West Bromwich Garage

[Jack6101]

4931 just been took of the 87 at oldbury towards Birmingham going back to garage

[4369Beast]

4931 just been took of the 87 at oldbury towards Birmingham going back to garage

What was it replaced with?

[Jack6101]

I'm not sure

[Jack6101]

6970 is a beast of a bus
Looks amazing in person and already got the next stop annocements

[aSingh]

6787 at WB, parked at front entrance.

[2900]

One of west broms platinums involved in a fender bender on great Charles st yesterday afternoon
S##t happens in this job. We Oldbury rota drivers were just having laugh who gona be first to be involved in a incident with the new plattys.
Well at least we got that monkey off our backs now.

[979]

One of west broms platinums involved in a fender bender on great Charles st yesterday afternoon
S##t happens in this job. We Oldbury rota drivers were just having laugh who gona be first to be involved in a incident with the new plattys.
Well at least we got that monkey off our backs now.

6973 has been repaired and has now got a different shade of grey on the o/s front side panel looks awful on a brand new bus.

[MasterPlan]

Just seen 4679 go past me on the way to Northfield. That's one hell of a lot of dead mileage!

[j789]

Just seen 4679 go past me on the way to Northfield. That's one hell of a lot of dead mileage!

It's not really that massive the lost mileage. The 48 route is very windy and long but running direct to Northfield from West Brom garage is probably only about 10 miles - it probably runs from West Brom through Oldbury up to the M5 junction 2 island, then down Wolverhampton road/south then West Boulevard and Barnes Hill up to Northfield. That time in the morning probably takes less than 30 minutes too.

[Zander]

We get 50mins to run dead to Northfield from the garage, most of us do that mentioned above, takes about 25mins tops

[MasterPlan]

It's not really that massive the lost mileage. The 48 route is very windy and long but running direct to Northfield from West Brom garage is probably only about 10 miles - it probably runs from West Brom through Oldbury up to the M5 junction 2 island, then down Wolverhampton road/south then West Boulevard and Barnes Hill up to Northfield. That time in the morning probably takes less than 30 minutes too.

Yeah I knew it'd be quicker than the actual route itself but still thought it might be quite long compared to most dead runs. Saw it going up Shenley Lane.

[aSingh]

The new platinums seem to be breaking down one after the other. 6976 the latest to also needing a new belt after shredding its original

[2900]

The new platinums seem to be breaking down one after the other. 6976 the latest to also needing a new belt after shredding its original

Nothing new, new buses you always get teething problems

[aSingh]

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/double-decker-bus-hits-bridge-16276149

Bus: 4963
Bridge height: 12.4
Driver was a master driver.

[markcf83]

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/double-decker-bus-hits-bridge-16276149

Bus: 4963
Bridge height: 12.4
Driver was a master driver.

....putting the emphasis on the word WAS.....