VERY Late running services

[SK68MEV]

When I caught the X70 on Monday, 6846 was on an X70 to Coleshill Station & 4941 was on a full trip to Chelmsley Wood somaybe it is duplicated for the DHL shift workers? @2206

numerous time a platinum x70 comes with the x70 that's due at 2:45 at park hall academy the platinum has all dhl workers on it so I think it's a shift bus

[Tony]

2 X70's left the City Centre within minutes of each other at around 13:00.
Was one of them very late, as the timetable shows that there are usually 30 - 40 minute gaps between buses? Or is the 12:50 journey  normally operated by 2 buses?
The fleet numbers were 6840 and 6846.

6840 was the 12:50 departure,  and 6847 was the duplicate in front of it, not 6846

[cardew]

Speaking of late running, are there still plans to allow out of city routes to use Bradford Street via the slip road opposite Digbeth police station - or did I dream that?

Yesterday evening the wait for the right turn into Rea Street was awful. Queue back up to the previous set of lights, cars deliberately trying to push in at the last minute, taxis blocking Rea Street. 

Also the lights seemed to remain on red for far longer than the low amount of traffic coming into city via Digbeth warranted.

[Busboy105]

Speaking of late running, are there still plans to allow out of city routes to use Bradford Street via the slip road opposite Digbeth police station - or did I dream that?

Yesterday evening the wait for the right turn into Rea Street was awful. Queue back up to the previous set of lights, cars deliberately trying to push in at the last minute, taxis blocking Rea Street. 

Also the lights seemed to remain on red for far longer than the low amount of traffic coming into city via Digbeth warranted.

Don't think so. It's been 4 years since they've implemented that one-way system to ease traffic on Digbeth so I don't think it will change.
Speaking of Digbeth, the traffic was terrible today; saw back to back 60s and a 17 that were going to terminate at Yardley.

[4679]

80s weren't doing to well either me and 4752 was an hour late by the time we got to WB. With plenty of 80E to five ways.

[2206]

80s weren't doing to well either me and 4752 was an hour late by the time we got to WB. With plenty of 80E to five ways.

University corridor seemed to be running with long gaps in service and delays earlier today.
2 X22's left the City Centre together at about 14:40, 6838 on a X22 short to California and 6851 on a full X22 to Woodgate.
Also saw an 80E to Cape Hill.

There were also notices on the stops that lots of services are running late today, due to congestion in Birmingham City Centre.

[karl724223]

Most routes that went through merry hill today suffered delay due to traffic
service pn28 had 5 lots of road works on it
Pn8 suffered bad today and they are planning to send it to Wolverhampton mmm

[SK68MEV]

55,94,66,14,X12,X70 heavy delays due to park lane traffic

[2206]

55,94,66,14,X12,X70 heavy delays due to park lane traffic

4525 was running 55 minutes late at around 18:00 on a 94E to Ward End from Birmingham City Centre.

[Jack]

9 seemed to be playing up this afternoon after 13:10. A 9 was to arrive at 13:24 which would be on time, but the one before seemed to be about 8-10 minutes late.

The 997'E' was playing up as well, 6728 arrived with 6744 coming and leaving with no people. This route is getting worse, you wait anywhere on the route and nothing will turn up for 15 mins and then 2 or 3 arrive together. Doesn't help that people who wish to travel beyond the Pheasey are stuck in Birmingham for ages as they keep on getting shortened to the Pheasey. You'd think that the number that go to Pheasey would help it but no, the interworking with the X51 is the problem, the Scott Arms is just dreadful lately.

@Trident 4194, haven't heard you complain about the 9 for a while...

[Trident 4194]

The 9 ain't too bad I suppose. Only at peak times but luckily I Sometimes have to wait about 5 mins and 3 come along at once. Lye High street hasn't helped this week though

[MasterPlan]

There were 2 ☓21s running into Woodcock Hill at around 8pm yesterday evening. Both left towards town within a few minutes of each other too for some reason.

[Busboy105]

Anyone who wants to take the 17 and the 73 is going to experience huge delays because of the Hob Moor Road gasworks. They are doing it in the same place as they did earlier this year.

[Tony]

Anyone who wants to take the 17 and the 73 is going to experience huge delays because of the Hob Moor Road gasworks. They are doing it in the same place as they did earlier this year.

No major late running on the 17 at the moment

[Busboy105]

No major late running on the 17 at the moment

Not today because it's Sunday, but in the weekdays the reliability is going to be dashed out the window.