VERY Late running services

[The Fox 4846]

You are a bit quick to judge, how do you know what has happened? I've been on buses that have come out of service for numerous reasons including: wee on seats, faulty wipers, faulty radios, sick and engine problems. Would you really want a bus with any of the previous problems continuing service because you can't wait a further 12 minutes without becoming outraged. I've waited 30 mins, 60mind for a further bus but i don't moan because I'm unaware of the circumstance.

[Jack]

You are a bit quick to judge, how do you know what has happened? I've been on buses that have come out of service for numerous reasons including: wee on seats, faulty wipers, faulty radios, sick and engine problems. Would you really want a bus with any of the previous problems continuing service because you can't wait a further 12 minutes without becoming outraged. I've waited 30 mins, 60mind for a further bus but i don't moan because I'm unaware of the circumstance.

The 28 is and will always be an awful route for reliability, unless any changes occur. Fyi I never did wait another 12 minutes, because there is a regular possibility with the 28 that if the bus coming late won't arrive then the next scheduled bus won't arrive either! Instead I got onto 4809 and changed onto 4735 which saved me wasting my time for the joke that is the 28.

[Stu]

Fyi I never did wait another 12 minutes, because there is a regular possibility with the 28 that if the bus coming late won't arrive then the next scheduled bus won't arrive either! Instead I got onto 4809 and changed onto 4735 which saved me wasting my time for the joke that is the 28.

If only there was some kind of smartphone app that told you when the next bus was going to arrive at a stop...  ;D

[Kevin]

The 28 is and will always be an awful route for reliability, unless any changes occur. Fyi I never did wait another 12 minutes, because there is a regular possibility with the 28 that if the bus coming late won't arrive then the next scheduled bus won't arrive either! Instead I got onto 4809 and changed onto 4735 which saved me wasting my time for the joke that is the 28.

In that time you could have walked to Scott Arms

[Jack]

If only there was some kind of smartphone app that told you when the next bus was going to arrive at a stop...  ;D

Fair point - but honestly I couldn't be bothered standing in the heat waiting for another 12 minutes. The NX app on my phone has been playing up lately as I'm constantly getting 'no departures'.

In that time you could have walked to Scott Arms

True - I've had to do that many times as well because of the 28's excuses. In fact I was going to walk it until 4809 came rolling down the road, fancied a little ride on it anyway.

[GeminiFan1991]

I live around the corner from the 28's Heartlands Hospital terminus and I constantly see buses there laying over which doesn't seem to suggest they are running late, its to the contrary if anything.

[2206]

4944 on the 16:30 X70 to Birmingham City Centre turned up at Coleshill High Street at 16:51, 21 minutes late, leaving a 51 minute gap between 4913 and 4944.
It seemed rather busy, presumably it picked up a number of passengers who would have got on the 17:07 as well.

If only there was some kind of smartphone app that told you when the next bus was going to arrive at a stop...  ;D

How come the app doesn't work out in Coleshill, there was no RTI available on the app for the Coleshill High Street, Orchard Close stop yet there was in Bromford?
In Coleshill it just displays the departure times shown on the timetable (eg - 17:07, etc) yet in Bromford it shows how long it will be till the next bus will be at the stop (eg - 3 mins).

[Stu]

How come the app doesn't work out in Coleshill, there was no RTI available on the app for the Coleshill High Street, Orchard Close stop yet there was in Bromford?
In Coleshill it just displays the departure times shown on the timetable (eg - 17:07, etc) yet in Bromford it shows how long it will be till the next bus will be at the stop (eg - 3 mins).

I can't answer that question, you would need to ask NX Bus about that.

[Tony]

I can't answer that question, you would need to ask NX Bus about that.

It works in Water Orton. I've never tried it in Coleshill

[Trident 4194]

2 X10s In convoy at 16:20 one was a streetdeck

[karl724223]

2 X10s In convoy at 16:20 one was a streetdeck

roadworks by station road bridge two way lights for a little hole side of the road both bus stops not in use

[Stu]

Travelled home this evening in the last one of a convoy of four X2 buses, all heading towards Solihull. One passed us heading the other way along Small Heath Highway, which according to the app would be the last one for nearly an hour.

Traffic is horrendous, ring road severely congested, and so was Small Heath Highway towards city, the queue tailed back beyond Poets Corner.

I think I got lucky with the way I timed my journey home, though I will admit I am looking forward to moving soon and not having to endure that route home again!

[Mike K]

Half of the Harborne corridor buses currently stuck on Smallbrook Queensway by the looks of it:

[MasterPlan]

Half of the Harborne corridor buses currently stuck on Smallbrook Queensway by the looks of it:

Yeah, I was waiting at Smallbrook Queensway. It was choc a block.

[Trident 4194]

2 x10s In convoy
2 129s in convoy
6122 and 4430 I think runnning NIS