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Even the claribels bus was displaying "Bus Full Sorry", and had a full load from what I could tell. It alternates between that and another display, not sure what that one says. 

It alternates between "Bus full Sorry& social distancing capacity reached

Covering for out of position dafs at times of increased congestion as you pointed out

That daf has always done that, it runs over onto the 75 pm peak service.

Recent timetable it was the dafs that ran the 55 peaks with just 1 e200 running off the 424 in the am (8.30) departure from city.

Claribels has a very loyal customer base hence the longevity of the service.

The 55 was taken back to peak only as that followed the data on when the majority of our customers travelled, however due to covid & the requirement to double up on some schools & cover extra work following the unfortunate failure of decourcey those duties & buses have been redeployed & simply not in the right positions to fulfill that timetable (albeit  for 1 am journey).

Like all operators (& everyone else) we hope that an effective vaccine can be found soon so that we can begin to recover & rebuild from the devastating impact this disease has had on our lives.

Please pm me details

They operate out of the same yard but no "official" connection between the two

Corporate express of smethwick who suspended service in march then not re-emerged from lockdown have now ceased trading

The same can be said for most businesses. I mean look at flybe, you could hardly say they were the first airline to fall due to covid after they'd been struggling to keep afloat for years.
So far (with maybe only a handful of exceptions all the pandemic has done is speed up the demise of failing companies.

Saw a 604 bus in Sutton earlier on Manor Road. Not sure why it was going that way, as its off route and Clifton Road was open.
Noticed smashed up cars/RTC on Clifton Road, so might have been closed earlier on, so might have been diverting for that reason.
Was YX17NYW I think.

Yes there had been an earlier rd closure, the message that the diversion had finished was sent out but the driver had already started his diversion

Isle of wight tours has ceased trading due to covid

It was a fault with the timing of the traffic lights which has now been fixed

As far as I'm aware the 60 x12 & x70 are on the same rota but I have seen no sign of vehicles interworking

https://www.networkwestmidlands.com/plan-your-journey/timetables/#/?mode=Bus&serviceNo=94&limit=6

Thanks for that although timetable is online

There are no plans for versas on anything except schools & S16

It's most likely just these school services as they are specifically closed door contracts @Tony will probably be able to confirm in due course