Wolverhampton Garage

[Tony]

It is my understanding that National Express West Midlands Service X8 operates an excellent Plantnum service between Wolverhampton & Birmingham at present.

Which again goes nowhere near the metro.

The Metro did genuinely kill the 979

[MW]

It is my understanding that National Express West Midlands Service X8 operates an excellent Plantnum service between Wolverhampton & Birmingham at present.

A poster mentioned by @ellspurs historically commented on this service on the forum .

Excellent? Blimey Richard, times have changed then, eh?!

[WyreForestShuttle]

Which again goes nowhere near the metro.

The Metro did genuinely kill the 979

Yes fully agree @Tony which I persumb why the X8 has been sucessfull  for National Express West Midlands.

You are also so right I used the Lynxes on the 979 to go to Wolverhampton Poly & the patronage disappeared overnight following the launch of Midland Metro sadly making it unviable for Travel West Midlands even after its revised curtailment to Wednesbury.

[Busboy105]

Does the 126 still run between Wolverhampton & Birmingham?
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Does the 979 still run between Wolverhampton & Birmingham?

Didn't the 126 stop going to Wolves was because of traffic issues? Because it still ran between Birmingham and Wolves 19 years after the Metro was launched.

[Pat]

The Midland Metro didn't affect the 126 when it used to go all the way to Wolves so I doubt there will be a major impact.
Does this mean that the line is 100% confirmed to start building?

Also, the metro hasn't affected the 79 which runs parallel to the metro.

[Tony]

Also, the metro hasn't affected the 79 which runs parallel to the metro.

It has affected it.

Ending up dropping from a high frequency service into Birmingham to at one point a 20 minute frequency to West Bromwich?

[Pat]

It has affected it.

Ending up dropping from a high frequency service into Birmingham to at one point a 20 minute frequency to West Bromwich?

Didn't the 79 more or less run the same route as the 74 between West Brom and Brum though?Nowadays, the route is always busy and I've often had a standing load on it.

[Busboy105]

Didn't the 79 more or less run the same route as the 74 between West Brom and Brum though?Nowadays, the route is always busy and I've often had a standing load on it.

Yes it did, alongside the 74 and the 75.

[Pat]

Yes it did, alongside the 74 and the 75.

Aaah right, couldn't quite remember.  I think the 74/75 combined to provide a 5 minute frequency. 

[Jack]

Yes it did, alongside the 74 and the 75.

No it didn't, the 75 was brought out to replace the 79 between B'ham and Wednesbury. The every 5 minute frequency was kept between West Brom and B'ham when the 79 was cut and the 75 introduced.

[Pat]

No it didn't, the 75 was brought out to replace the 79 between B'ham and Wednesbury. The every 5 minute frequency was kept between West Brom and B'ham when the 79 was cut and the 75 introduced.

So the 79 wasn't greatly affected by the Metro then?  As it was curtailed to West Brom and replaced by the 75.  Presumably that was due to reliability issues caused by traffic?

[Busboy105]

So the 79 wasn't greatly affected by the Metro then?  As it was curtailed to West Brom and replaced by the 75.  Presumably that was due to reliability issues caused by traffic?

Yes, traffic in Handsworth and West Bromwich when Albion played at the Hawthorns pretty much put Soho Road/Holyhead Road on shutdown. But I would say that the 79 was affected by the Metro considering it serves pretty much the same areas as the 79 did bar Darlaston and was much faster than the 79.

[Pat]

Yes, traffic in Handsworth and West Bromwich when Albion played at the Hawthorns pretty much put Soho Road/Holyhead Road on shutdown. But I would say that the 79 was affected by the Metro considering it serves pretty much the same areas as the 79 did bar Darlaston and was much faster than the 79.

I suppose it may have had some affect, but I don't see it as having a major affect.  The service is still very busy.

[ellspurs]

So the 79 wasn't greatly affected by the Metro then?  As it was curtailed to West Brom and replaced by the 75.  Presumably that was due to reliability issues caused by traffic?

I thought the 79 curtailment was part of the thing like they did on the Coventry Road where they wanted one frequent service servicing the road (due to the traffic issues and such), with the other services connecting further out. Hence why the 57A became the 957, and ultimately the X2, with the 57 withdrawn and replaced with a more frequent 60. Could be getting it wrong in my head though.

The 979 got replaced by the 80 up to Wednesbury originally.

[Busboy105]

I thought the 79 curtailment was part of the thing like they did on the Coventry Road where they wanted one frequent service servicing the road (due to the traffic issues and such), with the other services connecting further out. Hence why the 57A became the 957, and ultimately the X2, with the 57 withdrawn and replaced with a more frequent 60. Could be getting it wrong in my head though.

The 979 got replaced by the 80 up to Wednesbury originally.

Yes it does look similar to that. You also missed when the 60 had another frequency upgrade when the 58 was curtailed and the 59 was withdrawn (controversial decision in my opinion but at least passengers now have their Yardley-Kingshurst link now).