BusTimes.org - general discussion

[Rachvince53]

No nx tracking this morning or diamond

Diamond are tracking on their own website. NX aren't showing real time arrival times on Google maps either.

In fact no buses are tracking in the West Midlands at all currently.

[BlackCountryBusSpotter]

NX are Tracking again now 

[Jack]

NX are Tracking again now

Bet the armchair spotters and kids are full of joy!

[a4 funcool 2022]

Bet the armchair spotters and kids are full of joy!

They all are full of joy

[Funnysnow18]

Tracker has stopped again
It's working again now

[Funnysnow18]

Can anyone add the electric buses onto fleet list on bus times as you cannot log them on busmiles without them being  on bus times

[Stu]

Can anyone add the electric buses onto fleet list on bus times as you cannot log them on busmiles without them being  on bus times

See: https://bustimes.org/rules

How do I add a vehicle?
You can't. The vehicle lists on bustimes.org are purely a by-product of the automatic vehicle tracking system (the live map etc.).

They get added to the lists as soon as they track for the first time.

You can't travel on buses that have not entered service anyway.

[Funnysnow18]

See: https://bustimes.org/rules

They get added to the lists as soon as they track for the first time.

You can't travel on buses that have not entered service anyway.

But some may never track 

[Stu]

But some may never track

That is not true.

All buses (in England at least) used on public bus services have been required to track since 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_Open_Data_Service

That's why Tony asks for help with identifying NX buses that aren't tracking on BusTimes.

All of NX's electric buses that are in service are already listed on BusTimes, and as others enter service for the first time then they get added to the vehicle list.

I don't know what you want to achieve with BusMiles, unless you want to claim to have travelled on buses that are still in storage.

[Tony]

That is not true.

All buses (in England at least) used on public bus services have been required to track since 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_Open_Data_Service

That's why Tony asks for help with identifying NX buses that aren't tracking on BusTimes.

All of NX's electric buses that are in service are already listed on BusTimes, and as others enter service for the first time then they get added to the vehicle list.

I don't know what you want to achieve with BusMiles, unless you want to claim to have travelled on buses that are still in storage.

There's currently 5 in service not tracking, so have not yet got onto Bustimes. All have been reported to try and correct the faults. (E166, E176, E205, E219 & E225). Two are due to enter service at YW next week.

[Funnysnow18]

There's currently 5 in service not tracking, so have not yet got onto Bustimes. All have been reported to try and correct the faults. (E166, E176, E205, E219 & E225). Two are due to enter service at YW next week.

Ah okay thanks

[Solo1]

what service will the 2 electrics at Yardley Wood be going on 2& 3 or joining the ones on the 6

[Jack]

what service will the 2 electrics at Yardley Wood be going on 2& 3 or joining the ones on the 6

What's that do with BusTimes?

I've been told by YW drivers they will be used across YW's Decker services (excluding the 27)