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I have heard rumours that operating divisions have been instructed not to repaint buses unless absolutely necessary, like after collisions, pending the introduction of a new group wide standard livery like that being adopted on the Electrics. This would align with the general lack of interest at...

I wouldn’t read too far into photos that are available on Flickr, not everyone posts photos there and these vehicles are naturally harder to spot. 1946 was sighted today in Poole today so is very much still active.

Something which I don’t think has been mentioned here is this year’s itinerary for the Peak Sightseer, which is due to return on the 11th May aligning with the nominated days for changes. It will operate daily through to October. Registration data on bustimes.org details there will be two...

Does anyone know why there has been little use of open tops on the Atlantic Coaster thus far? A few of them were used on the first days of operation but since it’s been closed top E400MMCs according to bustimes. Was hoping to sample the route with the open tops in a few weeks time although it’s...

There are 8 of these numbered Z4001-4008, the rest remain unallocated at present although have seen use on Glastonbury shuttle work last year. The Z denotes Zenobe who own these vehicles and the rest of the Electrics with National Express - they’re operated through an ‘Electric Transport as a...

Midland Classic was a prime example of this a few years back, today under Diamond operation the fleet isn’t quite as varied with some of the oddballs withdrawn, but there is still a lot of inter working between routes. All of which can be viewed on bustimes of course. Vehicle types include...

530-532 have the 6-cylinder Cummins engine, more commonly found in E400s. There are some others within D&G and Centrebus which I’m sure someone else can fill in. The buses on Rail Replacement are operating between Birmingham and Stourbridge but were tracking upon leaving the depot in most cases.

It would be worth clarifying these are for East Midlands Airport so are dual-door with luggage racks.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13141825/Britains-e-bus-ticking-timebomb-nearly-TWO-THOUSAND-electric-buses-worth-800m-face-urgent-recall-fears-burst-flames.html

Surprisingly unmentioned here is another ‘innovative’ new route from Hulleys this year. Route X10 will run on weekends from Saturday 30th March between Sheffield and Alton Towers via Chesterfield, Matlock and Ashbourne. The one return journey gives 6h30 at Alton Towers, timetable can be viewed...

As a wild guess, it could be off to P&O Lloyd on the North Wales coast who have previously purchased a few other examples from Birmingham Busworks.

Forthcoming service registrations can now be viewed on Bustimes, most effective from 31st March with the exception of a new T2A effective from 26th May running St Ives to Hayle (can’t help but feel that’s an unnecessary renumber of the previous Sunseeker). Link below has them all listed, I’ll...

If bustimes.org is to be believed, the Excelsior liveried Enviro 400 MMC numbered 11 has been in use at More on Bournemouth routes today. Anyone able to confirm or deny?

3 of Bluestar’s highest specification E400MMCs 1683-1685 have recently been swapped for 1632-1634 from More. Of these 1633 is blue whilst the other pair retain Unibus liveries. The Morebus E200s are now taking their turns through the paintshop with 2 of the 8 done so far. The Salisbury Reds...

Don’t think this has been mentioned here yet surprisingly. Another loan at Hulleys from Go-Coach is London Country liveried E400 SK07DZA 9001. It’s been regularly employed on the 170 over the past week, presumably a few of Hulleys own examples are down in Kent for repairs. Unfortunately the...

I remember reading on a social media post that the Volvo B7RLEs would be retained for use at Bolton, although that could’ve been false. It would certainly offer a solution to replace the seemingly unreliable former Diamond Citaros though.

This one has a slightly different history to the others. It was displaced from Bolton depot upon Go North West’s takeover with the Bee Network, and transferred to Telford in September alongside 3735 and 3736. The trio were briefly together at Tamworth at the start of this month, with 3737 now...

Keeping an eye on recent issues of the Oxford Chiltern Bus Page has alluded to where many of the buses are heading. Former River Rapids E400s 251-254 are heading to Go South West, see https://www.oxford-chiltern-bus-page.co.uk/Weekly Briefing nr 281 211223.html Former Hybrid E400s 300-317 are...

Another older Enviro 400 to have been repainted into Bee Network livery at Stagecoach Manchester is 19256, seen here at Hyde Road with credit to PS Bus Driver on Flickr - https://flic.kr/p/2pspdhT

Sadly this wasn’t done on buses with retrimmed seats that have been scrapped already, including some B7TLs, so one is doubtful they’d do it this time. A real shame to see how standards have slipped at Kernow, the refurbishment and repaints done on the B7TLs lifted a few years off them...