If you had the chance to modify or add any service, what would you do?

[GoldenSquid]

51 -> 131,
52 -> 132,
33 -> 133,
934/5/6/7,
997 -> 938
X51 -> 931
Keep corridors sequence chronological and unique. More importantly organise

If you want them all to be similar numbers wouldn't it make sense to change the 33 to 53? Have all the 5x along the Walsall Road.

(I don't think they should be renumbered btw)

[Jack]

If you want them all to be similar numbers wouldn't it make sense to change the 33 to 53? Have all the 5x along the Walsall Road.

(I don't think they should be renumbered btw)

The 33 doesn't serve Walsall Road.

The *3* comes from the Kingstanding area services, as the 33 and the 34 (934 replaced this). 

The *5* comes from the Walsall Road, Great Barr area hence the 51, 52 and the old 59, 951/2's etc.

Living here it's all fine, doesn't need unnecessary renumbering.

[Yasir6711]

If you want them all to be similar numbers wouldn't it make sense to change the 33 to 53? Have all the 5x along the Walsall Road.

(I don't think they should be renumbered btw)

That'd mean the 33 and 93* would have to change. So either way to get them organised it would need change.

Birchfield road. *3* , litchfield road *6*
U are entitled to yours opinions. Me, would like organisation, less repetition, exc

[Jack]

That'd mean the 33 and 93* would have to change. So either way to get them organised it would need change.

U are entitled to yours opinions. Me, would like organisation, less repetition, exc

Or they can be left alone as they've worked for many years and still do the job fine. 

[Yasir6711]

Or they can be left alone as they've worked for many years and still do the job fine.

Numbers on destination screen isn't going to ruin your bus. Only make the network organised, professional, Broad understandable, and simple once set in place.

By the way, this title says 'if you had the chance (personally) to modify or add any service what would you do (my opinion)?'

[Liam Pettit]

Numbers on destination screen isn't going to ruin your bus. Only make the network organised, professional, Broad understandable, and simple once set in place.

By the way, this title says 'if you had the chance (personally) to modify or add any service what would you do (my opinion)?'

I don't usually agree with ya. Too right 😎. 

[Jack]

Numbers on destination screen isn't going to ruin your bus. Only make the network organised, professional, Broad understandable, and simple once set in place.

By the way, this title says 'if you had the chance (personally) to modify or add any service what would you do (my opinion)?'

No one said it will ruin a bus? But why is something going to be messed with.

The reason they all have different numbers is because of the routes not all following each other beyond Perry Barr...

[Tony]

I don't usually agree with ya. Too right 😎.

How come you two post from the same IP address and always seem to post together?

[Danthebusman]

How come you two post from the same IP address and always seem to post together?

Hopefully they're not the same person.

[markcf83]

Or if they made the X1 not serve Parkhill and Allesley Village and go limited stop along Holyhead Road - it'd save 10 minutes easily at minimum. Then make a 7 variation do the X1 route to Parkhill to serve those stops.

Didn't the 900-in old money-go straight along the Holyhead Road?

[Rachvince53]

Didn't the 900-in old money-go straight along the Holyhead Road?

Yes. I think it changed when the local all stop services were revised. 

[markcf83]

Yes. I think it changed when the local all stop services were revised.

I thought as much. I do remember travelling on the 900 in the early 90's on the Timesaver Metrobuses and they flew like pooh off a stick on the road. (A45 from memory)

[ellspurs]

I thought as much. I do remember travelling on the 900 in the early 90's on the Timesaver Metrobuses and they flew like pooh off a stick on the road. (A45 from memory)

Back then, there was a right turn at the bottom of Millisons Wood back onto the a45 that buses could utilise (and the buses turned right off the a45 into Meriden). When they did improvement works mid-late 90s, these options were removed and it led to the 900 either skipping Millisons Wood on the way to Coventry or going down and having to come back up to use the bridge. You can still see where the bus lane was at the bottom of Millisons Wood.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.4336117,-1.600132,3a,75y,48.72h,72.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8oZdQzpXDlTRK-1cSX0c5w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

From my memory of the route in the mid-90s, it was going through Allesley and was limited stop on the Holyhead Road but when they had a route review and removed the 6 to Parkhill Estate, the 900 replaced it and started stopping at all stops on Holyhead Road.

[JPC]

Back then, there was a right turn at the bottom of Millisons Wood back onto the a45 that buses could utilise (and the buses turned right off the a45 into Meriden). When they did improvement works mid-late 90s, these options were removed and it led to the 900 either skipping Millisons Wood on the way to Coventry or going down and having to come back up to use the bridge. You can still see where the bus lane was at the bottom of Millisons Wood.

Also on the journey towards Coventry there used to be a bear left slip off the A45 which may have been restricted to buses providing direct access to Birmingham Road, Allesley Village, saving the need of continuing down to Parkhill junction and coming back up Rye Hill.

[jasmine]

Why?

Nothing wrong with any of those numbers.

934/5/6/7 is honestly quite confusing, but that's because I wasn't aware of the 9XX system from days past. but even now in 2023 that whole set of routes is confusing. nxwm were right when they said 2 digit numbers were easily rememberable.