VERY Late running services

[karl724223]

All services that have got to run via sheepcote st and sandpits in both directions are running late due to cars being in bus gates and no enforcement by brum shitty council  buses running 20/30/40 min plus late  so it's not nx fault

[Kevin]

4236 came in 20 mins late after being queuing outside the QE for 20 mins. Went round to the railway station where he told us another bus was 6 minutes behind and he was told to run private. About 15 minutes later 4259 arrives, luckily not packed.
The x22 were running badly too from what I could gather

Cycled past the QE around 11 and the cars queueing for the car park were, as ever, all around the block

Hardly NXWM fault

[Mike K]

The whole of the west side of the city has gone to pot. 3 X21s headed down Wheeleys Road within around 3 mins of each other a short while ago with an X22 in between.

[TT90]

The traffic was backed up both ways between Broad Street / Sheepcote St all the way down to the island by St Vincents street / Island. Awful,

Also, Summer row was backed up from BMW all the way up to Paradise / Great Charles Street lights. Surely the traffic lights need looking at or more green time ?

[MasterPlan]

18s all over the shop this morning by the looks of things, the short working to Northfield leaving just before this.

[Tony]

18s all over the shop this morning by the looks of things, the short working to Northfield leaving just before this.

Well what do you expect when Frankley Beeches Road is closed due to an RTC?

(back open now)

[MasterPlan]

Well what do you expect when Frankley Beeches Road is closed due to an RTC?

(back open now)

Sorry yes, I should know about every RTC that happens throughout Birmingham.

[Dom]

Well what do you expect when Frankley Beeches Road is closed due to an RTC?

(back open now)

Bristol Road still feeling the back end of it

[Trident 4194]

Bristol Road still feeling the back end of it

Do the Bristol road buses actually have a timetable?

[John]

Do the Bristol road buses actually have a timetable?

No........

They just drive around for the fun of it

Course they do

[Trident 4194]

No........

They just drive around for the fun of it

Course they do

Actually think they do drive around for the fun of it. I wouldn't mind driving that route tbf

[Dom]

Actually think they do drive around for the fun of it. I wouldn't mind driving that route tbf

What a stupid thing to say!! Its one of the busiest roads going.

[B.C Driver]

Do the Bristol road buses actually have a timetable?

61 and 63 suffering due to the construction of the cycle lane.
After years of neglet and countless extra traffic lights, instead of improving the Bristol Rd they make a cycle lane.
The lanes on the Bristol Rd between Speedwell Rd and Priory Rd are inadequate, they are so narrow that buses have to straddle the white lines, yet the pavements are so wide that a few inches either side could be shaved off.
The junction at Priory Rd (from city) is crying out for a seperate left only filter lane.
Traffic lights at Bournbrook Rd stay on green for vehicles exiting uni gates (even when the gates are CLOSED!).
Traffic lights at Selly Oak station stay on green for vehicles exiting Selly Oak station car park (even when no vehicle is present).
A few changes could make a big difference to traffic flow...

[MasterPlan]

It's not just the 61/63 the ☓20/☓21/☓22 are suffering also it seems.

[B.C Driver]

It's not just the 61/63 the ☓20/☓21/☓22 are suffering also it seems.

The 61 and 63 bear the brunt of it. Bristol St down to one lane most nights, Edgbaston Park Rd / Bristol Rd same too.
Not to mention those traffic lights I mentioned delaying things too. Its unacceptable that traffic on a busy trunk road with 3 main routes should have to wait while the lights are on green for a CAR PARK often with no vehicles exiting. Not to mention the extra pollution of vehicles sat idling.