Round Trips

[DJ]

Don't worry, I live on the route most days, many people round The Myvod still call it the 311 and 313!

I live on the route too, down in Tipton. I'm usually alone at my stop, but I do get asked when the 311 or 313 is due still in Dudley.

[Jack]

I live on the route too, down in Tipton. I'm usually alone at my stop, but I do get asked when the 311 or 313 is due still in Dudley.

I live down by The Myvod in Wednesbury. My stop is usually quiet but you get the biddies moaning about the 313 (they still like to call it) being late and saying the 311 isn't better either.

[Jack]

29/8/17 - Got up early

NX 1766, 313, Wood Green Road, Wood Green School to Princes End.
Walked to Cupfields Avenue to watch the buses get stuck for an hour.
Diamond 30488, 43, Cupfields Ave to West Brom.
NX 4137, 79, Wednesbury to Darlo Interchange.
NX 1844, 37, Darlo to Walsall.
NX 2113, 29, Walsall to Bloxwich. (Completed the WA Urban 2's)
Diamond 21008, 19, Bloxwich to Walsall.
NX 4605, 10, Walsall to Browhills.
NX 6746, 937, Brownhills to Birmingham.
NX 4972, 74, Birmingham to West Brom.
NX 836, 40 West Brom to Park Hill, Woden Road East.
Nice 15 minute walk home.

[Jack]

4/9/17

NX 1771, 313, Myvod Road, Barlow Road to Walsall.
NX 6735, X51, Walsall to Birmingham.
NX 2229, 37, Birmingham to Solihull.
NX 4368, 49E, Solihull to The Maypole.
NX 1923, 27, Maypole to Northfield.
NX 2136, 98, Northfield to Birmingham.
NX 4920, 80A, New Street Station to West Brom.
Diamond 30942, 4H, West Brom to Walsall.
NX 1842, 313, Walsall to Myvod Road, Barlow Road.

[Kevin]

4/9/17

NX 1771, 313, Myvod Road, Barlow Road to Walsall.
...
NX 1842, 313, Walsall to Myvod Road, Barlow Road.

Please stop it. NX run a service number 13 there, not 313
By your logic the Diamond bus should have been 404 and 6735 was running the 951

[Jack]

Please stop it. NX run a service number 13 there, not 313
By your logic the Diamond bus should have been 404 and 6735 was running the 951

Sorry. But there's hardly a difference. Just a 3 put on to 13. I prefer to call the 11/13 by their original number, not some silly shortened number. I told off for calling places by a inappropriate nickname. TBH it's easy to know what number the 5, 11, 13 were originally. I will call them by how I like, but you seem to moan at me by how I call them, sorry.

Would you rather me call most routes by their original number as you'll just moan even more.

[Kevin]

Sorry. But there's hardly a difference. Just a 3 put on to 13. I prefer to call the 11/13 by their original number, not some silly shortened number. I told off for calling places by a inappropriate nickname. TBH it's easy to know what number the 5, 11, 13 were originally. I will call them by how I like, but you seem to moan at me by how I call them, sorry.

So why in the previous post did you not refer to a 401, 319, 329, 410 etc?
If you want, to me the 313 is a route through to Stourbridge, which it isn't now
The bus you catch is a 13 now, deal with it

[Jack]

So why in the previous post did you not refer to a 401, 319, 329, 410 etc?
The bus you catch is a 13 now, deal with it

Exactly why should I have to rename every route by its original number? I only call the routes by its original number as I prefer to call it by them. I don't call every route by its original number as I would be confusing way too many people.

Sorry if I'm confusing anyone.

So why in the previous post did you not refer to a 401, 319, 329, 410 etc?
If you want, to me the 313 is a route through to Stourbridge, which it isn't now
The bus you catch is a 13 now, deal with it

It hasn't been for ages. Don't forget the 311A and 313A which don't run anymore. No it's the 311/313 to me and it will always be.

[Kevin]

Sorry if I'm confusing anyone.

