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No, in my opinion, that's a very silly comment. I speak to a lot of drivers who drive in Stourbridge, Halesowen, Bearwood and Birmingham  and they have said that the scum shows up in Halesowen, broad Street and Colmore Row.

I also speak to a lot of drivers who drive on the soho road and Dudley Road services and scum shows up all through the 87 route and mainly after West Bromwich.

Don't forget lye high street. According to drivers they think the 276 is a free service

Guess they been able to have it extended by the council then? When I spoke to the inspectors the other day they said that the council said it had to be done by the 10th and that they'd had the application rejected.

Most of last week there was nobody working there anyway

246/256/257 to remain on diversion too

Ooooh another new livery for 28/05/2016   :P

DVSA have currently got 2 Arriva darts parked up to be checked in Dudley bus station

1401 was driven away from Pensnett yesterday

3301 out for the first time on a Sunday

Driver of 2110 deserves a fine, parking completely diagonally in merry hill bus station layer, causing hansons bus to fit in a very tight space

Do diamond deserve fines when they block the whole bus station too ? Or when they block halesowen bus station ?

PD0001111/68 - WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD T/A TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS, 51 BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4BZ

Cancellation Accepted: Operating between Wolverhampton Bus Station and Birmingham City Centre given service number 126 effective from 5-Jun-2016. To amend Route and Timetable.

:o :o ;D

8)

Bit far from home lol

For training purposes only

Not exactly in service/off route but a 934/935/936 platinum bus was in Stourbridge at 12pm today

[Wolverhampton]

Intu are a lot more willing to have a new bus 'interchange' that Westfield were. Intu's main concern is the business effect. For there to be a new bus station it will mean the current one will have to close (More than likely). If this happens it will mean stopping within seconds of the shopping centre will be almost impossible (except for the 81 and X96), this subsequently means that temporary stops will need to be put in place, the only really viable location for this is "the Bulavard", which is a good 5 mins walk to the shopping centre for healthy, well abled people. This time could be longer for the elderly, people with heavy shopping, parents with pushchairs. This means Merry Hill would not be an easily accessible shopping location for those who cannot drive, this means merry Hill lose customers to other easily accessible locations, such as Wolverhampton or at a push Birmingham. Meaning Merry Hill would lose money over the few years it will be rebuilt so it's just not worth it on Intu's part.

The bus station in Wolverhampton is even further away from the shops (not that any are open there)

Merry hill bus station was fun around 9am this morning when every service arrived on time

Does the streetdeck come out on sundays?

Been off the road for a few days, so I doubt it'll be out this Sunday

Someone's walked in front of the 126 in castle street Dudley, road currently closed

A bit more info here:
http://www.nationalexpressgroup.com/media/news-across-the-group/2016/platinum-buses-worth-their-weight-in-gold/

More info in employee emails today including 2 particular routes receiving platinums