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Too true @Tony.

Passenger complaint received suggests there is only 1 bus on 424 today passengers comment "not the first time I've stood waiting over an hour for this bus"

As its a Tfwm tender thats for tfwm to decide, I certainly wouldn't think it would be commercially viable for anyone

@Marge559 there is no trouble or AQPS in chelmsley & yes several nx buses have recently had breaks in chelmsley but as I say there is no problem with this as no trouble or AQPS are in place.

@j789 Whilst I agree with you, there was a time to agree or disagree with the terms of the AQPS, no point agreeing to have a cup of tea then complaining you don't like tea. Also to note I did not say it was a Claribels bus that the disabled passenger needed assistance alighting from

@j789 thats one of the reasons why that operator was asked to deregister Solihull services as they were in abeyance of the Solihull AQPS

Operators should also schedule buses so there is a 2-3 min gap between services, so if that's the case why did me the driver & a couple of passengers have to help carry a disabled passenger from a bus because it could get nowhere near the curb on Priory Queensbury dye to the amount of buses just parked up.

There is an AQPS in place in Birmingham that should limit how long buses are permitted to stay on a bus stop within the AQPS area, however in practice there are a couple of operators who ignore this & face NO penalty as a result. Myself & Simon from Diamond have been most vocal about this in the past.

Ask nx who block city stops regularly

My own observations & taking questions from intending passengers asking "if rhe bus is running today"
I don't take everything from bustimes.org as it is only acurarate to a point, obviously if a bus is running without a ticketer machine fitted or 8f the machine has failed then the bus doesn't track.

28A hasn't run for so long now (apart from the occasional token appearance) that it doesn't really matter. 53 normally runs with only 1 out of the 2 buses on it as well

Until our beloved councils stop all these roadworks  there isn't going to be much improvement on reliability

Its not a contradiction because if you have 5 rotten tomatoes & you get rid of 5 rotten tomatoes  then you don't have any rotten tomatoes. Or am I missing something.

To answer your final point, no we don't have a driver shortage here at the moment.

So why do so many nx drivers tell me they don't feel valued & they feel like the company is looking for excuses to sack drivers left right & centre. Not saying its true but that's what a lot of nx drivers are saying to me personally.
Regarding driving standards being lower at these "run 3 minutes in front of the competition" operators, well firstly nxwm is as guilty of running in front of others as anyone
Secondly plenty of drivers that have been dismissed for poor driving standards & customer care skills from Claribels have gone to nxwm. With a fleet of coaches valued at upto £1million a piece & with top flight football clubs & blue chip clients I take umbridge at anyone that would suggest there are poor driving standards at Claribels/BIC

Finally a point we both agree on

@Wumpty maybe you didn't read Stu last comment!!!

@metrocity you're correct & unfortunately we've got a FULL service in operation plus long distance coach work to cover