Petition to save 56

[Tony]

Will the 56s replacement be a platinum service too, if theres enough spares?

Yes it will be Platinum

[the trainbasher]

@Adam 404 would you expect less from a politician!

[domino.99]

Yes it will be Platinum

Branding alteration then...

[Tony]

Branding alteration then...

why? Plenty of Generic branded buses

[domino.99]

why? Plenty of Generic branded buses

Fair do, guess they are probably bound to.

[Steve3229vp]

so is it going to be 936a, 937...........not 956 surely !!!

[winston]

so is it going to be 936a, 937...........not 956 surely !!!

Hadn't someone posted about a 933 at some point?

[BU07 LGO]

latest rumour is:

993 - current 934
994- current 56
995 - current 935
995a - current 935a
996- current 936

[Alex]

so is it going to be 936a, 937...........not 956 surely !!!

If anything, I would imagine it being some form of 935 derivative, as the 56 doesn't serve Pheasey or Barr Beacon as far as I'm aware, so wouldn't be classed as a 936 derivative, maybe a 935B? As (correct me if I'm wrong) doesn't the 935 serve most of, or at least, a similar route to the 56's route up to Foley Arms? I know the 935 serves Hundred Acre Rd, and the 56 doesn't, but are there any other major differences between the two routes to Streetly?

[Kevin]

If anything, I would imagine it being some form of 935 derivative, as the 56 doesn't serve Pheasey or Barr Beacon as far as I'm aware, so wouldn't be classed as a 936 derivative, maybe a 935B? As (correct me if I'm wrong) doesn't the 935 serve most of, or at least, a similar route to the 56's route up to Foley Arms? I know the 935 serves Hundred Acre Rd, and the 56 doesn't, but are there any other major differences between the two routes to Streetly?

George Frederick Road in Kingstanding is served by the 935/A whereas the 56 goes straight up from the Circle
Only real issue (if you can class it as an issue) is the link from Streetly to Aldridge (which the 997 now does anyway) and along Erdington road in particular, ergo my thought about just re-routing the 997

[Tony]

Obviously wants the publicity and the glory for NXWM's work.

See

http://brownhillsbob.com/2015/10/06/56-bus-service-travel-west-midlands-to-fill-the-gap/

[Steve3229vp]

Less buses going to Pheasey then

[BK63 YWP]

Less buses going to Pheasey then

Still got the 33, 934, 997 :)

[Mike K]

So the new Platinum 934/5/6 branding could be even more short lived than the original orange 935 branding?

[arrifirststage]

See

http://brownhillsbob.com/2015/10/06/56-bus-service-travel-west-midlands-to-fill-the-gap/

Certainly not meant as a criticism,but what is the difference between a 9xx route and an Xxx route?
Given the proposed future changes to the 9xx Streetly group,would it not be more logical and consistent to renumber the routes as X34/X35/X36/X37 etc as with the X51 especially given the mythical public aversion to the use of three digit numbers.
The 900/957 would become the X1/X2 and the X96 would also fit in easily.
Can someone otherwise explain the (if any) subtle difference between the X and the 9 series.