The Green Bus

[nitromatt1]

109 on the 50 vice 116 which had ticket problems

A shed for a shed... sounds about right!

109 is a terrible bus due to fudged up gearbox, above 35mph not a problem but 3rd gear is messed up meaning going uphill it has a tendency to drop down a couple of gears, then shoot off and change up a couple, then lose power and drop a couple of gears again, etc...

Slowest bus in the fleet though is 121 which is not allowed on the Hagley services due to the fact it would not make it up the Hagley Hill!

If its so useless why did they spend all that money refurbing it, seems a bit stupid

I don't think it was so 'useless' after the refurb but I believe the fuel pumps have gone hence the performance issues

[BU07 LGO]

109 on the 50 vice 116 which had ticket problems

A shed for a shed... sounds about right!

109 is a terrible bus due to fudged up gearbox, above 35mph not a problem but 3rd gear is messed up meaning going uphill it has a tendency to drop down a couple of gears, then shoot off and change up a couple, then lose power and drop a couple of gears again, etc...

Slowest bus in the fleet though is 121 which is not allowed on the Hagley services due to the fact it would not make it up the Hagley Hill!

If its so useless why did they spend all that money refurbing it, seems a bit stupid

I don't think it was so 'useless' after the refurb but I believe the fuel pumps have gone hence the performance issues

sods law aye!

I presume it will be getting repaired?

[John]

Metrobus on the 50 today. think it was 458, definitely an ex-Reading one  :)

[nitromatt1]

Metrobus on the 50 today. think it was 458, definitely an ex-Reading one  :)

Doubt 458 as it wouldn't fit in with the HC3 rota, then again they are very short of buses of late

[ilovetea4370]

It was 464 and I did it on its last 3 trips :) I may or may not post a picture to the MCW Metrobus facebook page later, depends how I feel :P

[Steveminor]

Would be interesting to have a picture as this breaks centro SQP rules step entrance buses should NOT be used on stage carriage routes in the City Centre

[nitromatt1]

464 is the worst Metrobus in the fleet lol. Slower than a B6, shudders every time it stops and makes a weird sound when ticking over that makes it sound like an alien craft to me

[ilovetea4370]

I thought it was great myself, it had a funny way of flicking into neutral which I was rather amused by and a loud / double? retarder :P
You can tell I've missed the metrobuses ;)

[nitromatt1]

I thought it was great myself, it had a funny way of flicking into neutral which I was rather amused by and a loud / double? retarder :P
You can tell I've missed the metrobuses ;)

Trust me, any other Metrobus would have been better. Still, I'm probably saying that because I'm too used to them lol

[ilovetea4370]

I thought it was great myself, it had a funny way of flicking into neutral which I was rather amused by and a loud / double? retarder :P
You can tell I've missed the metrobuses ;)

Trust me, any other Metrobus would have been better. Still, I'm probably saying that because I'm too used to them lol

Put it this way I wouldn't have bothered if it had been a ZF Trident so any metrobus is better than no metrobus in my eyes ;)

[nitromatt1]

I thought it was great myself, it had a funny way of flicking into neutral which I was rather amused by and a loud / double? retarder :P
You can tell I've missed the metrobuses ;)

Trust me, any other Metrobus would have been better. Still, I'm probably saying that because I'm too used to them lol

Put it this way I wouldn't have bothered if it had been a ZF Trident so any metrobus is better than no metrobus in my eyes ;)

I agree with you there ;) besides they'll all be gone in a few weeks, except probably 989

[Stuharris 6360]

I thought it was great myself, it had a funny way of flicking into neutral which I was rather amused by and a loud / double? retarder :P
You can tell I've missed the metrobuses ;)

Trust me, any other Metrobus would have been better. Still, I'm probably saying that because I'm too used to them lol

Put it this way I wouldn't have bothered if it had been a ZF Trident so any metrobus is better than no metrobus in my eyes ;)

I agree with you there ;) besides they'll all be gone in a few weeks, except probably 989

Thought 989 had been sold Matt?

[nitromatt1]

I thought it was great myself, it had a funny way of flicking into neutral which I was rather amused by and a loud / double? retarder :P
You can tell I've missed the metrobuses ;)

Trust me, any other Metrobus would have been better. Still, I'm probably saying that because I'm too used to them lol

Put it this way I wouldn't have bothered if it had been a ZF Trident so any metrobus is better than no metrobus in my eyes ;)

I agree with you there ;) besides they'll all be gone in a few weeks, except probably 989

Thought 989 had been sold Matt?

It has, but he's still letting them use it in service for now, he drives my HC2 with it usually. Not sure when he's going to take it out of service

[Liverpool Street]

Ahh, so its been sold to a TGB employee?

[winston]

Greenbus 50A appears to be withdrawn from 1st September, the new registration has the 50 as going to Redditch bus station

Anyone know if more journeys are now extended through to Redditch?

PD1050400/83 - THE GREEN TRANSPORT COMPANY LIMITED, 386 PARK ROAD, HOCKLEY, BIRMINGHAM, BS18 5ST
        Registration Accepted
        Starting Point: Redditch Bus Station
        Finish Point: Birmingham City Centre
        Via:
        Service Number: 50
        Service Type: Normal Stopping
        Effective Date: 01-SEP-2013
        Other Details: Mondays to Saturdays.

PD1090982/11 - THE GREEN BUS COMPANY LIMITED T/A THE GREEN BUS, 386 PARK ROAD, HOCKLEY, BIRMINGHAM, BS18 5ST
Cancellation Accepted: Operating between Redditch Bus Station and Birmingham City Centre given service number 50A/50 effective from 01-Sep-2013.