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by TimBrown
07:55 Saturday 15th February 2025
Forum: Diamond Bus (Rotala)
Topic: Diamond expands further in Evesham
Replies: 2
Views: 126

Re: Diamond expands further in Evesham

Rotala Diamond seem to be expanding bit by bit in the Midlands in the same way that Midland Red did around a century ago. Are there more takeovers on the cards?

Sorry to see Henshaw's lose out on stage carriage work; do they have services elsewhere in the Cotswolds?
by TimBrown
15:39 Friday 14th February 2025
Forum: Fleet Discussion
Topic: Crowngate Bus Station AM 12/02/25
Replies: 3
Views: 249

Re: Crowngate Bus Station AM 12/02/25

Thanks for putting on the photo's. I agree that the fleet all looks similar now , at least 69333 gave some variety. When does the bus wash get repaired ? The driver training bus 69333 is the oldest bus by far in the First Bus Worcester fleet and it looks in better bodily condition than most of the ...
by TimBrown
11:28 Wednesday 12th February 2025
Forum: Fleet Discussion
Topic: Crowngate Bus Station AM 12/02/25
Replies: 3
Views: 249

Re: Crowngate Bus Station AM 12/02/25

And a few more pictures;
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by TimBrown
11:22 Wednesday 12th February 2025
Forum: Fleet Discussion
Topic: Crowngate Bus Station AM 12/02/25
Replies: 3
Views: 249

Crowngate Bus Station AM 12/02/25

A few photographs taken in 45 minutes at the top of Crowngate Bus Station this morning Wednesday 12 February 2025. A trifle boring with all the ADL vehicles sporting the same frontal appearance. When are the repaints going to get started? Most of the Enviro 200's ex- South Wales still running around...
by TimBrown
11:32 Thursday 2nd January 2025
Forum: Trains
Topic: Shrub Hill canopy refurbishment.
Replies: 12
Views: 33380

Re: Shrub Hill canopy refurbishment.

Apologies for not mentioning this some time ago, but, in late August 2024, Murphy's contractors put spray paint on Shrub Hill platform one adjacent to the West Midland Railways crew reporting office door. It showed the point where an emergency staircase is to begin for the refurbished goods over-bri...
by TimBrown
06:33 Thursday 2nd January 2025
Forum: Services, Routes and Timetables
Topic: 46 & 46A West Heath to Q.E. Hospital
Replies: 4
Views: 1807

Re: 46 & 46A West Heath to Q.E. Hospital

Thanks for the information JustinTyme.

That's a lot of dead mileage from Rugby!

The tendered work done by Nuneaton garage in Coventry is probably a better fit as the dead mileage much less at 10.5 miles each way.
by TimBrown
07:07 Wednesday 1st January 2025
Forum: Services, Routes and Timetables
Topic: 46 & 46A West Heath to Q.E. Hospital
Replies: 4
Views: 1807

Re: 46 & 46A West Heath to Q.E. Hospital

Thanks for the information Rich82. According to Google maps the distance from Rugby to West Heath is between 41.6 and 43 miles depending on the route used, and distance from Nuneaton between 30 and 33 miles. The routes shown are not that straightforward so I am wondering if Stagecoach use an outstat...
by TimBrown
06:19 Tuesday 31st December 2024
Forum: Services, Routes and Timetables
Topic: 46 & 46A West Heath to Q.E. Hospital
Replies: 4
Views: 1807

46 & 46A West Heath to Q.E. Hospital

Driving home from Selly Oak Limb Centre between Kings Norton and Rednal yesterday morning, Monday 30 December 2024, I was surprised to see a Stagecoach ADL E20 single decker in service coming down the road from The Man On The Moon pub. On checking the website I see it was either a 46 or 46 A from We...
by TimBrown
10:41 Wednesday 18th December 2024
Forum: Fleet Discussion
Topic: Padmore Street Friday 6 Dec 2024
Replies: 6
Views: 3048

Re: Padmore Street Friday 6 Dec 2024

Glad it isn't just me thinking that the new First Bus livery of battleship grey and drab blue is very undistinguished. The green applied to the 'Salt Road' well liked Volvos (just a memory now) was OK but I reckon that the livery applied to some of those buses on repaint was the best we have had at ...
by TimBrown
14:10 Tuesday 17th December 2024
Forum: Trains
Topic: Northern Belle via Shrub Hill
Replies: 0
Views: 1542

Northern Belle via Shrub Hill

On Saturday 14 December 2024 the Northern Belle train ran from Bristol via Gloucester, Cheltenham and Worcester Shrub Hill to Oxford then Didcot North, Swindon, Cheltenham, Gloucester and back to Bristol. It was powered 'top and tail' by 57315 and 57601 'Windsor Castle', but the whole train is start...

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