It's not about confusion, it's about fact.
You did not catch an NX 313 on any of these trips because it doesn't exist

[Jack]

It's not about confusion, it's about fact.
You did not catch an NX 313 on any of these trips because it doesn't exist

If that doesn't exist then what does? The silly 13, which is just the 313 without a 3? It's easy to know what route number it is. Just take out the 3 and you know what route it is.
Same with the 11 just take out the 3. This is stupid.

[Stu]

The only thing stupid here is you referring to routes by their old number.

Times have changed, routes have changed, and route numbers have changed. Unless you're actually travelling back through time while you're out on your travels.

Everybody else has gotten used to the new route numbers, and nobody is getting confused. If you seriously think people are getting confused between the 5 from West Bromwich to Sutton Coldfield and the 5 from Birmingham to Solihull, then refer to it as the 5 (WB), rather than the 451, which hasn't run for several years now.

[Jack]

The only thing stupid here is you referring to routes by their old number.

Times have changed, routes have changed, and route numbers have changed. Unless you're actually travelling back through time while you're out on your travels.

Everybody else has gotten used to the new route numbers, and nobody is getting confused. If you seriously think people are getting confused between the 5 from West Bromwich to Sutton Coldfield and the 5 from Birmingham to Solihull, then refer to it as the 5 (WB), rather than the 451, which hasn't run for several years now.

Lol, I don't travel back through time. Its stupid that I`ve now got you going down me about it. Leave me alone, I don't want to cause a stir.

[Trident 4194]

30411-4H
30413-4H- West Brom( beast so fast)
4250-5- Sutton ( I prefer these to tridents)
4409-110- birmingham( I liked the idea of being part of a motorway or so it seemed)
6104- 9- Quinton
4437-140- Quinton church
6101-9- Halesowen
1851-4H

[Kevin]

Saturday 9th September
Lazy afternoon crossing some more routes off my to do list

NXWM 6724 - X51 - 10:52 Scott Arms to Walsall
NXWM 6766 - 529 - 11:11 Walsall to Bentley Cemetery
--- Walk through to Coronation Avenue ---
Diamond 20002 - 303 - 11:30 County Bridge to Bilston
iGo YJ66 ANV - 80 - 12:15 Bilston to Moxley
Diamond 21001 - 23 - 13:10 Great Bridge Road to Portobello and back round to Bilston
NXWM 4582 - 79 - 13:56 Bilston to Wolves (via diversion up Stowheath Lane - terrible idea, took forever and a day.... But at least I've been that way on a bus)
--- Lunch in wolves ---
NXWM 4151 - 69 - 15:00 Wolves to Ashmore Park
Diamond 20605 - 57 - 15:37 Ashmore Park to Bilston
Diamond 20535 - 23 - 16:12 Bilston to Wednesbury
Diamond 30866 - 40 - 16:34 Wednesbury to All Saints
NXWM 820 - 46 - 16:58 All Saints to Scott Arms

[Jack]

16/9/17

NX 1764, 13, Myvod Road, Barlow Road to Walsall.
NX 4864, 51, Walsall to Scott Arms.
NX 1868, 28, Scott Arms to Hassop Road terminus.
NX 4283, 52, Hassop Road terminus to Birmingham.
NX 4278, 52A, Birmingham to Turnberry Road, Great Barr Baths.
NX 1899, 28, Beeches Road to The Fox & Goose.
NX 4488, 94, Fox & Goose to Chemsley Wood.
NX 4226, 94, Chemsley Wood to Saltley interchange.
NX 1834, 8C, Saltley to Highgate Road.
NX 4636, 37, Stratford Road to Solihull. (Thrashed the whole way!)
NX 6832, X2 Solihull to Birmingham.
NX 6722, X51, Birmingham to Scott Arms.
NX 814, 46, Scott Arms to West Brom.
Diamond 30215, 40, West Brom to Park Hill, Woden Road East. (Love this bus)!