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So looks like
- X1 going to Coventry garage.
- X14 going back to Perry Barr.
- 14 coming back to Birmingham Central. Will be joining the Stechford Rota along with 94/95.
- X2 will be going onto Bromford Rota along with X12/X13.

When is this starting?

That will kill off that tender then in twelve months !

Will the 78/78A be Walsall operated?

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Now Registered :

• PD0001111/843 Registered (Short notice)
  WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LIMITED
  Route: Nuneaton to Coventry via Foleshill Road
  Service number: 20 (20A, 20B)
  Service type: Normal Stopping
  Effective date: 15 Apr 2023

Note supplied is: "Amended route between Bedworth and Coventry to service Furnace Road and George Eliot Hospital, replacing withdrawn Stagecoach service 55"

Would it not be between Nuneaton and Bedworth to serve the Hospital?

It is actually going to be the 20 extended to Bromsgrove

So will it be WB operated all the way to Bromsgrove or will the 20 move to YW? (Or BC?) 

Do you mean Solihull to  kingshurst ? Or is that correct

It says Shirley to Kingshurst on the screenshot but that is not to say that might not be wrong?

Somewhere near Shirley or Solihull would probably be ideal for them, they could bring in the X20 as well.

And with the Solihull - Coventry work would be quite an operation , Around 20 Vehicles? 

Taken from the Blink, There are 4 routes to be registered and they will be looking for a local outstation.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital to Heartlands Hospital
Queen Elizabeth Hospital to Kings Heath
Kings Heath to Shirley
Shirley to Kingshsurst

Not mentioned in the post , But I would presume if local premises are indeed found , That it might be cheaper to Run the 82/87 and 88 from their?

Stagecoach have been after NXWM for a long time, they could have broken in to the West Midlands bus market long before now if they had wanted too...

It makes you wonder now they have a parent company with far deeper pockets than their own, if they now "want to"

I don't know how long these tenders run for , but they surely can't be ran long term from Warwickshire. Surely there must be a plan to operate from somewhere more local? 

That said the existing local Coventry and Solihull work seems well ran - but would be easier with a local depot. 

Well shocked to see the 41/46 58 will be operated by Stagecoach from january be weird seeing Stagecoach in Northfield and Yardley

Given the dead mileage from either Nuneaton or Rugby , It does make you wonder how they can manage to Undercut more local operators 

Crew changeovers will be quite challenging also but That will be factored into the price which emphasises my first bit 

There is a Timetable for NX 144A on Bus Times

Not to say it's the final version but gives an idea perhaps 

"If it does prove a success, perhaps with a bit of tweaking to the 27 or 45/47 between Longbridge and Cofton Hackett, the 20 could be revised to run between the QE and Bromsgrove via this 144 route"


I really like this idea and would perhaps make the route more popular and worthwhile in the longer term....

And with Interworking with the 27 would allow easier driver changeovers at the Garage.

Looks like 46 might be going to Yardley Wood with frequency increase back up to half hourly. As 41 is hourly still.
Presumably a few YW scanias freed up for it with the 20/27 being half hourly.

Possible, But maybe not.. It could still work that you arrive as a 41, Complete x2 46 and then hear out as a 41 3 hours after arriving as one?

no ha ha

The Diamond 17  is withdrawn due to loss of tender at the end of the month? Could be that perhaps?

As for the 46, while this is shown as operated from Acocks Green garage, as the Sunday journeys only operate between Northfield and Cotteridge/Kings Norton, I wouldn't be surprised if Yardley Wood operated those journeys, would make more sense to me.

Sunday 46 to Interwork with 27 perhaps?

Does the 5 and 73 Interwork potentially?