Pensnett Garage

[nitromatt1]

It could work most Pensnett routes apart from the 141, 9, 140, 241, 120 probably just displaying Dudley., Gornal., Halesowen?, merry hill, Stourbridge or similar

Surely it would have Birmingham City Centre on the blinds, for the 126?

[the trainbasher]

1686 is a Merc. Mercs are banned from city ain't they!

[nitromatt1]

1686 is a Merc. Mercs are banned from city ain't they!

WN's paper blinds should still have Birmingham City Centre on them though

Plus the 140/241 and 141 are allowed Mercs due to 30 min frequency and 9 and 120 should be allowed them in the evening

[Trident 4609]

1686 is a Merc. Mercs are banned from city ain't they!

But it is still fitted with WN blinds so will still have Birmingham on there. But yes Mercs are banned along with Spectras and B6's

[karl724223]

Has anyone seen 1686 today?

Isn't that a WN Merc?

It's on loan at PN, was on 246 yesterday

was on 276 I had it?

should say Wednesday it was on 276 with me

Someone told me it was on 246 yesterday. Could've always switched routes.

no it came out of garage and was on 276 all day when I had it a late night driver took me off at1635 up dudley

[Stuharris 6360]

1686 is on the X96 today.

Would have thought it would be more sensible to put it on the 246 because it Has both Dudley & Stourbridge on its blinds.

Did it display blank destinations Stu?

Saw it on the Ring Road in Stourbridge heading to Wollaston displaying Stourbridge, then saw it later heading the other way displaying Dudley. Bottom blind was blank.

[lynx1103]

Is the 53/289 going to be 100 per cent trident operated
I noted 4 on there today 4350 4351 4346 4201

[the trainbasher]

Is the 53/289 going to be 100 per cent trident operated
I noted 4 on there today 4350 4351 4346 4201

and a E400

[Stuharris 6360]

Is the 53/289 going to be 100 per cent trident operated
I noted 4 on there today 4350 4351 4346 4201

and a E400

4807

using all these DDs on the 53 is such a waste, they are needed more on other services. Yes use 2 to cover the school runs, but that should be it, especially as there were Mercs on the 246 again today.

[bususer12]

Is the 53/289 going to be 100 per cent trident operated
I noted 4 on there today 4350 4351 4346 4201

and a E400

4807

using all these DDs on the 53 is such a waste, they are needed more on other services. Yes use 2 to cover the school runs, but that should be it, especially as there were Mercs on the 246 again today.

Moreso the 289, which is even quieter than the 53 out of schooltime

[Stu]

I'm pretty sure that during these 'transitional' phases (with buses coming and going) that such occurrences are normal, until all the buses are in place and then 'normal' allocations can resume. The same is happening at Yardley Wood also, with lots of Enviros appearing out on the 2, 3 and 6.

[winston]

Is the 53/289 going to be 100 per cent trident operated
I noted 4 on there today 4350 4351 4346 4201

and a E400

4807

using all these DDs on the 53 is such a waste, they are needed more on other services. Yes use 2 to cover the school runs, but that should be it, especially as there were Mercs on the 246 again today.

1525 & 1665 were both on the 246 @ 7.30pm tonight

[Stuharris 6360]

Is the 53/289 going to be 100 per cent trident operated
I noted 4 on there today 4350 4351 4346 4201

and a E400

4807

using all these DDs on the 53 is such a waste, they are needed more on other services. Yes use 2 to cover the school runs, but that should be it, especially as there were Mercs on the 246 again today.

1525 & 1665 were both on the 246 @ 7.30pm tonight

and i saw 1743 earlier so there were at least three on there!

[Sh4318]

Is the 53/289 going to be 100 per cent trident operated
I noted 4 on there today 4350 4351 4346 4201

In my wildest dreams ::). I think like Stu said, it's just a transitional period while YW receive all the toothpaste Enviros > PE receive the 43** tridents

[wilmotm (Matt Wilmot)]

Yep my brother ended up on two packed Mercs on the 246 and one on the X96 today, he reckons there were up to 4 or 5 singles out at one point on the 246 today