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What's the difference between the 935A and 936 :-/

The route in brownhills, and possibly the 936 heading through Pheasey, or have I read that wrong?

Where's the suggestion that the 654 is being extended come from? It states on the list there are no changes

However, now I have seen both links, I'm even more intruiged as to how badly they f***** up.... 66 every 20 mins, 66A only sutton to erdington, how exactly is that any benefit to people travelling to Nechells and star city in the slightest? In fact how then can they really call it the 66A when it has very little left in common with the 66?

I have to say I think it's rubbish, can only see little benefits for a small amount of people, and things are either the same or worse for a fair few others

I'm assuming with 66 it will be every 10 minutes between City and erdington with the extension every 20mins. Would be very surprised if whole route on the city side cut to 20 mins. however could be wrong, looks like a large cost cutting excercise for PB garage. (indirectly of course).

But then surely the 66A could be a 20 min frequency and run the whole way to the city

Where's the suggestion that the 654 is being extended come from? It states on the list there are no changes

"654   Aston - Perry Barr - Hamstead via Handsworth Wood    NXWM   New timetable to improve reliability. Service extended from Perry Barr to Aston to cover changes to the 46."

Copy and pasted directly from the website linked earlier.

In my defense I was looking at this link which says no change, and perhaps wrongly assumed that both lists would be the same: http://www.networkwestmidlands.com/bus/servicechanges/ServiceChangesPages/09June2013.aspx

However, now I have seen both links, I'm even more intruiged as to how badly they f***** up.... 66 every 20 mins, 66A only sutton to erdington, how exactly is that any benefit to people travelling to Nechells and star city in the slightest? In fact how then can they really call it the 66A when it has very little left in common with the 66?

"Service 654 will be extended to cover this section of route providing a new link between Hampstead and Aston via Perry Barr" Wow, a new link that will take about an hour, yeah really useful

I have to say I think it's rubbish, can only see little benefits for a small amount of people, and things are either the same or worse for a fair few others

Where's the suggestion that the 654 is being extended come from? It states on the list there are no changes

dammit, had I been looking out the window at scouts this evening id have bloody seen it

I would summarise it thus:
- even more routes in north Birmingham now go to Walsall
- still no reasonable connection to star city
- still no reasonable replacement for the 123 (not counting the 40x) between handsworth and Aston
- still no reasonable service through Perry beeches of an evening and Sunday, and if the rumours are to be believed the daytime route is getting worse
- still no connection from the Perry Common / Kingstanding area to good hope

Still... At least people in Pheasey have a decent bus network, so we should all be happy.....
(sarcasm intended)

Touché
wow im crap at reading things

Two words, them being "different" and "drivers"
My tuppence worth
Goodnight

To be honest the "MCW Metrobus" group is 99% old men posting photos of endless Metrobuses on long gone routes and talking to themselves about how much better everything was 20 years ago. I left that group but am still in the the tribute group as it's not so bad, less posts and more relevant, plus there's one or two people in the other group who you want to avoid

...the tribute one was the one I meant, only ever knew the wm ones so seemed pointless joining a generic one for all of them

Found it, it was a car, still... no idea why I thought a house was involved

An accident on Thursday will probably see 7022 off the road for a while. Hopefully the bus driver is making a good recovery, after crashing into a house following a collision with a car in Nechells. http://officialwmas.posterous.com/car-collides-with-bus-in-nechells

I'll join that facebook page tomorrow ;) It's Great to see another MkI Metrobus in preservation

Yeah just sent a request to join meself, seen it crop up somewhere else before but never thought to join at the time

but apparently the regenerative braking system is too efficient and causing the batteries to overcharge

Am I the only one to find this particular statement hilarious? Too efficient? When designing it all did they just assume some parts would be a "bodge job" so didnt account for it to work properly?

Looks that way...... the wording wasn't mine, it was thought to be the reason behind the recall/frequent breakdowns & posted on the South Yorkshire forum. I'm not an electrical engineer, but if the reason is correct, its sounds as the setup is incorrect & could be causing a safety devise to trip/shut down the bus. It may also be down to the terrain the bus are operating in, as Sheffield is very hilly

No particular expert on buses but when I was in Sheffield over Easter I took the opportunity to travel on on of the E400H (on the 43? seems familiar as a number) and the bus seemed to cope fine, and by christ that was a hilly route

I expect it will be operated by a coach, it would be different if it was a local service

You say that, couple of weeks ago I had the dubious pleasure of a full on coach for the replacement bus Birmingham - Walsall

By the time that's built the old trams will have rusted away into dust!

And merry Hill will have closed, everyone will be doing every bit of shopping online and gets it all zapped to them... etc etc...

7022 collided with a car while operating the 66 back in february, it suffered front end damage but its only just come back onto the scene

Car? No idea why but I thought it hit a house, but I would have thought I'd have seen the damage what working in Nechells and all....