If you had the chance to modify or add any service, what would you do?

[Kevin]

I've always been curious about the Kidderminster 9, has an extension up to Stourbridge ever been considered? I mean, it's not far from Caunsall to the A451 and Norton, or indeed up to Kinver and link up with the 228

[fleetline6477]

I'd imagine it's unlikely that NXWM would run a service along the length of Raddlebarn Road given the congestion issues that occur during the rush hour periods.
However, the suggestion has prompted me to wonder whether the 1A and/or 76 may be routed through Selly Oak once the current roadworks are completed - a bus gate turning left from the widened Harborne Lane onto the city-bound carriageway of the Bristol Road is in the plans and 3 shelters have already been erected outside the old Sainsbury's store. As things stand only the 61/63/144 would serve these.

Two routes have run Pershore Road, Upland Road, Raddlebarn Road - Central Liner's 43 and Your Bus 54Y. Both were run by TWM after these companies became part of the main operation.

[the trainbasher]

I'd tweak the 226 so it would go back to every 15, but with alternate journeys running direct along Lawnswood Road to Cot Lane (numbered 225), with the 226 (daytime) avoiding Wordsley Hospital, Swan Lane and Hawbush Road.

The night/Sunday service I would change to 226A and keep as current Line of Route.

[SO6597]

Two routes have run Pershore Road, Upland Road, Raddlebarn Road - Central Liner's 43 and Your Bus 54Y. Both were run by TWM after these companies became part of the main operation.

Yes and Pete's Travel ran the 54 briefly in late 2001/Spring 2002 but the service had very low usage and hasn't been back since.

[BH2004]

I would do a Wolverhampton routes

(AMENDMENTS TO CURRENT ROUTES I WOULD DO) (ONLY INCLUDING ROUTES THAT I WOULD CHANGE)

2 Warstones - Bushbury Hill - Reduced to Every 10 Minutes
3 Castlecroft  - Fordhouses - This route would serve to Wolverhampton Bus Stn at Stand N. This route would no longer serve Market Street but now will serve Bilston Street and exit the Bus Station via Pipers Row  and will go towards The Grand Theatre towards Fordhouses ONLY. 3 to Castlecroft will not be affected
4 i54 - Wolverhampton - This route would serve to Wolverhampton Bus Stn at Stand N. This route would no longer serve Market Street but now will serve Bilston Street and exit the Bus Station via Pipers Row and will go towards The Grand Theatre
5 Codsall - Wolverhampton - Reduce to Every 20 Minutes
5A Codsall - Wolverhampton - More Journeys Reduced to Every 60 Mins
6 Wobaston - Wolverhampton - I would change this route at i54. From i54 Every 20 Minutes run to Wobaston, and Every 20 Minutes Running to Pendeford Business Park
6A Wobaston - Wolverhampton - I would Withdrawn this route
10 Perton - Wolverhampton - I would extend the 10 to Codsall Every 60 Minutes
10B Codsall - Wolverhampton - I would replace this route with the 10
25 Pendeford - Wolverhampton - It would no longer serve Goldthorn Park and will run via Goldthorn Hill Road. Goldthorn Park will still be served by 26A, 27 and 27A
54 Wolverhampton - i54 - This route would be renumbered to 4A
61 Goldthorn Park - Wolverhampton - I would withdraw this route
62 Compton  - Wolverhampton- I Would Extend this route to castlecroft
529 Walsall - Wolverhampton - I would renumber this route to 26


(NEW ROUTES THAT I WOULD DO)

2A Bushbury Hill - Wombourne (Poolhouse Estate) via Park Lane, Wolverhampton, Coalway Road & Spring Hill
Every 30 Minutes and run Every 60 Minutes Evenings and Sundays
This route would follow the 2 Coalway Road then Warstones Road then follow the 15 to the New Inn Pub in Wombourne then go Ounsdale Road - Poolhouse Road and then Terminate on Millfields Way (One way along Millfields Way)

