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It's been mentioned by someone else that 53065 is not on Adam's 'Current Midland Red fleet list', so I've gone through the fleet list and made a list of all the fleet changes that have happened but not been recorded yet. No pressure Adam!

20612 - LK07 CDF - Re-Painted & Fitted with 'Worcester City Group Travel' logos. c.09/09/2019.

35157 - SN65 OKJ - 'Malvern's' Branding removed. c.23/09/19. Fitted with 'Worcester City' logos. c.30/10/19.

53065 - YJ58 CEV - Transferred from Oldham. c.22/08/19. Re-Painted c.12/10/19. Fitted with 'The Riversider' logos. 21/10/19.

63358 - SM65 LNR - Transferred to Leicester. c.10/12/19

63361 - SM65 WME - 'Malvern's' branding removed & Replaced with 'Worcester' logos. c.22/11/18

63365 - SM65 WMK - 'Malvern's' branding removed & Replaced with 'Action For Children' logos & side/rear wrap. c.01/12/19. Transferred to Leicester. c.05/12/19

63366 - SM65 WML - Fitted with 'Action For Children' logos & side/rear wrap. c.01/12/19.

69435 - WX59 BYM - Named Juno
69436 - WX59 BYN - Named Victoria
69449 - WX59 BZC - Named Ceres
69450 - WX59 BZD - Named Venus
69451 - WX59 BZE - Named Sallus
69452 - WX59 BZF - Named Vesta
69453 - WX59 BZG - Named Minerva
69454 - WX59 BZH - Named Epona
69455 - WX59 BZJ - Named Aurora
69456 - WX59 BZK - Named Tellus
69459 - WX59 BZN - Named Diana
69460 - WX59 BZO - Named Prosperpina

Got some time off between Christmas and New Year, so remind me then!

Thank you.

Useful update list, thanks willr7.

It will encourage me to count-up the vehicles that are remaining at WR following the service reductions of recent times, and the sometimes slow dispersal of surplus vehicles.
(IE - before we start to receive further vehicles to muddy the picture).

I would love it if the MD provided us with an up to date bus graph (M-F sch term), after the changes to the 144 at the end of January, but if not, I might be able to construct one using the tracker (?)

Talking of the 144, - I have been "half - expecting" a statement to come from someone in the company to say that the reduction will only affect the Saturday service, but nothing yet !!

There are more service changes in January, and the number of vehicles should increase (slightly)

AdamH wrote: ↑

13:28 Sunday 22nd December 2019

Got some time off between Christmas and New Year, so remind me then!

Thank you.

No problem Adam

bmmoboy wrote: ↑

17:35 Sunday 22nd December 2019

There are more service changes in January, and the number of vehicles should increase (slightly)

It's rare to hear of an increase in vehicles these days!
I'm guessing this is down to the fact that it's the festive period/school holidays so vehicles have transferred out (Such as the two StreetLites to Leicester) without receiving anything in return - partly due to the fact that any extra vehicles will probably not be required until January when services are back to normal?

DD12 wrote: ↑

17:11 Sunday 22nd December 2019

Useful update list, thanks willr7.

It will encourage me to count-up the vehicles that are remaining at WR following the service reductions of recent times, and the sometimes slow dispersal of surplus vehicles.
(IE - before we start to receive further vehicles to muddy the picture).

I would love it if the MD provided us with an up to date bus graph (M-F sch term), after the changes to the 144 at the end of January, but if not, I might be able to construct one using the tracker (?)

Talking of the 144, - I have been "half - expecting" a statement to come from someone in the company to say that the reduction will only affect the Saturday service, but nothing yet !!

One of the benefits of the tracker (In my opinion) is that it shows how allocations can vary so much! I will second it - It would be very nice to have access to an up to date bus graph just so it can be compared to the live data from the tracker. To see which vehicles are kept on the correct running boards would be interesting as when we had the new timetable on the 37, we know that late-running meant buses were swapped, etc which must mess with the running boards

bmmoboy wrote: ↑

17:35 Sunday 22nd December 2019

There are more service changes in January, and the number of vehicles should increase (slightly)

I love getting interesting replies like that, - and almost instantly too !
-- -- thanks bmmoboy !

bmmoboy wrote: ↑

17:35 Sunday 22nd December 2019

There are more service changes in January, and the number of vehicles should increase (slightly)

Is that because they have realised that using one bus on the 37 with a half-hour frequency is impossible, and they need to use two?

There are currently 2 vehicles on the 37, each one having a long layover in the bus station. The possible increase in vehicles is due to the 44 having slightly extended running times, and will probably need an extra vehicle.