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Did you mean 4989? 4889 isn't in use.

No, it was definitely 4889 and by coincidence the bus was taken off service/went back to depot at virtually the same time as when I post about it, perhaps the driver had complained about the clock.

An odd one regarding CV4889 - assume it's clock is slightly ahead of the correct or synchronised time and therefore it may show a negative value for how many seconds (or minutes) ago it's most recent ping was.

This is typical for bus terminals or other busy stops, either potholes or just considerably sunken, the one on Queen Victoria Road in front of the retail market springs to mind and has been patched up a few times.  The layby at WSP, like the shelter, is probably privately owned and possibly constructed with a lower grade surface, there may also be more reluctance for repair with private owners.

It looks like service 2 has received a sneaky removal of it's Sunday service, fair enough they were short journeys and probably not carrying much, but no obvious announcement about this by any party nor any variation on the registration (yet).

The 16 now interworks with 5/5A (Sundays/Evenings).

The new 51, with just the help of one extra bus, could have been a Full Circle taking in something like the old 34 route from UHCW to Pool Meadow which along with the creation of further links could also offer balanced headway where it combines with NXC service 2, time to serve Everdon Road and reinstate an additional bus along the Binley Rd where the 86 has been reduced to hourly.

The TT for the rerouted 60 via Warks shopping park is now up - replaces part of NXC 3.
Cant see Dorchester way showing?
Still shows stop at Jaguar works.

E064 is working service 11 today not tracking.

Stagecoach website now with full timetables. 20A seems to just be 3 evening departures to the hospital (21.00, 22.00, 23.00) from Trinity Street and back again at each half hour. 51 includes the current 1, 5 and 20C to extend to the hospital in the daytime, giving Coundon and Radford a direct service to the hospital not seen since the outer circle was cut. The one thing which has confused me is the stop labelled "Coundon Bablake School" which i presume is a typo for Westhill Road/Courtland Avenue where the 1 currently terminates. Hopefully this service will get more patronage with the extra links so it doesn't get given the same fate as many other routes in the city.

Ha! In the first post of this thread I did hint the assumption of a 'semi-orbital' type route being put out to tender encompassing bits of the 1/5/20C/31, so here we have it....
This long 51 service looks OK in principal and I agree with the extra links etc, but I see a few flaws, 1) it seems Everdon Rd isn't served. 2) the inbound schedule at Earlsdon isn't co-ordinated headway with the existing NXC service 2, Earlsdon will have two inbound buses 12 mins apart then a 48 minute gap each hour for most of the day, why or how TfWM are allowing this to happen I don't know but the reason would be so there isn't more than three buses on the 51 service.

[20A - Timetable COMING SOON]

20A - Timetable COMING SOON

I imagine this must be a typo for 20C? - a final piece in the jigsaw of replacement bus services, it could potentially be a shorter route i.e tendered from UHCW to Arena Park/Foleshill, but as they're seemingly using the number 20 I guess Stagecoach are extending to the City Centre under their own steam - possibly in unison with a NXC '20E'.

Stagecoach Midlands 60 Warwick University to Arena Retail Park, funded by TfWM, will be re-routed to serve the withdrawn section of route 3 between Warwickshire Shopping Park and University Hospital"

This re-routed 60 will most likely occur on Mon-Sat daytime journeys only and will add a few minutes to the journey, however we could possibly see the awkward stop at Whitley Business Park (also only served Mon-Sat daytime) dropped from the route to compensate this.

It seems stagecoach now have a new bus route in coventry the route 51 coundon - arena park

I'm already getting visions of this new 51 being interworked with the 82! covered with five buses i.e doing duties of up to 4 hours 15 mins then a 45 mins break at Pool Meadow.

Honestly a good change. The 20:00 17 from the hospital can be quite rammed due to people finishing work there at that time so the extra capacity is sometimes needed.

Not quite what you may be thinking - it is a reduced Evening frequency compared to current, the 9 and 17 will combine in the evenings to provide the City-UHCW link at roughly 'every 20 mins', however we should certainly see a marked improvement in the Evening and Sunday timekeeping/reliability.

Some of the new timetables are now up on the usual places (tfwm/traveline)...
There is a notable frequency change in the evenings on the 8, 9 and 17/17A to every 40 minutes, It looks like the 9 will interwork 17/17A during evenings/Sundays, the 8 is no longer split in two halves so no longer interworks with 16.
The Fenside end of the 17/17A gets a clockwise only routing arrangement in the Evenings.

We now have official confirmation...
https://nxbus.co.uk/coventry/service-updates/timetable-changes-from-sunday-1st-january-2023

The only main difference to what was already assumed is that NXC will continue to operate service 19,
I'll hazard a guess there was zero bids for this tender and TfWM have therefore approached NXC for an 'extension'?.

I've heard that there is a new tender to replace the 1 combined with the northern section of the 5 from Coundon running back to the Arena apparently running every hour called the 15. The 20C I assume will just be left as is unless the 703 takes over a portion and I would assume the 31 is just being cut out as a result of the 3 to Hospital ending and the 703 following the portion of unserved route along Deedmore Road. As I say though, this is only what I've heard - we will have to wait for the official announcement.

This assumed new "15" certainly makes sense and something virtually the same was planned to happen in September 2021 (numbered as "29") before it was quickly changed for some unbeknown reason, Coundon to Arena Park is near enough a 30 minute journey so will be an easy bolt on to existing service.

The Stagecoach 703 could be amended to miss out Bell Green and go via Lentons Lane instead because Bell Green already has more regular links to UHCW, Arena Park and Victoria Farm (with services 20A, 22 and Arriva 78), it can still call to Wood End to link with the 21 and may need Saturday service reinstating - it looks like some roads between Potters Green and UHCW are going to lose out though.

Bits of the the 19 route could be covered with the 24/25/25A diverting via Stoney Rd and Humphrey Burton Rd and the Stagecoach 87/87A via Cannon Hill Rd and Canley Crematorium.

I also have visions of the Stagecoach 60 covering Dorchester Way, Skipworth Road and Warwickshire Shopping Park but think there is much lesser odds on that happening.

[As usual don't take the following as gospel or the full story...]

Looking at the details in the amended DVSA registrations it looks like the following NXC changes are on the cards,
As usual don't take the following as gospel or the full story...

1 - NXC will no longer operate.
3 - Warwickshire Shopping Park to University Hospital removed from route.
5/5B - Norman Place Road to Lythalls Lane/Everdon Road removed from route.
7 - Evenings and Sunday journeys between City and Brownshill Green removed.
19 - NXC will no longer operate.
20C - Foleshill to University Hospital removed from route.
31 - NXC will no longer operate.

Also amended timetables for 8/9, 14/14A and 17/17A ... TfWM hint a possible removal of Evening and Sunday journeys between Rail Station and Finham on service 9.

In less constrained times one would assume there is going to be a 'semi-orbital' type route put out to tender encompassing bits of the 1/5/20C/31 (?).
Just a waiting game now for all to be revealed.