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https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/2019/06/06/passengers-facing-changes-to-bus-timetables-in-lichfield-and-burntwood/

Sad news about 61 and 62,are the revised timetables online?

Now there is a 0933 10A from Lichfield, I can use an off peak daysaver 10 minutes earlier lol.

 Happy that the x3 will take the more direct route into lichfiled via Birmingham Road instead of the current X12 route.

It'll be interesting to see if the x3 is well used to lichfield. Doubt many will use it all the way to Birmingham as it'll take too long but even if a few switch to it from the train between lichfield and Sutton, who know, we'll have to wait and see.

So the new X3/X4/X5 timetable looks good for lichfield but bad for other places. For example mere Green will drop from 6 buses an hour to Birmingham to 4, roughley and hill hook from 3 each to 2 each. I'm all for improving lichfield bus services, I really am, but not at the detriment to other places.

It's just a guess. The x3 takes an hour from Hill Hook to Birmingham,  and the x12 takes just over 15 minutes from lichfield to Hill hook, and if the x3 takes its current route serving more of hill hook than the x12 that's eadily another 2 minutes. Of course we don't know the exact route yet, will it serve more of Shenstone than the x12, which way will it go into lichfield etc. But I think 70 minutes would be the absolute fastest it could do it in which is a long time.

 Wow, a lichfield to Birmingham bus service! Despite the long journey time I think that it will do OK. A lot more people from lichfield travel to Birmingham than to Walsall. But an 80 minute journey time and the terrible traffic between mere Green and Sutton Coldfield will deter some people. No doubt it will be busy when the cross city line has a signal fault / overhead wire problem etc.

Tamworth and Lichfield need an updated arriva network map  the current one shows the 765 going via boley Park, the x65 extending to tamworth college and the 35 being operated by arriva  >:(

Is the link to the new 825 826 827 828 timetable broken or just me

Is the 10A busy to/from Lichfield monday to friday daytime? On the 2 occasions I used it, when leaving/arriving at Lichfield there was 4 or less people on the bus. Even when the bus left Walsall extremely well loaded for a 1440 afternoon service (two people standing) .

Perhaps the journeys that are not so close to the 35/35B departures are busier? Because by the top it got to Lichfield bus station there was only one passenger :o