West Bromwich Garage

[John]

Nx bus  37 seats diamond 44 seats so how come nx bus are using e200 v  volo diamond would of thought nx bus would of had same seating or transferred some buses from  another depot  BC PL WA  to WB as it can get busy on there

Why? It must cope with Enviro200s for them to still be on there

[DJ]

Why? It must cope with Enviro200s for them to still be on there

I've used the routes all my life, back when they were the 401/402/402A, they can certainly cope with the E200's without issues. In fact, I think Diamond would've been better off using smaller vehicles too, due to that tight corner on Cupfields Avenue. It coped fine back then with the Pete's/Diamond Darts and the TWM B6's, which are fairly close to an E200, capacity wise, I think.

Either way, I'm glad it's seeing some investment on the Diamond side of things, hopefully they don't pull out of this at a later date, like last time they invested in the routes with the 'Black Diamond Royale' buses, only to go back to Darts a while later.

[RW]

So 'One Network' introduces yet another livery into the WM!!

[winston]

I've used the routes all my life, back when they were the 401/402/402A, they can certainly cope with the E200's without issues. In fact, I think Diamond would've been better off using smaller vehicles too, due to that tight corner on Cupfields Avenue. It coped fine back then with the Pete's/Diamond Darts and the TWM B6's, which are fairly close to an E200, capacity wise, I think.

Either way, I'm glad it's seeing some investment on the Diamond side of things, hopefully they don't pull out of this at a later date, like last time they invested in the routes with the 'Black Diamond Royale' buses, only to go back to Darts a while later.

The Black Diamond Royale's were bought new for the 9.

[Trident 4194]

Why? It must cope with Enviro200s for them to still be on there

Have diamond been told to use modern vehicles? I would use some old darts if I was Simon Dunn, seeing as though their essentially the same company with nx on this route

[Jack6101]

813 has had new logos put on

[DJ]

The Black Diamond Royale's were bought new for the 9.

I may have been getting mixed up with the regular Black Diamond Centros then, but there were certainly some brought in new for the 404 and the 401/2 at the time.

[Jack]

I may have been getting mixed up with the regular Black Diamond Centros then, but there were certainly some brought in new for the 404 and the 401/2 at the time.

Yes the standard ones. 30502 was one of them.

[2900]

 Seen the notice in the garage yesterday 82/87 will use the 89 route to colmore row from 2nd sept ,excellent news from a drivers point of view, hate doing the city loop.
Also saves on 2 buses being run around the , less carbon footprint for those environmentalists.

[Sh4318]

Some interesting allocations today with 1938 on the 13/A, 4228 on the 49, and at least one ALX400 on the 48

[BK63 YWP]

Some interesting allocations today with 1938 on the 13/A, 4228 on the 49, and at least one ALX400 on the 48

There was a scania on the 3

[Trident 4609]

Some interesting allocations today with 1938 on the 13/A, 4228 on the 49, and at least one ALX400 on the 48

Omnilinks are the booked type on Sunday 13/A's

There was a scania on the 3

Same goes (albeit its the allocation throughout the week too)

[MasterPlan]

Some interesting allocations today with 1938 on the 13/A, 4228 on the 49, and at least one ALX400 on the 48

Isn't that the norm?

[Dom]

Isn't that the norm?

Sundays have been E200.

[Solo1]

Seen the notice in the garage yesterday 82/87 will use the 89 route to colmore row from 2nd sept ,excellent news from a drivers point of view, hate doing the city loop.
Also saves on 2 buses being run around the , less carbon footprint for those environmentalists.

paradise circus is closed so that reason