Service Changes from 9th June

[winston]

PD0001111/29 - WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD T/A TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS, 51 BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4BZ
Variation Accepted: Operating between Walsall St Pauls Street Bus Station and Walsall St Pauls Street Bus Station given service number 302/301 effective from 09-Jun-2014. To amend Stopping Places.

PD0001111/42 - WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD T/A TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS, 51 BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4BZ
Variation Accepted: Operating between Walsall Bradford Place and Wolverhampton, Bus Station / Bilston Bus Station given service number 39/34 effective from 09-Jun-2014. To amend Timetable.

PD0001111/48 - WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD T/A TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS, 51 BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4BZ
Variation Accepted: Operating between Walsall Bus Station and Sutton Coldfield, Lower Parade given service number 77 effective from 09-Jun-2014. To amend Timetable.

PD0001111/66 - WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD T/A TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS, 51 BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4BZ
Variation Accepted: Operating between Walsall, Bradford Place and Stourbridge, Bus Station given service number 311/313 effective from 09-Jun-2014. To amend Route.

PD0001111/89 - WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD T/A TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS, 51 BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4BZ
Variation Accepted: Operating between Walsall, Bus Station and West Midlands, Castlefort, Link Road given service number 7A/7A effective from 09-Jun-2014. To amend Timetable.

PD0001111/91 - WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD T/A TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS, 51 BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4BZ
Variation Accepted: Operating between Walsall, Bus Station and Burntwood, Church given service number 10/10A effective from 09-Jun-2014. To amend Timetable.

PD0001111/103 - WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD T/A TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS, 51 BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4BZ
Variation Accepted: Operating between West Bromwich, Bus Station /Europa Village and Great Barr, Scott Arms given service number 406 effective from 08-Jun-2014. To amend Route andTimetable.

PD0001111/403 - WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD T/A TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS, 51 BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4BZ
Variation Accepted: Operating between Birmingham, City Centre, Dale End and Walsall, Bridge Street given service number 51/X51 effective from 09-Jun-2014. To amend Timetable.

PD0001111/482 - WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD T/A TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS, 51 BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4BZ
Cancellation Accepted: Operating between Walsall, St Pauls Street and Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield Lower Parade given service number 6 effective from 09-Jun-2014.

PD0001111/496 - WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD T/A TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS, 51 BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4BZ
Variation Accepted: Operating between WALSALL, BRADFORD PLACE and WEST BROMWICH BUS ST given service number 45 effective from 08-Jun-2014. To amend Timetable.

PD0001111/648 - WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD T/A TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS, 51 BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4BZ
Variation Accepted: Operating between Birmingham and Walsall given service number 935/934/936 effective from 09-Jun-2014. To amend Timetable.

PD0001111/707 - WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LTD T/A TRAVEL WEST MIDLANDS, 51 BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4BZ
Variation Accepted: Operating between Birmongham, Lower Bull Street and Boney Hay, Oak Lane given service number X56 effective from 09-Jun-2014. To amend Route and Timetable.

[arrifirststage]

Can the 6 (walsall-Sutton) really be in danger of abandonment by NX........this dates back to early Walsall Corporation days.

[gc802002]

I suspect more will follow tomorrow...

[karl724223]

311/313 Walsall stourbrige ?

[Trident 4609]

311/313 Walsall stourbrige ?

Old VOSA registration that hasn't been updated

[notepanel]

Can the 6 (walsall-Sutton) really be in danger of abandonment by NX........this dates back to early Walsall Corporation days.

I'd be very surprised if it were. Whilst not the busiest of routes, it is still fairly well used - especially at college/school times when buses can be full. I'd imagine the most likely thing with the 6 would be the withdrawal of Evening buses (they've been trying to get rid of those for years!) 

[monkeyjoe]

Could you see them introducing another sutton to city centre link and then onto Walsall to replace the 6 and create new links. I am just being random by the way. Call it the 906.

[Stu]

311/313 Walsall stourbrige ?

Old VOSA registration that hasn't been updated

Likewise they're still using the 406 registration for the 46. I can see that getting broken up, it's essentially two routes as it is, as no journey goes all the way from Londonderry to Pheasey (at present)

[Westy]

301 / 302 - To amend stopping places ?

Change of stop in the Bus station?

Surely wouldn't require a Vosa change for that?

[notepanel]

Could you see them introducing another sutton to city centre link and then onto Walsall to replace the 6 and create new links. I am just being random by the way. Call it the 906.

I guess in theory they could attempt to merge the 6 with the 902 or 905, but either way a significant chunk of a route would be lost, so I don't think it would be possible to do without upsetting many people. If the 6 were simply 'extended' to Birmingham, now all daytime 904's operate through to Falcon Lodge this couldn't be done without a frequency increase on that corridor.

Currently, the only part of the 6 route without a link to Birmingham (that is within the 'Birmingham' area) is the section between Aldridge-(just before) Mere Green. Obviously, due to the nature of people living in that area the main travellers are mainly either elderly/student residents or people travelling to Little Aston Hospital. I don't think a new link to Birmingham would be particularly needed, or well used for that area, especially considering the potential disruption it could cause reliability wise to the 6. 

[monkeyjoe]

Yeah good point was just being random.

[Tony]

The 6 is not being withdrawn, or is it being extended anywhere, despite those changes on Vosa you will notice very little change about it

[Bob]

Changes with the X51 tony? I trust were still retaining our thrice daily cannock link? There was a b7rle on the evening trip yesterday saw it in bus station just after 7pm

[the trainbasher]

Summer timetable changes?

[lynx1103]

The 6 is being re-timed in afternoon peak to improve reliability