Metrobuses 2001-2075

[busfan2847]

Tony

2187-2193 and 2334 are the ones I have seen so far.

Also there do not appear to be any histories for 2210, 2346, 2347 and 2353.

Alan

[Mike K]

Tony

The allocations for 2278 show it going to reserve in Jan-1992 and being sold in Mar-2002. I am sure it was at PB from Sep-1997 until withdrawn in Mar-2002 and I think it was at WB in the mid 1990s?

Also you have buses moving from Coventry Rd to other depots in Oct-1986. I am sure that Coventry Rd closed a year earlier (25th Oct 1985).

Thanks for putting this work in. The allocation histories bring back happy memories!

I'll second that - great to see the allocation histories. A lot of the many vehicle movements were news to me. It was so much more interesting when there were lots of smaller local garages.

Tony, a couple of small observations on some of the histories:

2333 is showing as new to Hockley - I think it was new to Liverpool Street (along with all of the 2326 to 2360 batch)?
2375-2378 are showing as transferred from Hockley to Quinton in 4/86. I'm sure that these 4 moved to Harborne first in Oct/Nov 1985 along with 2373/4 (the histories for 2373/4 are correct) before then moving to Quinton soon after when Harborne closed in 4/86.

Hope you don't mind these pedantic observations. I can only really offer any input on HE/QN vehicles I'm afraid, my knowledge was very centred on the garages local to me.

[j789]

Yes the histories information is very useful and interesting, thanks for your hard work on doing this. Would you ever consider doing a post 1986 book about WMT and it's successes similar to what Malcolm Keeley did with his book about the West Midland up to 1986 as it would be great to have an up to date reference book about all the vehicles used since then (I can appreciate this would be very time consuming though so may not be viable).

[midlandred2003]

Tony a couple more pictures

[Tony]

Another Mystery I have come across doing these Histories.

Where is 2932?

I have no trace of it since sale in 2007 but it was still passing MoTs up to 2013 and is still SORN today.

Does anyoneone know where it has been or is?

[2206]

Another Mystery I have come across doing these Histories.

Where is 2932?

I have no trace of it since sale in 2007 but it was still passing MoTs up to 2013 and is still SORN today.

Does anyoneone know where it has been or is?

Being/Been converted into a "mobile stage" apparently, according to the link bellow. And 2 big doors on the offside now.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/148610075@N04/35856480304/in/photolist-WCvQnE-S2uHHS-RZ8jEa-RWAhXY-QCiDJ6-p3xXiQ-einAfA-aWMjbF-86efdT-m7rXKf-cAj3t1-oYT5jA-cJ9off-FyLspf-cB2ofU-cBp9eu
Wander what the location of where its being stored is?