VERY Late running services

[Dom]

Given that it's the school summer holidays, Harborne services are an absolute shambles this evening, with the Broad Street slalom and Five Ways traffic caused by the Bath Row bus gate works no doubt adding to the debacle of Smallbrook Queensway.

When I got off 6869 it was showing 24 mins down.

Hagley Road services seemed even worse. Didn't see an outbound 9 for ages.

Monument Road closed and roadworks at Five Ways and Broad Street has caused delays

[4679]

Hagley Road wasn't much better it took me 45 minutes to get from Sandon Road to Colmore Row on the 120A this Morning. Ended up leaving City over 30 mins Late.

[Mike K]

Hagley Road wasn't much better it took me 45 minutes to get from Sandon Road to Colmore Row on the 120A this Morning. Ended up leaving City over 30 mins Late.

Services to Warley were running no better tonight...

The previous bus before that lot was a 120 too.

(I keep these screenshots to prove to my wife that bus reliability really is poor, and that I'm not in the pub after work, or having an affair).

[2206]

2 73's left Solihull together at 14:53 - 4283 and 2227.
4283 followed 2227 all the way from Solihull to the Yew Tree, not picking anyone up after Solihull Town Centre till I got of at the Yew Tree.
4283's ticket machine said it was 3 minutes late when I got of at the Yew Tree, meaning 2227 must have been 23 minutes late.

[Jack]

997's messed up this afternoon. The 15:34 in Walsall never turned up, so I had a nice long hour wait (I missed the 15:04 bus) for the 16:04 bus which came in the form of 6723 which decided to break down on Shady Lane. Thankfully 6732 was a few minutes 6723.

The 14:00 4M from Merry Hill deceided to layover for an extra five minutes. 1853 was due off at 14:00 but we was 8 minutes late leaving Merry Hill.

[Michael Bevan]

997's messed up this afternoon. The 15:34 in Walsall never turned up, so I had a nice long hour wait (I missed the 15:04 bus) for the 16:04 bus which came in the form of 6723 which decided to break down on Shady Lane. Thankfully 6732 was a few minutes 6723.

The 14:00 4M from Merry Hill deceided to layover for an extra five minutes. 1853 was due off at 14:00 but we was 8 minutes late leaving Merry Hill.

I believe the vehicle that was meant to operate that journey was actually broken down at the Scott Arms on an X51. 6731 had the fan belt snap earlier, which left it stuck at Scott Arms for a good couple of hours. I knew the driver who was on it, and I'm sure he said he was meant to come off at 15:26 on a 997 (which the bus would have operated the 15:34 departure).

[Jack]

I believe the vehicle that was meant to operate that journey was actually broken down at the Scott Arms on an X51. 6731 had the fan belt snap earlier, which left it stuck at Scott Arms for a good couple of hours. I knew the driver who was on it, and I'm sure he said he was meant to come off at 15:26 on a 997 (which the bus would have operated the 15:34 departure).

Speaking of that I saw 6731 and came threw the way the 997 comes in the bus station and then left garage bound. Was a joke though. Apparently another 997 broke down earlier in the day, according to what some OAP's were saying.

[Westy]

@Tony What's the average delay on the 301 & 302 via Leamore at the moment, as last night the 301 I was on (1767 I think?) was 19 down, according to the ticket machine?

[Kevin]

7031 running 12 late on the 46, only just left town as the next one arrived

[Kevin]

1845 running 50 mins late this morning on the school 881, crawled up Queslett Road from Scott Arms at 09:20. Nice first day back a school for Barr Beacon kids

[Tony]

1845 running 50 mins late this morning on the school 881, crawled up Queslett Road from Scott Arms at 09:20. Nice first day back a school for Barr Beacon kids

School probably requested it later as they normally start 1 hour later on the first day

[Kevin]

School probably requested it later as they normally start 1 hour later on the first day

I dunno the speed it was going made an hour late entirely plausible

[Tony]

I dunno the speed it was going made an hour late entirely plausible

Not 1845, that has been on the 4 all morning

[Kevin]

Not 1845, that has been on the 4 all morning

See I thought I read 1945, but assumed I read it wrong as that's a West Brom vehicle and that the Barr Beacon schools were Walsall garage, my bad

[Trident 4194]

Something happened in Walsall?