Banga buses

[ellspurs]

There was a Banga bus looking worse for wear in Bilston Bus Station this morning. Had various tools surrounding it. Roughly about 10.30am, was passing the bus station on the road next to it so couldn't see which one it was.

[Pat]

There was a Banga bus looking worse for wear in Bilston Bus Station this morning. Had various tools surrounding it. Roughly about 10.30am, was passing the bus station on the road next to it so couldn't see which one it was.

Was it a solo by any chance?  Could likely have been YN03NDK if it was, as that has a problem where the air pressure sometimes builds too high. 

[Steveminor]

As we start to see buses that have been dormant for over 2 months we're bound to see some teething problems as they get run in.

[Pat]

As we start to see buses that have been dormant for over 2 months we're bound to see some teething problems as they get run in.

This isn't such a problem for Banga, as pretty much every vehicle in the fleet has been out in service since the pandemic began.  It seems like they're rotating vehicles round so they don't sit in the depot for lengthy periods and develop faults etc.

[Pat]

The 52 has now started to track on bustimes.org.

[BusMan Greg]

The 52 has now started to track on bustimes.org.

So has the 891

[Pat]

So has the 891

53, 530, 545 & 891 have been tracking since Banga had the new ticketer machines.  The 891 disappeared for a while but has now returned.

[Pat]

3 new enviros have joined the fleet:
MX12CFE
MX12CFJ
MX12JXC

[Jakemat10]

YX61BYC was off the road since March until June came back in limp mode and a spooling turbo
Others were fine

[Pat]

Full service has resumed today, looking at things.  Both MX10 KNO & YD63 UZY back on the road.

[Jakemat10]

3 months on and still not in service🤔 seems strange

[Pat]

3 months on and still not in service🤔 seems strange

What's still not in service?  Banga have been operating a full timetable since July and have operated a reduced service throughout lockdown.

[Jakemat10]

The 3 enviros that they was supposed to have had

[BK63 YWP]

The 3 enviros that they was supposed to have had

I have seen one doing the stourbridge junction to town peak runnings to help the little train.

Seen them on the 53 and 530

[Jakemat10]

That would be
YX61BXF
YX60FUF
YX60FUE
YX61BYB
MX10KNO
YX61BYC

They've had these for over a year