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Their DMU shortage is getting worse, some services to be withdrawn from this coming Monday 31st March:

https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travel-information/service-disruptions/snow-hill-lines-amended-timetable-spring-2025

Does anyone remember the routing of Whittle's Wednesday only X95 service between Bridgnorth and Merry Hill. I am familiar with the routing from Kidderminster to Merry Hill - running by way of Blakedown, Hagley (Forge Garage), Pedmore, Ham Lane, Lye, Thorns Road, etc. to Merry Hill but it is the section of route between Bridgnorth and Kidderminster, including which side of the river it ran (Highley or Alveley side)? Thanks

I have a timetable from July 2001 when it was run by Choice, it ran the current 297 route between Bridgnorth and Kidder, including the Trimpley and Marlpool Land sections.

CN06 BXK is getting a rare day out on the 133 today , presumably F22 SSE is off for maintenance? 

Because the 3 is about to be transferred to PN from WB can't remember the exact date though. The 3A is staying at WB

It's going to be from this coming Monday, 10th March. 3 and 3a jointly by PN and WB.

National Rail Enquiries now has an warning note against the trains that will be shorter than usual when you use the journey planner. 

It doesn't advise currently how many carriages will actually now be scheduled, e.g. one of the morning trains I sometimes catch is normally scheduled as 4 carriages and is one of the affected ones, so it will be shorter than that, but no info yet as to whether it will now be 2 or 3 carriages.

Again, not every 74. And I doubt its rocket science to interwork them. I don't see what's "preposterous" about it. They can easily move the 52's terminus to the 74 one and change timetable if need be. All information I gathered is from colleagues, I work for the company unlike keyboard warriors like you

Erm I do work for the company too and all the signs are that there will be no interworking of the 52 with anything, it will work on it's own Running Boards when it transfers over.

Obviously not every 74 you idiot. Read what I wrote again. It says "interworking 74" not every 74.

No sorry, you're the idiot for posting preposterous things that are never going to happen.

And if you have ever scheduled then you'd know how difficult it would be to interwork buses and drivers between a 5 and 20 minute service.

Don't take this as gospel but apparently the 52 will interwork with the 74 ie when an interworking 74 reaches city it will then turn into a 52 to PB and back, then 74 back to WB. What's amusing is how the passengers will go from brand new electrics back to the plethora of ex PB hand-me-downs that WB got.

What a load of absolute rubbish you are talking.

For one thing there is more than a slight difference in the frequencies of the 2 routes as well as others have mentioned, the city terminal points being different.

125 to go out to short term tender after Diamond have told Shropshire they want to withdraw it:

https://newsroom.shropshire.gov.uk/2025/01/shropshire-council-acts-to-save-125-bridgnorth-to-stourbridge-bus-service/

30813 on the 192 (I think) with no destination blinds at all.

32327 is operating today on the Kidderminster 10 with blank front destination blinds.

The 443 used to be operated by Midland Red. Any idea when this service first started & when it ended?

The 443 was introduced in 1986 at deregulation as a Tendered service by Midland Red West, not sure when it ended.

[Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council]

In the latest issue of Buses magazine is the following report in Fleet News:

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC YY24 EKV/W were new in May, these first expected as YX23 OWB/D respectively.

Has anybody seen these? What are these being used for?

[Also, why a separate Friday timetable?]

529 now has earlier Sunday mornings journeys!

(Admittedly one extra each way, but could that make a difference to those of us who may struggle to get to work on a Bank Holiday?)

Also, why a separate Friday timetable?

Roads traffic conditions are different on a Friday to other days of the week, several other NXWM high frequency services already have different timetables on Friday outside school holidays.

All four tph are now showing in RTT, looks like the missing Worcester to Stratford diagrams have now been loaded on.