User blog comment:JordanBird4604Trident/National Express West Midlands Buses In Photographs Forum/@comment-86.133.191.19-20190420093448

Let the Transfer Begin... Another year and another round of major timetable changes, in this case NXWM are making considerable changes to their Walsall bus services... Come the timetable changes means a large number of buses being transferred from various bases with Walsall, Wolverhampton, Pensnett, West Bromwich, Acocks Green, Yardley Wood, Birmingham Central and Perry Barr Garages heavily affected by the changes which will commence on 28th April 2019.

Walsall is a major base for NXWM's Scania OmniLink fleet, however not all are compliant with the emission guidelines in Birmingham city centre with only 1925-1931, 7019-7033 and 1920-1924 being compliant after being fitted with particulate traps.

Walsall Bus Station later from August 2019 will also become a low emission zone and NXWM have to comply with the new rules; so as to comply, newer Tridents 1863-1877 are expected to make the transfer from Perry Barr to Walsall and will be retrofitted with particulate traps in the process. Walsall are expected to transfer a number of non-compliant Scania OmniLink’s over to West Bromwich in return.

The transfers have already begun with 1863-1877 already making the transfer to Walsall with traps already fitted to comply with the low-emission rules, with 1863-1877/1901-1919 to my knowledge have since made the transfer south to Walsall.

It is yes first time that Walsall have transferred their youngest Scania OmniLink’s to Walsall with 33 examples 1863-1877/1901-1919 having made the transfer between July to August 2019 They have already been extensively refurbished in NXWM's Crimson livery and have had traps fitted since 2017/2018/2019 so BY1788-1798, BY1800-1803, BY1805-1835, WA1889 and WA1893 will be repainted into crimson livery now so yeh then 1932/1935 will be transferred to West Bromwich Garage.

1932/1935 will be based at West Bromwich Garage.

1837-1919 will be based at Walsall Garage.