Conservative Party Conference

[Stuharris 6360]

With the Conservatives due in town next week, is Broad Street still going to be available to buses as i can't find anything anywhere to say they are not??

[RobQuinton]

I very much doubt that it will be open; usually the buses divert via Sheepcote St, onto Summer Row to Great Charles Street & vice versa. At peak times this means that traffic congestion & the usual lack of interest in mantaining a decent service by NX results in long gaps between buses, overcrowding and delays.
If you can avoid the Harborne or Hagley Rd services I would suggest you do so!

[Stuharris 6360]

Thanks Rob

[Trident 4609]

Yes i read on the internet that broad street will be closed and buses will be diverted

[Ashley]

That diversions a nightmare on saturday nights, godness knows what itl be like in the daytime

[KON320P]

Same as last year. Buses will use the stops at 5 ways and Sheepcote St and then turn into Sheepcote St and follow round to the Sandpits rejoining their route at Great Charles Street. Outward journeys to do the same.

[Stu]

There's also a TUC march on Sunday, which means the whole of Broad Street will be closed from 11am to 1pm:
http://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/information/temporary-diversions/birmingham-broad-street-diversion-7th11th-october

[RobQuinton]

According to NXWM; the diversion will be similar to the usual Friday/Saturday one - ie, Ladywood Middleway - thereby avoiding all of Broad Street.

[wilmotm (Matt Wilmot)]

241/140 timings were all over the place this morning probably down to the diversion, probably most affected Brum route thanks to interworkings