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24th January 2024 is the last date TfWM will allow them to be used

What happened to May 2023?

is there any truth to the rumour i heard at AG

NXWM are not going to continue with the Hydrogen Buses, when the current bunch are off lease they will not be replaced, Electric is the favored vehicle ??

If true - Will be an absolute joke considering all the noise BCC made a few years ago about hydrogen and the Tyseley energy park.

Then again - Where is the infamous Sprint bus service that should be running cross Birmingham by now!?

Not correct, we are and always have been part of the £2 scheme on all TfWM services but not Worcester services.

Keeping capacity for the regular loyal customers, love it!

The shuttle services NXWM run between Bristol & Glastonbury are going electric this year

National Express goes electric for Glastonbury - routeone (route-one.net)

I hope these are new builds that won't have entered service yet. Disgrace if this takes electric buses from areas such as the high profile 'Electric Bus City' or high pollution areas like the Stratford Road and diesel buses are put in their place.

But how many people who go shopping, go to work or home from work, think I better check twitter to see if bus is running,

I use Twitter as part of everyday life, and so do many other people!

I'm more likely to see it on Twitter than I am hidden away on their website.

Looks like Stagecoach services are also back to 'normal' today!

https://twitter.com/StagecoachMids/status/1640220259754946562

Don't worry, NXWMs are too!  At least Stagecoach give their customers the heads up.

Completely the opposite, they actually go around trying to encourage operator s to join the bidding for tenders

Oh they do - But the specification, requirements and overall terms are barriers to entry for SMEs. 

You only have to look at how many operators have ceased trading in the last decade that relied on their work.

TFWM should at least give the West Midlands smaller operators a chance to operate larger routes though, for example Landflight who has great potential can operate a route which benefits them and TFWM

TfWM aren't interested in smaller operators operating their work.

But passenger numbers are falling and if fares go up passengers numbers will fall even more which means West Midlands Travel won't need as many drivers meaning job losses and longer waiting between buses arriving at stops and could lead to garage closures and selling of buses.

That penny is yet to drop in certain quarters...

why are the  bus drivers the BAD GUYS in this strike, last week junior doctors strike 175,000 appointments cancelled, AMBULANCE strike thousands of non urgent calls make your own way, TEACHERS STRIKE didn't that affect children's education.
2020 who kept the NHS MOVING, how many drivers died all forgotten.

Because you have had (and rejected) a 14.3% pay deal.

I wonder how long the public support will last?

I'm yet to hear any normal member of public with much sympathy - and I have heard a lot of non bus people talking about it this week!

Certain drivers on social media are also doing themselves no favours! 

plus its a strike about more than just pay its also protest strike, drivers venting years of anger frustrations with mangement last 20 years.

So is it one or the other?  Unite doesn't mention 'years of anger and frustrations with management'. Sounds like a bit of a weak argument being used behind the fact the members have rejected a straight 14.3%!?

Try living in Worcestershire with the increasingly poor service from multiple operators there - you don't know how lucky you are in the West Midlands.

Don't forget that the poor service in Worcestershire was ultimately as a result of longstanding mismanagement and decline from the one large dominant operator!  Leaving the waste ground to be picked up by other operators.

Ultimately, you are comparing apples and pears as usual but one thing is certain. Each day that this strike goes on is a day closer to the 'increasingly poor' Worcestershire bus network!

yet using public transport gets worse by the day

You've got TfWM to thank for that one!

Well it was kind of inevitably....

https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2023/march/west-midlands-bus-strike-back-on-over-national-express-union-busting/

Hope them and the members realise the long lasting effect this will have on their industry (and subsequently, their incomes!)