VERY Late running services

[Liverpool Street]

something's up with the 98 atm, potential normal, haven't caught the bus round here for a while, but been sat by uni with some old friends for nearly an hour now, saw 4 99s but not a single 98

Rang a mate up about this one. Says there's about 3 broken down, he says he thinks there consecutive buses. Times about correct for your time of posting.

[Sh4318]

Ended up waiting 20 minutes for a 6/6A (every 20 minutes). A Trident on the 18A (the 15:04) arrived at Pool Meadow before a Merc on the 18 (the 14:54), and this was at 15:09

[Kevin]

something's up with the 98 atm, potential normal, haven't caught the bus round here for a while, but been sat by uni with some old friends for nearly an hour now, saw 4 99s but not a single 98

Rang a mate up about this one. Says there's about 3 broken down, he says he thinks there consecutive buses. Times about correct for your time of posting.

so, in a situation like this, would BC see sense and send spare buses out to start in town to cover? Because this would have been smack in rush hour from city by the time they were meant to get there

[Tony]

something's up with the 98 atm, potential normal, haven't caught the bus round here for a while, but been sat by uni with some old friends for nearly an hour now, saw 4 99s but not a single 98

Rang a mate up about this one. Says there's about 3 broken down, he says he thinks there consecutive buses. Times about correct for your time of posting.

Spare buses in Rush hour are not very common things to find

so, in a situation like this, would BC see sense and send spare buses out to start in town to cover? Because this would have been smack in rush hour from city by the time they were meant to get there

[Tony]

something's up with the 98 atm, potential normal, haven't caught the bus round here for a while, but been sat by uni with some old friends for nearly an hour now, saw 4 99s but not a single 98

Rang a mate up about this one. Says there's about 3 broken down, he says he thinks there consecutive buses. Times about correct for your time of posting.

so, in a situation like this, would BC see sense and send spare buses out to start in town to cover? Because this would have been smack in rush hour from city by the time they were meant to get there

Spare buses in Rush hour are not very common things to find

[Tony]

something's up with the 98 atm, potential normal, haven't caught the bus round here for a while, but been sat by uni with some old friends for nearly an hour now, saw 4 99s but not a single 98

Rang a mate up about this one. Says there's about 3 broken down, he says he thinks there consecutive buses. Times about correct for your time of posting.

There wasn't a bus between 15:55 & 17:02, but that is only two missing, not 3

[andy]

something's up with the 98 atm, potential normal, haven't caught the bus round here for a while, but been sat by uni with some old friends for nearly an hour now, saw 4 99s but not a single 98

Rang a mate up about this one. Says there's about 3 broken down, he says he thinks there consecutive buses. Times about correct for your time of posting.

There wasn't a bus between 15:55 & 17:02, but that is only two missing, not 3

That sort of performance would cause frothing of the mouth and the need for a straight jacket over on the Arriva forum.

[the trainbasher]

@andy don't forget the wanting of another operator to take over with the same fares as they use in the Centro area plus the impending end of the world doom they're a pile of rubbish buses statement

[Liverpool Street]

something's up with the 98 atm, potential normal, haven't caught the bus round here for a while, but been sat by uni with some old friends for nearly an hour now, saw 4 99s but not a single 98

Rang a mate up about this one. Says there's about 3 broken down, he says he thinks there consecutive buses. Times about correct for your time of posting.

There wasn't a bus between 15:55 & 17:02, but that is only two missing, not 3

Thanks Tony, glad you've confirmed it. So I presume it was 2 consecutive buses that expired?

[Kevin]

something's up with the 98 atm, potential normal, haven't caught the bus round here for a while, but been sat by uni with some old friends for nearly an hour now, saw 4 99s but not a single 98

Rang a mate up about this one. Says there's about 3 broken down, he says he thinks there consecutive buses. Times about correct for your time of posting.

so, in a situation like this, would BC see sense and send spare buses out to start in town to cover? Because this would have been smack in rush hour from city by the time they were meant to get there

Spare buses in Rush hour are not very common things to find

But at the same time, are they willing to leave a gap like that in the service? Couldn't they steal a bus from another route?

