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E288 is tracking as E185 on the 52.

Roads extremely bad around Bloxwhich the 11:15 9 of Walsall hasn't even reached Walsall and is 15 minutes late, the 09:48 41 2136 is still in Walsall, 2123 on the 10:48 is about 15 minutes late and the 11:18 doesn't even appear to have got to Willenhall yet either, my mate is 2123 now he was expected to wait 5 minutes for the 9 or so

Are you watching BusTimes or have you seen these yourself?

32336 is running about on the 40 with none of the displays working, can this be looked at when it returns to garage?

I said that I was aware of so They probably have been down there but I haven't seen any probably should have worded my initial post better

Does it really matter? It's a training bus on a route used by training vehicles, I've seen the training B7TL's there on numerous occasions.

Those cars aren't street racing though

That's just ignoring the new road layout - it's been a few weeks since I last travelled into the city and I don't remember that bus lane being there. Unfortunately it only takes one idiot trying to be clever for other unwitting motorists to just follow them and do the same!

Ever since the layout their changed it's quite common to see car drivers not familiar with it and driving in the wrong lanes until something is in oncoming and forcing them over. Now I think the thick white line for the bus lane has come and they are thinking that's buses only and need to drive in the other lane!

E213 has stopped tracking on the 33.

To my knowledge, every NXWM route now has announcements to comply with the new legislation surrounding them

No, they haven't completed that still. AG still only has the 5 with announcements.

The current WMB Livery is rubbish, have a look at the state of the current vehicle's that have been painted in it.

Red is one the worst colours for fading & can go pink over time.

Its awful, the E200's at WB look orange now.

The Crimson should've stayed in favour of dreary grey.

Is 4695 and 4696 properly gone right

What?

The image I just seen of 6803 on fb looks awful. should have just kept Sutton line branding, at least till it could be polished out/ ad wrapped / repainted. Wouldn't be so scruffy looking if that branding weren't just bodged on.

It looks fine to me, just because the outlines are still there. Most buses that get debranded look like that, doesn't look tatty at all, seen worse when the branding takes the paint off it.

Look at pictures of when the Walsall Road Tridents or Line 33 Geminis got debranded or even the toothpaste B7RLE's, they was tatty. 6803 still looks respectable.

6821 has no working NSA displays or audio.

6756 announcements are near enough silent, can just hear them quietly mumbling.

Some bus stops on the outskirts of Northfield still list Kev's 42, despite being replaced with the 55 (the stops in question aren't served by the 55) almost 2 years ago

Still stops in Great Barr that have the 424 on that went nearly 2 years ago as well.

What he won't mention is that Manchester still has the same price cap and will do so you aren't controlling the fares Central government is. All it is doing is being exactly the same as Manchester. What the Mayor's should have done is encourage people to Try the bus if it is still not making money and they are having to keep using fares then take it over if NX as he seems to keep attacking them are mismanging money or running Double Deckers carrying 2 passengers, but they aren't doing this no Operator is. What no one has mentioned is before Covid Buses here were getting busier and services had actually been increased on some routes. Then Covid came along a lot of work was done from home, most people drove or caught cabs because they thought buses would be unhygienic. I remember seeing NX Double Deckers on the usually single Decker 34 and 37 because of the Social distancing.

The Last government also seemed to keep opening and then also closing things, when Colleges and Schools returned Buses became rammed and often said Bus Full meaning you would have wait, Driver shortages then came about due to illness, Stress, Better opportunities driving Trucks so NX struggled this combined with Buses being absolutely rammed probably put people off getting the bus as they still saw it as a covid hotspot and then the bus they were waiting for never turned up or was full. Things started to return to normal slowly, but then again what no one mentions is the fact the Trams were broken and on Strike What took the strain the bus, which due to being rammed was again missing stops, more cars on the road more traffic, loads of Roadworks, CityFibre, Metro Works, Cycle Schmes and other stuff also didn't help they seemed to pop up everywhere usually within days of each other especially after Covid this again caused issues.

Some of the reasons Buses are still Struggling is Covid, Potential Passengers finding better ways to get into Work and more people can work from home. If they need to go out they drive, Walk or get a cab. What the government and mayor's need to do is get the buses back to pre Covid levels, more promotion, end these Roadworks and stop meddling with Fares and expecting the companies and operators to want to comply to it or even in Some cases routes and timetables, there is a reason this service is running through here anymore no one used it, suddenly it's gone oh you've all come out now haven't you where were you before.

It almost seems no one trusts the Bus Companies to run the buses and they want to play a part in everything. The people running these companies know how much fuel costs, how much they are making, why this bus that was once every 5 minutes is now every 10 or so on they don't do it for a laugh. It almost seems they listen to frequent moaners of buses and are like right let's get Jane at number 16 a bus that stops outside her house eventhough in the last 2 years she has used the bus once, let's give Doreen that every 10 minute service eventhough she has a 6 minute service 20 meters at the other end of her road and can get another bus if she wanted. I think the thing all mayors and the Government need to do is support the bus companies with adverts and promotions, work with them not against them to try and improve service rather than just suggesting the bus should come down this road as it used to Six years ago. Six years ago there was demand now there isn't if there is offer it to another operator, when NX run said service don't then moan at being unreliable you made it unreliable by suggesting or basically telling them to reroute it.

Why do you always post an essay on nearly all your posts out of curiosity?

Wasn't the other garage AG?

I thought it was WB?