West Bromwich Garage

[the trainbasher]

Odds on a 7xx enviro doing the west bromwich 289 in lieu of the 8xx ones

[Stuharris 6360]

Odds on a 7xx enviro doing the west bromwich 289 in lieu of the 8xx ones

Sunday 289s, wouldn't one of TGB taxis manage on it!

[nitromatt1]

Odds on a 7xx enviro doing the west bromwich 289 in lieu of the 8xx ones

Sunday 289s, wouldn't one of TGB taxis manage on it!

Are you obsessed with our taxis?

[Stuharris 6360]

Odds on a 7xx enviro doing the west bromwich 289 in lieu of the 8xx ones

Sunday 289s, wouldn't one of TGB taxis manage on it!

Are you obsessed with our taxis?

Sorry Matt, couldn't resist it.  :) :)

[HTA844N]

Just read about the route change to service 44 in Tipton area to replace Arriva's 310. Seems pretty pointless in my opinion. It is only covering one small part of the route along Alexandra Road (Which is also covered by Diamond's 42A / 42C). Waste of time & effort!

[Solo1]

when are the rest of the batch due as they have 4 would of thought they would of had them all together & then put them into service

[Ashley]

My spots of the new E200 mini's so far

One on the 40 on monday
757 on 42/43 yesterday
Saw three today, 755 was one

More interested in the Darts and B6's though

To answer another question, the engine is a powerless shoebox sized thing with a Voith gearbox

[WB]

I drove 756 and 757 yesterday on the 42/43 routes. 755 seems to keep going back to depot with a couple of issues.
Not too bad to be fair but god are they slow to pull away!

[Sayeed]

when are the rest of the batch due as they have 4 would of thought they would of had them all together & then put them into service

... 751-764 are expected to be delivered between 8th & 21st of July...

[John]

My spots of the new E200 mini's so far

One on the 40 on monday
757 on 42/43 yesterday
Saw three today, 755 was one

More interested in the Darts and B6's though

To answer another question, the engine is a powerless shoebox sized thing with a Voith gearbox

There was one on the 46 today. Don't know which one it was though

[monkeyjoe]

Are the 74/75 getting the commonwealth buses then?

[Niall]

My spots of the new E200 mini's so far

One on the 40 on monday
757 on 42/43 yesterday
Saw three today, 755 was one

More interested in the Darts and B6's though

To answer another question, the engine is a powerless shoebox sized thing with a Voith gearbox

There was one on the 46 today. Don't know which one it was though

When I saw them today:

754 - 46
755 - ?  (possibly 45 or 46?)
756 - 47A
757 - 47

I'm not sure what 755 was on, I only saw it as I was leaving and can't remember what route it was on. 754, 756 and 757 were all in the bus station at almost the same time. I can imagine people getting on them and thinking "Wasn't this bus was bigger yesterday?"

I'll upload pictures to flickr tomorrow

[andrew1991]

Are the 74/75 getting the commonwealth buses then?

Tony said 100 buses by September so the Commonwealth buses could still go somewhere else.

[Sh4318]

Are the 74/75 getting the commonwealth buses then?

Tony said 100 buses by September so the Commonwealth buses could still go somewhere else.

20 buses wouldn't be enough to cover the PVR of the 74/75, you'd need 30+

[Sh4318]

The Oldbury Road isn't that bad for noise pollution today (albeit, I haven't seen any 47**s yet). 4234 (on the 89, I think) and 4518 (87) are up to their usual antics. 4225 (87), 4505 (80) & 4507 (89) are as quiet as ever (for a B7 anyway)

EDIT: 4234 was on the 80, saw it again a minute ago, still with the coolers on