Diversions

[nitromatt1]

Blackheath market has been closed off from early afternoon to 8:30 this evening due to a Christmas light switch-on, all services had their own diversion routes. The 140/241 was using Henderson Way & Archer Way. I also saw a 4 going down Bell End (the road!)

LS - could this thread be renamed simply "Diversions", for discussion of all diversions, not just the longest/weirdest ones?

[Nathan4775]

Any reason why the 997/X51 were using Colemore Circus to get into Birmingham?, also noted a 94 claribels B7rle coming from down there too  ??? :o

[John]

Any reason why the 997/X51 were using Colmore Circus to get into Birmingham?, also noted a 94 claribels B7rle coming from down there too  ??? :o

A lot seemed odd this afternoon. The Coventry Road buses I saw were using Carr's Lane and Albert Street to exit city. The traffic did seem really bad this afternoon. The 997 I got home came from Colmore Circus and unloaded at the 74/5 unload stop

I also saw Central B7RLE come from Colmore Circus displaying 58 Solihull, then it went onto the 58. Don't know if it come off a 29, but I see no reason for it doing so

[Nathan4775]

4871 (997) Today unloaded on Colemore Circus. When I entered town on the 56, traffic around the Hospital was resonable. Wonder what the market traffic was like ?

[John]

All the buses that use Lancaster Circus have to enter using Colmore Circus/Snowhill Queensway when there is an Air Ambulance handing at the Helipad for the Children's Hospital, I thought that at first, but I saw both 33s and 51s entering the normal way with the 997 I mentioned entering from Colmore Circus

[Nathan4775]

Wonder why a Claribels  94 was coming from up colemore circus?

[nitromatt1]

One thing I noticed during the Expressway diversions was that buses were serving the bus stop in the middle of the Quinton Expressway, despite the NXWM website stating that the 9 was non-stop down the Expressway

[Trident 4609]

One thing I noticed during the Expressway diversions was that buses were serving the bus stop in the middle of the Quinton Expressway, despite the NXWM website stating that the 9 was non-stop down the Expressway

Why is there a bus stop on Quinton Expressway? Do any services go down there or is it an older stop for when services did go down there?

[John]

One thing I noticed during the Expressway diversions was that buses were serving the bus stop in the middle of the Quinton Expressway, despite the NXWM website stating that the 9 was non-stop down the Expressway

Why is there a bus stop on Quinton Expressway? Do any services go down there or is it an older stop for when services did go down there?

It is a disused stop from when services did use the Expressway (no idea what used the expressway, may have been the old 192?), they had just not been removed

[nitromatt1]

One thing I noticed during the Expressway diversions was that buses were serving the bus stop in the middle of the Quinton Expressway, despite the NXWM website stating that the 9 was non-stop down the Expressway

Why is there a bus stop on Quinton Expressway? Do any services go down there or is it an older stop for when services did go down there?

The only bus service to use the Expressway is the HC1, but I would imagine they bus a bus stop (one each direction) in case of situations like these when services would need to use the Expressway

[winston]

One thing I noticed during the Expressway diversions was that buses were serving the bus stop in the middle of the Quinton Expressway, despite the NXWM website stating that the 9 was non-stop down the Expressway

Why is there a bus stop on Quinton Expressway? Do any services go down there or is it an older stop for when services did go down there?

It is a disused stop from when services did use the Expressway (no idea what used the expressway, may have been the old 192?), they had just not been removed

The 900 when it used to run through to Hasbury & the 19 & 19S from Quinton garage all used to use the Quinton Expressway. I thought the 192 used to go up Mucklow's Hill to Quinton?

[John]

I'm not sure what has used the expressway in recent times, the 192 is the only one I could think off before curtailment to Halesowen. They are the modern blue shelters, so a service must have used the expressway until a few years ago

NWM would not have just put stops there on the expressway for use every few years or in emergencies, they would more than likely just use temporary bus stop signs when the time arises

[Kevin]

Can you actually get to that bus stop from the residential areas? And would anyone know to go there to catch a bus?

[Stuharris 6360]

One thing I noticed during the Expressway diversions was that buses were serving the bus stop in the middle of the Quinton Expressway, despite the NXWM website stating that the 9 was non-stop down the Expressway

Why is there a bus stop on Quinton Expressway? Do any services go down there or is it an older stop for when services did go down there?

It is a disused stop from when services did use the Expressway (no idea what used the expressway, may have been the old 192?), they had just not been removed

The 900 when it used to run through to Hasbury & the 19 & 19S from Quinton garage all used to use the Quinton Expressway. I thought the 192 used to go up Mucklow's Hill to Quinton?

Many years ago didn't the 902 go up the Expressway.

[winston]

One thing I noticed during the Expressway diversions was that buses were serving the bus stop in the middle of the Quinton Expressway, despite the NXWM website stating that the 9 was non-stop down the Expressway

Why is there a bus stop on Quinton Expressway? Do any services go down there or is it an older stop for when services did go down there?

It is a disused stop from when services did use the Expressway (no idea what used the expressway, may have been the old 192?), they had just not been removed

The 900 when it used to run through to Hasbury & the 19 & 19S from Quinton garage all used to use the Quinton Expressway. I thought the 192 used to go up Mucklow's Hill to Quinton?

Many years ago didn't the 902 go up the Expressway.

I think so, as that was replaced by the 900 Timesaver in 1986

Actually I'm not so sure, the 902 used to operated by Liverpool Street in the era that the 131 & 132 used to be operated from Hartshill garage. I think they used Mucklow's Hill, not so sure on the 902 now. But the Expressway would make the most sense at it was a limited stop service