Quote from: EK40 on Yesterday at 09:54:26 PMevery route at PB that is double deckSee answer 647 along with several others
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Show posts MenuQuote from: EK40 on Yesterday at 09:54:26 PMevery route at PB that is double deckSee answer 647 along with several others
Quote from: BBS on Yesterday at 08:48:03 PMThing is people are moaning about the 79 not being reliable when the Wolverhampton 1 is far more unreliableDo you have figures to show that?
Quote from: Stu on Yesterday at 07:36:14 PMI thought I saw in another article - possibly on the Birmingham Mail - that he had said within 3 years.Yes, I know Labour Councillors who actually praised Andy Street for doing a good job during his tenure, but he would have been fighting a losing battle for getting money for anything other than franchising with the expected Labour government
This has been mooted for some time though, I wouldn't be surprised if TfWM already have plans at a very advanced stage, hence the recent purchase of NX's Walsall garage by the WMCA.
I still also believe that this would be going ahead even if Andy Street was voted back in.
Quote from: LD713821 on Yesterday at 07:25:40 PMWhen franchising happens in WM, do u think they will follow London or Manchester's method?Manchester: TfWM only own certain depots and buses
London: Operators have their own depot and bid for routes
Manchester: Council owns the depot and the vehicles and the operator bids for it
^ think thats how they work, correct me if im wrong
Quote from: BlackCountryBusSpotter on Yesterday at 07:05:50 PMYes because people were moaning and I distincly remember hearing about a bus on fire in West Bromwich from a family member who saw it was the 79 and were making sure I was OK. People were moaning that the 79 was late, I hadn't been waiting for long before so I didn't know, before long they moved a Platty over. Another time was when there was a diversion in Wednesbury this year of the 79 people were again moaning at West Bromwich this time about the bus being late and then two rocking up. Until we got to Wednesbury and they saw why. I had already known about them as I had to get some stuff from West BromIf you have to refer to an incident that happened over 2 years ago, 4456 last ran in March 2022, then reliability cannot be that bad
PB | BC | WA | WN | PN | Aston | MS | Roberts |
E165 | E231 | E166 | E164 | E229 | E196 | E176 | E174 |
E167 | E232 | E171 | E168 | E236 | E198 | E191 | E175 |
E170 | E245 | E218 | E169 | E237 | E199 | E219 | E177 |
E225 | E246 | E220 | E172 | E238 | E200 | E223 | E179 |
E248 | E221 | E173 | E239 | E201 | E224 | E180 | |
E253 | E222 | E178 | E240 | E203 | E226 | E181 | |
E256 | E235 | E184 | E241 | E204 | E227 | E182 | |
E258 | E244 | E189 | E243 | E213 | E230 | E183 | |
E260 | E247 | E194 | E185 | ||||
E261 | E249 | E195 | E186 | ||||
E262 | E250 | E197 | E187 | ||||
E254 | E205 | E188 | |||||
E257 | E207 | E190 | |||||
E208 | E192 | ||||||
E210 | E193 | ||||||
E211 | E202 | ||||||
E216 | E206 | ||||||
E228 | E209 | ||||||
E242 | E212 | ||||||
E251 | E214 | ||||||
E252 | E215 | ||||||
E255 | E217 | ||||||
E256 |
Quote from: Steve3229vp on Yesterday at 06:32:28 AMI'm just wondering if there is going to be a purge by NX to improve reliability, customer feedback etch because in the event of franchising imagine Stagecoach or Arriva winning franchises for the Sutton routes or Bristol Road or Pershore Road etc. NX could end up losing work. Parker is already making a lot of noise and if NX aren't worried then maybe they should be.Only 3 garages now aren't fully staffed and lost mileage due to breakdowns or no bus is less 1% so not much more NX can do about reliability other than get more electric buses into service which seem to be doing very well at Coventry. All other reliability is down to roads and traffic, like this morning with Six Ways Aston underpass closed causing chaos for all Birchfield Road services, but to someone in Aldridge complaining the 997 is late towards Walsall, that will still be NX's fault
Quote from: busboy31 on May 07, 2024, 09:09:55 PMWait, 4802 has returned to service?Yes, been back over a week
Quote from: Wba_lad on May 07, 2024, 06:19:46 PMProbably on staff familiarisation and type training too.No, just me taking it to Walsall giving some drivers a lift to relief point on the way
Quote from: ellspurs on May 05, 2024, 08:39:48 AMWell if mr Labour mayor starts to push franchising, there'll be no point in Mobico/NX investing in new vehicles for the fleet as they'll likely lose out on the franchises and have their stock transferred to those wonderful Midlands-based companies like Go-Ahead and Abellio.The new buses are all leased, so the lease can just pass to the new operator
Quote from: Celestial Toymaker on May 04, 2024, 08:37:15 PMwhat do you think ?And when you told the driver he'd missed your stop after passing the first one what did he say
i just sat there and hoped for the best ?
OF COURSE I STOOD UP & PRESSED THE BELL !!
(some people )
Quote from: Celestial Toymaker on May 04, 2024, 08:39:48 PMwell, Labour are in IT'S OFFICIAL (just announced) so lets see how much of Andy Streets mess, they can clear up ???Andy Street's mess? you haven't seen anything yet.
Quote from: Jack on May 04, 2024, 08:45:03 AMNone of yesterdays photos are loading.On a weekday if I do an update I do all the changes, then normally run the upload around 9pm, so sometimes the revised front page will load showing the updates before the actual pages have uploaded.