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Which trains are going on the Cross-City and when?

It appears so  ???

I personally don't think the 10 has been publicised enough! In top of this, how many variations of the route is there? 3? 10/H/S... Why not have one, do some kind of loop and include places like Weoley Castle which has had services cut... Passengers (potential) need to know that this serives exists first though.

The 44 served it years ago I believe....

4148 was heading through Northfield this afternoon (towards City) - Not In Service ...

There's a brand new driver on the 23 (new as if they've recently finished training) & There's a B7RLE on the x22

New drivers are now worthy of a post within the thread? Eh?

All for a metro that has little to no point to!!!
Just create proper bus lanes, come down heavy on those that don't comply with them and get these buses moving from origin to destination as efficiently as possible. It's getting worse!

Never been more confused! How many different colour schemes are now in place? Which ones are here to stay and which ones are going? Was the 323 that was running around the finished article?

I had a thought earlier while feeling for the bus drivers who all seem to be getting in the neck.

If they wanted improved journey times in to and from city, why didn't they just take the routes they have modified, double the old frequency and put in an 'X' limited stop inbetween... an example - 98, let's say the frequency was every 10 minutes
Why not have a 98 (renumbered 20) every 20 minutes and a new X20 every 20 minutes, interworking so every 10 but the 20 did the old route, to keep the regulars and shorted distance passengers happy, but the X service becomes very limited stop, Rednal, Longbridge, Northfield, Selly Oak, University and Birmingham - nothing inbetween. VERY basic concept I know, but would be the best of both worlds and keep old passengers happy while hopefully attracting new....
Do this on the old 22, 29, 61, 98, X64.

Does this now mean the orange and purple that was originally intended has been dropped in favour of this one?

X21 back to single decks today  :-[

Quite a few moaning about the limited stop around Edgbaston and not stopping on Arthur Road etc... I think in time perhaps explore the idea of a circular - perhaps half hourly that covers the stops no longer served. If it's utilised then great, if not, they can say that provided an option and no one took it up.

The NXWM Twitter feed. Someone asked the question. Like they say, no point in creating one if no buses will be using It!

No straight through. Which I'm glad about as there is very little point in having the 'X' as this is always associated with express...

I see the X21 will return to Arthur Road in both directions following the completion of the bus gate.

This also contradicts the route maps that were released that has Wellington Road blanked out??????.