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WA 29 has experienced big delays in service this afternoon and into yhe evening missing journeys and some 29s being parked in the bus station with no drivers at 15:30 only 2 29s where operating and now there is only 1 currently running

Would I be correct in thinking no DEAD buses come that way? Ones from Brownhills/Aldridge direction.

I would guess in the mornings they would go that way but evening i would guess they would go down to pelsall then follow the 9 route to bloxwich then to the garage

The bottom of harden Road by roundabout is also a hot-spot for Windows being smashed.

I didnt know that thought it was from the cemetery to the yellow flats on ross road thanks for clearing that up

Couldnt the diversion serve harden road and loop round the island and then serve walker road and carry on normal line of route as i csnt see people walking all the way up to the top from the bottom oh harden road to walker road

Well lets hope the locals get involved in sorting out the little scrotes, if the police can't!

This has certainly ruined my plans with family but i understand that safety does come first

Just been informed that this diversion will occur every Night 6pm Until Further Notice

Carrying on from the Walsall Thread it seems from what i can see these group of youths have gathered around the bus stop and as a guess the drivers have noticed them and radioed in and before they strike it has a resulted in this Diversion again i wonder if they will continue this during the weekend

Here is the tweet
Diversion on route 29
Due to anti social behaviour on Coalpool Lane

To Bloxwich
Stafford Street, Bloxwich Road, Harden Road, Walker Road and follow normal line

To Walsall
Reverse of above

It doesn't say there has been any anti social behaviour tonight, and the fact it says 'To Walsall' makes it fairly obvious which 29 it is.

Will this diversion happen over the weekend do you know @Tony

I noticed it wasn't flagged on Twitter last night, & it was before 'closedown ' for the night as well!

Are they behaving themselves on the Wolves 11 at the moment, as I've seen nothing about that for a few weeks?

I Heard the WN 8 gets it but not as much as this and also the WA 41 is starting to get it abit more now aswell

For those who have Facebook here is a post which includes damage to the buses Yesterday it was 2 buses 2122 then 1884 which replaced it then 1853 replaced 1884

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3068399283434932&id=100007946716627

NX are failing in their duty as an employer in keeping their staff safe if they continue to send the buses there, especially if the last part of the above quote is true. Do we need to wait for a driver to be attacked and the bus stolen before anyone will bother to do anything about it? The community are letting it happen by not trying to do anything about it, so NX need to act in their drivers' best interest.

They Always attack between 6pm and 9pm and i just found a facebook post about a driver who got attacked and certainly from the comments are not happy and if NX do take action it will be a shame for people who use it and it will stop because the few minority of youths who think its ok to endanger lives something needs to happen before Saturday And Sunday cause i will bet atleast 1 of them days a bus will be smashed and theres few incidents in the past where rocks have actually hit the driver window and luckily not injuring them i can see why drivers dont wanna do the route and who would if you know your in danger everytime you go through that coalpool area where a rock could come out of no where and hit the windshield and like the incident on Monday where a Youth actually got into the cab i mean what wouldve happened if he actually managed to start 1847 then what nkt only endangering myself and other passengers but himself to.

Just tracked 1853 on BusTimes from Walsall.

Why doesn't it use Broadstone Avenue instead of going up to Leamore lights?

It doesn't stop on diversion, so why?

Some drivers do it some dont i mean they get to blakenall and walsall about 3-4 minutes earlier anyway but i do see where you coming from

Could the 29 potentially get withdrawn on the evenings or permanently rerouted if this senseless vandalism continues?

Possibly as a local on the route you did get the odd 1 or 2 incidents in 2 weeks.lately this has picked up significantly a had a relative of mine visit who also lives on the 29 route and has to catch the bus back but has today had to walk back because of it speaking to a couple of people from the area who rely on the bus service they said it would be shame if they did withdraw the section on night just because of the minority who think its ok to do anything and i havent noticed any police or anyone do anything about it plus the fact that its Halloween coming up this weekend i personally wouldnt be surprised that after 6pm they diverted because past couple of years on Halloween the 29 service got vandalised its becoming a regular thing now and something needs to be done about it because surely NX arent gonna.keep paying for new windows on buses and replacing 1 once or twice or maybe 3 times a week but the loads from 22:15 until end of service are quite high especially the 23:15 the last one from walsall which regular sees standing passengers especially on a Friday and Saturday Nights.

I have also heard from a person i know that these youths are trying to attack the drivers when they get out the cab to go to the rear of the bus and try and turn it back on after they press the emergancy stop button

1884 been smashed on the 29 1853 has replaced it and are now diverting again

Guessing usual stretch affected.

Is the diversion Bloxwich Road to Leamore, then Harden Road to Walker Road?

(By the way, why don't they consider using Broadstone Avenue, to miss out the Leamore lights? It's big enough to take double & single deckers, plus it was used as for the recent Bloxwich Road diversion, & it's used as a 'DEAD' bus route to depot as well ?)

They do use Broadstone avenue

6711 is on WA 70 (Replaced 1898)