Next Stop Announcments

[Jack]

Nah it was literally silent on the 74 earlier. I can't even blame the chatter of the overcrowded bus!

I know that, the bus was empty but I could just about hear them it was that silent.

[jasmine]

E226 no audio

[karl724223]

Passenger complaints on x10 the nsa is to quiet on buses that it works on

[Jack]

6756 announcements are near enough silent, can just hear them quietly mumbling.

[BBS]

E019 announcments audio not working 

[GoldenSquid]

Noticed 6864 had working visual/audio NSA for 94/95, when I had it last night. Also when parked up, it worked for short journey dests.

[Smethwickian]

For some routes (e.g. the 23/4 which have the one way city loop), the driver can get away with changing it early, as the announcements for the one way loop work both inbound and outbound (e.g. Smallbrook Queensway works for the Bartley Green and Birmingham displays)

But I have noticed on the 82 and 87 inbound to Birmingham that if the driver changes it too soon after pulling away from the Charlotte Street stop - the last before the loop - if they're still within the GPS 'tolerance' for  the stop, the system immediately thinks they're heading outbound. It then goes round the entire city loop showing next stop as Nelson Street.  

[Stu]

But I have noticed on the 82 and 87 inbound to Birmingham that if the driver changes it too soon after pulling away from the Charlotte Street stop - the last before the loop - if they're still within the GPS 'tolerance' for  the stop, the system immediately thinks they're heading outbound. It then goes round the entire city loop showing next stop as Nelson Street. 

It's a technical limitation, but easily overcome with a bit of driver training.

[West_Brom/WalsallBusGeek]

6719, 6724, 6735 and 6755.

6713 also doesnt seem to be working

[Ingleboro261F]

Did the 49 get announcements recently, I thought the only routes that had NSA for YW was the 6

[B7RLE]

Did the 49 get announcements recently, I thought the only routes that had NSA for YW was the 6

To my knowledge, every NXWM route now has announcements to comply with the new legislation surrounding them

[Jack]

To my knowledge, every NXWM route now has announcements to comply with the new legislation surrounding them

No, they haven't completed that still. AG still only has the 5 with announcements.

[West_Brom/WalsallBusGeek]

do any WB routes have next stop announcements?

[Stu]

Did the 49 get announcements recently, I thought the only routes that had NSA for YW was the 6

To my knowledge, every NXWM route now has announcements to comply with the new legislation surrounding them

Under the current legislation and its timescales, only vehicles first used after October 2019 are required to have working next-stop announcements. So at present that is all the electric and hydrogen vehicles.

YW previously only had NSAs on the 2, 3, 6 and 50 services. As their electrics will now be used on all other double-deck routes, they will have had to have them recorded for those services (18, 35, 49 and 76). Although they have older vehicles with the equipment installed, it makes sense to load them in as well, even though they legally didn't need to until next October.

No, they haven't completed that still. AG still only has the 5 with announcements.

Correct, but it's not a priority right now, NSAs will need to be programmed by next October.

do any WB routes have next stop announcements?

82 and 87 have always had them, being Platinum routes


https://wmbu.org.uk/2024/05/the-next-stop-is-new-accessible-information-regulations-effective-from-october-2024/

[BBS]

No, they haven't completed that still. AG still only has the 5 with announcements.

Has AG even done anything to do with announcments