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So I'm guessing that's a no? I was just wondering from the perspective that it's a bus and not a car therefore you may not be able to make the turn in one go

It's easily done, I've watched them do it.

If you look on Google Maps you can see the marks on the road surface where vehicles are regularly turning round there.

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As already been pointed out, the 60 has been terminating and turning around there for many years, if there was any issue then the route would have had to have been changed.

Do deckers on the 60 struggle with turning around at the Cranes Park terminus, or is the crossroad wide enough?

Why would deckers struggle?

Everyone seems to forget they are shorter than a full-length single deck, double decks are as manoeuvrable as a midi-bus. 

Arriva's 110 service to receive new electric buses thanks to ZEBRA funding:
https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Newsroom/Articles/2024/03-March/Staffordshire-receives-electric-bus-boost-for-county-towns.aspx

1917 - no sound is heard when pressing the STOP bell button, or if it does it's very dull and barely audible.

6917 PN-YW
4722 YW-PN

Seems like a strange 'swap', unless there is some other reason for this, to do with 4722 being in a heritage livery?

(Upcoming photo-shoot or private hire?)

In April until June Diamond is diverting the 16A out of City via Carrs Lane due to Metro work. So all other buses will presumably follow the same diversion, That's lot of buses using Carrs Lane !

Track works across Moor Street Queensway from 7th April 'until Autumn'.

There will be various stop closures and diversions during that time:
https://www.tfwm.org.uk/plan-your-journey/major-roadworks-and-events/eastside-birmingham-city-centre/moor-street-queensway/

[E165]

Current locations, more expected to arrive this week

PB	BC	WA	WN	PN	Aston	Roberts
E165	E172	E166	E164	E169	E201	E174
E167	E176	E168	E173	E184		E177
E170	E196	E171	E191	E189		E179
	E203	E175	E197	E192		E180
	E205	E178	E207	E194		E181
	E217	E185	E210	E199		E182
	E218	E195	E211	E200		E183
		E198	E216	E204		E186
		E202		E213		E187
		E208				E188
						E190
						E193
						E206
						E209
						E212
						E214
						E215

Am I right in assuming that those highlighted in red have been liveried up, equipped, and ready for service?

I suppose the next question is the one everyone's dying to ask, any idea when these might start actually entering service?

I did see a comment elsewhere earlier this year that claimed we were looking at March for first entry into service, but I suspect it won't be until at least after Easter now.

Hi, quick question for Drivers or passengers who use the 10A, how do buses turn arround to come back to Wolverhampton in Partingham, from what I can see on Google earth there is either a small pull in by the shops but looks a little tight for an eclipse or in the mouth of the road near the Pigot arms, bit random but saves a trip to find out, thank you muchly for your replies in advance 😉

A quick look on Google Streetview at the most recent image (March 2023), from the wet tyre tracks I would deduce that's where the buses are turning around.

YW 1931 is on the 27 today, it appears to be correctly reporting the journeys it is operating, but the GPS location is stuck on Stoney Lane.

Looks like it's been like this since Friday 8th March.

A bus that's only nearly 2 years old and you expect it to be written off. Thanks for causing enough drama already

Have a read again of what he actually wrote.

Well, they've been asked on X recently by me & @Stu but no answer was forthcoming, so that's that then!

You'll struggle to get any definitive answer from the social media 'team' who clearly don't work for the company but are some outsourced agency, hence why when someone asked about the 51 service in Coventry (which NX only partially operate on Sundays) they were given a link to the timetable of the 51 Birmingham-Walsall service.

This is my interpretation and is by no means definitive.

If you buy a Daysaver on ANY NX Bus, it is valid on ALL bus services operated by NX Bus, as well as all other operators' services within the nBus area (shown on the map in my previous reply).

If you buy an nBus day ticket (or have a weekly/monthly nBus pass), it is only valid on ALL operators' services within the nBus area.

To travel beyond the nBus area with your nBus ticket/pass, you would need to either buy two single tickets on an NX Bus, or buy a Daysaver. The same would be expected if you were to travel on a Diamond or Arriva service that went outside the nBus area.

I'm still not sure where the 'Daysaver Extra' comes in. I'm presuming that if one was to board an NX Bus in Rugby or Lichfield, they can still be issued with a Daysaver ticket, which would be valid on ALL NX Bus services, as well as others within the nBus area.

But you couldn't use this on any other operators' services outside of the nBus area, which is fair enough.

With them being the same price, what exactly is the difference between an NX Daysaver and an NX Daysaver Extra then?

Now if Daysaver Extra tickets are only issued outside of the nBus area, they must surely be valid on all NX Bus services

Age is irrelevant. If the damage is too severe to be repaired then a vehicle will be written off regardless of age. Not referring to E062 here but in general

Correct, a vehicle will only be 'written-off' by an insurance company if the cost of repair is equal to or greater than the value of the vehicle.

In the case of E062, it will have depreciated in value since it was purchased, but still must be in the circa £400k range.

Having seen pictures of the damage, I'm not seeing £400k worth of repairs needed.

On the other hand, if the crash/impact had been at the other end of the bus, which would have damaged or destroyed the batteries and electric drivetrain, then it might have been a write-off.

I thought Cannock was In the West Midlands but maybe not in terms Of the NXWM area hence I wasn't sure

The 'NXWM area' is anywhere served by an NX Bus service.

It's almost reassuring to know that it's not just NX that have issues with buses not tracking!

Took an incredible leap of faith this afternoon, I had need to pop into Kings Heath for some shopping, so I thought I'd whizz over on the 169.

When I checked on BusTimes, there was only one bus tracking towards Solihull with seemingly nothing else coming the other way. I checked on Twitter/X and Stagecoach hadn't reported any cancelled journeys on this route.

I didn't have anything to lose really, if nothing turned up after a bit, I'd just walk up to Billesley Fire Station to get the 11C.

So a few minutes before the 169 was scheduled to arrive, I made the very short walk from my home through to Westridge Road, where I waited at the junction with Dene Hollow.

Lo and behold, actually smack on time, I saw the welcome sight of a bus coming up the road.

I can confirm it is 36428 which is the second bus operating the 169 today, though it's not tracking on BusTimes. Maybe that's why it was empty when I boarded!

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And it's stylised Birmingham Busworks

Duly noted, I have edited the topic title now!