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The 0654 907 from Sutton was a Scania Omnilink 7021. Full to rafters. Ridiculous !

All the 'It's Grey, so it must be awful' people will be along soon, surprised they haven't commented on the Facebook photo yet, every other photo I have put on has attracted them.

Until they settle down the problem with route branding electrics is the running boards tend to not have the same bus on the same route all day

I don't have a problem with the grey livery, it's a good base for adding vinyls of any colour. It amazes me that you hear complaints about the 'It's Grey, so it must be awful' brigade but hardly any complaints (in comparison) about any of the liveries that had white as a base colour which let's face went grubby in no time at all.

4590 broken down in Kings Heath, on the 76.

H1007, announcements not working

Not exactly a major problem is it ?

Didn't they have undercover police on the buses in the past to stop assault and this sort of stuff from happening?

You've been watching too much television

I don't think the Electrics will be in service for a while yet.

Surely the 333 was introduced as a part replacement for the 531 (Wolverhampton to Walsall via Bentley and Beechdale) which continued beyond Wolverhampton Road West to enter Walsall via Darlaston?  Or was this an earlier 333.

With regards to the 335, I think at one point it just had "Circular" possibly when it was operated by Wright Crusaders.

The 333 that replaced the 531 was introduced in 1987.
The 333/334 that operated before deregulation (October 1986) was a circular from Walsall serving Beechdale, Bloxwich and Leamore, the 335 was Walsall to Beechdale (Stephenson Avenue).

6821 - was tracking on the 0655 on the 907 to Sutton but is not tracking on the 0751 to City.
Strangely it is tracking on its 0840 journey from City.

37 at AG - Solihull / Birmingham (Warwick Rd Corridor)

not WA, sorry for confusion its the daft changes to route numbers

Daft changes, It isn't daft at all.
Before the South Birmingham Changes in 2017 the Stratford Road was 2, 3, 5, 6, 31 and 37.
After the South  Birmingham Changes the Stratford Road was 2, 3, 4, 4A, 5 and 6.......there's nothing daft about that!

what a surprise AG & WB get nothing - i would have thought the 37 would be an ideal candidate for Electrics, also 80 & 87

37? 
Why would the Walsall to Willenhall service need new buses ?

They are longer cars than the 350s so a 3 car 730 has more capacity than a 4 car 350

Is that seating capacity or are you including standees as well ?

What doesn't help is that the seating capacity on electrics is 8 seats less than a platinum bus, so that's 24 seats less an hour, up to 32 in peaks.

856 should of left Walsall on the 19:32 4 to Blackheath, did it, no. Instead driver was just sitting there as if he's got all the time in the world.

There could be a fault with the bus

Yes, the X1 gets packed but very few people do the full run to Coventry, not enough to fill a single decker running every 20 minutes.

I've travelled a fair few times myself on the X1, and from my own experiences and observations, it is busiest between Birmingham city centre and Sheldon.

Maybe a peak-time frequency increase for the X2 would help instead?

I agree about increasing the X2 in peaks, if an extra X2 was placed 5 minutes before an X1 at the busiest times then the pressure for passengers going beyond Sheldon on an X1 would be reduced

There isn't really any 4/4H/4M issues, just people moaning that's it got Single Deckers, running late or not understanding Deckers can't go on there!

Exactly, that's the point. So subject closed then!