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Then you're moving the Sutton services away from 2 very well used stops. I'm certain they have always stopped at those 2 stops entering the City for years now.

Buses are forever being moved from stops in the city centre. I think there needs to be a bit more variety travelling through/to/ from Birmingham. Connections with the  'other side of Birmingham' services. Mind the route wouldn't loose its connection with the uni. You'd simply have to cross the road at the bottom of corporation st. Which can't be more than 40yards.

Now that birchfield road services are now going under new town row (lancaster circus), it got me thinking. The Aston expressway services AKA Sutton lines should carry on into city centre over st chads Queensway, to snow hill Queensway, and old square's current 16 stop. Then right down to bottom of corporation st for uni stop. The Sutton lines have felt very out of place on priory Queensway to me.

Already been said that the e400s won't go to WB. And why would PB have anything transfer out with nothing to replace it (just yet!)

4596 - X8

Is it me or do the earlier repaints into the grey on the b7rles have a matte finish? 

Apparently there's 40 electrics coming in at the end of the month.

You spelled 'year' wrong. 

Bring back the 116 Tamworth to Birmingham. 

Are the express Perry Barr services going under Lancaster circus Queensway? I wonder why the stops have been moved when the  X21/22 are still using moor street Queensway anyway. 

There's probably not much difference in it between the X8 and 126. Minutes if that.
Who exactly do these proposed changes benefit. Taking away a direct service from Rowley Regis, if there wasn't demand for an every 20 minute direct service from Rowley to Quinton and onto Birmingham NX probably wouldn't run it.

If you want a fast service to Wolverhampton thats what the train and the metro do.

The tram, the 126 and X8 take completely different routes. All this change would do is leave long lane with a lesser frequency. 

Whoevers 'good' idea it was to invent the X8 was wrong. The 126 is more direct. There is only one service to Wolverhampton and it takes a very indirect route. I would bring back the 140 to Blackheath and send the 13A to Dudley. Only because the Hagley road already has a good frequency. So the 140 wouldn't need to be so regular.

What new links would that create that the 96, 71, 64 don't serve today?

Lots. Who wants to change onto 3 or more buses. Simplify them all with some rerouting re evaluation then maybe some services won't be needed. 

Bring back the 68A/C circular, under a new service number that isn't in use. Maybe 69A/C

I would add a service say, X67 for numbers sake. Have it run on the Aston expressway and come down Tyburn road same as the X12/3. Have it run till holly lane and follow the 96 to the fort parkway. Then the 67 till manby road. Take a left then right onto Kingsbury road then terminate at Asda min worth.

No, a lot more, and the repaints aren't two tone so it matches

Matches? There's repaints with a solid red line, ones with a patterned red line. Repaints with a full line, repaints with bits missing behind the advert frame. Repaints in two greys. And repaints in a single grey colour.
Oh and now vinyl with bits of red showing.
What's next? Grey without the red line?

Things can only get so economical before they get cheap and pointless

Why isn't the vinyl two tone. Wouldn't it of cost around the same?