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4737 - SFA1 (PM). The SFA1 not tracking again.

4866 - SFA1 (AM)
4865 - SFA1 (PM)

Not sure why the vehicles are not tracking for this service

4863 - SFA1. Not sure of problem but SFA1 not tracking most days

SFA1 - 4865 (PM). 

Apologies - I got confused with the dates.

Also 6713 - SFA2 this morning

Both SFA2:
6867 - 20th September (AM). This was reported in post 574 on 15th Sept Tony but you did not include it in the update above

6751 - 28th September (PM). This vehicle is tracking on bus times but has only an affinity for the 0606 936 service it seems as it is not recording against the correct journey!

Oh no a disaster (although some WA drivers may disagree)! That bus couldn't half move. I struggled to catch up with it the other week which made it ideal for the Tamworth SFA allocations.
With another Trident gone there seems to be a greater possibility that the services will be allocated either E400's and Platinums more frequently again. These seem to be slower at accelerating away either from a stop or the plethora of speed humps in Tamworth they have to negotiate (on both routes). Although in reality it may only make a small difference of maybe between 2 or 3 minutes or so in time I think the perception is that they seem to take ages. Certainly the afternoon services which have very rarely been a Trident (SFA1 now is again) seem to not keep to or make up time (if late leaving school due to the traffic).
Tony is there any likelihood of any others being shipped in for the time being to cover...4327 or even 4354 re-instated maybe??

Yes - a typo. Thank you for correcting me.

4870 pm SFA2 not tracking at all (again/still?)

3301 doing pm SFA2. Possibly first time this vehicle type has been in Tamworth (Tony may be able to confirm) but probably not the last

4870 on PM SFA2

Sorry Stu just noticed your post as I ended up typing my previous one 3 times before it would post. Thanks for the information - I will contact them.

Hello Tony,
Yes the individual vehicles are tracking fine but they are not linking to the service timetable on bus times because since Easter the service/timetable is not showing at all, unlike all the 7x and 8x closed services. This means that to track the journey you have to identify the vehicle first - not great if in a rush.
If you click on a timetable it says that the 'timetable data is from National Express West Midlands/Bus Open Data Service' and appears to be updated every week on a Monday for that week. I have assumed, probably incorrectly, that this comes from the timetables on the NX Website, but perhaps both are fed from another database, given that they have both disappeared at the same time. It is really useful to have the 'journey timetable' showing on the left of the map so that you can identify if the bus is running early/late depending on the traffic, and by how much. This is particularly useful in the evening to try and avoid stroppy teenager situation, which is never good in my experience!

Not sure if this is the best thread to post in - apologies if not.
I posted about the SFA1/2 (and also noticed the CG4) were not tracking properly on bus times on the 'Buses not tracking' thread on Monday. I now think this is because the SFA timetables have been deleted completely from the main NX WM website timetable page, and the CG4 although listed as a route does not show the timetable. They were there before Easter so not sure if they have been removed in error.
How do you get these re-instated onto the NX WM main website please?

Thanks for checking Tony - sorry to trouble you. It must be either the interface between the NXWM and the Bustimes site or the information bustimes are accessing. Does anyone know how to get these services re-added - they were listed before Easter?