Joe's Travel - Outer Circle

[trident4370]

Saw 201 again today on an 11E duty, noticed they'd spelt it as "Accocks green"...

[Sh4318]

I've used them before, those darts are pretty nippy, got from Bearwood to Harborne in 10 mins on one before

[nitromatt1]

I've used them before, those darts are pretty nippy, got from Bearwood to Harborne in 10 mins on one before

Bearwood to Harborne takes 4-5 minutes with NX

[Sh4318]

I've used them before, those darts are pretty nippy, got from Bearwood to Harborne in 10 mins on one before

Bearwood to Harborne takes 4-5 minutes with NX

It actually takes 10 minutes (from the stops I was using) and the timetable probably doesn't even take Bearwood/Anderson road traffic into account

[Stu]

I've used them before, those darts are pretty nippy, got from Bearwood to Harborne in 10 mins on one before

Bearwood to Harborne takes 4-5 minutes with NX

Yes, if there's no traffic and the bus doesn't stop!  ;)

I remember before looking at a printed timetable at an 11 stop in Bearwood, and where it shows the approximate journey times (based on the 1st journey of the day of course!), it showed that it was 5 minutes to get to Selly Oak!  ;D

[trident4370]

Its never took me 10 minutes on nx :/

[Solo1]

Wonder how long before Joe's Travel have
low floor buses as most firms now have
low floor

[Sh4318]

An empty Joe's Travel on the 11A turned around in Harborne to pick up passengers on Green Lane waiting for an 11C to Bearwood, about an hour ago... And it was still a quicker journey than NX ;D

[Stuharris 6360]

An empty Joe's Travel on the 11A turned around in Harborne to pick up passengers on Green Lane waiting for an 11C to Bearwood, about an hour ago... And it was still a quicker journey than NX ;D

Surely that shouldn't be allowed, a bus can't just leave the route its on to pick passengers up of another route. If every company started to do that we would have chaos.

[PM]

An empty Joe's Travel on the 11A turned around in Harborne to pick up passengers on Green Lane waiting for an 11C to Bearwood, about an hour ago... And it was still a quicker journey than NX ;D

Surely that shouldn't be allowed, a bus can't just leave the route its on to pick passengers up of another route. If every company started to do that we would have chaos.

Makes money though... And those passengers had a shorter wait...

[Stuharris 6360]

An empty Joe's Travel on the 11A turned around in Harborne to pick up passengers on Green Lane waiting for an 11C to Bearwood, about an hour ago... And it was still a quicker journey than NX ;D

Surely that shouldn't be allowed, a bus can't just leave the route its on to pick passengers up of another route. If every company started to do that we would have chaos.

Makes money though... And those passengers had a shorter wait...

True and does another operator out of money

[Liverpool Street]

An empty Joe's Travel on the 11A turned around in Harborne to pick up passengers on Green Lane waiting for an 11C to Bearwood, about an hour ago... And it was still a quicker journey than NX ;D

Surely that shouldn't be allowed, a bus can't just leave the route its on to pick passengers up of another route. If every company started to do that we would have chaos.

Makes money though... And those passengers had a shorter wait...

Maybe the TC will take a different stance!

[PM]

An empty Joe's Travel on the 11A turned around in Harborne to pick up passengers on Green Lane waiting for an 11C to Bearwood, about an hour ago... And it was still a quicker journey than NX ;D

Surely that shouldn't be allowed, a bus can't just leave the route its on to pick passengers up of another route. If every company started to do that we would have chaos.

Makes money though... And those passengers had a shorter wait...

True and does another operator out of money

Think the "other" company in question do well enough as it is with their turnover figures...

And to be fair, LS how can any operator hope to compete successfully within the rules?

[Sh4318]

An empty Joe's Travel on the 11A turned around in Harborne to pick up passengers on Green Lane waiting for an 11C to Bearwood, about an hour ago... And it was still a quicker journey than NX ;D

Surely that shouldn't be allowed, a bus can't just leave the route its on to pick passengers up of another route. If every company started to do that we would have chaos.

Probably not, I wasn't complaining though ::). I had been previously waiting for an NX 11, for about 20 minutes, only for 3 to turn up at once when I got off the Joe's Travel dart in Bearwood

[PM]

Really want to do a full outer circle on a joes dart as haven't been on one in years. Is it Joes/Sunny/Travel Express that are the only companies still with them in the west midlands? Sorry probably wrong topic but didn't know where to post this as I'd quite like to know...