4A Wolverhampton - i54 via Pendeford Business Park
Every 60 Mins Monday - Saturday Daytime ONLY
Would run the same route as the current 54 but it will interwork with the 4

26 Wolverhampton - Walsall (Platinum Route)
Will run at the same route and timetable as the current 529

[Pat]

I would do a Wolverhampton routes

(AMENDMENTS TO CURRENT ROUTES I WOULD DO) (ONLY INCLUDING ROUTES THAT I WOULD CHANGE)

2 Warstones - Bushbury Hill - Reduced to Every 10 Minutes
3 Castlecroft  - Fordhouses - This route would serve to Wolverhampton Bus Stn at Stand N. This route would no longer serve Market Street but now will serve Bilston Street and exit the Bus Station via Pipers Row  and will go towards The Grand Theatre towards Fordhouses ONLY. 3 to Castlecroft will not be affected
4 i54 - Wolverhampton - This route would serve to Wolverhampton Bus Stn at Stand N. This route would no longer serve Market Street but now will serve Bilston Street and exit the Bus Station via Pipers Row and will go towards The Grand Theatre
5 Codsall - Wolverhampton - Reduce to Every 20 Minutes
5A Codsall - Wolverhampton - More Journeys Reduced to Every 60 Mins
6 Wobaston - Wolverhampton - I would change this route at i54. From i54 Every 20 Minutes run to Wobaston, and Every 20 Minutes Running to Pendeford Business Park
6A Wobaston - Wolverhampton - I would Withdrawn this route
10 Perton - Wolverhampton - I would extend the 10 to Codsall Every 60 Minutes
10B Codsall - Wolverhampton - I would replace this route with the 10
25 Pendeford - Wolverhampton - It would no longer serve Goldthorn Park and will run via Goldthorn Hill Road. Goldthorn Park will still be served by 26A, 27 and 27A
54 Wolverhampton - i54 - This route would be renumbered to 4A
61 Goldthorn Park - Wolverhampton - I would withdraw this route
62 Compton  - Wolverhampton- I Would Extend this route to castlecroft
529 Walsall - Wolverhampton - I would renumber this route to 26


(NEW ROUTES THAT I WOULD DO)

2A Bushbury Hill - Wombourne (Poolhouse Estate) via Park Lane, Wolverhampton, Coalway Road & Spring Hill
Every 30 Minutes and run Every 60 Minutes Evenings and Sundays
This route would follow the 2 Coalway Road then Warstones Road then follow the 15 to the New Inn Pub in Wombourne then go Ounsdale Road - Poolhouse Road and then Terminate on Millfields Way (One way along Millfields Way)

4A Wolverhampton - i54 via Pendeford Business Park
Every 60 Mins Monday - Saturday Daytime ONLY
Would run the same route as the current 54 but it will interwork with the 4

26 Wolverhampton - Walsall (Platinum Route)
Will run at the same route and timetable as the current 529

61 is subsidised, so has to run unless TfWM decide otherwise.  With regards to the 10, there isn't much of a demand for a service between Perton & Codsall, so I don't think your proposed hourly frequency would be sustainable.  I like the idea of the 3 & 4 serving the bus station, however this would increase running time and the rise in delays caused by stand congestion etc, which is why they don't do this currently.

[Pat]

I would split the WN1 into 2 sections, as it was before 2012:
Section 1: Wolverhampton - Tettenhall (would remain numbered 1 to fit in with WN network).  Would run every 12 mins.
Section 2: Wolverhampton - Dudley (Could be numbered 28 to fit in with the 27/A running a similar route to Sedgley).  This route would serve the bus station every 10 mins.

This would be to avoid reliability issues, caused by traffic on Tettenhall Road.  Also, you never see many people travelling across the city, for example most people use either the Tettenhall section or the Dudley section, so it makes sense to split it.

