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So ditching the Alpha routes with numerical numbers , wondering if the Acocks green to airport still on the cards?

The constant renumbering of routes does nothing apart from confuse everybody. And since one of the reason for ditching certain groups of numbers was it was easier to remember two digits than three, have people's memories suddenly got better?

It is on Facebook.

Facebook is a big, big place. Maybe narrow it down to a group or page! 🙄

Until the whole extension is open, there's zero need for the stop at Clayton Hotel.

when will the albert st  part be finished as seems to be taking ages to do a small rd

I doubt there's any rush. We won't be seeing trams down there for a long, long time yet.

Seeing Transdevs one will national express so for standard layout, I like the way the transdev one is layed out, with the 2 tables for the downstairs back seats and then upstairs with the 2 and 1 seating layout, and not to forget the 2 wheelchair bays, I'm assuming national express will go with rear facing seats downstairs at the back possibly 1 wheelchair bay and then the 2 and 2 seating upstairs, and I wonder if national express will go for the sun roof

I very much expect 334 to have an interior spec like every other new bus. To be honest, I'm extremely surprised the 'leather' trim has survived so long. I'd have thought all moquette would have taken over by now. Interested to see how 6717 appears after refurb.

Heard on the NX enthusiast Facebook group that a PB electric bus had suffered extensive damage on New Street, can anyone confirm this?

New Street is pedestrianised. I assume you mean outside New Street station? 

I heard that when they had ordered the 300 electric buses last year, 170 were e400ev and 130 (unannounced) were electroliners for wolverhampton and one other garage, not sure if it's true though. Haven't seen even 1 electric here

You haven't seen even one electric there yet because the current order was for CV, PB and YW and any future orders haven't even been built yet.

[China]

In the news a the moment.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly20n4d0g9o

"Big taxes will be imposed on imports of electric vehicles from China to the EU after the majority of member states backed the plans.

The move to introduce tariffs aims to protect the European car industry from being undermined by what EU politicians believe are unfair Chinese-state subsidies on its own cars. Tariffs on electric cars made in China are set to rise from 10% to up to 45% for the next five years, but there have been concerns such a move could raise electric vehicle (EV) prices for buyers".

I wonder if this will affect new BYD bus sales in the UK?

It would maybe only affect the UK if similar tariffs are imposed here. The news report is about EU countries, which sadly we are no longer.

Or a savvy private company may see that keeping the fare at £2 is the best longer term solution, especially with franchising on the cards.

By the time franchising comes in, that private company will have gone bust because they can't survive on £2 fares with no subsidy.

I'd be interested to know if NX would keep the fare at £2.90, or put it up to £3, depending on whether there would be a general fares increase early next year or not?

Put it up to £3.20. Free money in the short term! I wouldn't be surprised how many fare increases on paper happen between now and end December.

Platinums aren't noteworthy on the 126 either, or the B7RLE's. LWB E200's seem to be a daily occurrence on the 126.

Is that pointless thread still going? It really is about time it was disposed of. Nothing has been truly noteworthy for years.

What makes you think they will receive 5 fewer electrics?

As five have been diverted to PB that were originally shown as in preparation for YW maybe they thought it was a permanent allocation. People go by what they see in front of them, not an unpublished plan.

6852 has the same problem tonight. No audio.
I'm still yet to see one working on the 94/95.

I had one the other day, hence my posts above about drivers changing their route prematurely.

Drivers change it there due to the short drop back in city, and as soon as you arrive at the stand you are instantly loading - When I was on 94/95 I'd normally change it at the lights around masshouse lane. Only a few times when I was running very late, I'd change it if I got caught out my the lights at the middleway, cause they have a long sequence.

Changing it early wouldn't be an issue for a bus with no announcements. The bus goes the same route. A visually impaired passenger can ask for assistance and boarding passengers know the bus is going into the city Centre. However the announcements are there for a reason. If you can't see and your bus suddenly announces you're on a different bus going in the opposite direction, it would be most unsettling.

One thing that doesn't help with NSA are routes that interwork where the driver changes the display far too early.
The whole point of NSA is to be accessible for everybody. When you catch a 95 to Birmingham and all of a sudden you're hearing 94 to Chelmsley Wood when you've barely left Nechells and still three/four stops to go, it's not on. There's no need to change your display at the lights at the middleway.