VERY Late running services

[John]

Wednesday and Thursday Morning on the Suttons have been really bad. Both days I have been running over 20 minutes late, I left Minworth on the 904 with the one behind both mornings on my last trip in on my first portion.

Wednesday, I was adjusted to do Minworth - Sutton only and dead to relief (Should have left City at 9am on this one, but left at 9.32am), but still 15 minutes late coming off, so meant that I was RTI'd with less than 30 minutes break, so I had to take over the 914 heading out of City rather than in to get a break over 30 minutes.

Yesterday, the Expressway wasn't as bad as Wednesday, but still busy, especially heading out of City (8.08am 904, left after 8.30am), again left Minworth with the 904 20 minutes behind me, we helped each other out back to City. RTI'd again, only a 20 minutes break before the 2nd portion, so I was told to take over, run a 905 outbound, then run a 905E to Sutton, and have 30 minutes there. Then run dead to relief to finish, 15 minutes late finishing yesterday.

I had this duty again today, and was only 7 minutes late coming off the first portion, so it was a lot better today, and finished bang on time  ;)

[ARBB]

Anything using the ring road in Stourbridge will be late today, unexpected roadworks have closed 2 lanes. Traffic already backed up to the bottom of brettle lane.

[Kevin]

Last 51 (01:02) eventually turned up about half past...
Most people had given up and phoned taxis

[Westy]

Last 51 (01:02) eventually turned up about half past...
Most people had given up and phoned taxis

Surprised the driver wouldnt have been over his hours by then?

[Kevin]

Surprised the driver wouldnt have been over his hours by then?

Didn't ask him why he was late, all I know it could have been a last minute panic find a driver and send a bus out because the previous driver was over hours. Has happened before with the X56 a few years ago, when there was a couple of short trips in the evening the one driver was persuaded to do the full route because the previous hadn't turned up

[Trident 4194]

824? 865?
244 route

[John]

I imagine most North Birmingham services are running quite late this morning due to the fatal accident on the M6. I'm not in today so don't know how bad it is. I have heard that a 67 driver was over 90 minutes late this morning

The 67 has been entering Castle Vale the back way from Kingsbury Road to avoid traffic on the Chester Road

[Matt.N0056]

The worst seems to be 904/914 - 2 hours 20 mins delay according to nxwm Twitter!

[Dom]

The worst seems to be 904/914 - 2 hours 20 mins delay according to nxwm Twitter!

A few services are delayed due to the M6 closure

[John]

The worst seems to be 904/914 - 2 hours 20 mins delay according to nxwm Twitter!

The 8.08am 904 from City got to Minworth at 11.50am. At least 2 hours late!

[lauren1993]

6703 currently one hour late on the 900 due to traffic.

[John]

I'm reading that the motorway is still closed now and will be till around 10pm. Does anyone know how bad traffic is, and how the buses are running?

[Mike K]

There were some big queues for the services heading east from Priory Queensway when I left work at half five, and I overheard a group of drivers discussing how services were all over the place as I walked past.

[John]

I heard that one of the 94 drivers was 3 hours late coming off last night (9pm when it should have been 6pm). I do know that it took someone in a car nearly 6 hours to get back to Great Barr from Coventry yesterday afternoon

[Liverpool Street]

I heard that one of the 94 drivers was 3 hours late coming off last night (9pm when it should have been 6pm). I do know that it took someone in a car nearly 6 hours to get back to Great Barr from Coventry yesterday afternoon

Apparently the 97/Cov Rd routes many hours late last evening too @John