[BH2004]

Routes that I would change

101 - 56
126 - 26
529 - 21
907 - 90
907A - 90A
934 - X34
935 - X35
936 - X36
937 - X37
937A - X38
997 - X6

WN20 (New route)
Wolverhampton to Dudley. 
Every 30 Minutes Monday to Saturday and every 60 mins evening and sundays
between Wolverhampton Bus Station, Penn Road, Coalway Road, Warstones Road, Stourbridge Road, Kingswinford Cross, Pensnett, Russles Hall Hospital and Dudley
linking Wolverhampton and Russles Hall Hospital

WN10B would be withdrawn

WN5 would be reduced to every 20 mins
WN5A would be withdrawn

[Busboy105]

Routes that I would change

101 - 56
126 - 26
529 - 21
907 - 90
907A - 90A
934 - X34
935 - X35
936 - X36
937 - X37
937A - X38
997 - X6

WN20 (New route)
Wolverhampton to Dudley. 
Every 30 Minutes Monday to Saturday and every 60 mins evening and sundays
between Wolverhampton Bus Station, Penn Road, Coalway Road, Warstones Road, Stourbridge Road, Kingswinford Cross, Pensnett, Russles Hall Hospital and Dudley
linking Wolverhampton and Russles Hall Hospital

WN10B would be withdrawn

WN5 would be reduced to every 20 mins
WN5A would be withdrawn

Why would you renumber the 101 and 529?
I'm pretty sure there's an X35 in Walsall which is probably the reason why 934,935,936 and 937/A haven't been renumbered yet.
X6 is already taken: it's gonna be the new 108 when NX get the tender in a couple of weeks time.

[MW]

Why would you renumber the 101 and 529?
I'm pretty sure there's an X35 in Walsall which is probably the reason why 934,935,936 and 937/A haven't been renumbered yet.
X6 is already taken: it's gonna be the new 108 when NX get the tender in a couple of weeks time.

Isn't the 108 now the X15.

I've always thought the X6 would be a good fit for the Arriva 110.

[2206]

X6 is already taken: it's gonna be the new 108 when NX get the tender in a couple of weeks time.

You mean the X15?

I'm pretty sure there's an X35 in Walsall which is probably the reason why 934,935,936 and 937/A haven't been renumbered yet.

Not that I can see.

[Busboy105]

You mean the X15?

It's X15? I swear I saw that it's gonna be renumbered X6.

[Sh4318]

Routes that I would change

101 - 56
126 - 26
529 - 21
907 - 90
907A - 90A
934 - X34
935 - X35
936 - X36
937 - X37
937A - X38
997 - X6

WN20 (New route)
Wolverhampton to Dudley. 
Every 30 Minutes Monday to Saturday and every 60 mins evening and sundays
between Wolverhampton Bus Station, Penn Road, Coalway Road, Warstones Road, Stourbridge Road, Kingswinford Cross, Pensnett, Russles Hall Hospital and Dudley
linking Wolverhampton and Russles Hall Hospital

WN10B would be withdrawn

WN5 would be reduced to every 20 mins
WN5A would be withdrawn

WN5 is already every 20 minutes

[ellspurs]

Why would you renumber the 101 and 529?
I'm pretty sure there's an X35 in Walsall which is probably the reason why 934,935,936 and 937/A haven't been renumbered yet.
X6 is already taken: it's gonna be the new 108 when NX get the tender in a couple of weeks time.

There's no X35 showing on the Network West Midlands website, unless they're hiding all temp. withdrawn buses.

Also, companies don't seem to care if numbers clash any more, so it wouldn't be a problem.

[Cheese]

There's no X35 showing on the Network West Midlands website, unless they're hiding all temp. withdrawn buses.

Also, companies don't seem to care if numbers clash any more, so it wouldn't be a problem.

There used to be a couple of journeys on the 35 between Walsall and Lichfield numbered X35 which just went straight up the A461 but those don't run anymore or if they do are just numbered 35 like the rest of the service.