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And do you have ANY evidence to substantiate this post? Are you a qualified PCV driver?

Firstly, you'd be hard pressed to hit 20mph "at every opportunity" in most towns/cities in the West Midlands due to traffic and speed limits, and the ability for buses to accelerate at such a rate as to achieve this rapidly (if the bus can achieve 45mph in the first place).

Secondly, you'll find that a good proportion of Birmingham drivers, in fact at all the NX garages, already HAVE qualified for, and have achieved Master Driver status.

You know the old saying...........ASSUME makes an ASS out of U and ME.

take a ride on any bus out of birmingham city centre and there is your evidence

Wrong as usual all drivers all garages can qualify for it

"most"

'Master Drivers' are an accreditation given to drivers at National Express who are recognised for their exemplary driving/safety record/customer service.

The blind does not display properly. Having tinkered with the Hanover software in the past, my guess is the selected font does not have all its letters drawn out in the display editor.

good telematics scores as in not driving 45mph at every opportunity good reviews i presmume

can assume most b'ham drivers dont qualify for this 

Some stops may be request on the West Midlands Metro extension to Solihull.

that would save time on some late night and early services

1848 broken down on City Road Tividale, it's a door issue doors wouldn't close a common issue with these Scania Omnilinks

was it the door interlock preventing the bus from moving?

"back in my day" 

any idea why there are stop bells on the trams?

With the 17 now also being extended to the airport, I think it's time a more southern route also gets an extension to BHX. My best bet is on a 4, serving Stratford road, Acocks green, with an airport link. Maybe then follow the X2 up to wheatsheaf, and X1 way down to BHX.

doesnt the X12 go a similar way to airport?

72 could possibly be a loop service if it were extended to the airport then replacing the x12 between airport and solihul. just a thought

Better find a big storage yard then as I believe there isn't a garage electrified to operate them.

GB kites possibly?

lower amount of vehicles needed on Sundays, so its better to put the newer buses out first.

parking probably allows it as well as on sat night u could put all the old tridents in one row.

west bromwich is different possibly why B7TLs are often out on a sunday

The outer circle timetables are missing again from the latest BODS data set (4th June)

I take it there's no "test system"?

outer circus broke on 1st june as well but got fixed quickly

anyway entire BusTimes(NXWM not diamond)trackers 
are broken!!

The alternative I can think of that could be done is having a short route terminating at Stechford or Ward End.

And then a longer route via Tile Cross either going via Washwood Heath Road with the 94/95 or taking Bordesley Green with the 97.

split the 14 like they do with the outer circus??
or make a x14 for those in chelmsely wood maybe
97a go along the 14 to stetchford maybe

The entire road where the X1 & X2 can be a quicker alternative to getting to brum is Coventry Road JSYK

im talking about the small heath bit where 60 gets stuck

It was always the end of 2025, hence Stagecoach only just going electric

so will coventry go fully electric decked or will some electric single decks turn up?

The routes concerned aren't exactly 'in Birmingham.' The roads concerned are have steep hills and are long roads.

These are in the Black Country (you should probably sort your geography out). which are ironically all on steep hills. So leave Tower Road and Brookfields Road without a bus at all with a lot of families and elderly who rely on these services that is purely awful.

Least on Salop Road which is another steep hill they've managed to reroute the 54 and keep it connected!

Also the 60 being compared to these services isn't a fair comparison, the 60 is main busy frequent service. The 12's and 13's etc are 2 buses an hour in their parts where they are standalone.

Quite unsure to why core East Brum services have actually been mentioned when they aren't even affected!

was replying to @2206 regarding the delays, as i said in birmingham delays are inevitable, and giving the 60 as a example of what could possibly be done to help, remember service changes often come with timetabke improvements!. i agree with his idea of the 14E possibly. 

just because i didnt quote him doesnt mean i need your disrespctful remark.

in birmingham buses will get stuck on a daily and nothing can be done about it unless u make major changes that will cause major inconvenience. not easy to run a punctual service without extreme overtiming which is bad

good example is coventry rd
60 gets stuck on coventry rd, no real way to fix that but anyone beyond coventry rd can use X1/X2 for a quicker journey to brum.