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Just found this on NXWM's site: http://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/information/service-changes/south-birmingham-service-changes-27th-april

I didn't expect the 1/31 changes but suprised there isn't more changes on the Bristol Road/98/99!

Birmingham:
50A - The Green Bus
X73 - Invincible Coaches

Merry Hill:
282 - Diamond

Stourbridge:
296 - Hansons

Wolverhampton:
88 - Arriva

Walsall:
30 - Walsall Community Transport

Coventry:
41 - WMSNT
47 - WMSNT
83 - WMSNT
84 - WMSNT
232/233 - The A and M Group

Outside the West Midlands the 406F in Surrey must be a good contender for being one of the longest running occassional bus routes with the widest variety of buses used on it throughout its' history including bendi-buses, single and dual door deckers and routemasters. Running every minute as this 1933 poster http://www.eplates.info/P_406F-1933.jpg illustrates on race days.
Some good photos (not mine) are http://www.flickr.com/photos/southdown/9035376874/in/photostream/ & http://www.flickr.com/photos/southdown/9033150481/in/photostream/

Just as a contrast, is this the smallest drop in frequency?

Brighton & Hove Route 25 - every 3 minutes Monday-Friday Peak Hours, every 5 minutes Monday-Friday Daytime, every 7-8 minutes Saturday Daytime, every 10 minutes Monday-Saturday Evenings, every 12 minutes Sunday Daytimes, every 15 minutes Sunday Evenings, every 10 minutes Monday-Saturday Nights, every 30 minutes Sunday Night. Can't be many routes which are more frequent at night than on a Sunday Daytime!

Furthest you can get from Birmingham in one day:

900A National Express West Midlands - Enviro 400
0400 Birmingham - Coventry 0507

585 Travel DeCourcey - MCV Evolution/Optare Versa
0640 Coventry - Rugby (Clifton Rd) 0749

96 Stagecoach - Enviro 200
0827 Rugby (Clifton Rd) - Northampton 0941

X4 Stagecoach - Enviro 400
0945 Northampton - Central Milton Keynes 1035

X31 Centrebus - Optare Solo
1047 Central Milton Keynes - Dunstable (Winston Churchill) 1138

Busway C Grant Palmer - Scania Omnicity
1143 Dunstable (Winston Churchill) - Luton Station Interchange 1155

321 Arriva The Shires - Mercedes Citaro
1159 Luton Station Interchange - St Albans 1250

84 Metroline (ComfortDelGro) - Enviro 200
1255 St Albans (St Peter's St) - New Barnet Stn 1354

184 Arriva London - Enviro 200
1354 New Barnet Station - Turnpike Lane Stn 1446

141 Arriva London - Volvo B7TL Eclipse Gemini
1449 Turnpike Lane Stn - Albion Road 1515

21 Go-Ahead London - Volvo B9Tl Eclipse Gemini 2
1517 Newington Green - New Cross Gate Stn 1619

53 Stagecoach East London - Scania Omnicity Double Deck/Enviro 400
1621 New Cross Gate Station - Woolwich Arsenal Stn 1707

96 Stagecoach East London - Scania Omnicity Double Deck
1709 Woolwich Arsenal Stn - Bluewater Bus Stn 1831

701 Arriva Southern Counties - Volvo ALX400
1840 Bluewater Bus Stn - Chatham Waterfront Bus Stn 1913

101 Arriva Southern Counties - Enviro 400
1935 Chatham Waterfront Bus Stn - Maidstone 1958

12 Arriva Southern Counties - ?
2125 Maidstone - Tenterden 2207

2 Stagecoach East Kent - ?
2300 Tenterden - Ashford International Rail Stn 2329

(London Journeys using longest peak journey time and virtually no waiting time - which balances out)

Might give this a try one day!  ;)

Regal Busways had a Leyland Lynx in regular service in Essex until recently (even repainted into their latest livery - not sure whether it's still in service.

Equally Nu-Venture in Kent had a few Leyland Titan's left in normal service until 2012 - don't know the situation now though.

This may be of interest (if you haven't seen it already) http://www.openstreetmap.org/ - search for a city then select layers then transport map.

Probably the most comprehensive bus map of the world - some cities are better than others - Coventry is excellent and many cities are really well represented e.g. Stockholm/Hong Kong/Bogota/Paris etc. Wolverhampton needs some work - some routes are shown.

Having used the 900A journey between Birmingham and Coventry for a few weeks it is actually very busy with Airport workers with early starts. Not sure about the 59A though.

Passes are valid and daysavers are valid up until 5am(I think) with the previous days date. In effect a daysaver on the 97 is valid for 29hours.

5am?
wow
this means I could easily get my local bus into town which departs 4:49 from where I am :P

Only valid until 5am on the 97, on all other routes it is until end of service, ie around midnight

NXWM Daysavers/Travelcards valid until 0159 (no exceptions)
nBus/nNetwork until 0000
nx Early Bird 0000 to 0929
nBus/nNetwork Early Bird 0400-0929

Therefore My Nbus Bus Pass wouldn't be valid on the last 997 from Birmingham  :o useful info to know though

If the nBus expires on that day you cannot use it after 0000 after the date of expiry e.g. if it runs out on the 21/02/14 then it can only be used until 0000 on 21/02/14 - if you use it within the dates of its validity i.e. on the 20/02/14 you can use it all night (unless it is a dedicated night bus of which there are currently none). The conditions changed when the 24-hour operation of the 97 commenced - previously the conditions were - until the end of daytime service.

A benefit for anyone living in Cannock/Kenilworth/Bedworth/Leamington Spa using NXWM/NXC services is the app also shows the NXWM/NXC services outside the West Midlands i.e. Warwickshire & Staffordshire, which the NWM app doesn't as far as I'm aware. :)

Passes are valid and daysavers are valid up until 5am(I think) with the previous days date. In effect a daysaver on the 97 is valid for 29hours.

5am?
wow
this means I could easily get my local bus into town which departs 4:49 from where I am :P

Only valid until 5am on the 97, on all other routes it is until end of service, ie around midnight

NXWM Daysavers/Travelcards valid until 0159 (no exceptions)
nBus/nNetwork until 0000
nx Early Bird 0000 to 0929
nBus/nNetwork Early Bird 0400-0929

Current Allocation - Cov:

1 - Volvo B7RLE Unbranded
2 - ALX400 M-S/Volvo B7RLE 20 Branded Sunday
3 - ALX400 M-S/Volvo B7RLE 20 Branded Sunday
4 - Merc Citaro (Bendy) Branded M-S/Volvo B7RLE or ALX400 Sunday
5 - ALX400/Merc 0405N/Volvo B7RLE 9 Branded Sunday
6/6A - ALX400
7 - ALX400/Merc 0405N
8/8A - Enviro 400 Branded
9/9A - Volvo B7RLE Branded
10 - ALX400
11/11X/12 - ALX400 M-S/Enviro 400 Sunday
13/13A - Volvo B7TL Gemini/ALX400
16/16A - ALX400/Merc 0405N
18/18A - Merc 0405N/ALX400
19 - ALX400
20/20A/20E - Volvo B7RLE Branded (20 extras on RICOH events can be double deck)
21 - Enviro 400 Branded + 2 Merc Citaro Bendy Unbranded (Scheduled)
23 - ALX400
27 - Merc 0405N
27A - Enviro 400/ALX400
42 - ALX400 M-F/Merc 0405N Saturday
101 - ALX400/Enviro 400/Volvo B7TL Gemini/Merc Citaro Bendy
6S/10S/16S/23C/23S/58/58A/59/771/772 - ALX400
9S - Volvo B7RLE Branded