Pensnett Garage

[s94]

Went round to the garage today and there seemed to be far more buses parked up than usual, at least 5 B7's, 2 or 3 Tridents and about 10-15 Mercs, is this due to a slightly reduced PVR over Christmas or is the overall fleet allocation just higher atm

It was Saturday timetables today which probably explains why and gives reason to why the 276 was almost all DD with Tridents and Enviros except 1 or 2 Mercs for example. This will be the case all the way until the 2nd of Jan at least.

[winston]

Went round to the garage today and there seemed to be far more buses parked up than usual, at least 5 B7's, 2 or 3 Tridents and about 10-15 Mercs, is this due to a slightly reduced PVR over Christmas or is the overall fleet allocation just higher atm

Winston will be able to answer this more accurately than me, but I think we have gained more Tridents & B7RLEs than we have lost B6LEs and Mercs, so it probably is a higher allocation

At the moment PE's allocation stands at 120 with 4352 arriving from YW, typically PE's allocation has been around 116 of late, and no further withdrawals have been reported to date with 1628 being the last,

[Stuharris 6360]

Strangely, when i saw the 297 yesterday, both buses i saw were showing 297A which is normal for a Saturday timetable. However saw 2 297s today and they are just displaying 297?

4352 on the 276 today.

[s94]

Strangely, when i saw the 297 yesterday, both buses i saw were showing 297A which is normal for a Saturday timetable. However saw 2 297s today and they are just displaying 297?

4352 on the 276 today.

I have just seen one displaying 297A.

[nitromatt1]

Strangely, when i saw the 297 yesterday, both buses i saw were showing 297A which is normal for a Saturday timetable. However saw 2 297s today and they are just displaying 297?

4352 on the 276 today.

Yes, I saw a B7 displaying 297 to Stickley, but have also seen a 297A

[wilmotm (Matt Wilmot)]

Strange, as the Trading Estate was definetly open yesterday

[Kevin]

4800 did the 9pm 244 trip tonight, a nice surprise for me.

Also, I've been told there was a fire on the Hagley Road in Bearwood this evening, causing buses to be diverted through Bearwood high street

At least it's unlikely to be another Pensnett Merc  ;)

It was a building fire I believe. If it had been a bus fire I would've expected it to be a President on the Circle!

Fire was on the Hagley Road, so wouldn't have been the Outer Circle if it was a bus.... a Merc however...

[nitromatt1]

The 276 and X96 are both fully double decker today I think.

The 243/244 seems to be fully Mercs for some reason too, unless someone can correct me with the third bus as I've only seen 1543 and 1629.

[the trainbasher]

Third 243 is 1705

[Trident 4609]

4806/28 both on the X96. Saw 4350/2 on the 276

[the trainbasher]

B7 also on 276

[Trident 4609]

The 276 and X96 are both fully double decker today I think.

The 243/244 seems to be fully Mercs for some reason too, unless someone can correct me with the third bus as I've only seen 1543 and 1629.

A B7RLE was also on the 276 today so not fully dd operated :) I saw 3 buses on the 276 today (4135,4350,4352) but a B7RLE has been reported on here

[Trident 4609]

4806/28 both on the X96. Saw 4350/2 on the 276

And the journey i was on aboard 4828 on the X96,It certainly needed a E400 as it was jam packed after MH

[nitromatt1]

All boards were DD today except 120, 140, 243 & one 276

[Trident 4609]

All boards were DD today except 120, 140, 243 & one 276

Your forgetting the B7RLE on the 297