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#1
https://cbwmagazine.com/leicester-mayor-calls-re-municipalisation/

"I'm convinced that the next Labour Government should commit to allowing councils to re-municipalise their transport, to get all the benefits that come from that and have something that runs as a public service."

Considering the recent news on Rosso, I don't really see the argument being particularly strong... Costs are rising and councils are struggling... Just look at Northamptonshire County Council having to sell off their new headquarters to balance their books.
#2
Other Operators / Kev's Cars & Coaches
January 09, 2018, 06:03:27 PM
This operator already runs service 355 between Worcester and Droitwich but now are moving into the West Midlands having appeared to have won the 147.

PD1022055/2 Registered
KEVS CARS & COACHES LIMITED
Route: Bromsgrove Rail Station to Halesowen Bus Station via Catshill
Service number: 147
Service type: Hail & Ride, Normal Stopping
Effective date: 28 Feb 2018

Picture of one of their Primo's - https://www.facebook.com/CovBusPage/photos/a.690017551170181.1073742311.369276339910972/774771659361436/?type=3&source=54
#3
National Express Coventry / NXC Service Changes 2018
January 04, 2018, 04:52:34 PM
From 7th January 2018

Minor timetable changes to routes 10, 11, 11U, 20, 20A, 20E, 21
Additional journeys on routes 12X & 27A
3 morning journeys will serve the Rail Station on the 18A.

http://nxbus.co.uk/coventry/information/service-changes/coventry-service-changes-from-sunday-7th-january-2018
#4
Stagecoach / Stagecoach Service Changes - January 2018
November 14, 2017, 10:00:49 PM
PD0000479/210 Cancelled
MIDLAND RED (SOUTH) LTD
Route: Stratford to Stratford
Service number: S19 (19)

Service type: Normal Stopping
PD0000479/298 Registered
MIDLAND RED (SOUTH) LTD
Route: Stratford to Chipping Norton
Service number: L50 (50)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 06 Jan 2018

Effective date: 08 Jan 2018
PD0000479/285 Cancelled
MIDLAND RED (SOUTH) LTD
Route: North Kilworth to Rugby
Service number: 009 (9)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 08 Jan 2018
#5
Stagecoach / Service Changes in Daventry
October 20, 2017, 05:20:36 PM
https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-updates/serviceupdatesarticle?SituationId=ID-04/10/2017-10:37:00:302

Route D1 & D2 are extending to Rugby via the current 10 and 12 routes.
Route 11 is renumbered D4

It all starts on the 5th November 2017.
#6
Due to someone removing most of the information from the Diamond Bus spreadsheet, I have decided to lock all of my spreadsheets. If you see an error with the spreadsheet, please now click comment suggested changes below.

All of the spreadsheets are all together in one place to make them easier to find and easier to monitor.

De Courcey - https://1drv.ms/x/s!AuV-OWRD_pekgSwLbH_JnD8QEM3G
Diamond - https://1drv.ms/x/s!AuV-OWRD_pekgS0wIsfmt2gqttiL
Stagecoach - https://1drv.ms/x/s!AuV-OWRD_pekgSs6TzRmdqSPwMhv

I hope the spreadsheets continue to be helpful. I may in the future create more spreadsheets to cover the rest of the West Midlands operators.
#7
I believe this was mentioned in the Johnson's thread.

Stagecoach have released the timetable early and with it being ran by Stagecoach in Oxfordshire rather than Warwickshire, I am guessing that Banbury Garage will be running the route.

Further details are found here: https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-updates/serviceupdatesarticle?SituationId=ID-01/06/2017-12:53:33:280

#8
Other Operators / Big Brum Buz
May 29, 2017, 11:43:15 AM
I was surprised that there wasn't a thread for this already. I see that A134SMA is still going around. I assume it has been registered as a coach? I wonder if it is to be replaced with a low floor open top soon...

Picture: https://www.facebook.com/CovBusPage/photos/a.522346574603947.1073742219.369276339910972/722606527911283/?type=3&theater
#10
Arriva / 3rd June 2017 Tamworth Changes
April 13, 2017, 02:53:17 PM
PD0000478/100 Registered
ARRIVA MIDLANDS NORTH LTD
Route: Tamworth, Victoria Road to Stoneydelph, Pennymoor Road via Glascote Road Dolphin
Service number: 7, 7E (7A)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 03 Jun 2017

PD0000478/11 Registered
ARRIVA MIDLANDS NORTH LTD
Route: Staffordshire, Tamworth, Victoria Road to Staffordshire, Tamworth, Victoria Road
Service number: 8 (9)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 03 Jun 2017

PD0000478/453 Registered
ARRIVA MIDLANDS NORTH LTD
Route: Nuneaton to Tamworth via Atherstone
Service number: 65
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 03 Jun 2017

PD0000478/96 Registered
ARRIVA MIDLANDS NORTH LTD
Route: Tamworth, Victoria Road to Tamworth, Victoria Road
Service number: 4
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 03 Jun 2017
#11
Stagecoach / Stagecoach Service Changes - May 2017
March 13, 2017, 06:36:48 PM
PD0000479/15 Registered (Short notice)
MIDLAND RED (SOUTH) LTD
Route: Coventry to Stratford
Service number: LX17 (X17)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 02 May 2017

