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I had 35157 on the 365 tonight and just as I approached the bus stop at Hanley Road it totally died on me. No engine, no electrics, and thus no power steering either. With the aid of momentum and gravity I guided into the layby with the old BMMO shelter, and that's as far as we got.

With the motorway closed and Worcester at a stand still it took over an hour for the Engineers to get to me, so as you can imagine neither the 32 or the short-working 144 to Droitwich after that ran tonight.

Very "En-saddening !"

Sorry if my post above looks flippant, and even-more stupid than my other ones.
- I think it's tragic that with all the other problems a bus operator has to contend with, - very expensive, almost new vehicles are breaking-down !

- it's the last thing that FMR needs.

It's imperative for Wrightbus get all the problems with their recent vehicles sorted.

I would like to see Alexander-Dennis produce their own version of the StreetDeck, and built to the same quality standards that are required to sell buses into the U.S.A.

I saw 35157 earlier on a x50! Is this a regular thing?

MattW wrote: ↑

21:52 Wednesday 9th November 2016

I saw 35157 earlier on a x50! Is this a regular thing?

Could you possibly offer us a bit more info Matt ? - like roughly where, and when, and going which way ?
- I would be extremely pleased if that became a regular !

I don't think this is regular. It was off the road yesterday morning waiting parts, then arrived in the bus station in the mid afternoon as a spare bus. The engineer who bought it down was one of the ones who came to my rescue the previous evening, so I asked about it and was assured it was fixed and fit for service.

I would guess the X50 was delayed for some reason so the spare bus was used to get things back on time for the next journey.

It was heading back in to Worcester at Whittington roundabout at 1930.

MattW wrote: ↑

09:26 Thursday 10th November 2016

It was heading back in to Worcester at Whittington roundabout at 1930.

Thanks Matt, and Adam, for the replies.

No problem mate. I should have said in my first post but I wanted to get the fact recorded in case I forgot to do it later

I must admit when I first saw it and the X route number the first thing that went through my mind was the rugby workings - I really didnt expect to see a decker on the normal Evesham run.

First Midland Red is still missing off the 16.45 - 32 from Crowngate to St.Peters, and the return journey - where abut five people at the bus stops were waiting, but that dwindled to just one remaining (this afternoon).