Some unusual workings?

[Nathan4775]

(1st June)
643 - Heading into PB garage
4853 - working 934/934A

2nd June
4781 - working 16 - havent seen an Ominicity working 16 for sometime
4766 - working X51

[PM]

Unusual Diamond Bus company working YJ51 EKE 30205 on the 50 yesterday-had a nice ride on it and 30801 wasnt on the 50 again yesterday-instead I got 31479 again rattly but in overall good nic! Love these buses.....

[Mike360]

I also caught 31479 yesterday which is a nice bus and 3 Diamond 50's buses had all caught up together in Kings Heath towards Druids Heath yesterday 30205, 31479 and 30802.

[4504]

34274 on the 89, don't know if that's rare or not
4640 on the 31

[SMK]

Saw a 404-branded Omnilink heading down Park Lane in Wolves on Friday

[MW]

I also caught 31479 yesterday which is a nice bus and 3 Diamond 50's buses had all caught up together in Kings Heath towards Druids Heath yesterday 30205, 31479 and 30802.

I saw those three together in Moseley. Funnily enough they were not very full!

[Stu]

Probably not that unusual to most of us locals, but there are two Outer Circle-branded Geminis (sorry, didn't catch the fleet numbers!) 'off-route' today, one working the 31E, and another working the 37 (unusual in itself as you rarely see doubles, let alone a Gemini, working this route on a Sunday).

[PM]

I also caught 31479 yesterday which is a nice bus and 3 Diamond 50's buses had all caught up together in Kings Heath towards Druids Heath yesterday 30205, 31479 and 30802.

Yes, they were I remember I was on 31479 cos Id planned it so I got X50 in from the Maypole then saw a nifty branded bus, then 31479 and then 30205 and then I got 31479 out to the maypole again and 30205 back!! Yeah it was great tho it was interesting to see that people went for the nifty 50 over the other 2 diamonds-maybe diamond should recognise this and try to ensure that wherever possible, all the branded buses are used on a particular route!! The nifty 50 was actually really busy

[MW]

I also caught 31479 yesterday which is a nice bus and 3 Diamond 50's buses had all caught up together in Kings Heath towards Druids Heath yesterday 30205, 31479 and 30802.

Yes, they were I remember I was on 31479 cos Id planned it so I got X50 in from the Maypole then saw a nifty branded bus, then 31479 and then 30205 and then I got 31479 out to the maypole again and 30205 back!! Yeah it was great tho it was interesting to see that people went for the nifty 50 over the other 2 diamonds-maybe diamond should recognise this and try to ensure that wherever possible, all the branded buses are used on a particular route!! The nifty 50 was actually really busy

No there wasn't. The normal Diamond buses were dead, and there was around 8 people on the yellow one. Unless it was a different time, which is very unlikely if they bunched up on that journey.

[PM]

The nifty fifity one was busy cos it picked up in town ahead of the NXWM enviros-there were about 4 in a row-and there must have been 15-20 people getting on and Id seen that same bus earlier entering King's Heath high street with a standing load-tho the crusader/cadet werent at all busy.....

[MW]

The nifty fifity one was busy cos it picked up in town ahead of the NXWM enviros-there were about 4 in a row-and there must have been 15-20 people getting on and Id seen that same bus earlier entering King's Heath high street with a standing load-tho the crusader/cadet werent at all busy.....

I saw these buses at around 11am in the morning at Moseley Village heading towards Birmingham. You must have seen them at a different time or when they were heading out of Birmingham because they were most definitely quiet.

[PM]

Yep I was on them at between about 2 and 3 in that case they were bunched for ages..........

[Mike360]

When I saw these buses it was about 2.00pm, I saw the nifty 50 leave town pretty full which was very busy, on 31479 there was about 6-8 people and the cadet was empty so that's strange that they've been running around together for a while as it's a bit pointless and are there 5 buses that operate on the 50 in the day? I wonder what happened to the other nifty 50 buses, were they being used on other routes?

[Stu]

Probably not that unusual to most of us locals, but there are two Outer Circle-branded Geminis (sorry, didn't catch the fleet numbers!) 'off-route' today, one working the 31E, and another working the 37 (unusual in itself as you rarely see doubles, let alone a Gemini, working this route on a Sunday).

More unusual is 2107, also working the 31E today!  ;D

[PM]

When I saw these buses it was about 2.00pm, I saw the nifty 50 leave town pretty full which was very busy, on 31479 there was about 6-8 people and the cadet was empty so that's strange that they've been running around together for a while as it's a bit pointless and are there 5 buses that operate on the 50 in the day? I wonder what happened to the other nifty 50 buses, were they being used on other routes?

Yep I must have been in town at the same time and I waited for the crusader to come up to the stop on Moor Street Queensway before getting on. I think that there was the crusader the cadet that nifty fifty plus another two. The only one that I didnt see was 30801 which doesnt seem to be on the route very much anymore, tho I noticed also yesterday that 30806 stays on the 002 for which it is branded.