PD0000479/59 Registered (Short notice)
MIDLAND RED (SOUTH) LTD
Route: Warwick to South Farm
Service number: LG1 (G1)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 02 May 2017

PD0000479/301 Registered (Short notice)
MIDLAND RED (SOUTH) LTD
Route: Warwick to Stratford
Service number: L18B (18)

Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 02 May 2017
PD0000479/302 Registered (Short notice)
MIDLAND RED (SOUTH) LTD
Route: Stratford to Evesham
Service number: L18C (18)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 02 May 2017

PD0000479/300 Registered (Short notice)
MIDLAND RED (SOUTH) LTD
Route: Coventry to Warwick
Service number: L18A (18)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 02 May 2017

PD0000479/303 Registered (Short notice)
MIDLAND RED (SOUTH) LTD
Route: Coventry to Stratford
Service number: X18A (X18)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 02 May 2017

PD0000479/304 Registered (Short notice)
MIDLAND RED (SOUTH) LTD
Route: Stratford to Evesham
Service number: X18B (X18)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 02 May 2017

PD0000479/286 Registered (Short notice)
MIDLAND RED (SOUTH) LTD
Route: Kenilworth to Kineton
Service number: LX77 (X77)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 02 May 2017

PD0000479/14 Registered (Short notice)
MIDLAND RED (SOUTH) LTD
Route: Stratford to Redditch
Service number: L26 (X19)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 02 May 2017

PD0000479/296 Registered (Short notice)
MIDLAND RED (SOUTH) LTD
Route: Stratford to University of Warwick/Coventry
Service number: LU1V (U1, U2, U17)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 02 May 2017

PD0000479/198 Registered (Short notice)
MIDLAND RED (SOUTH) LTD
Route: Cubbington to Hatton Park - Coventry
Service number: L68 (68, X68)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 02 May 2017
#13
All information from Network West Midlands newsletter.

Service 85 - Withdrawn!
Service 85S - Revised Timetable to improve punctuality
Service 585 - Additional Mon-Fri journeys at: "0720 1435 1505 1650 1705 1720 1755 and 1815 ex Cov Rail Stn, and 0755 1610 1630 1725 1755 and1905 ex Hospital"
Service 585A - 0648 ex Rugby retimed 10 mins earlier. New 0810 ex Coventry journey on Saturdays
Service 585B - 1024 ex Rugby retimed to 1030. Saturday journeys from Rugby retimed 6 minutes later
Service 703 - Revised timetable to interwork with the 60 service
#14
I was intrigued to find at the end of last month while in London that buses were going around with graffiti on them. This is another disadvantage of having outdoor bus garages (As I explored in my bus magazine last month - See Coventry Bus Magazine thread).

What are your views?

https://www.facebook.com/369276339910972/photos/a.470229609815644.1073742070.369276339910972/665442636961006/?type=3&theater
TEH1463
#15
Rotala / Diamond Service Changes 26th February 2017
February 09, 2017, 04:56:34 PM
Kidderminster
Kidderminster Service 1 will no longer serve Kidderminster Hospital (Replaced by 2, 2L & 42)
Timetable changes for services 1, 3, 4a, 10, 192 & 303

Tividale
Timetable changes for service 002, 4, 4H, 142
Service 243 starts on Sundays only


http://www.diamondbuses.com/news/ServiceChangesinKidderminsterandtheWestMidlands_561.html
#17
Stagecoach / Reduced Frequency on "Matrix" Routes
January 17, 2017, 05:39:09 PM
Route 55, 56 and 57 are being changed on the 26th of February 2017.

Service 55: Removed from Keresley Village and will now serve Newcomen Lane. Timetable changed

Service 56: Will now serve Dark Lane. Timetable changed.

Service 57: Diverted via Keresley Village no longer serving Dark Lane. Timetable is reduced to Every Hour.

Service 57A: Two journeys between Nuneaton and Coventry in the morning.


Information found in Newsletter from Network West Midlands.

Also, Service 48 is going to have an additional early morning journey to Coventry and one early evening journey is retimed.
#18
Rotala / NEW Usual Allocations for Rotala / Diamond Bus
December 20, 2016, 08:13:01 AM
Hello everyone,

I have made a new allocation sheet for Rotala / Diamond Bus after how popular the De Courcey & Stagecoach ones have been.

Here is the link to the spreadsheet. Please edit sensibly!

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AuV-OWRD_pekgS0wIsfmt2gqttiL

It includes:
Allocations
PVR's
Links to timetables

Also:
Thanks to @2206 for helping correct some incorrect information yesterday. Many allocations are currently blank as I am unfamiliar of Redditch / Kidderminster.

EDIT - link amended at request of topic-starter
#19
Arriva / 2499??
December 10, 2016, 07:15:33 PM
I came across 2499 today on the 765 for Lichfield in Tamworth.

I can't find it on @Tony 's fleetlist...

Is it a transfer from further afield or has it always been in the Midlands?

2499 - https://www.facebook.com/369276339910972/photos/a.585402198298384.1073742273.369276339910972/632872530218017/?type=3&theater
#20
http://www.diamondbuses.com/news/ChristmasHolidayBusServices_530.html#Boxing Day WM

Notably: Diamond will be operating the 60A in Coventry on Boxing Day instead of De Courcey.
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