New Deliveries / New Livery & Branding Discussion

[andyr]

i had a few days off duty last week and managed to do a fair few miles mainly on WA based buses. There buses are mostly very well presented and excellent drivers. The stand out buses are there Platinum branded buses. Very clean floors, seats and windows and always nice and warm.
This is the future of local bus travel.
There new fleet is a massive investment and will bring improved quality to many passengers.
I just do not understand how such a investment can be criticised.

[winston]

With a probable 6 cascaded Platinums coming to WA with them only having 3 elderly (41**) tridents, could we see 4733-37 which are often used as replacements move to perry Barr in order to increase the allocation of buses for the 7, 16 & 101? If so then would it make sense for the following to happen: 6713-18 PN-WA, 4733-37 WA-PB, 4125/27/55 WA-Withdrawn, 4501-07 PB-WA, 4331-2/46-48 WA-WN, 4134/6/52/60/63 WN-Withdrawn. This of course is just speculation  but it would be nice to see Gemini's in Walsall again (would probably be for 6/7/7A) and would rid of WN's ageing tridents also.

As WA now longer operate any Volvo B7TL deckers and they were swapped originally with Tridents for fleet standardisation, I really can't see a small quantity of Gemini's returning to WA.

[BK63 YWP]

@Tony how many of the new platinums arrived 6893-6902?

[Trident 4609]

With a probable 6 cascaded Platinums coming to WA with them only having 3 elderly (41**) tridents, could we see 4733-37 which are often used as replacements move to perry Barr in order to increase the allocation of buses for the 7, 16 & 101? If so then would it make sense for the following to happen: 6713-18 PN-WA, 4733-37 WA-PB, 4125/27/55 WA-Withdrawn, 4501-07 PB-WA, 4331-2/46-48 WA-WN, 4134/6/52/60/63 WN-Withdrawn. This of course is just speculation  but it would be nice to see Gemini's in Walsall again (would probably be for 6/7/7A) and would rid of WN's ageing tridents also.

4331/2 are already based at WN...

[The Fox 4846]

Apologies, I was going off of the fleet list that hasn't yet been updated, my bad. I also wasn't aware of standardisation so apologies once again. I think a more practical approach would be to swap 1900-04 PB-WA in order for 4346-48 to transfer WA-WN to release 3 41**. The other two 41** could be released by the transfer  of 4326-27 PN-WA. On a side note I think it would be a nice idea to put 1844-47 back on the 952 as originally was the case. Of course it's just speculation.

[Trident 4609]

Apologies, I was going off of the fleet list that hasn't yet been updated, my bad. I also wasn't aware of standardisation so apologies once again. I think a more practical approach would be to swap 1900-04 PB-WA in order for 4346-48 to transfer WA-WN to release 3 41**. The other two 41** could be released by the transfer  of 4308-09 PN-WA. On a side note I think it would be a nice idea to put 1844-47 back on the 952 as originally was the case. Of course it's just speculation.

4308 is at WN as well, although that's a more recent transfer.

4543 WN-withdrawn
4308 PN-WN

[MasterPlan]

For those who aren't on the West Midlands Transport Facebook group, here's the photo that Liam Bishop has posted of 6902 in the new 50 branding...

Veyy odd branding. Looks a little like a diamond livery to those not so in the know. Maybe a hint at the next joint route ;)

[Tony]

Veyy odd branding. Looks a little like a diamond livery to those not so in the know. Maybe a hint at the next joint route ;)

No. It's the same  style  branding as the Dundee 22 and that's not going to be a joint Diamond route

[RW]

They haven't done the back windows have they, Oh please no !

Can't believe the rear window vinyl vandals aren't lurking somewhere around these new vehicles. Really hope they're not and as they say hope springs eternal!

[SK68MEV]

Is there going to be a joint route

[John]

Is there going to be a joint route

No

[I love Walsall buses]

No

So will this be the new branding for any other route now or no

[monkeyjoe]

Not sure if it's been posted already, however when Cov's x11 and 12 get upgraded which route will benefit from the current newish batch being used on them currently?

[I love Walsall buses]

Not sure if it's been posted already, however when Cov's x11 and 12 get upgraded which route will benefit from the current newish batch being used on them currently?

Probably the routes which the tridents are due to be withdrawn from

[2206]

Not sure if it's been posted already, however when Cov's x11 and 12 get upgraded which route will benefit from the current newish batch being used on them currently?

"Newish"?
They're 11 years old now, hardley "newish" anymore. They were new in January 2008.