Walsall Garage

[Tony]

Then, what is the point of keeping 54 reg buses stored? buses kept doing nothing is not very good for the bus at all. you might aswell pass them on to Coverntry who can use them or sell them to Ensign Bus.

You might not have noticed but you can only sell things if people want to buy them. Dealers are not charities

[Tomf1993]

Ensign take loads of buses, contact Ross Newman, a good friend of mine, might have them, although his is no keen on those ex London Merc Bendy Buses all over the UK in fields, note some since 2007 believe it or not.

[Tony]

Ensign take loads of buses, contact Ross Newman, a good friend of mine, might have them, although his is no keen on those ex London Merc Bendy Buses all over the UK in fields, note some since 2007 believe it or not.

You have a lot to learn yet Tom, You might not have noticed but NXWM know Mr Newman as well, he has just purchased 6 Spectras!

I hope 'Ben Grantly' isn't anyone you know

[Tomf1993]

Ben Grantly? no idea @Tony Yes - seen the 6 Spectra, good to see these are still in good condition.

[John]

Then, what is the point of keeping 54 reg buses stored? buses kept doing nothing is not very good for the bus at all. you might aswell pass them on to Coverntry who can use them or sell them to Ensign Bus.

The Scania Bendi-buses were so unreliable at the end. Only 2 or 3 were in use regularly daily on the 67

[JoNi]

Just been held up while travelling on express service while two of the Bendybuses Coventry has now passed each other!
https://www.flickr.com/gp/92409298@N06/eg52k7
No thanks.....

[Michael Bevan]

For those hunting for 4032, I'm currently at One Stop on it towards Walsall.

[Tomf1993]

I will be going on that later tonight, lets see what sort of thrash it gets on the 51 later tonight.

[P419 EJW]

Is 4032 still out on the 51 or it got swapped eventually?

[BU07 LGO]

Is 4032 still out on the 51 or it got swapped eventually?

it was still out when I did my last trip

[Tony]

@Tony 4032 will work the 01:02 51 from Birmingham. The 23:47 from City works the 00:25 from Walsall.

No @Nathan, it did the 23:47 like I said it would

It did the 20:37 which was the bus in front of @BU07 LGO who can confirm that. The 22:17 & the 23:47

[Trident 4609]

No @Nathan, it did the 23:47 like I said it would

It did the 20:37 which was the bus in front of @BU07 LGO who can confirm that. The 22:17 & the 23:47

I know it worked the 23:47. It is just that the timetable suggests it works the 00:25 off Walsall (So 01:02 offBrum also). It must be operated by another bus  My bad then. Apologies.

[Michael Bevan]

Well Ive seen how busy the X51 is, hardly all passengers fit on a decker at Bull Street, so cant imagine how many people were left behind? So how is a single decker better than no bus, when half the people cant get on the single decker lol Those stored bendy buses would be good for the X51

Tom, if you read my post, I said it was on the X56 aswell. The bus goes into Birmingham City Centre from Walsall as the X51 then does the 17:4* X56 from Birmingham City Centre to Boney Hay.

[Tomf1993]

I know it worked the 23:47. It is just that the timetable suggests it works the 00:25 off Walsall (So 01:02 offBrum also). It must be operated by another bus  My bad then. Apologies.

It does

[Tomf1993]

No @Nathan, it did the 23:47 like I said it would

It did the 20:37 which was the bus in front of @BU07 LGO who can confirm that. The 22:17 & the 23:47

From my note book, as I remember this WA51/14 well as it does that school route as before xmas, they was a ALX/Gemeni Volvo DD on it and the times I wrote down were WA51/14
route 788 Bear Becaon School 1510 Arr Walsall 1528 dep Walsall 1547 route 51 arr Birm 1639 dep birm 1645 arr wal 1739 dep wal 1747 arr birm 1840 dep birm 1845 arr wal 1933 dep wal 1950 arr birm 2034 dep birm 2037 arr wal 2114 dep wal 2135 arr birm 2214 dep birm 2217 arr wal 2254 dep wal 2305 arr birm 2344 dep birm 2347 arr wal 0024 dep wal 0025 arr birm 0100 dep birm 0102 arr wal 0139 arr WA GAR about 0140

All from my observations of course and some input from the driver about the last 4 trips, some X51s do some school routes aswell, not sure which though. Was the Plaxton subbed for the bus in front then last night?