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The blinds may need updating on this one as its advertising old fares https://ibb.co/PCH6xj7

The NXWM diversions are :-
15 - Heading towards Merry Hill, buses will divert from Dudley Road via Stallings Lane, Tansey Green Road, Dreadnought Road, High Street, Dudley Road, and Standhills Road to rejoin the normal line of route.  Heading towards Wolverhampton, buses will follow the reverse of the above route.
16 - Heading towards Stourbridge, buses will divert from Dudley Road via Stallings Lane, Tansey Green Road, Dreadnought Road, High Street, Dudley Road, High Street and Market Street to rejoin the normal line of route.  Heading towards Wolverhampton, buses will follow the reverse of the above route.

Quite a hefty diversion, couldn't drivers cut through Pensnett Trading estate during weekdays to save a bit of milage, not servicing any stops on diversion and help timekeeping?

Since the ticket changes, is the 25% Off NxDiscover day saver still valid? Links still work but doesn't allow purchase https://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/offers/nx-discover-offer

Any reason why a bus due at xx:10 pulls onto a layover at 08 past and sits there talking to drivers, and decides to pull into the stand 8 minutes late? 226 13:10 from Dudley if you want to check.

This sort of driver behaviour does nothing for the sustainability of the route. 

Ok then, what do people do who only require LEGALLY travel within the Lfz, who don't try to chance it at the boundary?

Does this mean we now have to have a regional pass / ticket whether we want one or not?

(Speaking as someone who uses a Walsall Nbus ticket, who does all his travel within the zone & rarely goes outside the boundary!)

I would see it as a single is a single, a day ticket is a day ticket, someone who lives in Solihull for example has to buy a Regional Daysaver even if they are only doing local journeys. Whether we like it or not, the simplest fare system is a daily/weekly/monthly capping based on number of journeys irrespective of where they are taken (Oyster). 

Would it be fair to say the anticipation of the bonfire of tickets may now get underway and the LFZ scrapped with the Govt funding ending soon and the way above inflation pay rise that drivers have wrangled out of NX? I can imagine most operators will be happy to get rid of the LFZ as I can't see how it is viable for £3 or £11 for a week which covers such a large area especially given today's costs compared to when they were introduced 

Thanks for taking a look, you may also want to have a look at Driver 13851, I received a recycled ticket issued 15 mins before I boarded and another passenger paid cash and didn't get a ticket at all. So if your cash fares for the 17 from Dudley 14.20 is low that may explain it as nether went through your ticket machine

Your 17 Service (Dudley to Kingswinford) operated early tonight. It was due at 21 02 from Gornal Wood Bus station, it instead left at 20.59 as I was walking to the stop. Could you remind the drivers there is a timetable to follow, as TFWM pay you to operate the service reliably no excuse for early running 

Latest announcement that main change to 002 and 226 is reduction in weekend service levels. 45 still withdrawn 

4535 has completely shot suspension, feel every bump on the road

What I'm curious to understand is how a commercially run service with a 20 minute frequency, 30 mins up until around 9pm, 30 mins on a Sunday, is suddenly axed due to it not being viable. I have no bus industry knowledge, so this is a question more than an observation, but more ordinarily wouldn't other alternatives to significantly reduce vehicle requirements and hours be explored first? Reduced frequency, later start, earlier finish, remove the Sunday service etc. Or possibly curtail or split the route, e.g. West Brom to Charlemont Farm, and Walsall to Yew Tree.

I'm not that familiar with the area but West Brom to Charlemont Farm always used to have a reasonable service in the past, as part of the 448 or the 408. Walsall to Yew Tree has also always had a reasonable service as far as I know.

I understand the issues, lack of revenue and cost pressures etc and if there's no alternative then so be it. But to axe daily and reasonably frequent commercial services overnight seems quite unprecedented.

I interpret the intended withdrawals of these routes rather than routes where they compete (4/16) as a political statement about the Low fare zones.

I can't see how these routes ran hourly instead if they were really loss making wouldn't be profitable and keeps their assets working.

 The chips are down and either there is a unlikely climbdown over LFZ by TFWM (I take this issue is the LFZ Nbus rather than Nxs offerings) Game on and maybe a smaller operator such as Kev's can capitalize

I would assume the 226 would go straight to tender as the evening and Sunday part already is so passes TFWM criteria? Maybe hourly though?

Didn't see the benefit of 226 going to Wall Heath, I'm sure the numerous 205 and 15E extensions by NX were requested by locals and not used.

002 has a decent chunk of route where it is the only service so would it be saved too?

Is there any reason by your No.5 that left Kingswinford at 10am didn't serve Russell's hall hospital? Watched it pass the island, didn't realize it was a request stop now 😕

Diamond 20057 broken down on the road adjacent to Dudley bus stn behind former Co Op, shows solos don't like the cold either 

Hi Simon

Have all of your drivers been briefed that Multi Operator Tickets are available to buy from the NX Ticket App. I have been questioned twice so far regarding the use of this ticket on your services, and had to read out the text of ALL operators to the driver.