Birmingham Central Garage

[2206]

The drug addict man boarded 4941 without paying at Aston Church Road towards Fox & Goose, yet again this afternoon, driver told him to get off or pay and this man just walked straight on again and said he "doesn't care".
Last week he just walked straight on the 94 at his regular Washwood Heath Rd, Sandway Garden stop without paying towards City and shouted at the driver to wait for him to sit down.

He has been not paying and travelling on the services for at least 7 years. Which just shows, same person everytime. Used to travel with a woman, but now travels on his own seemingly. When he's not fare dodging he seems to be shaking a empty cup at cars passing by begging for money.
One time I recall on a bus heading out of the City Centre he was lying down in the middle of the floor of the bus.

[Gareth]

The drug addict man boarded 4941 without paying at Aston Church Road towards Fox & Goose, yet again this afternoon, driver told him to get off or pay and this man just walked straight on again and said he "doesn't care".
Last week he just walked straight on the 94 at his regular Washwood Heath Rd, Sandway Garden stop without paying towards City and shouted at the driver to wait for him to sit down.

He has been not paying and travelling on the services for at least 7 years. Which just shows, same person everytime. Used to travel with a woman, but now travels on his own seemingly. When he's not fare dodging he seems to be shaking a empty cup at cars passing by begging for money.
One time I recall on a bus heading out of the City Centre he was lying down in the middle of the floor of the bus.

If that's who I think it is, he and his female friend have been not paying on Washwood Heath services for somewhere between 15-20 years!

[Gareth]

Some interesting overheard driver gossip today.
Drivers taking about the closure of Birmingham Central and it's replacement garages. Kitts Green still seemingly going ahead but Longbridge has fallen through and NX are now looking at Kings Norton, possibly the old Triplex site.

[Trident4590]

Some interesting overheard driver gossip today.
Drivers taking about the closure of Birmingham Central and it's replacement garages. Kitts Green still seemingly going ahead but Longbridge has fallen through and NX are now looking at Kings Norton, possibly the old Triplex site.

think nx spoke about that online in an article

[MasterPlan]

Some horrible flooding on Edgbaston Park Road by The Vale, will maybe have to start diverting if it gets worse.

[bususer28]

NX are now looking at Kings Norton, possibly the old Triplex site.

That's interesting. My dad works at the plant (now moved to Redditch) and he said that when they moved in November last year, they were told it would be exclusively used for housing.

[2206]

Was on 4843 this evening on 94 to Ward End at about 20:00 and 7530 on the stand infront was displaying X13 Birmingham via Coleshill, it changed to X13 Chelmsley Wood via Coleshill, when passengers started getting on.  Only a few hours early.

No timetable/flag changes on the 95 route yet, other than they have put a timetable up on the Priory Queensway 94/95 stand which says 95 Birmingham to Chelmsley Wood via Ward End and there's a notice on the stop, so presumably the other stops will get the timetable/flag changed in due course. 

[Jack6101]

Was on 4843 this evening on 94 to Ward End at about 20:00 and 7530 on the stand infront was displaying X13 Birmingham via Coleshill, it changed to X13 Chelmsley Wood via Coleshill, when passengers started getting on.  Only a few hours early.

No timetable/flag changes on the 95 route yet, but they have put a timetable up on the Priory Queensway 94/95 stand which says 95 Birmingham to Chelmsley Wood via Ward End and there's a notice on the stop, so presumably the other stops will get the timetable/flag changed in due course.

I've seen one bus displaying X13 in water orton earlier , not sure but think they already updated the destinations on buses

[Jack D]

55 are going round with blank destinations

[monkeyjoe]

I was driving about in shard end around 0800ish and bus waiting in the pithall Rd area still displaying 55, not sure if this is an accident or because stuff has not been reprogrammed yet? (Front and back)

[Jack D]

One bus this morning was displaying 95.

[2206]

Yeah, I followed one through Kingshurst earlier.

4800, 4803, 4904, 4937, 4496 at least all displaying 55 today still.
Also the platinums are still going round advertising the withdrawn X20. So hopefully the branding is updated soon to match the current services on that corridor.
And 4928 on the Birmingham 94 says it is "proudly serving the city of wolverhampton".

[Steveminor]

Can't really say anything about branding it does take time to alter vinyls but destinations take a minute

[MasterPlan]

Seen one of the branded platinums in question (not sure on fleet number) which has been changed to show just X21 and X22 and 'every 7 mins' which is wrong surely.
Also looks like the back window now covered with smaller circles saying X21 and X22 but it was quite far away.

Either way, looks like a patch up job compared with the X7/X8 platinums that needed changing.

[Sh4318]

Seen one of the branded platinums in question (not sure on fleet number) which has been changed to show just X21 and X22 and 'every 7 mins' which is wrong surely.
Also looks like the back window now covered with smaller circles saying X21 and X22 but it was quite far away.

Either way, looks like a patch up job compared with the X7/X8 platinums that needed changing.

During AM peak buses run every 7-8 minutes in both directions between QE & City