VERY Late running services

[Stu]

11C appears to be having difficulties today - while walking down to Acocks Green village earlier, five passed me in convoy (two of which were 11Es). I got the 11A back up the road (about 20 mins later) and we passed another three in convoy!

[Tony]

11C appears to be having difficulties today - while walking down to Acocks Green village earlier, five passed me in convoy (two of which were 11Es). I got the 11A back up the road (about 20 mins later) and we passed another three in convoy!

Open Day at King Edwards School in Kings Heath and bad car parking caused chaos, so much so that they had to be diverted out of Kings Heath for some time.

Ignorant car drivers causing hundreds of other people's to waste time, not just bus passengers but other drivers as well

[Kevin]

Open Day at King Edwards School in Kings Heath and bad car parking caused chaos, so much so that they had to be diverted out of Kings Heath for some time.

Ignorant car drivers causing hundreds of other people's to waste time, not just bus passengers but other drivers as well

But, of course, it's the bus companies fault for being late....

[Westy]

Think X51 is running late at the moment as one just turned up & another is ten mins behind!

(Does it still interwork with the 937 on Sundays?)

[Kevin]

18:05 X51 from city running 15 late, so 25 mins between departures in rush hour
Think the timetables need looking at because the delays at this time are fairly consistent from my observations

[Tony]

18:05 X51 from city running 15 late, so 25 mins between departures in rush hour
Think the timetables need looking at because the delays at this time are fairly consistent from my observations

See
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/updates-huge-delays-m6-after-13604571

for explanation of why the X51s are bad this evening

[Kevin]

See
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/updates-huge-delays-m6-after-13604571

for explanation of why the X51s are bad this evening

Fair
Does seem to be consistent delays between 18:00 and 18:30 though, resulting in standing loads - while the 997/93x go past with less than half loads

[John]

Thought it was a lot busier tonight on the Lichfield Road getting up to Salford Circus, and the M6 North was at a standstill

[Westy]

See
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/updates-huge-delays-m6-after-13604571

for explanation of why the X51s are bad this evening

Wasnt there an issue in Walsall as well this afternoon ?

[Kevin]

Three X51s, two 51s, the 886 and a Green Bus (848 I think?) all arrived at Scott Arms at the same time ~07:50 this morning
Chaos
Hilarious

[Kevin]

6731 left Brum on the 17:55 X51 10 late
Not drastic I know - but he left leaving loads of people at the bus stop without a full bus.....

[Trident 4194]

6731 left Brum on the 17:55 X51 10 late
Not drastic I know - but he left leaving loads of people at the bus stop without a full bus.....

It's at drivers discretion about how full he wants a bus.

[fleetline6477]

It's at drivers discretion about how full he wants a bus.

How full a driver wants their bus is not at the driver's discretion. All vehicles have a maximum number of passengers displayed, a driver couldn't decide to have standing passengers on the upper deck because there were passengers at the stop.

[Trident 4194]

How full a driver wants their bus is not at the driver's discretion. All vehicles have a maximum number of passengers displayed, a driver couldn't decide to have standing passengers on the upper deck because there were passengers at the stop.

Yes but it's usually less than the specified number that is max capacity, and the driver will still reject people because people don't use all the available space downstairs to sit

[Kevin]

For the record there was no one standing