VERY Late running services

[Sh4318]

The 80s and 80As were running in pairs respectively yesterday peak time. It was Crimson Enviro run-a-muck on the Oldbury Road

[Solo1]

The 80s and 80As were running in pairs respectively yesterday peak time. It was Crimson Enviro run-a-muck on the Oldbury Road

broken traffic lights  was the cause near the city causing knock on effect all round the five ways & city

[Mike K]

Now been waiting 27 mins for a 23 towards city, still no sign of a bus. Shame that the NXWM app no longer works for the 23 inbound, I could have seen the state they are in and timed leaving the house accordingly. Hugely frustrating.

[Trident 4194]

Several 9s to bearwood and Portland road this evening

[Ashley 60171]

19:50 X1 Coventry to Brum a no show.

No sign of the 20:20 yet either?

[Tony]

19:50 X1 Coventry to Brum a no show.

It did run - 34 minutes late bus 6842

[Ashley 60171]

It did run - 34 minutes late bus 6842

I don't recall seeing it but then who knows I might of had a microsleep. Thanks anyway.

[BH2004]

2021 on the 4 running 18 minutes late

[2206]

The 49 service seemed to be very unreliable today. 4 buses turned up together at Shirley Station at 14:23 all heading towards Solihull including 4569, do you know what caused this @Tony? Passengers were complaining that there had been no 49's towards Solihull and they had been waiting over an hour.
3 going the other way towards Northfield at about 14:10, not long between each other.

[Trident 4194]

Hagley road services running very late. Seen a 9E to Portland road and there was a vehicle parked at bearwood waiting to take up service towards Halesowen it appeared. Had to wait 15 minutes for any hagley road service to arrive in Birmingham, then 2 9s, a x10,x8 and 12 all arrived at same time.

Why haven't they updated the timetables to allow drivers more time going around Birmingham?

[Tony]

Hagley road services running very late. Seen a 9E to Portland road and there was a vehicle parked at bearwood waiting to take up service towards Halesowen it appeared. Had to wait 15 minutes for any hagley road service to arrive in Birmingham, then 2 9s, a x10,x8 and 12 all arrived at same time.

Why haven't they updated the timetables to allow drivers more time going around Birmingham?

Let's have a complete timetable change, then on the one day a year two cars collide on Newhall Street the buses will be on time.

[Dylanbusboy45]

The 49 service seemed to be very unreliable today. 4 buses turned up together at Shirley Station at 14:23 all heading towards Solihull including 4569, do you know what caused this @Tony? Passengers were complaining that there had been no 49's towards Solihull and they had been waiting over an hour.
3 going the other way towards Northfield at about 14:10, not long between each other.

They were bunched up about 1330-1400 when I saw them in Northfield too. There's roadworks on the Redditch Road so that will be what's destroying the service pattern

[Wumpty]

Hagley road services running very late. Seen a 9E to Portland road and there was a vehicle parked at bearwood waiting to take up service towards Halesowen it appeared. Had to wait 15 minutes for any hagley road service to arrive in Birmingham, then 2 9s, a x10,x8 and 12 all arrived at same time.

Why haven't they updated the timetables to allow drivers more time going around Birmingham?

9s stuck on Stourbridge Road/Lutley Mill Road, Halesowen, yesterday due to temporary traffic lights. Traffic back up Windmill Hill to Colley Gate and to Alexandra Road causing bunching and delays which would have contributed and outside the control of the bus operators.

[2206]

The 55 seems to be running fairly unreliably this afternoon.
1816 terminated at Fox and Goose on a 55E to Ward End from Chelmsley at 15:00, 1825 operating NIS to Birmingham City Centre. Leaving all the passengers to get on 1821, which was very overcrowded.

Gaps in service. 20 minute gaps between buses on the 55 and 94.

[Gareth]

The 55 seems to be running fairly unreliably this afternoon.
1816 terminated at Fox and Goose on a 55E to Ward End from Chelmsley at 15:00, 1825 operating NIS to Birmingham City Centre. Leaving all the passengers to get on 1821, which was very overcrowded.

Gaps in service. 20 minute gaps between buses on the 55 and 94.

It was a bit chaotic in the city centre earlier too. 3 55s out of service (one of those being driven away by an engineer) Claribel 94 also driving off out of service. 14s were bunching. Then when I finally got on a 14, three 94s and two 55s arrived on Priory Queensway closely followed by another 94. An X12 also arrived and drove off out of service.