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and there timetables just open S4 timetable.

Shame there is no 002 service on Boxing day when it serves Merry Hill as that would have been great for me.

[All West Midlands Diamond services:]

Just been on Diamonds website and here is what services they are operating over Christmas and special services on Boxing day:

Diamond Buses will operate revised service levels during the Christmas Holiday period. Please see below for details:

All West Midlands Diamond services:

Christmas Eve
Monday 24th December   Saturday service
(except Blue Diamond 108 & X30 services
which will operate a normal weekday service)

Christmas Day
Tuesday 25th December   No service

Boxing Day
Wednesday 26th December   Special services - see below for details

Thursday 27th December   Saturday service
(except Blue Diamond 108 & X30 services
which will operate a normal weekday service)

Friday 28th December   Saturday service
(except Blue Diamond 108 & X30 services
which will operate a normal weekday service)

Saturday 29th December   Normal Saturday service

Sunday 30th December   Normal Sunday service

New Years Eve
Monday 31st December   Saturday service
(except Blue Diamond 108 & X30 services
which will operate a normal weekday service)

New Years Day
Tuesday 1st January   Sunday service

Wednesday 2nd January   Normal weekday services resume

Special Diamond Boxing Day services:

19   Walsall to Bloxwich   
19   West Bromwich to Great Bridge   
26A   Wolverhampton to Stowlawn   
33A   Walsall to Brownhills   
41   Walsall to Willenhall   
42   West Bromwich to Dudley   
54A   West Bromwich to Worlds End   
142   Stourbridge to Halesowen   
226   Dudley to Merry Hill Centre   
229   Bilston to Dudley   
257   Dudley to Kingswinford   
287   Stourbridge to Merry Hill Centre   
335   Walsall to Alumwell   
530   Wolverhampton to Bilston   
27   Hawkesley to Maypole
66A   Sutton Coldfield to Star City   
71   Sutton Coldfield to Solihull   
966   Solihull to Erdington   
S1   Solihull to Damsonwood

That is confusing. Maybe when there programmed the centro's might be used more on the 4 routes.

Shame Diamond aren't using the Hybrids on the 4 routes but I think they're being used on the 16. I also saw 30821 on the 40 today. When I traveled on a 4H (30428) from Walsall to West Brom I was on it alone until 2 other people got. Some of there buses were busier than others but NXWM buses were very full. Good the solo's aren't on these routes but one was on the 142 today.
Not sure where the other centros have gone apart from being on the 202 as usual.

Green Bus Metrobus E 989 VUK back where it belongs on the 558!

That's good to know because I love travelling on them and hope they're around for a bit longer. E462 SON always seems to be on the last 64 journey which is fab.

I don't use the 558 so can't say but the 64 seems to be well used when I see it. Their single Decker Dennis Dart I saw in Selly Oak going towards Rubery was nearly full.

I caught a metrobus E462SON on the 64 into town today, the last journey.

So that must be why because it is always late leaving Halesowen and never goes on time at 25past and always seems to run around 10 minutes late and have been on it and seen it to be nearly half an hour late. I do think the timetable needs changing to allow more time for delays to catch up so there not running late all day and does anyone think it would be a good idea to extend it to every 30 minutes because it is a quite popular route.

My view on Diamond's best routes are routes 002, 56 and 404e, Blue Diamond services are pretty rubbish with the buses they use, reliability etc. Diamond do seem to be going down hill lately with the withdrawal of services. Can anyone see them being taken over soon? and once NXWM operate there new route from Walsall to Halesowen unless Diamond operate alongside this route, no one will use the 417 and even if they operate the same route Diamond won't get many customers.

The 002 is meant to have on talking vehicle displays as part of the Merry Hill Bus station upgrade so I wonder if the hybrids will go on this route.

Yes it's on the Britstol Road at Selly Oak, what was it doing there.

I do like using the Green Bus and will definitely be using this to go into town from Northfield. It's a great route and much quicker than the 29 for getting to Harborne and it's just £1 which is brilliant and I do hope that this will still continue. Now it's going to town will then mean it won't be able to use metro buses though. It also shouldn't take to long in getting into town and if it does keep the £1.00 cost then I can see the route doing really well. Plus Saturdays is a bonus!

So how much will a flat fare cost to Redditch then?

i just got this of woestorshire bus sews site the 50a is to run an hourley service between birmingham and redditch between 7am and 5pm monday to firday  and a new hourly saturday service between 9am anf 4pm it is to run the same way as the x50 this is due to start on the 3 spetember 2012

Find it good that this service is extended now ;)

I still haven't seen 30801 for ages, I hope it hasn't been written off. 30806 is around as I've seen in on the 002 a few days ago.