The Green Bus

[vinh1000]

Currently on 64 from birmingham to rubery on one of their tridents with the staircase bang in the middle and it is full to capacity, good load at brum and plenty at QE, .think the route is here to stay :)

Same
usually 64 is not busy as usual as now since it now goes to Birmingham via Cannon Hill Park

[Tony]

Currently on 64 from birmingham to rubery on one of their tridents with the staircase bang in the middle and it is full to capacity, good load at brum and plenty at QE, .think the route is here to stay :)

Same
usually 64 is not busy as usual as now since it now goes to Birmingham via Cannon Hill Park

Where did they all get off? I have been stood at the front of New Street Station all day from 08:00 until 15:30 (hello to the several people who came and said hello) and the highest load I saw on a Green Bus was 6

[danny]

Mine was the 14:10 journey and their were defo more than six few got off at hosital majority were for northfield

[4006]

Forgive me if I am not up to date but in Wolves today was Y118 HWB numbered 8008 (Dart/ALX)  and V323 KWG numbered 9723 (Trident/DP) Working on the 558 with Green bus stickers but not in GB livery. I don't think they are on the fleet list on the main site are they on hire or summat??

[PM]

Theyve come from abellio the london company some are for use at TGB and others are for sale

[vinh1000]

Currently on 64 from birmingham to rubery on one of their tridents with the staircase bang in the middle and it is full to capacity, good load at brum and plenty at QE, .think the route is here to stay :)

Same
usually 64 is not busy as usual as now since it now goes to Birmingham via Cannon Hill Park

Where did they all get off? I have been stood at the front of New Street Station all day from 08:00 until 15:30 (hello to the several people who came and said hello) and the highest load I saw on a Green Bus was 6

Hi Tony
Most of the time busy QE - Northfield up to Rubery (i know 98 is avaliable but the £1 fare is tempting)

[nitromatt1]

Green Bus have now put most of the recent torrent of London buses up for sale, the only site where I found details was on Flickr. The vehicles for sale are:

• V304 KGW
  
• V309 KGW
• V314 KGW
  
• V316 KGW
• V317 KGW
  
• V319 KGW
• V322 KGW
  
• V324 KGW
• Y118 HWB
  

I assume all others are going to be kept, one or two have already been given TGB livery and are in service.

Here is a link to their Flickr page for vehicles for sale: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thegreenbus/sets/72157631441738918/

[TinnedPeaches]

There's part of me that hopes Green Bus aren't going to get themselves in trouble, but my usual drive to work is along the NXWM route 1 into Wolverhampton and every day this week I've seen their buses being shadowed by Green Bus buses working the 558 with former Abellio vehicles. Are they officially timetabled to run so close?

[fleetline6477]

There's part of me that hopes Green Bus aren't going to get themselves in trouble, but my usual drive to work is along the NXWM route 1 into Wolverhampton and every day this week I've seen their buses being shadowed by Green Bus buses working the 558 with former Abellio vehicles. Are they officially timetabled to run so close?

Part of the problem is different levels of frequency. NX run every 7/8 minutes and Green Bus every 20. I used the 558 on Monday, the 1 left Wolverhampton as timetabled 4 minutes ahead of the Green Bus which also left on time. The Green Bus soon caught NX up and they ran together. I also think Green Bus has a slightly shorter running time. 

[Tomjusttom]

RA51KKD
http://tomonthebuses.smugmug.com/Independants/West-Midlands/The-Green-Bus-Company/22074144_PT8F4K#!i=2076327970&k=qMs7vNg&lb=1&s=A

RA51KKE
http://tomonthebuses.smugmug.com/Independants/West-Midlands/The-Green-Bus-Company/22074144_PT8F4K#!i=2076328460&k=P3VQt2H&lb=1&s=A

RA51KKG
http://tomonthebuses.smugmu
g.com/Independants/West-Midlands/The-Green-Bus-Company/22074144_PT8F4K#!i=2076328975&k=37GZPCD&lb=1&s=A

These are the 3 that are allocated to the 558 last week

[PM]

These look good-I like Caetano Nimbuses

[winston]

Green Bus have now put most of the recent torrent of London buses up for sale, the only site where I found details was on Flickr. The vehicles for sale are:

• V304 KGW
  
• V309 KGW
• V314 KGW
  
• V316 KGW
• V317 KGW
  
• V319 KGW
• V322 KGW
  
• V324 KGW
• Y118 HWB
  

I assume all others are going to be kept, one or two have already been given TGB livery and are in service.

Here is a link to their Flickr page for vehicles for sale: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thegreenbus/sets/72157631441738918/

There may be a bit more to all these ex Abellio arrivals at Greenbus, according to the London Bus Yahoo group there is a series of new school bus services in the Guilford area operating out of Abellio's Byfleet depot which involves 8 x Tridents & 1 x Dart SLF. As I currently understand those vehicles will eventually be operated under the Greenbus identity & receive Greenbus livery, at present Greenbus, Birmingham Tridents 109/110 which are also ex Abellio are providing cover down there. I'm not sure at present whether it's a new operation is connection with Abellio, a new operation for Greenbus Birmingham based at the Byfleet depot of Abellio or some sort of franchise?

Does anyone else know anymore? I've also asked the question on London Bus Group

[Tony]

Green Bus have now put most of the recent torrent of London buses up for sale, the only site where I found details was on Flickr. The vehicles for sale are:

• V304 KGW
  
• V309 KGW
• V314 KGW
  
• V316 KGW
• V317 KGW
  
• V319 KGW
• V322 KGW
  
• V324 KGW
• Y118 HWB
  

I assume all others are going to be kept, one or two have already been given TGB livery and are in service.

Here is a link to their Flickr page for vehicles for sale: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thegreenbus/sets/72157631441738918/

There may be a bit more to all these ex Abellio arrivals at Greenbus, according to the London Bus Yahoo group there is a series of new school bus services in the Guilford area operating out of Abellio's Byfleet depot which involves 8 x Tridents & 1 x Dart SLF. As I currently understand those vehicles will eventually be operated under the Greenbus identity & receive Greenbus livery, at present Greenbus, Birmingham Tridents 109/110 which are also ex Abellio are providing cover down there. I'm not sure at present whether it's a new operation is connection with Abellio, a new operation for Greenbus Birmingham based at the Byfleet depot of Abellio or some sort of franchise?

Does anyone else know anymore? I've also asked the question on London Bus Group

The contract was won by Green Bus who have sub-contracted the operation to Abellio

[winston]

The contract was won by Green Bus who have sub-contracted the operation to Abellio
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Thanks Tony!

[Mike360]

I caught a metrobus E462SON on the 64 into town today, the last journey.