Next Stop Announcments

[BBS]

In Wolverhampton the Hybrids on the 1 are outdated and say the next stop on the 1 towards Dudley is Beatties it isn't it is Beatties Car Park on School Street, the Platty's however do call these stops out. I would say that is a diversion, but it is a long term diversion at this point. But the Plattys will say next Stop Fold Street Car Park, Next Stop Beatties Car Park, can't remember the Stop after it name then next stop Wulfrun/Mander Centre then Wolverhampton Police Station, the Hybrids remain frozen at Beatties not sure if they work again after. I think they are connected to the GPS as opposed to the Destination for the NSA as if it had missed out Beatties the next stop would be the Art Gallery. So some Plattys do have the Diversion stops from my experience, sure I remember a 529 calling them out to when I was on that was being Diverted.

Hybrids have been taken off the 1 anyways

[Stu]

No I think Steve is right. The NSA appear to be directly linked to the destination display. Once it's changed so do the NSA. For instance sometimes a driver may change the display a few stops before the terminus, especially in the City Centre and then it'll instantly change the NSA.
So when it isn't changed for the return journey they never work in my experience.

Yes, the system does go 'off-kilter' when the driver prematurely changes the destination on approach to Birmingham city centre.

I might be mistaken then, I'm sure I've boarded a 3 heading to Birmingham that still had Yardley Wood on the external destination display, but was announcing next stops correctly.

Does this mean platinum buses will need to have announcements programmed with non platinum routes by October this year?

Only those vehicles that first entered service on or after 1st October 2019 are expected to comply with the new regulations from October this year.

The last diesel Platinums bought and delivered were first used in September 2019, so won't be expected to be compliant until October next year.

[D]

Actually I stand corrected, it seems like only a few BC buses aren't flickering anymore, most still are.

I do agree about the capital letters; I wonder why they did it like that.

Did you make up Elinor or is that actually the "official" name?

Official. 

Here is her Twitter profile: https://x.com/sayerhamilton?s=21 ... she was also a wife to Phil Sayer. 

[Wba_lad]

6966 no working announcements on the 87.

[BlackCountryBusSpotter]

Hybrids have been taken off the 1 anyways

Yes there mostly on the 79, 59, 11, 15 and 16 E400's Operate the 1 they were only starting to be put on the 1 when I last caught it Hybrids were still the main allocation 

[BBS]

Yes there mostly on the 79, 59, 11, 15 and 16 E400's Operate the 1 they were only starting to be put on the 1 when I last caught it Hybrids were still the main allocation

I seem to find them a lot on the 6

[BlackCountryBusSpotter]

I seem to find them a lot on the 6

I think they do the Peak boards and School boards and then do some journeys on the Peak 6A