Pensnett Garage

[Trident 4609]

4821 - had a problem with it in Stourbridge today, an was swapped for 4813 and 4821 taken away by an engineer.

Plus 246 today was running in doubles  :) never known 2 to run together

246 is like the 9, can run in 3's often. Saw about 4 come in to Dudley within a couple of minutes a while back

Bit like all Frequent routes then ;)

[Nathan4775]

Aplogies I did mean 10th but see you all came to that conlusion ;), I was making a note of the buses on the 246 as there should be 10 but only seen 9 so thought maybe trident 4202 was elsewere on a PE route

[Stuharris 6360]

Aplogies I did mean 10th but see you all came to that conlusion ;), I was making a note of the buses on the 246 as there should be 10 but only seen 9 so thought maybe trident 4202 was elsewere on a PE route

Which Tridents did you see on the 246 Nathan ?

[Liverpool Street]

More to the point, any photos of 4202 and what work was done to it?

[Nathan4775]

L.S I first seen it on 246 an haven't seen it since =D.

Tridents. I seen of the top of my head;
4196
4201
4200
4193
4199
????

[Liverpool Street]

Ah, thanks Nathan. 4202 rarely reared its ugly head whilst at BC so it does seem quite the elusive!

[nitromatt1]

I've only seen (and rode) 4202 once, on the 9E/140. It's had a new front end but the rest of the bus is unchanged

[Nathan4775]

Seen 4201 only twice at BC once on the 957 + X64, but see it at PE everytime I'm there, but hopefully 4202 can show its face on the 9 or 246 soon

[Stuharris 6360]

Ah, thanks Nathan. 4202 rarely reared its ugly head whilst at BC so it does seem quite the elusive!

Have a feeling that 4202 was one of the Tridents at PE today, but couldn't see the numbers, both were very smart with newish paint work so stands a chance. Someone said that 4202 had received a new front, was the old front really in that bad a condition.

[Liverpool Street]

Ah, thanks Nathan. 4202 rarely reared its ugly head whilst at BC so it does seem quite the elusive!

Have a feeling that 4202 was one of the Tridents at PE today, but couldn't see the numbers, both were very smart with newish paint work so stands a chance. Someone said that 4202 had received a new front, was the old front really in that bad a condition.

From what I remember it was tatty and battered. None of the panels lined up and the windscreen was askew.

[Nathan4775]

Probablly why I didn't see it out then (:, anyone know what happended with 4821 as. I posted earlier it got swapped for 4813 but was still in Stourbridge when I left on the 246

[nitromatt1]

Saw 2080, 2082 and 4201 all on the 9 this morning

[s94]

Guys, has the Network West Midlands Service Changes page updated for you at all recently? Still showing August changes to me.

[Sh4318]

Guys, has the Network West Midlands Service Changes page updated for you at all recently? Still showing August changes to me.

Same here. They probably won't release October changes into the end of September/start of October

[Niall]

I caught 4814 on the 9 home from Brum yesterday, and while sat in Bearwood, the driver started revving the engine very high for about 7 or 8 seconds, letting go and then doing it again about 5 times. After pulling away the bus starting making loud whining noises when starting to move and continued to do so after I got off (I don't think it was doing it before though). I don't know if this is normal for this particular bus or if there was a problem with it, I don't recall ever hearing one of these enviros making a similar noise. I couldn't hear clearly as I was sat upstairs near the front but after I got off and it pulled away it sounded almost like an electric motor whirring or something similar. It could just be nothing or maybe there is something up with the bus? I'm only mentioning this as there seems to be speculation as to why there are B7s on the 9 today?