New NWM area maps

[Westy]

Are there any new ones due, as the last ones are dated May 2015?

[John]

Are there any new ones due, as the last ones are dated May 2015?

Yes, Birmingham, Solihull, Wolverhampton and Walsall ones are out in Pavilions travel shop dated November 2015

[Westy]

What the hell is up with Walsall Travelshop then?

[sonic84]

Just seen the new style maps on the website. They appear to have changed the style so key daytime services are colour coded, roads served by nx buses are black and roads served by non nx buses are grey judging by the Dudley and Sandwell map

[uniquicity]

Just seen the new style maps on the website. They appear to have changed the style so key daytime services are colour coded, roads served by nx buses are black and roads served by non nx buses are grey judging by the Dudley and Sandwell map

And colours corresponding to NXWM branding. Yellow for the 5 and X96, pink for Dudley Road, Blues for 51/X51 etc. They've mistakenly coloured the WN82 pink tho ;)

[Kevin]

And colours corresponding to NXWM branding. Yellow for the 5 and X96, pink for Dudley Road, Blues for 51/X51 etc. They've mistakenly coloured the WN82 pink tho ;)

Branding for the X51 is green though....

[uniquicity]

Used to be blue didn't it? Nobody told Centro :p

[Solo1]

Just seen the new style maps on the website. They appear to have changed the style so key daytime services are colour coded, roads served by nx buses are black and roads served by non nx buses are grey judging by the Dudley and Sandwell map

why isn't the other maps the same as the dudley map

[P419 EJW]

Just seen the new style maps on the website. They appear to have changed the style so key daytime services are colour coded, roads served by nx buses are black and roads served by non nx buses are grey judging by the Dudley and Sandwell map

It looks like I might be the only one saying this. There are too many colours in one map - I understand the various colours are for the branded routes. It looks a mess. NXWM and non NXWM routes colours on the same routes? Come on. It was much easier to have the the routes to be coloured as light blue (for less frequent routes) and dark blue (for high frequency routes), imo. Simplicity is the key.

[Kevin]

Surely NWM shouldn't be differentiating between operators on their maps, because surely they want to be promoting their own multi-operator tickets and as such people who use their maps shouldn't need to know the difference?

[sonic84]

I have to admit, I too think it looks a little too busy what with many lines in diff colours along one road, and I don't understand why they have differentiated between nx and non-nx buses either.

If u want to trace a key route it does the job well but other than that I much preferred the old style maps.