Diversions

[nitromatt1]

@Stuharris 6360 the usual Fri/Sat night diversion?

[Stuharris 6360]

@Matt, yes that's right although the 1 is now terminating at Five Ways.

[Tony]

Broad Street shut outbound since early morning due to a fire at a food shop which has spread into the Hilton Hotel's kitchen

What time was this fire? I passed through about 8:30 on the 9 on my way to work this morning, it was closed westbound with a shedload of fire engines in attendance but could see no smoke or sign of a fire

6.15am according to BBC

And reopened around 5:15 this evening

[John]

Broad Street shut outbound since early morning due to a fire at a food shop which has spread into the Hilton Hotel's kitchen

What time was this fire? I passed through about 8:30 on the 9 on my way to work this morning, it was closed westbound with a shedload of fire engines in attendance but could see no smoke or sign of a fire

6.15am according to BBC

And reopened around 5:15 this evening

I did hear the end of the diversion come over the radio this afternoon. Must have been quite a serious fire to warrant Broad St to be shut all day

[John]

I'm not working today, but the 28s are diverted in Bordesley Green due to a Police incident on Belchers Lane.

Diversion is Station Road/Stetchford High Street, and onto Bordesley green at the Meadway Lights by the sounds of it (the left turn from Bordesley Green onto Station Road is very tight, I've done it a few times NIS).

I don't know if they are turning left at the Fox and down the A4040, or going down Alum Rock Rd and turning left onto Burney Lane to the island turning right there onto the A4040

[John]

Another diversion for the 28 today, only for around 30 minutes due to an accident on Coleshill Road around 6 this evening.

Diversion was A47, from Spitfire Island to Bromford Lane, and following the 11 up to Fox & Goose and the same for the reverse

[Matt.N0056]

Just looking on the Solihull council website, i found this:

Temporary Road Closures (8pm to 6am daily, 7 days)

• A45 Coventry Road eastbound carriageway from the nosing with the east bound exit
  slip road to Clock Interchange east to bridge over the M42 Motorway.

I assume this means the 900 wont be able to to get to Coventry this way. Would it have to go via Bickenhill Lane, Cheter Rd to Stonebridge Island then normal line of route? I know there is a diversion for the Closure of the A45 slip rd from Airport way, but have only just found this!

[John]

Bad smash at the Tyburn/Kingsbury Road traffic lights this afternoon. 2 67s were blocked at the lights, and my City bound 914 had to do a U-turn back to Chester Rd, follow the 28 route to Erdington and down Bromford Lane back to Kinsbury Rd

[Tony]

Bad smash at the Tyburn/Kingsbury Road traffic lights this afternoon. 2 67s were blocked at the lights, and my City bound 914 had to do a U-turn back to Chester Rd, follow the 28 route to Erdington and down Bromford Lane back to Kinsbury Rd

Car/Motorbike

Then soon after there was an 4 vehicle collision on the M6 north between 6 & 7 which tailed back down the slip roads onto Salford Circus and blocked Tyburn Road inbound. 4303 definately qualifies for the very late running services thread. It left City on the 14:50 67 9 minutes late. got caught in the Tyburn/Kingsbury jams and arrived at Castle Vale 50 minutes late. Then returning to City got caught in the M6 traffic chaos and arrived in City 1hour 24 minutes late, then left again and got stuck on Lichfield Road with more queues for the M6 slip roads and arrived at Castle Vale the next time 1hour 44minutes late

[Kevin]

Currently on an X51 going round the inner circle... Along with the rest of the A34 traffic, everything's being diverted round the Newbury road, Clifford street, Wheeler St and Lozells road to Six Ways island. Christ knows why, cause the crash itself was on Newbury road not High st itself

[nitromatt1]

We must have a forum ghost. I posted this a little earlier but it disappeared. ;)

I noticed a 210 on Long Lane in Halesowen around 16:55 this afternoon, was probably the 15:45 from Wolverdumpton running considerably late. The 210 obviously uses the A4123 so I presume had been diverted to avoid it, for whatever reason.

F.A.O. Tony, if you delete my posts without giving reason why, I'm just going to put them back again.

[John]

Currently on an X51 going round the inner circle... Along with the rest of the A34 traffic, everything's being diverted round the Newbury road, Clifford street, Wheeler St and Lozells road to Six Ways island. Christ knows why, cause the crash itself was on Newbury road not High st itself

There was an accident at the lights by Newtown baths on the A34 as well. On the side heading up to Six Ways

When I left town, the outside lane was open to go straight over the lights, but when I passed the scene on the way in, all the traffic as going left at the lights. Two 7s and an 8c were stuck there unable to move,  and plenty of A34 buses stuck in the jams

[notepanel]

We must have a forum ghost. I posted this a little earlier but it disappeared. ;)

I noticed a 210 on Long Lane in Halesowen around 16:55 this afternoon, was probably the 15:45 from Wolverdumpton running considerably late. The 210 obviously uses the A4123 so I presume had been diverted to avoid it, for whatever reason.

F.A.O. Tony, if you delete my posts without giving reason why, I'm just going to put them back again.

Don't forget that whilst there is usually an obvious primary route to take, coach drivers do have the freedom to use whichever route they prefer (within reason). Quite often, especially at that time of day, you'll see 210s & 410s use a variety of different routes out of Dudley usually with the aim of avoiding the Birchley Island.

It's the same with coaches joining the M5, the majority use the Hagley Road, but others use the Bristol or Pershore Roads.

In actual fact this 210 followed a near identical route to the 410 which was running near enough alongside it, with the exception that the 410 used Britannia Road & Station Road to bypass Blackheath town centre and join Cakemore Road, whereas the 210 went straight through Blackheath and used Long Lane/Nimmings Road.

[Tony]

We must have a forum ghost. I posted this a little earlier but it disappeared. ;)

I noticed a 210 on Long Lane in Halesowen around 16:55 this afternoon, was probably the 15:45 from Wolverdumpton running considerably late. The 210 obviously uses the A4123 so I presume had been diverted to avoid it, for whatever reason.

F.A.O. Tony, if you delete my posts without giving reason why, I'm just going to put them back again.

Congratulations Matt for completely p***ing me off. You got warned and continually put Wolverdumpton back after I deleted it. As I said if you put that in correspondance from an employer to anyone you would soon say goodbye, so have a seven day ban!

[vinh1000]

Wish Centro were more clear about the tunnels

Wanted a 46 waited at livery street nothing went the diverted way despite nwm saying it starts sat