Evergreen Coaches

[2206]

Noticed the 53 will be having a route change from the 24th February.
It will now serve Alum Rock Road, Cotterills Lane and Belchers Lane, between Heartlands Hospital and Saltley.

The current route will no longer be served.
Might mean the service may pick up a few more passengers now.

New timetable is now on Traveline WM.

[Busboy105]

Noticed the 53 will be having a route change from the 24th February.
It will now serve Alum Rock Road and Belchers Lane, between Heartlands Hospital and Saltley.

The current route will no longer be served.
Might mean the service may pick up a few more passengers now.

New timetable is now on Traveline WM.

Not a bad idea,(Evergreen doing a decision that Diamond and IGO couldn't do in 10+ years of having the route) however the traffic around Pelham might cause reliability issues.

[Trident 4194]

Not a bad idea,(Evergreen doing a decision that Diamond and IGO couldn't do in 10+ years of having the route) however the traffic around Pelham might cause reliability issues.

May not be evergreens decision

[Tony]

Not a bad idea,(Evergreen doing a decision that Diamond and IGO couldn't do in 10+ years of having the route) however the traffic around Pelham might cause reliability issues.

Operators do not decide the route of tendered services

[ellspurs]

Noticed the 53 will be having a route change from the 24th February.
It will now serve Alum Rock Road, Cotterills Lane and Belchers Lane, between Heartlands Hospital and Saltley.

The current route will no longer be served.
Might mean the service may pick up a few more passengers now.

New timetable is now on Traveline WM.

At least part of Cotterills Lane will have a bus service now. Can't remember when a bus last served part of it.

[metrocity]

Noticed the 53 will be having a route change from the 24th February.
It will now serve Alum Rock Road, Cotterills Lane and Belchers Lane, between Heartlands Hospital and Saltley.

The current route will no longer be served.
Might mean the service may pick up a few more passengers now.

New timetable is now on Traveline WM.

Their insurance premium will be increasing then !

[Busboy105]

At least part of Cotterills Lane will have a bus service now. Can't remember when a bus last served part of it.

I don't think it did

[Michael Bevan]

Scania Omnidekka RUI 2058 is on the 53 this afternoon. I believe it replaced YX18 KVR.

[Kevin]

Noticed the 53 will be having a route change from the 24th February.
It will now serve Alum Rock Road, Cotterills Lane and Belchers Lane, between Heartlands Hospital and Saltley.

The current route will no longer be served.
Might mean the service may pick up a few more passengers now.

New timetable is now on Traveline WM.

I have to say I'm not surprised that the Saltley/Bordesley Green area is finally being dropped, never seen anyone use the bus there
Still somehow seems a bit of a shame though

[Busboy105]

I have to say I'm not surprised that the Saltley/Bordesley Green area is finally being dropped, never seen anyone use the bus there
Still somehow seems a bit of a shame though

What about  the Stechford part? Does anyone use that as well?

[ellspurs]

I saw the 53 this afternoon on Masshouse Lane, going onto The Priory Queensway just before 2pm.

I did see a passenger on it as well.

[2206]

With the 28A changing operator on the 27th April -
Does anyone know what timetable it will be operating to? Strange no timetable has been released publicly when that is now only a week and a half away.

[Stu]

With the 28A changing operator on the 27th April -
Does anyone know what timetable it will be operating to? Strange no timetable has been released publicly when that is now only a week and a half away.

Network West Midlands are not allowing any access to timetables on their website.

In the vast majority of cases, when tendered services change operator, there is no change to route or timetable, unless stated otherwise.

So I'd work on the assumption that the timetable remains as present, just the operator that changes.

[Solo1]

With the 28A changing operator on the 27th April -
Does anyone know what timetable it will be operating to? Strange no timetable has been released publicly when that is now only a week and a half away.

i read somewhere its reduced to hourly wonder what they will be using on it

[ellspurs]

I've noticed that the 53 seems to have had a minor route change at its terminus in Smith's Wood. Instead of doing a loop which went up Lanchester Way and back along Auckland Drive, bus stop flags now indicate that it operates in both directions on Lanchester Way. Not that it will get much patronage, it does remove an anomaly where Lanchester Way was only served by a bus that terminated at the end of the road, and didn't continue on its return journey for some time.