Perry Barr Garage

[The Real 4778]

Even though I agree with you about the Omnicitys being special, what is grey porridge at PB? The Platinums?

To be fair, there are still ALX and Gemini Volvos at PB, so it isn't the Trident desert that comprises much of the region  ;)

[John]

@2206 Nothing unusual about OmniLinks on the 65 or 67. The later boards out of garage get them regularly as we run out of fit for service deckers

[2206]

@2206 Nothing unusual about OmniLinks on the 65 or 67. The later boards out of garage get them regularly as we run out of fit for service deckers

Thanks for the info, didn't know that and hadn't seen a  65/7 for some time till today, and they're not on the spreadsheet either.

[monkeyjoe]

Any news your allowed to share on the new site yet

[John]

A few non Platinums on the Suttons today. 4491 and another on the X4s and 4854 on X14s

[Jack]

Not really sure where to post this but guess I'll post it here:

Yesterday while I was waiting for a bus on Bull Street, 6820 turned up on the 907 but it had to wait as 6737? Was loading up already at the stop. As soon as 6820 emptied its passengers it pulled away still in service, until it got to the top of Bull Street and a load of waiting passengers was shouting for the bus to stop, a man (who was waiting for the 907) was walking out to the bus to try and tell the driver there was people waiting at the bus stop. He was too late as the lights went to green and the bus started moving. A few people tried chasing the bus but had no luck.
I'm pretty sure @Steve3229vp will agree with me that 907 can (most of the time) never get into its stop as the X51's block and the 33/51's make it hard to get behind the X51's too. I can fully agree about the 907 moving, the 952 can most of the time never get into its stop either because of the 33's and 51's.

[Steve3229vp]

Not really sure where to post this but guess I'll post it here:

Yesterday while I was waiting for a bus on Bull Street, 6820 turned up on the 907 but it had to wait as 6737? Was loading up already at the stop. As soon as 6820 emptied its passengers it pulled away still in service, until it got to the top of Bull Street and a load of waiting passengers was shouting for the bus to stop, a man (who was waiting for the 907) was walking out to the bus to try and tell the driver there was people waiting at the bus stop. He was too late as the lights went to green and the bus started moving. A few people tried chasing the bus but had no luck.
I'm pretty sure @Steve3229vp will agree with me that 907 can (most of the time) never get into its stop as the X51's block and the 33/51's make it hard to get behind the X51's too. I can fully agree about the 907 moving, the 952 can most of the time never get into its stop either because of the 33's and 51's.

I agree, I'd move the 907 with the 934-7, 997/E routes, I know the stop is busy but the current stop with the X51 is just too tight and is virtually at the lights

[Jack]

I agree, I'd move the 907 with the 934-7, 997/E routes, I know the stop is busy but the current stop with the X51 is just too tight and is virtually at the lights

I'd move the 952 as well, can never get into the stop with the 33's and 51's. It's either move them to the Streetly/997 Stop or let the 907 and 952 share their own stop, but they will never happen as they aren't that important.

[Sh4318]

Not really sure where to post this but guess I'll post it here:

Yesterday while I was waiting for a bus on Bull Street, 6820 turned up on the 907 but it had to wait as 6737? Was loading up already at the stop. As soon as 6820 emptied its passengers it pulled away still in service, until it got to the top of Bull Street and a load of waiting passengers was shouting for the bus to stop, a man (who was waiting for the 907) was walking out to the bus to try and tell the driver there was people waiting at the bus stop. He was too late as the lights went to green and the bus started moving. A few people tried chasing the bus but had no luck.
I'm pretty sure @Steve3229vp will agree with me that 907 can (most of the time) never get into its stop as the X51's block and the 33/51's make it hard to get behind the X51's too. I can fully agree about the 907 moving, the 952 can most of the time never get into its stop either because of the 33's and 51's.

It does feel like, in the midst of Platinum upgrades and 952 changes, that the 907 has been forgotten about

[Kevin]

I'll be honest, I'm regularly having the opposite issue, X51 can't get into the stop because of the 907

The problem is simply too many vehicles having to stop, pushing all bus routes to the edge of the city centre was such a badly thought through idea

[V89MOA]

The problem is simply too many vehicles having to stop, pushing all bus routes to the edge of the city centre was such a badly thought through idea

Be careful what you say, a certain orange high viz will be calling you bitter, it was 6 years ago remember!

Personally I'd go as far as to say it was the worst ever decision made about our public transport system...

[Jack]

Be careful what you say, a certain orange high viz will be calling you bitter, it was 6 years ago remember!

Personally I'd go as far as to say it was the worst ever decision made about our public transport system...

I far by agree! All of the City Centre's bus network was great until it was all destroyed/messed around with 6 years back now.

[winston]

Be careful what you say, a certain orange high viz will be calling you bitter, it was 6 years ago remember!

Personally I'd go as far as to say it was the worst ever decision made about our public transport system...

It's Birmingham City Council & TfWM that are responsible for pushing buses further out of the City Centre in favour of the Metro, know one else.

As a result, you have more routes needing to use the same stops, with bus passengers now having to walk further from the shops to get their bus, which isn't good during the winter months

[V89MOA]

I 100% agree with both of you, said person I was referring to told me off on here for slating the holy tfwm before! You also have a worse environment for connections now, including less time to spare when changing from one bus to another as you're walking longer, and bus shelters that might as well be Windows!

The thing is if you guys think the 907/X51 stop is bad now, you'll love it when Lower Bull St is closed off too to make way for the Eastside extension, granted I don't think it has been approved yet but we all know it will be and then it will get really interesting...

[Jack]

I 100% agree with both of you, said person I was referring to told me off on here for slating the holy tfwm before! You also have a worse environment for connections now, including less time to spare when changing from one bus to another as you're walking longer, and bus shelters that might as well be Windows!

The thing is if you guys think the 907/X51 stop is bad now, you'll love it when Lower Bull St is closed off too to make way for the Eastside extension, granted I don't think it has been approved yet but we all know it will be and then it will get really interesting...

I will agree connecting from bus to another for some services (not all) can be a real annoyance. The bus shelters are awful, all you can do is lean, not sit down!

I completely forgot about the Eastside extension, hopefully it doesn't get approved after all the realignments around there meaning more roads closed off. If it does get approved then more confusion, delays and mayhem is going to be expected 😒

I can see the Lower Bull Street services shoved to a Priory Queensway, as if that interchange isn't already a joke.

P.S. I'm sure TfWM have wasted more than enough money on new bus shelters around the West Midlands that are missing walls so they can just a fit a poxy advert board up, and replacing busy bus shelters with pole stops, cough Perry Barr, Station Bridge cough.