[Tony]

something's up with the 98 atm, potential normal, haven't caught the bus round here for a while, but been sat by uni with some old friends for nearly an hour now, saw 4 99s but not a single 98

Rang a mate up about this one. Says there's about 3 broken down, he says he thinks there consecutive buses. Times about correct for your time of posting.

so, in a situation like this, would BC see sense and send spare buses out to start in town to cover? Because this would have been smack in rush hour from city by the time they were meant to get there

Spare buses in Rush hour are not very common things to find

But at the same time, are they willing to leave a gap like that in the service? Couldn't they steal a bus from another route?

The problem was both buses broke down at the outer teminus, so even if you have spare drivers and buses there is no way you could get them from BC to Rubery in time to do these two missing journeys back to city. Where the gaps were spotted at the QE was in the 'to city' direction, nobody waited an hour for a bus there because they also had the 99 to city although it is possible people had to further back. BC did actually manage to find a replacement bus/driver for the next trip out of city which I think most people would expect to be the most reasonably thing to do meaning there wasn't the same big gap heading back out of city.

[Kevin]

something's up with the 98 atm, potential normal, haven't caught the bus round here for a while, but been sat by uni with some old friends for nearly an hour now, saw 4 99s but not a single 98

Rang a mate up about this one. Says there's about 3 broken down, he says he thinks there consecutive buses. Times about correct for your time of posting.

so, in a situation like this, would BC see sense and send spare buses out to start in town to cover? Because this would have been smack in rush hour from city by the time they were meant to get there

Spare buses in Rush hour are not very common things to find

But at the same time, are they willing to leave a gap like that in the service? Couldn't they steal a bus from another route?

The problem was both buses broke down at the outer teminus, so even if you have spare drivers and buses there is no way you could get them from BC to Rubery in time to do these two missing journeys back to city. Where the gaps were spotted at the QE was in the 'to city' direction, nobody waited an hour for a bus there because they also had the 99 to city although it is possible people had to further back. BC did actually manage to find a replacement bus/driver for the next trip out of city which I think most people would expect to be the most reasonably thing to do meaning there wasn't the same big gap heading back out of city.

Fair enough, it was out of city I was thinking about to be honest

[Liverpool Street]

something's up with the 98 atm, potential normal, haven't caught the bus round here for a while, but been sat by uni with some old friends for nearly an hour now, saw 4 99s but not a single 98

Rang a mate up about this one. Says there's about 3 broken down, he says he thinks there consecutive buses. Times about correct for your time of posting.

so, in a situation like this, would BC see sense and send spare buses out to start in town to cover? Because this would have been smack in rush hour from city by the time they were meant to get there

Spare buses in Rush hour are not very common things to find

But at the same time, are they willing to leave a gap like that in the service? Couldn't they steal a bus from another route?

The problem was both buses broke down at the outer teminus, so even if you have spare drivers and buses there is no way you could get them from BC to Rubery in time to do these two missing journeys back to city. Where the gaps were spotted at the QE was in the 'to city' direction, nobody waited an hour for a bus there because they also had the 99 to city although it is possible people had to further back. BC did actually manage to find a replacement bus/driver for the next trip out of city which I think most people would expect to be the most reasonably thing to do meaning there wasn't the same big gap heading back out of city.

Didn't the other busted one start at Rednal? Spotted it when having a tipple at The Oak Tree [Which used to be The Poachers Pocket... remember that?] ;) - Unless a 98 starts at Rednal in the afternoon? Any GP nut may answer this.

[John]

Expect delays on the 28, from next Monday, until next July. Roadworks at the Vale for a whole year will be fun  ::)

[Rob H]

4899 on Airport 900 & 4900 on Coventry 900 running together this afternoon around 2pm from the Airport (towards Birmingham) 4900 was running 15 mins late from Coventry