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Announcement to staff today

All of our cash fares will stay the same in January as they are now. This is the third year in a row that they've been frozen. We've seen good growth in sales as a result.

Our biggest-selling product, the off-peak daysaver, will cost the same in 2020 as it did in 2014. Compare our zero percent to other cities, such as Manchester which has seen a 20% increase over that period.

To help encourage regular commuting, we're discounting the price of the regional weekly travelcard by 50p.

And we're cutting the price of the under-18s daysaver, to encourage more trips from this fast-growing part of the population.

Only one group of passengers will see a slight increase in fares; as the current discounts for paying via the app or contactless will end

This is expected to be the opening fleet

http://wmbusphotos.com/NEAT/fleetlist.html

The first vehicle to join this fleet ready for the takeover of Ring & Ride on Thursday is

KY19 RGK Mercedes 514CDI with a Treka M16L conversion

Staffordshire's new ticket, the equivilent of an nBus day ticket in the West Midlands
https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/transport/publictransport/buses/Plan-your-journey/The-knot.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2fy_vXzacXWo5Pxp2fMY88w76cjEjG4eo2fDyXNem-eMFds7NTQ-mC2u0

The West Midlands Historic Society is a small group of NXWM employees, who with the permission of the NXWM board are helping preserve some of the history of the company. It is us that has got the heritage fleet and heritage liveries authorised.

As all we have done so far is cost national Express money we are now looking to start paying some of that back!

If you are interested in travelling to Cobham Spring Gathering on Sunday 7th April we are taking Metrobus 2957 and a platinum (either 6943 or 6944), The metrobus will be taking fare paying passengers.



The cost of TRAVEL ONLY to and from the event is £10 payable upon entry to the bus. We require you to email us to confirm your interest, as we only have limited space. Entry to the event is £12.50 if booked in advance or more if paid on the day, see

https://www.londonbusmuseum.com/event/spring-gathering/?event_date=2019-04-07

Pick ups will be at Wolverhampton Garage (Staff Only) & Stafford St, Dudley Outside Dudley Zoo, Birmingham at the FRONT of New St Station and Maypole. Please do not ask for any stops along the route as this will be refused.

We will confirm the pick-up times shortly either via the email address you used to book the trip or on this page but will be probably be as early as 05:30 from Wolverhampton to 06:45 at the Maypole as we have to be on site at Cobham by 10:00

We are testing the water with this event.... If it is something that is of interest to you all, we will look to plan some more over the summer... WATCH THIS SPACE.

If anyone wishes to book can I ask that you email us at the following address....

nxhistorictrips@gmail.com

specifying their preferred pick up point.

To stick within legalities spaces will need to be pre-booked via the above email and payment will be by cash on boarding the vehicle

The following are being done as at the beginning of the year

AG: - nil
BC: - 2138; 4880 (partial after RTC repairs)
BY: - nil
PB: - nil
YW: - nil
WA: - 1896; 4737
WB: - 817; 822
WN: - 2005; 2009; 2062
PN: - nil
CV: - 2161
Training: - 4168; 4520
Heritage: - 3035; 3997

I notice that someone using the same user name on here as this flikr site. If you are the same person please note that in amongst the 1000 of my photos you have put on your flikr without asking permission it includes some that are copyright of Alexander Dennis which I have used with permission. These need to be removed immediately
https://www.flickr.com/photos/celestialtoymaker/with/45697379731/

In August for the first time the main website managed 2 million hits in a month!


Month   visitors   No of visits   Pages   Hits   Bandwidth
Jan-18   17900   59901   642677   1938673   80.45 GB
Feb-18   16880   56818   599814   1822692   74.32 GB
Mar-18   17373   58083   607628   1855505   77.52 GB
Apr-18   16928   55661   596868   1825067   75.41 GB
May-18   17035   55804   549950   1751099   65.24 GB
Jun-18   17737   56957   632594   1898533   71.25 GB
Jul-18   18188   58674   694208   1968138   72.98 GB
Aug-18   18851   60155   731059   2019776   78.97 GB
Sep-18   5777          13140   156318   442006   18.00 GB
Total         146669   475193   5211116   15521489   614.15 GB

For the second time in two weeks I have been sent photos of an 'enthusiast' in full NX uniform standing on the platform of a moving bus talking to a driver.

