West Bromwich Garage

[WB]

3610 is always breaking down. New bus 752 was towed back to garage by Mansfield this afternoon not sure why?

[Sh4318]

One of the short Enviros was on the 5 this evening. It would've been the 5E to Kingstanding, from West Bromwich. Either 753 or 754

[uniquicity]

1700 has joined 1697 at Oak Road.

[WB]

759 towed back to depot today from West Bromwich high street. Now two new buses off the road with what looks like the same problem

[Mike K]

759 towed back to depot today from West Bromwich high street. Now two new buses off the road with what looks like the same problem

They are ADL products after all. Never mind, only another 5 years to put up with it  ;)

[filbus1]

759 towed back to depot today from West Bromwich high street. Now two new buses off the road with what looks like the same problem

They are ADL products after all. Never mind, only another 5 years to put up with it  ;)

I was on 753 yesterday and that felt like it was going to rattle itself to bits.

[WB]

759 towed back to depot today from West Bromwich high street. Now two new buses off the road with what looks like the same problem

They are ADL products after all. Never mind, only another 5 years to put up with it  ;)

What do you mean by "only another 5 years to put up with it"??
Nx have bought them haven't they?

[Mike K]

759 towed back to depot today from West Bromwich high street. Now two new buses off the road with what looks like the same problem

They are ADL products after all. Never mind, only another 5 years to put up with it  ;)

What do you mean by "only another 5 years to put up with it"??
Nx have bought them haven't they?

Yes they have. I was referring to being exclusively tied to buying ADL products for the next 5 years. Tongue in cheek by the way, hence the winkie in my post.

[uniquicity]

Looks like 680 replaced 1613 on the 48 at some stage today.

Think 4636 kaput somewhere near Selly Oak on the 48 at around 16.30, disappeared from the real time and never turned up at the QE at 16.44.

[WB]

759 towed back to depot today from West Bromwich high street. Now two new buses off the road with what looks like the same problem

They are ADL products after all. Never mind, only another 5 years to put up with it  ;)

What do you mean by "only another 5 years to put up with it"??
Nx have bought them haven't they?

Yes they have. I was referring to being exclusively tied to buying ADL products for the next 5 years. Tongue in cheek by the way, hence the winkie in my post.

Oh yes I understand what you meant now sorry! Not looking good for nx bus then ;)

[Tony]

759 towed back to depot today from West Bromwich high street. Now two new buses off the road with what looks like the same problem

They are ADL products after all. Never mind, only another 5 years to put up with it  ;)

What do you mean by "only another 5 years to put up with it"??
Nx have bought them haven't they?

Yes they have. I was referring to being exclusively tied to buying ADL products for the next 5 years. Tongue in cheek by the way, hence the winkie in my post.

Oh yes I understand what you meant now sorry! Not looking good for nx bus then ;)

Nearly all new buses have breakdowns and niggles when they first enter service of any make

[wilmotm (Matt Wilmot)]

759 towed back to depot today from West Bromwich high street. Now two new buses off the road with what looks like the same problem

They are ADL products after all. Never mind, only another 5 years to put up with it  ;)

What do you mean by "only another 5 years to put up with it"??
Nx have bought them haven't they?

Yes they have. I was referring to being exclusively tied to buying ADL products for the next 5 years. Tongue in cheek by the way, hence the winkie in my post.

Oh yes I understand what you meant now sorry! Not looking good for nx bus then ;)

Nearly all new buses have breakdowns and niggles when they first enter service of any make

Hard to fully understand why that is acceptable though, because if you were to go out and buy a brand new car and it had 2 or 3 issues in the first week then you would definitely look for a replacement or a change

[WB]

To be fair they really shouldn't be having the issues that they are having. 757 had its wipers stop working, 752 and 759 have both had their props/some kind of shaft blown off the bottom of the bus after 450 miles and 670 miles!
If I had just bought these I'd be fuming to be honest :(

[WB]

Perry barr's 4914 at West Bromwich garage for the next week for vehicle type training for the west brom drivers. Told today west brom are due some E400's in the next two/three weeks

[pb2012]

When are the Lwb E200's due?