Free travel New Years day

[2206]

I thought the free travel offer was only from start of service today, ie around 7am.

Yes, I did read that there were some fake social media posts about some fireworks event in the city centre last night, and it seems many people ignored the warnings and went there anyway.

I hope the mayor isn't planning to use those 'exceptional' loadings for today's offer being a "huge success", as otherwise it seems many people are reporting bus usage to be 'very light' today.

https://wmbusphotos.com/forum/index.php?topic=6822.msg337724#msg337724

It started at midnight I believe.
So you could have took advantage of the free travel offer on those 00:00/01:00 journeys or 63, 97A, etc through the early hours

[Mike K]

Nobody gone out today for a free ride

I used the 23 with the family to go out for a pub meal. Buses in both direction were very quiet but unfortunately someone had taken a piss all over the top deck of 6863. Happy new year indeed. 

[j789]

All the 74s I saw today on the way to the WBA match were heavily loaded (between 1:30 and 2:30 this afternoon). I can imagine the usual football traffic delays to the service would have meant long queues in Birmingham city centre though.

[Rachvince53]

https://wmbusphotos.com/forum/index.php?topic=6822.msg337724#msg337724

It started at midnight I believe.
So you could have took advantage of the free travel offer on those 00:00/01:00 journeys or 63, 97A, etc through the early hours

Yes it did start at 0001, however most services didn't start until 7am. (My local 15A/16 didn't start until 830am.

[BlackCountryBusSpotter]

All the 74s I saw today on the way to the WBA match were heavily loaded (between 1:30 and 2:30 this afternoon). I can imagine the usual football traffic delays to the service would have meant long queues in Birmingham city centre though.

Would have been rammed anyway regardless of Free Travel, Tram what fans use is reduced on New Year's Day, Trains are a joke and probably even more so on New Year's, if your clever you Park in West Bromwich or the outskirts maybe Carters Green, Oldbury on a Pub Car Park or somewhere free to avoid the mess of the Brummie Road after the game and then get the bus to West Brom and then the 74 or the 74 directly and then either at Full time walk or wait for the bus back