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So its every half hour all the way round then? Makes much more sense than leaving the uni - allesley park section as hourly

2100 on 11C short working, perhaps not unusual in rush hour buy weird seeing one of them in Perry Barr

I'll be honest it almost makes it seem as if Central buses are getting impatient themselves

Fair enough, only ever seen Enviros and the occasional Eclipse on the 935 meself

4477 on the 33
4680 on the X51 - perhaps not unusual in itself but as it interworks with the 935 on Sunday that means there was a Gemini on the 935, don't recall seeing that before

I notice the talking woman seems to have some trouble around the junction with Parkfield Road

She also won't say "The Fighting Cocks"

HA! Superb, just in case it offends someone?

Yeah, still red, seeing it a lot on the Bristol Road recently

I still wonder about the 654 being extended to the city centre?!

That one has to be a mistake, unless it's replacing parts of the 46 (as it does have a route change) or 424 (which isn't even mentioned)

14. PD0001111/65 - WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD T/A TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS, 51 BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4BZ
        Variation Accepted: Operating between Birmingham, City Centre, Carrs Lane and Birmingham, Hassop Road / Beeches Road given service number 952 effective from 09-Jun-2013. To amend Route and Timetable.

Saw a passing mention on some local council flyer about a meeting to discuss the rerouting of the 952 along Foden Road, I hazard a guess this would mean it can serve Booths Farm on the way out of town, which i suppose makes some sense because I've always found the loop a bit of a strange idea, but I don't particularly see why because it doesn't look like it's being extended beyond Perry Beeches

Didn't last long did it!!!

Nope, strange......

From a couple of reports on here I was under the impression that the Yardley Travel 28Y appeared to be doing alright for passenger numbers

One went past me earlier while I was waiting for a real 28 ("real" being one to Scott Arms, not trying to say a non NX bus isn't real just in case people take it the wrong way), hadn't been a bus in a fair while so imagined it to be full, but no one caught it and only one person was on it

823-53/289

Is this really unusual anymore?

Or to put it another way, is any working of 823 unusual anymore?

X51 re-routed is just a test to see if this is route is quicker than moor street queens way I think it will still serve Aston University.

Haven't told all the drivers then, one I was on this morning went round the old way, and the one immediately behind went the new way. Kinda annoying because the new unload only stop on Newton st is actually quite useful for me

In fact, it's been the same all week, do all the drivers know of the new route? Every morning so far two x51s have turned up to Tower Hill about 7:40, I get on the first one (a Trident) and it goes round Masshouse in the city centre, the second one (Gemini) overtakes withhardly anyone on it and goes uo Newton st to the new stop in city centre, then when I get off the first one and walk up Priory Queensway the second one is just passing me on it's way down the hill.

Like I said I would love to see a Hybrid on the 9 ;D

...and 823, then it will be like all your christmases have come at once

The 997 is re-routed on journeys from Birmingham at ASDA Queslett, where it operate via Beacon Road & Collingwood Drive (instead of the current Hillingford Ave), it will then travel via the current 934A route serving Frampton Way, before taking a left turn onto Queslett Road East. Buses will then travel via Aldridge Road (56 route), to Foley Arms where buses will turn left to rejoin the normal route by taking a right turn at Barr Beacon cross roads.

The 997E will terminate on Doe Bank Lane, and both will continue to be operated by WA.

This worries me, have they not learned from previous attempts at serving the doe bank area of Pheasey? Nothing will work beyond a simple terminating route, because the services to Birmingham will have to double back on themselves on the Queslett road

4497 sat opposite Aston uni on Jennens rd with the bonnet up