A warning to both people if they are on here. Both instances have been passed onto head of security at NX and Safer Travel police.

Distracting the driver is dangerous.

From Saturday 21st July a number of changes will take place across the network. The aim of these alterations is to improve punctuality along the 436 corridor and improve efficiency around the Bridgnorth network.

Shrewsbury:

Service 9 – Currently operated by Telford service 9 will be at Shrewsbury depot operating the Bridgnorth to Wolverhampton section.

Service 19a – An afternoon journey of service 19a will be introduced operating between Shrewsbury and Telford. This service in part replaces service 96 operating off peak journeys via Lightmoor along Telford's current service 19 operation. Some peak journeys will operate via Madeley and then direct to Telford via the A442

Service 113/114 – This will operate from Telford Depot

Service 297 – This will operate from Telford Depot

Service 436 – Timetable and route alteration on some journeys

Telford:

The main alteration is the removal of service 10 The Wolverhampton to Perton section will be taken on by Cannock depot. During the interim we will also operate a shuttle that connects in Perton for Pattingham and Codsall until the end of August when this service will cease.

Service 7 – Minor timetable alteration between Oakengates and Telford Town Centre to assist with punctuality – This may change in September dependent on registration deadline being achieved.

Service 8 - Telford to Bridgnorth – When leaving Telford this service will operate along the A442 into Madeley Centre down into Ironbridge, Jackfield, Broseley, Tileries then onto Bridgnorth. This change will allow the use of smaller vehicles.

Service 10 – Deregistered – Albrighton will no longer be served, Shifnal & Stafford Park will be served by service 14. A temporary shuttle service between Pattingham & Perton/ Codsall & Perton will operate until the end of August 2018

Service 13 – Will operate via the Retail Park, Colliers Way and onto Rock Road in the opposite direction to the current 13. The service will then come onto Mossey Green Way around the island up to Bank Way before serving Ketley Bank in the current order First Avenue etc and then on to Oakengates.

Service 14 – Will operate to Shifnal via Priorslee. During the peak the service will operate via Stafford Park to Shifnal. This service will no longer serve Snedshill, Ketley Bank and Oakengates

Service 18 – Slight timetable adjustment. One morning journey will commence from Bridgnorth

Service 19/19a – Service will operate to Lightmoor via Dawley Road, B4373, Station Road, Bridge Road via the Steam Railway and back onto Wellington Road. Service 19 will also extend to Shrewsbury on certain journeys in place of the 96 service. 19a peak journeys to Shrewsbury will operate fast and direct from Telford via A442 into Madeley then down into Ironbridge. Off peak journeys will continue on from Lightmoor down Jiggers Bank into Dale End and then onto Shrewsbury.

Service 96 – Deregistered – Service combined in part with 19/19a

Service 113/114 – Moved into Telford Depot

Service 297 – Moved into Telford Depot

Service 893 – Deregistered from 21st July

All vehicles seen operating from Luton depot on Saturday had had the operator changed to West Midlands Travel

102; 110; 113; 114; 115 & 116 have returned from loan to Impact and are currently being prepared for Transfer to West Midlands depots

Three new coaches for Start Hill depot are
   232   BU 18 OSZ   Vo   B11R  YV3T2UB2XJA189693   Co   -?-   C56FLT   5/18
   233   BU 18 OSX   Vo   B11R  YV3T2UB20JA189640   Co   -?-   C56FLT   5/18
   234   BU 18 OSY   Vo   B11R  YV3T2UB25JA189682   Co   -?-   C56FLT   5/18

The heritage fleet has been approved to expand to 4 vehicles.
to add to 2957; 3035; 3225

I cannot say yet what the fourth addition will be because NX have been offered a couple of vehicles to choose from by different owners and it would be unfair on the existing owners at this stage, but expect another nice addition in the next few months.

