

[MW]

4508 - Gemini

Had a great ride on the 31 on this. Definitely AG's best 11 branded 45**. 10/10

4642 - Gemini

Caught this on the X12 on Thursday. This sounds way louder than any other 46**. Had a loud groan too. Flew down the Bus-Only road at the airport. Driver thrashed it down Chipperfield Road. 10/10

(Hopefully 4508 will make it onto the X12 at some point)

4508 was my favourite 45xx to drive too.

[Jack]

4508 was my favourite 45xx to drive too.

I hope it can sneak onto the X12 at some point. The driver of 4642 constantly threw the bus round on the X12 the other day, so did 4655 a few weeks back on the X12.

[Sh4318]

1937 - 120A
Great buses, the Omnilinks, always thought WB could do with more of them. Didn't like not being able to see out of the back window, a little more legroom would've been nice.

7/10

4249 - 89
I was quite excited when this one turned up, I was under the impression it had been refurbished, to my disappointment, I was wrong, it was just a repaint, it was practicality the same as when I last rode it 4 years ago

6/10

4746 - 87
I understand why these MK1 Enviros have so popular amongst enthusiasts, they really have some go, sounded great in kickdown, driver used it as much as he could. There was a strange squeak coming from the upper saloon - which sounded like it could have been the windscreen wiper.

8/10

[Jack]

4291 - ALX400 B7TL

Caught this yesterday. How nice it was to get one of these on the 52. Haven't ridden this one for a year. Normally sluggish but felt faster and its door are no longer squeaky. Dark Blue TWM interior still looking smart, few replacement cushions. Paintwork looking slightly worse for wear after the Samsung AD. 6/10

4692 - Gemini

Caught this home yesterday on the 52A. Haven't caught a Voith Gemini for a year now so was a nice treat. Felt sluggish, not as good as 4687 but a tad better than 4689. Was like 4291 when it was really sluggish. Crimson interior and exterior looking exceptional. Still had an NXC advert which made me chuckle. Bouncy suspension, felt the potholes on Newtown Row. 5/10

@John are the Ex Coventry Gemini's nice buses to drive? I've heard they are often criticised and have been since they moved over.

[John]

4291 - ALX400 B7TL

Caught this yesterday. How nice it was to get one of these on the 52. Haven't ridden this one for a year. Normally sluggish but felt faster and its door are no longer squeaky. Dark Blue TWM interior still looking smart, few replacement cushions. Paintwork looking slightly worse for wear after the Samsung AD. 6/10

4692 - Gemini

Caught this home yesterday on the 52A. Haven't caught a Voith Gemini for a year now so was a nice treat. Felt sluggish, not as good as 4687 but a tad better than 4689. Was like 4291 when it was really sluggish. Crimson interior and exterior looking exceptional. Still had an NXC advert which made me chuckle. Bouncy suspension, felt the potholes on Newtown Row. 5/10

@John are the Ex Coventry Gemini's nice buses to drive? I've heard they are often criticised and have been since they moved over.

Some are ok and some are terrible. 4687 I don't like, slow, sharp brakes and the drivers seat is too low for me. The best one I would say is 4696, get a good one and they are decent to drive. They are slower than the 44** Geminis, about on par with the ALX400s I guess because they have the same gearboxes. Used to get them quite a bit but not as much now

[Jack]

Some are ok and some are terrible. 4687 I don't like, slow, sharp brakes and the drivers seat is too low for me. The best one I would say is 4696, get a good one and they are decent to drive. They are slower than the 44** Geminis, about on par with the ALX400s I guess because they have the same gearboxes. Used to get them quite a bit but not as much now

I've like 4687 as it's quite nippy, 4689 is the worst one I've had, but then again I've only ridden three of them, but I rarely see them now. I've been told 4688 is a good one and 4696, as you've already mentioned.

[MW]

I think buses with Voith gearboxes on a whole have rubbish brakes, in terms of refinement. The retarder is what I'm referring to. ZF is much better.

[Trident 4194]

2106- these are in a completely different league to the crap adl e200s. Smooth, fast, comfy these really are tremendous vehicles to travel on and I'm glad that nx have so many at PN anyway.

1840- wahey a Omnilink with a bit of oomph. Nice moquette always preferred the blue seat back to the grey ones makes the interior feel much brighter and airier. Cooling fans also on full go.

[Jack]

1840- wahey a Omnilink with a bit of oomph. Nice moquette always preferred the blue seat back to the grey ones makes the interior feel much brighter and airier. Cooling fans also on full go.

A lot of the Omnilinks have 'oomph', just the ones have ridden are being slow which is quite surprising as they are mainly late! I miss those Omnilinks at Perry Barr, 1837-1847 and 1836 which constantly was swapped between BY and PB. They sounded nice as they were the early Euro 4's and yes I do miss the dark TWM seats, seat backs and blue floor make the bus feel brighter compared to the depressing grey. 1844-7 were nice with their leather seats on the 952, pretty much had them everyday and was quite sad when they started leaving for repainted and then WA. 1843 was another nice one at PB, but never ridden it at WA since.
The Omnilinks fans are louder on the Euro 5's, 7027 and 7033 were roaring today on the 952, with 1866 doing the same on the 28.

[Jack]

4931 - E400

These E400's (4928-4937) have seriously been trashed since been branded for the 5. Graffitied windows upper deck and lower deck, rubbish everywhere, burnt seat backs etched as well. Vehicle wise sounded good and suspension good, doors smash themselves open, which is usual. Really think the 5 should go back to SD. Don't care whether people agree with me or not. The 6 and 37 went SD and look what happened a reduction in anti-social behaviour. These 5 branded E400's are in awful condition interior wise, never like this at PB.

[Trident 4194]

4931 - E400

These E400's (4928-4937) have seriously been trashed since been branded for the 5. Graffitied windows upper deck and lower deck, rubbish everywhere, burnt seat backs etched as well. Vehicle wise sounded good and suspension good, doors smash themselves open, which is usual. Really think the 5 should go back to SD. Don't care whether people agree with me or not. The 6 and 37 went SD and look what happened a reduction in anti-social behaviour. These 5 branded E400's are in awful condition interior wise, never like this at PB.

37 still gets a few deckers?? People moaned about the 74/75 getting new buses but if there required then it's only in Nx interests to meet these demands

[2206]

37 still gets a few deckers?? People moaned about the 74/75 getting new buses but if there required then it's only in Nx interests to meet these demands

The 37 is mostly single decker operated, main allocation is E200 MMC.

[Jack]

37 still gets a few deckers?? People moaned about the 74/75 getting new buses but if there required then it's only in Nx interests to meet these demands

Yes the 6 and 37 still a get a few DD's. Which is good for Peaks, which should be the same for the 5 mainly Omnilinks and two/three DD's on it.

I'm happy the route never got Platinums like suggested.

The 37 is mostly single decker operated, main allocation is E200 MMC.

So the route never see's Gemini's? Last time I saw, there's usually 2 Gemini's every other day.

[2206]

So the route never see's Gemini's? Last time I saw, there's usually 2 Gemini's every other day.

Thats why I said mostly.

[Jack]

I said mostly.

Before you edited your post, it said mainly.