West Bromwich Garage

[Tony]

Tony has posted 4950-4982 coming to west brom , for the soho road, wonder how long they,ll survive on there before being vanadilized . I,ll give it  hours

Not all 33 are going on the soho road. 28 are going to be branded leaving 5 spare from what I have been told

Will the 5 spare be used on top of the 47**s on the dudley road instead of the extra Geminis?

Just because only 28 are being branded doesn't mean that is the total needed for a full service on Soho Road

[domino.99]

will the branding be 74/5 or will it be soho road?

[Rob H]

will the branding be 74/5 or will it be soho road?

I imagine it'll be like the 82/87 Branding :)

[domino.99]

will the branding be 74/5 or will it be soho road?

I imagine it'll be like the 82/87 Branding :)

I was hoping it would be for the routes not like that vile green branding there was/is

[4006]

So which buses will be leaving WB? and where are they going?

[uniquicity]

So which buses will be leaving WB? and where are they going?

Hopefully 45xx Geminis, so another garage can tidy them up ;)

[the trainbasher]

So which buses will be leaving WB? and where are they going?

Hopefully 45xx Geminis, so another garage can tidy them up ;)

Unless they use the Volvos to replace the Mercs on routes like the 48/42/43/49?

[Trident 4609]

So which buses will be leaving WB? and where are they going?

Hopefully 45xx Geminis, so another garage can tidy them up ;)

Unless they use the Volvos to replace the Mercs on routes like the 48/42/43/49?

That's what i was thinking. Although how many Mercs are left at West Brom?

[uniquicity]

Once all the unrepainted ones have gone there will be 13. Personally I think those will stay for the 42/43 and 49. Combined PVR of 12. The loadings on these routes don't justify deckers IMO.

[the trainbasher]

So which buses will be leaving WB? and where are they going?

Hopefully 45xx Geminis, so another garage can tidy them up ;)

Unless they use the Volvos to replace the Mercs on routes like the 48/42/43/49?

That's what i was thinking. Although how many Mercs are left at West Brom?

16 Mercs, 8 B6LEs and 6 Darts according to the main site.

Some more 8xx E200s could replace the B6s, the 7xx E200s and 8xx e200s for darts and 16 existing B7TLs for Mercs.

That only leaves at least 12 enviros unaccounted for (plus how many unbranded) unless they are replacing Presidents too  which means that there are 16 presidents, of which 12+ The 4 unbranded E400s will cascade ALX/Volvos onto president routes, cascading the 45xx Geminis onto the existing non Soho Road ALX/Volvo Duties.

So effectively the Soho Road B7 duties are going to E400, and in one swoop I've just in my workings out eliminated two types from the WB fleet (Mercs and Presidents)



As an aside, is there any routes with low bridges on in WB land?

[Ashley]

No low bridges i can think of on wb routes, just the issues of narrow roads on some routes.

33 e400's will see off all the mercs and presidents with three left over so 10 more e200's would be enough to withdraw all darts and b6le's "gets tissues out" plus sad face

[Trident 4609]

What is the PVR of the 74/5 altogether? 

[uniquicity]

31 or 32

[Trident 4609]

31 or 32

Cheers :) That leaves one or two spare.

I've just popped to West Brom and noticed a Merc operating on the 42/3. I also noticed that the 47/A are operated by the 62 plate LWB E200's instead of the new 14 plate SWB's.

Surely the 42/3 could be operating with the new SWB E200's on Sundays as per Mon-Sat?

[the trainbasher]

You mean the 47 should be having the short enviros on Sunday?