VERY Late running services

[Trident 4609]

The 13:15 241 didn't depart Dudley until 13:46/47. Is there something happening in Brum because 126's are playing up also?

Begins with a B
Ends in a wood
There's an ear in the middle

How long are these Bearwood road works going on for?

Judging on what i saw today they will be there a fair bit longer!

[Stu]

Got the 120 to Broad Street at 8pm in plenty of time to get the 1 at 20:07, only to find the realtime info showed the next 1 due in 26mins and the next in 33mins!

(Didn't fancy waiting, so got on the 9 into town, then walked down to Carrs Lane, waited 15 minutes for the next 37, and when that arrived in Acocks Green village, both buses on the 1 were at the stop on Shirley Road!)

[Trident 4609]

The Bearwood delays struck again. The 14:15 241 left Dudley at least 20-30 minutes late. 126's were running in twos also

[nitromatt1]

Got the 120 to Broad Street at 8pm in plenty of time to get the 1 at 20:07, only to find the realtime info showed the next 1 due in 26mins and the next in 33mins!

(Didn't fancy waiting, so got on the 9 into town, then walked down to Carrs Lane, waited 15 minutes for the next 37, and when that arrived in Acocks Green village, both buses on the 1 were at the stop on Shirley Road!)

I always recommend taking any real time info with a pinch of salt. Whilst in this case it was probably correct, it can come up with a load of...nonsense

[nitromatt1]

Two 53s to West Brom just been through Old Hill.

[s94]

The Bearwood delays struck again. The 14:15 241 left Dudley at least 20-30 minutes late. 126's were running in twos also

So the new 140/141/241 interworking is going to work brilliantly from the 20th July. Just cannot agree/understand with these changes at all.

[Sh4318]

The Bearwood delays struck again. The 14:15 241 left Dudley at least 20-30 minutes late. 126's were running in twos also

So the new 140/141/241 interworking is going to work brilliantly from the 20th July. Just cannot agree/understand with these changes at all.

@s94 That's pretty much how I felt last year. The interworking between the 141 and 241 has 15 minutes recovery time in Merry Hill should anything go wrong

[Stuharris 6360]

The Bearwood delays struck again. The 14:15 241 left Dudley at least 20-30 minutes late. 126's were running in twos also

So the new 140/141/241 interworking is going to work brilliantly from the 20th July. Just cannot agree/understand with these changes at all.

@s94 That's pretty much how I felt last year. The interworking between the 141 and 241 has 15 minutes recovery time in Merry Hill should anything go wrong

Problem is, with things as they are at the moment, 15 minutes may not be enough.

[P419 EJW]

1459 served 69E because it was 23 minutes late. I would assume it went to Wednesfield because the blind was blank. It arrived in Walsall Bus Station at 17:33 and departed at 17:36. 1421 arrived on time and was behind 1459 in the bus station. I got on 1421.

Seen 1459 again at 18:22, parked by the bus stop just after the New Cross Hospital entrance. The driver was changing the blind to Walsall.

[karl724223]

The Bearwood delays struck again. The 14:15 241 left Dudley at least 20-30 minutes late. 126's were running in twos also

So the new 140/141/241 interworking is going to work brilliantly from the 20th July. Just cannot agree/understand with these changes at all.

@s94 That's pretty much how I felt last year. The interworking between the 141 and 241 has 15 minutes recovery time in Merry Hill should anything go wrong

not all boards have

[John]

Accident on Coleshill Rd this afternoon made the 70, 94 and 28 delayed (I was around 15 late, plus I was running with another 28 for most of the route back from the Heartlands), plenty of adjustment by AVL to try and catch up.

[fleetline6477]

One factor which adds to the delays on 140 / 241 is whenever (I've seen it) the buses always go across to the layover car park to relief, requiring 2 loops of the Bus Station and wasting at least 5 minutes. A few weeks ago a driver was at the stop to relief and had to flag the bus down rather dramatically for him to stop. Why don't the drivers walk across to the stop?

[Sh4318]

4805 and 2091 both seen just leaving Oldbury for Dudley on the 120

[Trident 4609]

The 59 was totally messed up during the day for some reason.

[Kevin]

4764 and 4882 left town together on the 936 just before half 5 this afternoon, and only 2 mins or so after a trident on the 935E