Himley Spectacular Saturday 09/11/13 bus services

[nitromatt1]

The following free bus services will operate to the gates of Himley Park for the Himley "Out Of This World" Spectacular event on Saturday 9th. Buses will stop at all stops along the routes.

249 Cradley - Himley: Cradley Interchange (Stand D) - High St, Quarry Bank - Waterfront East Car Park - Bank St, Brierley Hill - Pensnett Road - Commonside - High Oak - High St, Pensnett - Tansey Green Road - Stallings Lane - Wolverhampton Road - Himley.

Service 249 will operate every 15 minutes.

The first bus leaves Cradley at 17:30 and the last bus at 19:45.

The first bus leaves Himley at 18:00, there is a break of outbound service 19:30 - 21:00, then service resumes until the last bus departs at 23:00.

250 Dudley - Himley: Flood St - Martin Hill St - Vicar St - King St - Birmingham St - Fisher St - Castle St - The Broadway - Ednam Road - Priory St - Wolverhampton St - Himley Road - Cinder Road - Stallings Lane - Wolverhampton Road - Himley.

Service 250 will operate every 5 minutes.

The first bus leaves Dudley at 17:30 and the last bus at 20:00.

The first bus leaves Himley at 17:45, there is a break of outbound service 20:15 - 21:00, then service resumes until the last bus departs at 23:00.

251 Halesowen - Himley via Stourbridge: Halesowen Bus Station (Stand A) - Colley Gate - High St, Lye - Stourbridge Bus Station (Stand J, Vauxhall Road) - Audnam - Wordsley - Kingswinford - Moss Grove - Wolverhampton Road - Himley.

Service 251 will operate every 20 minutes.

The first bus leaves Halesowen at 17:05 (Stourbridge at 17:25) and the last bus at 19:45 (Stourbridge at 20:05).

The first bus leaves Himley at 17:40, there is a break of outbound service 19:45 - 21:00, then service resumes until the last bus departs at 23:00.

252 Coseley - Himley via Sedgley: Coseley Roseville Square - Castle St - Vicarage Road - Birmingham New Road - Sedgley Road - Tipton Road - Tipton St - Dudley St - Vicar St - Sedgley - Gospel End St - Cotwall End Road - Sandyfields Road - The Straits - Straits Road - Louise St - Abbey Road - Zoar Street - Gornal Wood Bus Station - Abbey Road - Bull St - Cinder Road - Stallings Lane - Wolverhampton Rd - Himley.

Service 252 will operate every 10 minutes.

The first bus leaves Coseley at 17:30 (Sedgley at 17:40) and the last bus at 19:50 (Sedgley at 20:00).

The first bus leaves Himley at 18:00, there is a break of outbound service 19:50 - 21:00, then service resumes until the last bus departs at 23:00.

253 Stourbridge - Himley, Shuttle Service: Stourbridge Bus Station (Stand J, Vauxhall Road) - Audnam - Wordsley - Kingswinford - Moss Grove - Wolverhampton Road - Himley.

Service 253 will operate every 10 minutes.

The first bus leaves Stourbridge at 17:00 and the last bus at 19:50.

The first bus leaves Himley at 17:20, there is a break of outbound service 19:30 - 21:00, then service resumes until the last bus departs at 23:00.

[winston]

Some of the frequencies seem higher than previous years

[nitromatt1]

Some of the frequencies seem higher than previous years

Were the same services in place in previous years, Winston? What were their frequencies?

Which garage(s) operated the services?

[winston]

Some of the frequencies seem higher than previous years

Were the same services in place in previous years, Winston? What were their frequencies?

Which garage(s) operated the services?

It appears I'm wrong, it was the 5min frequency of the 250 that jumped out. But looking back at past years if always been that frequent......

2009
http://www.stourbridgenews.co.uk/news/4717531.Free_buses_to_Himley_bonfire_tonight/

2010
http://www.dudleynews.co.uk/news/local/8491277.Free_buses_to_firework_bash/

The services were originally always operated by WN with 53/04/54 plate Tridents, not sure about the last two years as haven't been

[Trident 4609]

WN,WB and PE i believe operated it last year, WN with 126 branded tridents,WB with Geminis and PE with E400's

[wilmotm (Matt Wilmot)]

WB used to send a lot of Presidents at one point as well, it was an absolute joke trying to get up the Himley Road in one of them with an absolutely full load, as each bus is loaded by stewards/police.

From my recollection PE have only operated the one year so far, despite being by far the closest garage over not wanting to get their still relatively new Enviro's trashed, though they seem to be less worried now as they get older.

Will be there Saturday on the 250 so will report if I see anything unusual

[Ex pensnett driver]

Im sure pe just lent a few e400 to pl last year

[richie]

Im sure pe just lent a few e400 to pl last year

They were used by WB staff

[karl724223]

Didn't a couple break down either 2011/12 and they borrowed our enviros ??

[nitromatt1]

What is to stop people using the 251 as a free 9 service between Halesowen and Stourbridge?

[Stuharris 6360]

What is to stop people using the 251 as a free 9 service between Halesowen and Stourbridge?

I suppose nothing although i would have thought the buses would be pick up only till arriving at Himley Hall.

[nitromatt1]

Noted on the Himley services tonight

4115
4201
4248
4525
4539
4540
4542
4544
4556
4562
4563
4565
4575
4578
4586
4589
4596
4605
4705
4706
4707

So 14 WN Tridents (including 126 branded 4575 and 529 branded 4605), 4 WB Geminis (including Dudley Road branded 4705/6/7), 1 WB ALX400 (Soho Road branded 4248), 1 WB President and 1 PN Trident

[Stuharris 6360]

Noted on the Himley services tonight

4115
4201
4248
4525
4539
4540
4542
4544
4556
4562
4563
4565
4575
4578
4586
4589
4596
4605
4705
4706
4707

So 14 WN Tridents (including 126 branded 4575 and 529 branded 4605), 4 WB Geminis (including Dudley Road branded 4705/6/7), 1 WB ALX400 (Soho Road branded 4248), 1 WB President and 1 PN Trident

Didn't this leave WN short of buses today? Surprised that WN didn't put out a Hybrid.

[winston]

Noted on the Himley services tonight

4115
4201
4248
4525
4539
4540
4542
4544
4556
4562
4563
4565
4575
4578
4586
4589
4596
4605
4705
4706
4707

So 14 WN Tridents (including 126 branded 4575 and 529 branded 4605), 4 WB Geminis (including Dudley Road branded 4705/6/7), 1 WB ALX400 (Soho Road branded 4248), 1 WB President and 1 PN Trident

Didn't this leave WN short of buses today? Surprised that WN didn't put out a Hybrid.

Services don't start until 5pm

[wilmotm (Matt Wilmot)]

Vast majority of 126's became B7 operated at around 5-6 ish and there were a couple of PE Enviro's out as well, a few buses were driven by inspectors in white shirts and what looked like engineers in orange coats, to cover and for the overtime I presume