Bordesley Garage

[Ian Hardy]

Is the head office of NXWM still there? If not, where did it move to?

Yes it is still there, see NXWM's website:
https://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/contact-us/contact-national-express
Even if the garage closes, it is possible for the Head Office to stay there.

It has happened elsewhere, Arriva North West's head office is still in the offices at Aintree but the adjacent garage was closed in 1995 and was sold off with a Wickes DIY store now on the site.

[Ian Hardy]

Wasn't BC supposed to be closing too?

Yes it is, but only when the owner of the BC site finds a suitable site / sites to replace it with & builds it or them. I would be surprised if the move of the 55 was not taken into account when NXWM was specify the size of the replacement/s.

[Steve3229vp]

Confirmed today in an internal email that yes the garage is to close expected date is October.

17 to AG
8a/8c to PB
55 to BC

I would of thought the 55 would go to PB so it can run with the 94 and have the 8A/8C at BC instead

[markcf83]

Wouldn't it make sense for the 17 to move to Central too?

[CL]

Wouldn't it make sense for the 17 to move to Central too?

Acocks Green is a stone's throw away from Yew Tree in Yardley. I'd have thought moving the 17 to BC would've made sense too - but I suppose it saves having to be relocated again when Central meets its closure.

On another note, could this mean the return of the Omnilinks at AG & BC? :o

[Tony]

Acocks Green is a stone's throw away from Yew Tree in Yardley. I'd have thought moving the 17 to BC would've made sense too - but I suppose it saves having to be relocated again when Central meets its closure.

Your logic seems strange, one minte you say the route is close to AG, then say another garage would make more sense

[Steve3229vp]

Wouldn't it make sense for the 17 to move to Central too?

No, don't agree with that, the 17 can run dead to/from Tile Cross to AG via Sheldon and Olton, less dead mileage

[BK63 YWP]

Confirmed today in an internal email that yes the garage is to close expected date is October.

17 to AG
8a/8c to PB
55 to BC

Gives the potential in making the 17 and 55 double decker and the scanias can be used on routes that need singles

[Tony]

scanias can be used on routes that need singles

Which are?

[CL]

Your logic seems strange, one minute you say the route is close to AG, then say another garage would make more sense

Apologies - I was taking BC's closure into consideration when making my point. I didn't say another garage would make "more" sense, though; it was in agreement with the post I was replying to.

My point was that in either case, whichever garage the 17 would relocate to, it would make equal sense to me - as I've acknowledged that both garages are within the vicinity of the route. I can understand if I wasn't initially clear on that.

[ellspurs]

The 17 goes under one of the small bridges in Tile Cross as well, so would have to stay single decker.

[Steve3229vp]

Gives the potential in making the 17 and 55 double decker and the scanias can be used on routes that need singles

I seen statements like this before, if you convert a single decker route to double decker, then you need to find a home for the single deckers which would mean put them on routes that have double deckers, therefore defeating the object

[ellspurs]

I would of thought the 55 would go to PB so it can run with the 94 and have the 8A/8C at BC instead

The closest route to PB garage is the 8A/C.

The closest route to AG garage is a tossup between the 8A/C and 17, but when 8A/C is taken out of the equation it is the 17.

Therefore the 55 goes to BC.

I'm sure there's capacities and such that have been looked into as well to come with the above decision.

[winston]

Gives the potential in making the 17 and 55 double decker and the scanias can be used on routes that need singles

There aren't any routes that need singles, if anything far more deckers are required, as too many singles in the fleet as it is.

[DJ]

I do wonder if the rumour I heard about a year ago, that NX are planning to move the head office to Digbeth, have anything to do with this.