Service Changes from 20th July

[the trainbasher]

@Stuharris 6360 unless they run it in reverse?

[domino.99]

Wonder what the route changes to the 126 will be. Hazard a guess the line of route throw city centre or wolvo. Can't really mess much with a route that end to end is virtually a strait run??

If you look it said colmore row so its just a new terminus. :)

I think that's an old terminus left on the registration

Oh yeah forgot VOSA was completely out of date

[Stu]

Didn't @Stu have a suggestion to extend the 241 to merry hill on his facebook page ?

Scarily, someone did once make that suggestion, but they wanted to extend it to Merry Hill from the Dudley end.  ???
For anyone on Facebook, that post is here:

[domino.99]

@Stu it's like when i suggested the 25 and 26 should interwork and thats baisically what they did with a slight variation.

[s94]

Is the 140 going to still interwork with the 241? As this is already quite a fragile link what with Birmingham traffic, Halesowen traffic, Dudley traffic its going to be so unreliable

I believe so, 140; 141 & 241 are all going on the same registration with Vosa, so 141 may show as withdrawn. 141 & 241 should give a combined 15 min frequency adn both follow same route!

127 extended to Dudley. 205 cut short

So Old Hill rail station is losing a bus service?

And the Saltwells/Dudley Wood area by the sounds of it.

Thats this areas links to Halesowen gone on Sundays and evenings and Brierley Hill etc. Would prefer to see the 141 re routed back round there or something similar. Does Quarry Bank High street need a 15 minute frequency? Could this be separated to still serve Saltwells and environs? Especially when Quarry Bank already has the frequent 002 going towards Halesowen plus the 004 (albeit going via Park Lane etc)!!! How many more services does it need though?!

The Coppice Lane/Saltwells stretch also suffers less traffic issues than the high street generally so would help reliability. I dont think there is a need for the quantity of Merry Hill to Halesowen buses that would serve the High St should the above info about the 20th July occur.

Edit: Forgot to mention Quarry Bank High Street has a 30min Freq with the 22 to Halesowen too!!!

So towards Halesowen, people on that high street have the 141, 002, 22, 004(at the top of the high street) and now possibly the 241!?!

[Trident 4609]

Will the 241 run to MH during Evenings and Sundays? Or will it run as a 241E to Halesowen during these periods?

[Trident 4609]

The annual Cradley Heath/Old Hill changes then? I'm not surprised

222 extended back to halesowen, 289 extended back to merry hill and 297 cut back to merry hill again ? Lol


If it's not that, it'll probably be the one way system in castle street in dudley town centre being reversed.

And that has turned out to be true!

[the trainbasher]

The Dudley wood bit has the 217 anyway!

[s94]

The Dudley wood bit has the 217 anyway!

Indeed but just 1 bus an hour 9-5pm Mon-sat only whereas the high street must have some 7 or 8 maybe even more an hour? Just seems very disproportionate and I have seen the 297 be well used in the Saltwells area.

[Stuharris 6360]

The Dudley wood bit has the 217 anyway!

Indeed but just 1 bus an hour 9-5pm Mon-sat only whereas the high street must have some 7 or 8 maybe even more an hour? Just seems very disproportionate and I have seen the 297 be well used in the Saltwells area.

To be honest i think the 297 was well used over the whole route between Merry Hill & Halesowen, in my opinion, if the route ain't broke, don't change it!

[s94]

The Dudley wood bit has the 217 anyway!

Indeed but just 1 bus an hour 9-5pm Mon-sat only whereas the high street must have some 7 or 8 maybe even more an hour? Just seems very disproportionate and I have seen the 297 be well used in the Saltwells area.

To be honest i think the 297 was well used over the whole route between Merry Hill & Halesowen, in my opinion, if the route ain't broke, don't change it!

Agreed. It might not be the busiest route in the area but it's an important link and well used as you say. Disappointing to say the least.

If Tonys info is correct then apart from a very occasional service provided by the 217, the saltwells area will lose another key service. Only the 276 remains. The 282 is just a few journeys a day.

[winston]

The Dudley wood bit has the 217 anyway!

Indeed but just 1 bus an hour 9-5pm Mon-sat only whereas the high street must have some 7 or 8 maybe even more an hour? Just seems very disproportionate and I have seen the 297 be well used in the Saltwells area.

The 243 is also having a route change as well, will that also be the Merry Hill end?

[Stuharris 6360]

@Winston Wonder whether it will go into Cradley Heath Bus Interchange?

[winston]

@Stuharris 6360 I was wondering if the 243 could potentially be being altered to take in some of the current 297 route through Dudley Wood / Coppice Lane etc, but it would have to go all around the wrekin, I can't imagine the Mogul Lane section of the 243 is that busy.

There does now seem to be a hell of lot of buses all using Quarry Bank High St, and it is always this group of routes that get at least annual alterations

[karl724223]

140/141/241 on one running board ie 141 to brum then 140 to dudley then 241 to merry hill or opposite
241 will go like 297 route but not station rd and will go saltwells not curry bonk
297 messy hell to gornal via tansey green rd not trading est
714 school service new service to pensnett ex wolves
127 extended to dudley from blackheath via 205 route
205 dudley kingswinford only via trading estate