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I'm guessing they've realised that operationally PQ12A was a stupid idea when there's a queue of 94&95s all trying to unload/load and change drivers

Should never of moved the 66 anyway! Again more amazing thinking!

From 28th April there will be further stop changes in the City.
Updated bus stops in Birmingham City Centre | NX Bus West Midlands

X21/X22 will stop at MS10 and then directly opposite at MS12 on the other side of the road.

What is the point in moving the 93* a whole stop down? Nothing wrong with those stops as it is.

There are no 'abandoned' buses there, maybe one that has arrived early/ontime and has to then wait time before it can leave.

MS4 is now the designated stop for all the Stratford Road services, with MS3 being used as an 'overflow' or unload point.

From what I saw last weekend, when I was in Birmingham on the Saturday, both stops ARE being utilised, especially when more than one bus arrives at the same time due to delays caused by congestion in Digbeth.It might have made things 'easier' for you, but would be impracticable, having all those services using the one stop, as well as the Stratford Road ones.

Again, I didn't say all of those were to use one stop, there's 2 stops there at least the Cov Road buses would've been able to use both the stops instead of the mess that they've created there now!

X1/X2 where the 2/3 usually stopped, 60 at the same stop and 17 where X1 stops, and the separation where the 4 or 6 stops where the 87 and 16 used to stop

Not completely but almost.I said I would of moved the Stratford Road services to where the current Cov Road services are on Moor Street, the bays a lot bigger, the bottom stop could of had the 4/4A/6 and the other have the 2/3/5.

Then the current stop the Stratford Road services share could have the 60/X1/X2 back and the 17 outside Primark again!

No they didn't, they put them on two stops, actually in the space that there used to be 3 stops. Leaving the 4 where it was would have extended the running time needed, probably needing an extra bus or reduced frquency.

This past week I've seen about 4 buses fighting for that stop because of an abandoned YW bus. Another joke, should never have put them all at 1 stop when they could have utilised both stops there.

Should've put the 17/60, X1/X2 back there and put the Stratford Road services at their current stop. Would've made it a lot easier. The current X1/X2 stop is also a joke as that pavement is nowhere near wide enough for the volume of passengers and usual pedestrians, especially when the X1 is mainly always late!

I thought the 16/16a stopped at Carrs Lane & then stopped just after the 74 stop

Correct, but still it's not much of an issue really, both stops are popular so are needed.

The 23/24 now stop on Carrs Lane & outside the Square Peg. Why the need to have two stops so close together?

All the current Carrs Lane services do that, as did the previous Limited Stop services and no one complained until now.

Yes they can, plenty of double deckers can go under there, but while Perry Barr has a mix of buses that can and can't it's safer just not to run any.

E400MMC's can can't they? Isn't the current signage a red circle.

In the view of NX, do the current passenger loads warrant a need to upgrade this route to double decks? From what I've seen as a passenger, it sure as hell does. This is all up to the fleet situation at NX ofc, but just wondering.

Can't with the current signage at Highgate Road.

Will the MCV Evolution buses be withdrawn?

I doubt it, they are younger and in fairly good condition. Got some time yet I'd say.

I don't get why the X21/X22 didn't do what the 61/63 are now doing, even though that's also another set of services pushed out of the City...  

Well I hope they're right.

Agreed, most of us are sick of the stops constantly being moved around with!

I hope not, the time it took the 33, 51, 907, 934-7, 997 and X51 to get around Carrs Lane, The Square Peg and The Law Courts to Lancaster Circus was ridiculous in peaks, so thanks, but no thanks

I hope they do go back to their original route thank you. It's now a longer walk for me to connect other services I catch to work. The drivers are saying they will be moving back in 6 months time.

Not everyone is going to agree with you on changes, so the selfishness isn't needed.

The worst one of these changes is the fact they've moved all the Stratford Road services to one stop, when the stop before was in use, whose idea was that to do that?

Also the 97 now takes a long detour that you moaned the Perry Barr services did. 

4909 is back from paint and on the 94. Can't see it mentioned that it's back.

@Jay71 how on earth do you expect a bus to depart on time when it is running late?

https://bustimes.org/vehicles/diam-20886

Isn't this the same person who moans about the 42 in the evenings running late? I'm assuming they are arriving late hence why they leave late but where's the logic there...