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Ahaha sign of the schools going back or the withdrawal of streetdecks?

Well two of them were streetdecks.

Would make sense to renumber the 002 to 21 so it fits in between Bartley Green and Merry Hill.
A U prefix could also make sense maybe U21/U22

A U is unnecessary. I doubt the 002 would ever be renumbered whilst Diamond operated, but if so there are other numbers that are available, 25, 26 etc.

The main reason for renumbering the X21 as X21A doesn't look right.

But does the x21 have a quicker running as it has X in front of it?

Not really.

46A destination displays have Hawkesley misspelt on them, but at least the stop flags have been updated to include the 46A now.

X21 going to merry hill via 002 route hourly on Sundays, I wonder if the Diamonds 002 will be renumbered to 21? @Simon Dunn

If anything, the X21 should be renumbered 21 and these Merry Hill runs numbered 21A.

Does the 002 not get occasional single decks on it anymore? The 16A has a Single Decker in it nearly everyday.

As Winston has said, it has had more recently, but prior to that it was pretty much all streetdeck.

3 002s coming into Weoley Castle within the space of about 3 mins, 2 of them together.

30706 - 002

Tbh there isn't alot of traffic in merry hill on Sunday (maybe towards Christmas yes) but I doubt it'll impact it much. If the 002 can meet to timetable on Sunday, surely the X21 can too and they'll probably work in rest times at Merry Hill as the journey will probably take roughly an hour and a half. X21 is roughly 40 mins end to end on Sundays

I'm sure they currently interwork with the X22 on Sundays if I'm not mistaken, if so I'm guessing that won't be possible on the Merry Hill journeys.

Maybe you're right, Sundays might not be so bad. Problem would be if this was seen as successful and eventually replaced the 002 altogether.

I clearly misread your typo'd sentence then.

There weren't any typos.

But the x21 extension to Merry Hill is only on a Sunday, it appears (mostly via the 002 route).

I know that.

On a Sunday?

Any because there's only buses on the road on a Sunday.

I said that because I thought it was a joke. It should be. Not only does it suffer delays through City Centre and Selly Oak sometimes, now it could get stuck up Merry Hill way.

I'm sorry, but I personally hope this doesn't last long.

From end of October, X21 will be extended to Merry Hill on Sundays. Running an hour service to Merry Hill

Very funny.

76 going back to every 20 mins on Saturdays from 24th September, looking at the new TFWM timetable.