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Ex NX Gemini on the last 63 last night, first time I've seen one of these on there

Is there not other cheaper buses that would be considered?

As long as there Euro 6 and meet the minimum seating requirements set out in the contract then any bus could be used 

MCV do offer a 10.8m eVoRa, but still more of a 'heavyweight' bus compared to an E200. I agree that keeping a standardised fleet would have it's benefits, but you also run the risk of the whole fleet being grounded, should an issue arise.

I imagine cost would be another issue, unless he plans on buying/leasing new vehicles as second hand evoras (partially the 10.8m length) aren't exactly common

Which routes?

3 - Merry Hill - West Brom (evenings)
23 - Wednesbury - Willenhall
41 West Brom - Wednesbury 
224 Bilston - Sedgley 

19 is retained 

Just seen these have picked up a few new routes 

The beginning of the end of route branding at BC. I know I'm in a minority here but that's a shame in my view. I like route branding and when used on the correct routes (I know at BC thats's gone out of the window) it does give a sense of identity. It will be a pity when the rest of the 68/19 batch have their branding removed and all semblance of colour will have been banished from the fleet for good.

Agreed was always a fan of route branding, particularly the style used on the 9/16/50 platinums, adds a much needed splash of colour 

4 years for the scumbag that killed the Stagecoach driver in Elgin, disgusting, already convicted previously for assaulting another driver

Absolute joke of a sentence 

TfWM govern routes in the WM not the TC

Everydays a school day

Contact TFWM see what support/ assistance then could offer

It's not a tendered route is it? Not sure what TFWM could do if it's a commercial route besides advising contact the TC

But buses should not be leaving the first stop four mins early

Have you contacted the company regarding this, was this a bus you actually rode on or was it something you witnessed on bustimes 

Are you saying that timetables should be taken down? Or should they be renamed Joketables?  Why should I have to get to the stop fifteen mins before the advertised time?
No doubt some bright spark on here will say 'Why don't you complain to Raj'. It's his brother who is constantly going early

Unless you make every stop a timing point it's impossible to serve every stop on time. However if buses do leave timing points on time and regularly end up arriving at stops 10 minutes early then it sounds like the timetable has to much slack in it 

This Mickey Mouse company are still ignoring timetables. Doing things such things as leaving starting points four mins & arriving at the last stop ten mins early

Shouldn't be leaving the first stop 4 minutes early but there is nothing to say they can't arrive at the last stop 10 minutes early aslong as all timing points are left on time. 

Because they had been working some journeys on the 63 ever since it was introduced - I thought it was on here I'd seen it, but can't find it now.

Buslink run 2 buses on there, chaserider run 1 bus

Have Chaserider ceased operating, nobody has posted since Oct 14th and Bob hasn't posted since Oct 11th.

Maybe all the services are operating correctly 

In my opinion, the £2 fare cap should have been the catalyst to encourage more people to travel by bus, and more often.

'Tempt' people into 'trying' the bus with the 'cheap £2 fare', and then as they use buses more often, encourage them to take up weekly or monthly passes, which work out even better value for money.

People who use contactless cards to 'tap-and-go' have benefitted from daily and weekly fare caps of course, but I wonder how many people pay £2 cash on each bus they travel on, unaware that day/week/month tickets probably work out cheaper for them.

The fare cap wasn't supposed to last for this long after all.

It would be interesting to see data on how many £2 single fares have been issued in the last couple of years, and whether there has been any increase in the sales of weekly and monthly passes during the same period.

That's the only real way to see if this scheme has actually been a success or not.

There's still this 'perception' being floated about that "buses are expensive" which I don't believe is true.

Agree fully with this, passengers have had 2 years of £2 single tickets, at the end of the day bus companies are businesses and need to make money, but of course come January when fares will rise, no doubt in the eyes of the passenger it will be us drivers fault