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Sorry, I meant the services that weren't quoted on the diversion information list.

As the closure is from 7:30pm, I would assume that any other daytime-only services are not affected.

https://x.com/ChaseriderBus/status/1776367199554318682

Pickford Grange Lane/Pickford Green Lane ain't a pleasant road to be driving up on a consistent basis. It isn't lit and has sharp bends on it, as well as a HGV ban. The residents wouldn't be too happy about it.

Yes, hence why that was only used as a temporary diversion route. 

The installation of the bridge is also seeing a new junction being built there on the A45.

So I assume at some point there will be a new road running through this development that buses could use instead of Pickford Grange Road.

This might be the wrong place to say this but at roughly 16.25 on severene road 4A the driver of 6704 would not move because a passenger was carrying a TV, is this allowed on a bus or is the driver overreacting? He was holding 7540 up which was already 20 mins late and we couldn't go around due to a parked car.

Depends on how big the TV was and/or if it was boxed or not.

A large boxed item would have to be stowed in the buggy zone, if that area was already occupied by buggies then the driver would be perfectly right to refuse entry.

If it was a large unboxed LCD/LED TV, the driver can refuse to carry it due to the risk of getting damaged and potentially injuring other passengers, as well as making a hazardous mess.

Pleasant ride, but is there no other way of serving that bit past Meriden, where you come off the A45, where you have to double back on yourself?

Parkhill Terminus?

When part of the A45 was closed for a while, when they were building the bridge, both the X1 and 82 diverted via Pickford Grange Lane and Upper Eastern Green Lane to get to Parkhill Drive.

While it's possible to go that way, its still quicker to go direct via the A45 and then dip in/out of the Parkhill estate.

I suppose things might change in coming years as there is a new housing development underway there, hence the reason for the construction of the road bridge over the A45.

No, Zenobe wanted three of the Z fleet into service. The three E buses are parked in Coventry garage yard fully operational with no defects.

That's reassuring to know.

I assume then that Zenobe just would like these 'spare' vehicles to just 'rack up' some service mileage rather than just being sat around doing nothing.

(I believe the phrase is "getting your money's worth out of them"!)

Presumably at some point then, Zenobe will recall the current three back from NX Bus, and then provide another three to do the same again.

Has the issue with the 'new' NSA displays been resolved now?

It's resolved but some buses at BC haven't had this fix applied.

To answer my own question, maybe not. Travelled home on E014 on the 2 this evening, and that still has displays that go blank.

Perhaps it is because 6917 is a recent arrival on loan from Pensnett, so would have received any updated programming.

Yeah I've noticed that it displays like this

Solihull town
            Centre

But Solihull is the same size as as what town centre is if that makes sense.
         

Yes, bit difficult to describe without an image. It's like on the rear displays on the X2 and X12, that show 'Railway Station' stacked up next to Solihull.

New acronym, karl724223 (jed??)

"jed" = "dead", Black Country slang

(Yes, I'm still a Black Country boy at heart!)

Amazon service 64:
I'm wondering how this and the peak route X64 (strange route number) are doing as they have been running a few months now. I know Amazon have funded these services but why haven't NX advertised these routes more to gain extra passengers because no one is going to get on it if they don't know what it is.

It would be up to Amazon to promote these services to their workforce, after all that is who these services are aimed at, not so much the 'general public' who are able to make use of them.

Imagine a situation where the buses are so busy with 'other passengers' that Amazon workers are unable to get on them! Amazon would be rightly pissed!

[Solihull]

Noticed 6703 on the 5 this evening has new style destination displays.

On the front it shows "Solihull Town Centre", with 'town centre' in a thinner/narrower typeface.

On the rear it has Solihull in large, with Town above Centre on the right.


I also noticed on 6917 that it was only showing 'Yardley Wood' on the rear display while on the 3.

Has the issue with the 'new' NSA displays been resolved now?

Travelled home on 6917 on the 3 just now and the displays were staying on. Announcing and displaying the correct new stop names, so not old programming.

Tonight. Can you explain why 20886 didn't leave Upper Dean St at 2030. I know that the bus arrived at Upper Dean St at about 2037. 

@Jay71 how on earth do you expect a bus to depart on time when it is running late?

https://bustimes.org/vehicles/diam-20886

Wasnt people abusing that fare as well?

I imagine there were a fair few people who did take advantage, and that might be a reason for their withdrawal.

However I find it interesting that the Warwick Uni hop appears to be being retained by NX Coventry, while the Birmingham equivalent is going.

Maybe its down to lack of use as well? I always imagined that uni students without cars would probably have bus passes anyway, if they weren't cycling everywhere.

Perhaps the Warwick Uni hop is better used, and worth keeping, or maybe it is funded by University Of Warwick?

Looks like Leamington are running this, using 5 Unibus branded E400MMCs today.

A bit closer to home, there used to be a route 98 that went from Asda at Hay Mills to Sheldon, Wheatsheaf, via most of East Birmingham. It took at least an hour to do the journey, and you ended up 10 minutes further down the road from where you started (both the terminus were on the Coventry Road).

Reminds me of the old 41 service, from memory it ran from Springfield to Hall Green Church, which were practically ten minutes apart if that, but went via much of east Birmingham and Solihull in a big loop, I believe the route actually crossed itself somewhere near Fox Hollies Road.