VERY Late running services

[Westy]

I caught the Thandi 311 & it was a crawl from J9 onwards.

Driver kicked us all off at the Midland Road junction, as he couldnt access Bradford Place!

One sister, traveling from West Brom, got stuck at Caldmore on a 4, while other sister, who lives in West Brom informed me via Facebook, that West Brom was rammed. (Nothing new!)

For the record, I left work at 440 & didnt get home until around 620!

[BU07 LGO]

The correct speed limits, as he said it was quiet and had a decent amount of dropback

Exactly! It's not worth speeding when everything's recorded! There was 15 min drop back in Sutton and a 5 had picked everybody up from beggars bush to Sutton so did that section in half the time I was given and struck lucky with the lights! Then I saw John parked on a 914!

[John]

Exactly! It's not worth speeding when everything's recorded! There was 15 min drop back in Sutton and a 5 had picked everybody up from beggars bush to Sutton so did that section in half the time I was given and struck lucky with the lights! Then I saw John parked on a 914!

Bet you were gutted to get 4869!

[BK63 YWP]

I caught the Thandi 311 & it was a crawl from J9 onwards.

Driver kicked us all off at the Midland Road junction, as he couldnt access Bradford Place!

One sister, traveling from West Brom, got stuck at Caldmore on a 4, while other sister, who lives in West Brom informed me via Facebook, that West Brom was rammed. (Nothing new!)

For the record, I left work at 440 & didnt get home until around 620!

My 4M left at 17.30 (due out at 17.15), got to Merry Hill for around 18.50, which is not bad considering Caldmore was very slow moving, tbh getting passed Caldmore and pretty much smooth sailing albeit the consistently full bus all the way to blackheath and and half full between there and Merry Hill

[Trident 4194]

Why are 243/244 consistently late?

[Trident 4609]

I passed two 28's (WN) within 5 minutes of each other at lunchtime. The service is half hourly.

[John]

Roll on next week (from the 11th) when the Riland Road railway bridge shuts the road. We are already running late this week due to the Gravelly Hill diversion (on till the 16th). So with both of these affecting us next week don't expect many of the Sutton Lines buses to be on time!

[BK63 YWP]

Well the 19.38 x96 from stourbridge didn't show...

[BU07 LGO]

Bet you were gutted to get 4869!

Yeah I was a bit I had a 935 and 934 trip before and had 4870 for that which seems to have got really quick with age! (It's on 208000 miles) but 4869 seemed sluggish (that's only done 194k)

Keep seeing you in Sutton but at last minute so sorry if you think I'm been ignorant!

[John]

4 37s (4534, 4638 and 4530) have all just left High Street together. With 2210 waiting time

[John]

Not NX, but 6.15pm, I passed 3 Arriva 110s heading out of Birmingham within a few minutes of each other. One on Gravelly Hill and two coming off the Expressway.

[Dom]

The 126 seem very much screwed for some reason this afternoon. Here is the real time info on the app from Bank Street (Birmingham New Road).

[P419 EJW]

The 89 seemed messed up this afternoon due to terrible traffic along on the Lichfield Road towards Walsall. I was on 4295 on 89, departed Wolverhampton at 14:19, I arrived Walsall around 16:00. It wasn't pleasant because the bus was full of school kids. :( Longest 89 I've ever had.

[Westy]

The 89 seemed messed up this afternoon due to terrible traffic along on the Lichfield Road towards Walsall. I was on 4295 on 89, departed Wolverhampton at 14:19, I arrived Walsall around 16:00. It wasn't pleasant because the bus was full of school kids. :( Longest 89 I've ever had.

Is the 89 ever on time?

Did anyone ask for it to be split in the review?

[P419 EJW]

Is the 89 ever on time?

Did anyone ask for it to be split in the review?

From my observations, during the day when it's not so busy, the 89 is usually punctual. Naturally when it comes to peak times, the 89 will be likely to be late like other bus services.