Birmingham Central Garage

[ellspurs]

At 9am, I have had to do Newtown - Small Heath Station (Anderton Road). I found it quicker to go through the city centre, around the back of the ring road, down into Sparkbrook and back up Walford Road/Golden Pillock Road than just taking the ring road and Small Heath Highway.

They really should prioritise getting that Sprint work completed. It's the main cause of traffic jams in the area at the moment.

If NX had the driver/bus capacity, I'm sure they'd lay on additional buses between the Swan and Solihull. Perhaps change a couple of the 60s into the old 57/57A routes to alleviate the pressure?

[Stevo]

Golden Pillock Road - I like that!

[Steveminor]

S16 & 58 are always shunned by passengers in favour of the X2 as they believe it to be a much quicker option to Solihull when in fact there is very little time difference between any of the routes between swan & Solihull

[mesub]

S16 & 58 are always shunned by passengers in favour of the X2 as they believe it to be a much quicker option to Solihull when in fact there is very little time difference between any of the routes between swan & Solihull

I mean I can see where they're coming from, considering that the X2 is 'express' (your point is valid though).

[2206]

I mean I can see where they're coming from, considering that the X2 is 'express' (your point is valid though).

I guess the X2 is also the well established service as well, as it originates from 57/57A/957.
X2 is probably really only about 5 minutes faster I would guess, the 58 goes round the Olton area as well. 58 is better if you want a seat in the peaks though.

[Gareth]

4631 is on the 94/95 today, in service operating as a 55. 4 weeks later.

[Sh4318]

Are the hybrids no longer used on Sundays? Enviro400s and Platinums are on the 61/63s today, and were last Sunday

[2206]

The 07.54 journey from Yardley Swan to Solihull. Is now newly operated by 2 buses it seems. 4919 was the duplicate to the platinum today.

[Tony]

The 07.54 journey from Yardley Swan to Solihull. Is now newly operated by 2 buses it seems. 4919 was the duplicate to the platinum today.

The 07:54 Starts at the Swan and runs to St Peters School.
There's an 07:41 journey from City due at the Swan at 07:56 which terminates at Solihull Station same as last week

[2206]

The 07:54 Starts at the Swan and runs to St Peters School.
There's an 07:41 journey from City due at the Swan at 07:56 which terminates at Solihull Station same as last week

There was a platinum infront of 4919 operating same journey (bus times shows it was 6834). There were 2 buses tracking on 7.54 yesterday as well.
I think BC run a duplicate now due to capacity problems.

The ones that come from City are normally rammed as well, one of the 08:XX journeys paticularly. And last week some college students closed all the windows and smoking on the rammed 08:XX bus.

[Tony]

Missing for 267 days after suffering a seized engine 6867 passed its MoT today so should be making an appearance in service soon

[j789]

Missing for 267 days after suffering a seized engine 6867 passed its MoT today so should be making an appearance in service soon

I'm far from an expert on mechanical matters so there may be a simple explanation but how come it took so long to repair? I'm guessing it's not just a case of replacing engine parts or the whole engine which from the outside you'd assume could be done fairly quickly? Or is more of a case of having to wait for certain parts to become available or just a backlog of other vehicle faults to repair first?

[Tony]

I'm far from an expert on mechanical matters so there may be a simple explanation but how come it took so long to repair? I'm guessing it's not just a case of replacing engine parts or the whole engine which from the outside you'd assume could be done fairly quickly? Or is more of a case of having to wait for certain parts to become available or just a backlog of other vehicle faults to repair first?

Various problems including Cummins sending a 'Euro 3' engine first of all, not a 'euro 6' one

Other parts being used to keep other buses running while it was dead. You have no doubt seen about supply chain problems on the news today, well many bus parts have been difficult to get for some time.

[Stu]

Various problems including Cummins sending a 'Euro 3' engine first of all, not a 'euro 6' one

Other parts being used to keep other buses running while it was dead. You have no doubt seen about supply chain problems on the news today, well many bus parts have been difficult to get for some time.

Just out of curiosity, this vehicle was 'new' in December 2017, so less than 3 years old, what sort of 'warranty' is offered by the manufacturers for these buses?

[Tony]

Just out of curiosity, this vehicle was 'new' in December 2017, so less than 3 years old, what sort of 'warranty' is offered by the manufacturers for these buses?

It was damaged, not a warranty claim