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Return of West Midlands Travel as a brand potentially?

Returned to Brum for the first time in 3 years (by the way, what's going on in Digbeth? Looks virtually unrecognisable now?) And I noticed that 1795 has a weird camera thingy on the rear. Anyone know what it is?

Digbeth is getting the metro, 1795 has cameras looking at the condition of the road I believe.

They are not planned to be, they are for London -Crewe & Birmingham. Class 350 are staying on Walsalls

I thought the edited order for more 3 car 730s was to make all west midlands local services 730s to release all 350s currently used? 

When the new Perry Barr depot was built, were electric points put in ready for electric vehicles at some point? 

20162 has been involved in an RTC in Kingswinford on the 226 I've been sent a picture but I can't find how to upload it on here for some reason

Shouldn't upload RTC pictures. 

The 730 orders have been amended to have more 3 car variant therefore releasing the 350s used on the local services back on to LNR routes.

@Stu small heath and Tyseley services are usually once per hour on a Whitlocks End service and once per hour on a Dorridge Service. From the timetable change both small heath and Tyseley will get 3 trains an hour from and to Birmingham. 

I have checked the timetable and Yardley Wood will be getting two trains an hour to Small Heath from 22nd May. 

Any idea where it will be or is it too early to say??

Probably start soon as it needs to be ready for 2024 opening of the Dudley extension 

Theres an article in Route One magazine confirming 170  additional buses from Alexander Dennis / BYD  by the end of 2024.

So the other 130 must be Wright Electroliners 

No change in frequency to now. The service currently runs at 20/40 frequency from Moor Street to London so they are just making the timetable more even.

Yes to line up with the new snow hill lines timetable. WMR regular pattern will now be roughly every 15 mins. Departures will be xx.05 Whitlocks End, xx.21 Dorridge, xx.35 Stratford via Whitlocks, xx.51 Stratford via Dorridge. Also the Chiltern Snow Hill services are being cut. Departures from snow hill will be 06.41, 08.11, 09.11, 10.11, 12.11, 14.11, 15.11 (to Leamington Spa), 16.11, 17.11, 18.11, 20.11, 21.11, 22.16 (to Banbury), 23.41 (to Banbury)

Why

Arson

Noticed 15/16s have been single deckers today, are trees causing issues again @BN

Through services between Kidderminster and London Marylebone will be withdrawn from 21 May.  Services will start and terminate at Stourbridge Junction with through Monday to Friday services reduced in each direction.

Probably to strengthen their Birmingham to London Marylebone which is going to be every 30 mins 

Any idea what time all buses will be back in garage tonight presume before 11

Go on bus times and wait for the buses to disappear... Why do you need to know when all buses will be back in the garage? NX has said services will be affected after 10.30pm tonight 

@Solo1 it's not all about pay... It's terms and conditions. Some of the comments by some enthusiasts about the strikes show they don't know alot at all about Strikes. I'm sorry that your hobby of bus riding around the Midlands is being interrupted. Wish I could ride around the Midlands all day but I need a job to survive. 

Is the next batch of electrics that are going into build at Adl going be for Coventry? Or the west midlands?