If you could bring back any old route what would it be and why?

[Wumpty]

That's how it was originally.  It replaced the 366 between Mere Green and Aldridge (which had also served Walsall as the 6 does now) hence that was all stops. However the rest was mostly covered by other services at the time so ran limited stop over most of those sections. After Mere Green, it stopped at Four Oaks Station and Tamworth Road (for Sutton Park) and the High Street I think before serving Sutton itself.  I know it served Erdington but I'm trying to think where it went from there.

It stopped at Sutton Coldfield, Wylde Green/Yenton, Erdington Six Ways, Kingsbury Road, Chester Road, Collector Road, Chelmsley Wood Pine Square, Bickenhill Lane, International Station.

[MasterPlan]

29, but only as far as Northfield.

[sonic84]

I also have fond memories of the 10, although I didn't use it that much myself. Unfortunately patronage at the Quinton Road West / West Boulevard end helped subsidise the lighter usage through the affluent areas of Harborne and Edgbaston, and when the 103 was extended to cover this end of the route, the 10 became less necessary and ultimately unviable as an all day service.

I have to say I agree about the 10.

If I ever need to get into the city centre during peaks, I always choose the 10 over the 24.  Same for returning back home.

To be honest, even more recently when nxwm ran the 10, I was surprised that more people didn't use it.

[metrocity]

I'd also bring back the old Midland Red motorway express routes to Birmingham from places like Worcester, Shrewsbury, Nottingham, etc. It's a shame the driver regulations killed those routes off as they would need tachos these days.

More likely it was the introduction of ENCTS that contributed towards the demise of those types of routes

[Tony]

More likely it was the introduction of ENCTS that contributed towards the demise of those types of routes

Most died before then even, it was the big improvements in rail journeys compared to the peak congestion on roads that killed most.

I remember catching the X99 to Nottingham a couple of times on a Midland Red 'day anywhere ticket' and went for a week's holiday as a child to Butlins at Skegness on it, changing at Nottingham onto the Trent service that went through, amused by the place name of Ashby de la Zouch, but it was well before ENCTS it finished.

[B61 ANDREW]

I think I must have travelled on almost all of the 'X - services' from Birmingham but I cannot recall ever having a trip on the X44.   

[Tony]

I think I must have travelled on almost all of the 'X - services' from Birmingham but I cannot recall ever having a trip on the X44.   

That was the best one using CM6 motorway coaches!

[markcf83]

96

From Erdington it went 'Limited Stop' via Wood End Road, Kingsbury Road, Chester Road, Collector Road, Chelmsley Wood and then to Airport

Wasn't that the 966?

[B61 ANDREW]

That was the best one using CM6 motorway coaches!

Yes , big regrets that I never went for it. Some of the "dp" vehicles used on some of the other 'X' services were rather basic by comparison.   

[Steve3229vp]

96Wasn't that the 966?

Yes

[markcf83]

Yes

I thought it was-and I remember,rather vaguely,it went from Wolverhampton to Birmingham Airport via seemingly half of the West Midlands.  

[ellspurs]

Route 98 from Sheldon, the Wheatsheaf to Hay Mills Asda via every back road it could find in East Birmingham.

Always enjoyed sat on the back of one of Lynx's doing these journeys as a kid.

[Sayeed]

Quote from: sonic84 on 12/10/2023, 09:10:16I have to say I agree about the 10.If I ever need to get into the city centre during peaks, I always choose the 10 over the 24.  Same for returning back home.To be honest, even more recently when nxwm ran the 10, I was surprised that more people didn't use it.


Every time I drove past, the bus towards the city was half full and that was on the Quinton Road West.

I kind of wished the NX kept just the 10 route but when there were strike days changed the mind.

[2206]

Every time I drove past, the bus towards the city was half full and that was on the Quinton Road West.

It did use the smallest vehicles in the fleet as well 7XX. Which would probably fill up quicker than a 49XX or Omnilink.

[Sayeed]

It did use the smallest vehicles in the fleet as well 7XX. Which would probably fill up quicker than a 49XX or Omnilink.

No, 800s were used and common on the 10.