Two new garages for West Midlands Travel applied for

PK2011557 SN WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD Director(s): MARTIN HANCOCK, David Bradford, Thomas Stables, Kevin Gale, Ravinder Saund, Adam Cook 51 BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4BZ Operating Centre: ARRIVALS - VICTORIA COACH STATION, 3 ECCLESTON PLACE, LONDON, SW1W 9NF Authorisation: 6 vehicle(s) Operating Centre: HEATHROW COACH CENTRE, SIPSON ROAD, SIPSON, WEST DRAYTON, UB7 0HN Authorisation: 86 vehicle(s) Transport Manager(s): Andrew Carnell, Leighsen Tomkins, Neal Glass

The MD in an email today confirmed that National Express have won the JLR contract currently run by DeCourcey & Silverline

Any owners of preserved vehicles who wish to have a Wayfarer style printer donated to their preserved bus speak up please. The current Init conversions should be finished in about 3 weeks time and around 40 have been put on one side purely for preserved buses. These will not be given to anybody other than bus owners and additional ones are being put away at an NX garage for when members of the current fleet get preserved.

[Total 486]

Vehicles currently in paint

BC: 4877
PB: 4487; 4490
CV: 2148; 2149; 2150; 2152; 2172
WA: 1858; 1895; 1886; 4866
WN: 2011; 2013

Training 4520

Buses in service in new livery
Crimson
WA 1750-73 (24)
WA 1837/41/5/8-50/2/4/5-7/9-61 (14)
PB 1863-1877 (15)
WA 1878-82/4/7/8/92 (10)
PB 1898-907 (10)
YW 1909-17 (9)
WB 1918 (1)
YW 1919-24 (6)
PB 1925-30/3 (7)
WB 1936-53 (18)
WN 2012/9/20/2-9/59-61/3/4/6/7 (17)
AG 2201-50 (50)
PN 3301-5 (5)
PN 4425-43 (19)
BC 4444-50/5-74 (26)
PB 4475-81/83/4/6/9/91-9 (20)
AG 4500-7/24-34 (19)
YW 4565-77 (13)
WA 4594-6 (3)
BC 4606-34 (29)
AG 4635-50/52-7/9 (23)
PB 4687-96 (10)
WB 4738-62 (25)
PB 4799-815/7-29 (30)
PB 4843-56 (14)
BC 4871/2/5 (3)
BC 5502-6/9 (6)
PN 6101-22 (22)
YW 6123-48 (26)
PB 7019-33 (15)

Total 486

Blue
CV 2165-7/9 (4)
CV 4763-76 (14)
CV 4836 (1)

Total 19

Platinum
AG 6701-10 (10)
PN 6711-18 ( 8 )
WA 6719-58 (40)
WN 6759-95 (37)
PB 6796-824 (29)
BC 6825-92 (68)

Total 192

Green
431-5 (5)
1774-87 (14)
2046/8/9/50-3/5/7/8 (10)
4076 (1)
4700-17 (18)
7002-10 ( 9 )

Total 57

The following vehicles are currently not running from or parked in their home garage.

Walsall Paint
1855; 1857; 1920; 2029; 2063; 2167; 4251; 4497; 4502; 4606; 4629; 4630

Hartshornes, Willenhall
1772; 2082; 2101; 2104; 2119; 2121; 2125; 2140; 4248; 4263; 4289; 5509

Trailways, Bloxwich
4440

Plaxtons, Anston
6109

Carlyle, Great Bridge
1797; 6742

Graysons, Bickenhill
4491

Scania, Nuneaton
1879

Keltruck, West Bromwich
1944

Miller Street
4892

Bordesley (loan)
1902; 1934

In addition reserve fleet vehicles in use.

4160 & 4188 now back on strength at WN
4183 back on strength at BC
4132; 4162 in use at YW
4129 in use at CV
4181 at BC fit for use but not being used currently

Type 4873 into google and the picture of NXWM 4873 on the main site is Number 1 answer!