Central Buses

[Will]

NX drivers will not be welcome to use it according to rumors

Ouch! So what Central Bus have turned round & supposedly said that NX drivers are 'banned' basically? Hmm charming....

[karl724223]

Ouch! So what Central Bus have turned round & supposedly said that NX drivers are 'banned' basically? Hmm charming....

nx drivers won't get free travel they will have to pay if they want to use it to and from garage

[the trainbasher]

And so they should. Why should a nx driver travel free on another company. If they really want free travel to depot, the 205 goes near to it.

It's similar to a BHS employee demanding employee discount at Marks and Sparks

[winston]

It's pretty infrequent in its new format at an hourly frequency, I assume this will be a further nail in the 297's coffin....

[Will]

And so they should. Why should a nx driver travel free on another company. If they really want free travel to depot, the 205 goes near to it.

It's similar to a BHS employee demanding employee discount at Marks and Sparks

Because there's an unwritten rule which I believe @Tony will back me up on that says bus drivers travel free on other buses other than the company they work for but only if they are in uniform for example the once I was on the Diamond 4H heading to Halesowen an NX driver got on just down the road from West Brom bus station he got off at Oldbury Interchange but he didn't pay so like I said it's an unwritten rule also driver discretion

[Tony]

Because there's an unwritten rule which I believe @Tony will back me up on that says bus drivers travel free on other buses other than the company they work for but only if they are in uniform for example the once I was on the Diamond 4H heading to Halesowen an NX driver got on just down the road from West Brom bus station he got off at Oldbury Interchange but he didn't pay so like I said it's an unwritten rule also driver discretion

No

[Stuharris 6360]

It's pretty infrequent in its new format at an hourly frequency, I assume this will be a further nail in the 297's coffin....

Will Central be able to keep to time or suffer the same problems that NE encountered when they had to revise the timetable to every 40 minutes.

[Westy]

No

Sure I saw Nx drivers on Diamond Saturday & I'm pretty sure they didnt pay either.

(In fact I know I've mentioned this before on here!)

[Will]

Sure I saw Nx drivers on Diamond Saturday & I'm pretty sure they didnt pay either.

(In fact I know I've mentioned this before on here!)

Well I'm glad I'm not the only one who's seen it occur

[Michael Bevan]

Sure I saw Nx drivers on Diamond Saturday & I'm pretty sure they didnt pay either.

(In fact I know I've mentioned this before on here!)

I think it's at the driver's discretion. Most will let fellow drivers on for free.

[Solo1]

One of the new deckers central buses has a was crew bus at West Brom see photo link for photo

[MW]

One of the gaffas at Social Travel would always ask me if I wanted to jump on their 11C. I used it a few times to get to Sarehole Mill (the relief point on the 5). He was telling me about his stories when he used to drive on Soho Road on the 74 (WB). Funny guy lol. He told me about a time he was behind a 79, letting him take all the passengers and how the 79 driver went round the roundabout at Hockley to get behind and how he followed him round lol.

[Steveminor]

I'm sure that Tony will say if this is true or not but if nx revenue team get on then a driver from any other company will be expected to either have a valid pass/ticket or get a fine just like any other passenger

[Tony]

I'm sure that Tony will say if this is true or not but if nx revenue team get on then a driver from any other company will be expected to either have a valid pass/ticket or get a fine just like any other passenger

Yes you are correct, but discretion is also used by the revenue team depending on circumstances

[Steveminor]

I think it's more to do if the driver is trying to get to take over his bus on a subsidised service. If for example it was a diamond driver getting the nx 4 into west Bromwich so he could take over the bus that was then due out in front competing directly with it then a slightly firmer attitude would be taken & you can't blame nx for that