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

[Stu]

I fully agree with this. Feels like a waste to have to remake them, screw out the old one, fit the new one etc.

They don't do that though. Its just a piece of self-adhesive printed vinyl. All that happens is they peel off the old vinyl before applying the new one, or if the old one won't come off then they stick the new one over it.

[woody38]

If I could bring back any route it would be the 962 Birmingham to Chelmsley Wood via the Collector Road, never understood why it was withdrawn many people want a fast link to brum. All the others routes get delayed in traffic making the journey twice as long as it should be. If I remember the buses where always well used with many people waiting especially for the 962.

[Jack]

If I could bring back any route it would be the 962 Birmingham to Chelmsley Wood via the Collector Road, never understood why it was withdrawn many people want a fast link to brum. All the others routes get delayed in traffic making the journey twice as long as it should be. If I remember the buses were always well used with many people waiting especially for the 962.

The X12 is a decently fast service from Chelmsley to Birmingham, the original route was anyway, until it was changed to serve Chelmsley Road and Cooks Lane putting on an extra 10 minutes, but out of all the services I'd say it's the fastest, 97 second.

[Coventrybususer95]

Cv2/2a (outbound only to cannon park/ west wood business pk) to go down sir Henry park road then turn right onto the fletchamstead highway then onto charter ave then do the former 19 route to cannon park (inbound) normal line of route 

[ellspurs]

If I could bring back any route it would be the 962 Birmingham to Chelmsley Wood via the Collector Road, never understood why it was withdrawn many people want a fast link to brum. All the others routes get delayed in traffic making the journey twice as long as it should be. If I remember the buses where always well used with many people waiting especially for the 962.

The roadworks on the m6 and a38/a452 meant it spent most of its time sat in traffic. In the morning there used to be an up-to-30 minute wait sitting at the bottom of the Collector Road to get onto the m6 j5 roundabout. Now they've increased the capacity there and most of the time the m6 is open it would be a lot more viable, but we have the x12 now to replace it.

[GoldenSquid]

The X12 is a decently fast service from Chelmsley to Birmingham, the original route was anyway, until it was changed to serve Chelmsley Road and Cooks Lane putting on an extra 10 minutes, but out of all the services I'd say it's the fastest, 97 second.

I'd say if you get a clear run through Bordesley Green the 97 is faster than the X12. X12 can be hit and miss depending on traffic levels at Bromford. But both routes have bad reliability so I normally just get the first one that arrives.

[Tony]

I'd say if you get a clear run through Bordesley Green the 97 is faster than the X12. X12 can be hit and miss depending on traffic levels at Bromford. But both routes have bad reliability so I normally just get the first one that arrives.

14 is generally the quickest 

[GoldenSquid]

14 is generally the quickest

I'm yet to give the 14 ago since it's came back to BC. (thinking about, I last did it when it was going down Aston Church Road)

[Jack]

I'm yet to give the 14 ago since it's came back to BC. (thinking about, I last did it when it was going down Aston Church Road)

When I caught it yesterday my bus left the City on time and was stuck in Alum Rock because of bad parking and ended up 20 mins late when I got off at Tile Cross.

[jasmine]

I'd create an X80 or 81 Which goes from West Bromwich to Birmingham Via Smethwick, Grove Lane, Rotton Park Road and Hagley Road. It would give an express route to west bromwich which I'm shocked it doesn't yet have, and provide a service for the people of rotton park road instead of them needing to walk 15 minutes either way to catch an 80 or a 12,12a,12,13a, attached is a visual

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1087472695408599152/1174525359673315438/TravelBoast_2023-11-16_01-42-29.mp4?ex=6567e8fb&is=655573fb&hm=ec0723d1c6a803930a6264fb8f30978ff4c5e80e3dd0014db7617f5477d50ad2&;

[Tony]

I'd create an X80 or 81 Which goes from West Bromwich to Birmingham Via Smethwick, Grove Lane, Rotton Park Road and Hagley Road. It would give an express route to west bromwich which I'm shocked it doesn't yet have, and provide a service for the people of rotton park road instead of them needing to walk 15 minutes either way to catch an 80 or a 12,12a,12,13a, attached is a visual

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1087472695408599152/1174525359673315438/TravelBoast_2023-11-16_01-42-29.mp4?ex=6567e8fb&is=655573fb&hm=ec0723d1c6a803930a6264fb8f30978ff4c5e80e3dd0014db7617f5477d50ad2&;

West Bromwich has had an express route before, but it became unviable when the Metro opened. 

[BlackCountryBusSpotter]

NXWM 34/37/39 I use these sometimes but a few years ago you had the 38 between Wednesbury and Walsall Via the Manor, the first bus to Walsall was always the 38 at 04:30 I assume for the Nurses and other staff at the Manor the next one I think was at 05:30 with a 34 at 05:45 the 39 ran to Wolverhampton. I'm not sure out of the 34/38/39 which was one was the last bus from Walsall currently the last bus from Walsall Is the 23:05 37 to Darlaston with the 34 being the last bus to Walsall due into Darlaston around the same time as the 37 terminates. Now the 39 serves the Manor but it's first bus is at 6/7 and the last one to Bilston is at 6/7ish and to Walsall about quarter past 7. There is nothing serving the Manor after 7 and nothing at all on Sundays. 

So what I would do is keep the 39 as it is but change the timetable after the evening so you get a twenty minute combined service between Walsall and Darlaston with the 39 running until Midnight or 1AM and being the first bus to Walsall just to give the Manor Hospital a link for staff in the early hours. I wouldn't fancy walking through Pleck at night. On a Sunday I would again keep them every 20 minutes with the 39 serving the Manor. I don't understand why the Sunday Service was withdraw is the 39 partially tendered or is it fully commercial. I think the 37 is partly tendered, because had Thandi not gone bust NX wouldn't be Operating it all day and why there isn't a late night service if not the 39 maybe extend the 37 of an evening to serve the Manor or have the 37 link to the Manor I know at some point Sandwell Travel proposed to run the 333 via the Manor to link Lodge Farm with the Manor. Although I guess now they can take the 41 and then get the 36 to the Manor. But I would either keep the 39 after 7PM or extend the 37 of an evening and Sunday to serve the Manor Hospital. And potentially have a service from Darlaston to Walsall via the old 38 route and then following the 11 as far as the Brown Lion before following the 39 to the Manor so the 39 could possibly interwork with it and the Darlaston Road has a link to The Manor especially now all the Newbuilds are built on the old Servis site 

[Jack]

Doesn't the 36 serve Manor on the evenings? I'd put that back to Bradford Place made a lot more sense there.

They never seem to make their minds up with that it's always been moved from the bus station to BP

[2206]

Doesn't the 36 serve Manor on the evenings?

This was one of the TFWM tenders scrapped at the start of the year, due to very low usage.
TFWM say to catch the 529 from Wolverhampton Road in the evenings.

[BlackCountryBusSpotter]

This was one of the TFWM tenders scrapped at the start of the year, due to very low usage.
TFWM say to catch the 529 from Wolverhampton Road in the evenings.

Which is great and all if you live in Bentley and Willenhall, but if you live in Moxley, Darlaston or Wednesbury you have nothing to get you to the Manor the 37 is every hour to Willenhall and you could connect with the 529 there so you have nothing serving the Darlaston Wednesbury area to the Manor after 8PM or on Sundays. Even an extension of the 37 to The Manor as the 34 has never served it could work as a lot of the folks in Moxley or Herberts Park could get the 79 to Darlaston or Wednesbury if one ran that way to connect to the 37 or a Wednesbury bus via the Manor