Least favourite bus route? (NXWM only)

[Sh4318]

I voted the 82/87 because they weren't upgraded properly and B7Tl still get on there loads

They've been given a unique branding and are allocated WB's youngest double deckers. The only reason older B7TLs are used is because there aren't enough 06 B7s for both routes

[winston]

I voted the 82/87 because they weren't upgraded properly and B7Tl still get on there loads

The only reason older B7TLs are used is because there aren't enough 06 B7s for both routes

Travel London took delivery of the lion's share of new double deckers in 2006

[JB93]

74/75 because although I've only personally used them once, they're pretty bland and straight routes through some pretty bland and straight areas, and I work right by their terminus in the city centre, and constantly see about 6 in a row turn up all the time. And I know we were told not to base it on route allocations, but the run down, badly branded, vandalised B7TL's are just the icing on the cake.

Gonna talk about a few others' choices, just from a personal perspective - having lived on the 97 route and used it pretty much everyday I agree about the time it takes to get into the city, it needs to be addressed. It's supposed to be the quickest route to Chelmsley Wood yet still used to take me a good hour to get into the city from Tile Cross sometimes.
The 14 I quite like actually. Once you get past Alum Rock Road, you get a good spread of different areas along the route e.g. Marston Green and Moorend Avenue, compared to routes like (as I said above) the Soho Road corridor where the scenery never changes pretty much until you get to West Brom.

[ilovetea4370]

having lived on the 97 route and used it pretty much everyday I agree about the time it takes to get into the city, it needs to be addressed. It's supposed to be the quickest route to Chelmsley Wood yet still used to take me a good hour to get into the city from Tile Cross sometimes.

Personally I think the Claribels 94 is the quickest from Chelmsley but that can also run into traffic problems, a lot of the time it is just pot luck!

[Sh4318]

In terms of reliability, I've never had a great time with the 126. I wouldn't say it was the best route ever either, it's virtually a bus station, a straight line, Wrens Nest, a bus station, a straight line, a left turn, another straight line, and Birmingham Markets, the only redeeming feature are the Voith & ZF Tridents that operate on the route, in my opinion