A day out train and tram riding in the West Midlands took friend Peter Rose and myself into pastures new recently when the transport delights of Birmingham, Wolverhampton and West Bromwich were explored.
As we have done before, we have combined all the images we gathered on the day.
The credits being joint D.Basford/P.M.Rose.
Most buses are named using people’s forenames which reflect the ethnic diversity of the area.
The choice of names are suggestions put forward by employees of ‘national express West Midlands’ together with some from the general public.
I think that is a nice touch because people of all ages will be happy to ride on ‘their’ bus.
53 ‘West Midlands Metro’.
CAF Urbos 100, Zaragoza, Spain
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Quite an impressive operation except when a signals failure south of Wolverhampton forced us to catch a packed bus back towards West Bromwich.
At the Wolverhampton terminus, the driver enjoys the sunshine whilst he walks the length of the tram before heading back into Birmingham.
The area adjacent to the tram terminus has a number of bus stops which were quite busy.
Behind he camera, a short walk and a left turn takes you to an excellent bus station which is even busier.
SN66 WCA ‘WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD’, No. 6779, national express West Midlands PLATINUM, 8 8X Wolverhampton & Dudley, Manmeet.
Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400MMC
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
BX13 JPO ‘WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD’, No. 5417, national express West Midlands, Miya.
Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40H / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
SP13 BTE ‘WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD’, No. 5430, national express West Midlands, Olivia Victoria.
Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40H / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400
on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Tayside’ who at the time were part of the ‘National Express Group’.
BX54 XSG ‘WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD’, No. 4619, national express West Midlands, Lucia.
Alexander Dennis Ltd. Trident / Alexander Dennis Ltd. ALX400
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
BX61 LNH ‘WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD’, No. 4840, national express Coventry, Blueson, Peggy.
Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
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