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2 74E bus routes to West Bromwich, spotted on Birmingham Road when i was in McDonald's, one or both of them were using Scania Single Decker Omnicity

They're also in BC vehicles!

I saw one in a PB vehicle the other day

I like to try something different with the April Fools posts I put on my website.

If anyone has any good original ideas for a spoof news article then please let me know!

The 966 bus route will be coming back and will be extended to warwick and lichfield, smashing records and will become the new longest bus route in birmingham.

Birmingham city centre will be getting an underground bus station, linking all city centre bus routes into one hub

For me, i would introduce a new bus service from six ways aston - bearwood, following the old 61 (when it went to bearwood) and 68A/C bus routes, it would serve the following roads.

Victoria Road, Vicarage Road, Sycamore Road, Witton Lane, Witton Road, The Broadway, Davey Road, Aston Lane, Perry Barr One Stop, Wellington Road, Grosevnor Road, Westminster Road, Putney Road, Hutton Road, Church Vale, Church Hill Road, Hamstead Road, Holly Road, Grove Lane, Dawson Road, Limwood Road, Albert Road, Rockery Road, Holyhead Road, Crockets Road, Booth Street, Rabone Lane, B4136, Soho Way, Windmill Lane, Cape Hill, Waterloo Road, Bearwood Road, Anderson Road, Herbert Road & Bearwood Interchange

A new bus route to replace the 600 and 25 would come in handy, also a route connecting Erdington and West Bromwitch, and maybe a route connecting Kingstanding, Sutton or erdington to Q.E Hospital?

A lot of routes get re-timings to help with reliability (now that more drivers are being hired they could have some extra runs)
East Birmingham and South Birmingham depot gets confirmed
PB is 50% electric ran
NX have a GB Kite on demo - and then they chooses a single decker ev
NXWM try to change some single decker routes so they don't have to get too many single decker's or they stop operating them (e.g. another op get the 96 again)
X12/X13 has a timetable change with probably another reduction in service (after clock garage - maybe X13 hourly in daytime except for the Hams Hall mess of runs)
Train drivers will continue striking throughout the whole year with another NX strike maybe?
Merry Hill tram line opens

Completely out there predictions:

Diamond to get Arriva Tamworth (NXWM to take 110 - make it either on X5 or new X6)
Diamond take another small operator
First Worcester gets taken by another operator (Kevs/Diamond/NX/Stagecoach)
NX expands into Manchester
A new tram line gets announced

I can see 110 being taken by NXWM, personally id go for X6, also i would see the 907 being renumbered to the X7, 934-7 & 997 being renumbered and i would like a bus route connecting West Bromwitch and erdington, and one connecting scott arms and merry hill (sound familar)