NXWM 2016 Orders

[winston]

Would be so good if the 126 rumour is true... Another one that I was thinking about that may have potentiential for upgrades to platinum could be the 140/141 for Dudley or even the 4/4H/4M, this is ofcourse just an opinion and not based on any rumour or prior knowledge.

I'd have thought the 9 would be far more likely to be upgraded to Platinum over the 140/141, especially if the 126 does end up going Platinum.

[danny]

I was thinking more for the merry hill link Winston but I can see your point the 9 would be a good choice also.

[winston]

I was thinking more for the merry hill link Winston but I can see your point the 9 would be a good choice also.

I can see your point also, Platinum buses might encourage more people to switch from car journeys to bus to Merry Hill, on saying that Intu really need to provide a decent bus station / bus priorities to the centre first. I'd consider the core Hagley Rd services to be the 9 & 126

[ARBB]

Would be so good if the 126 rumour is true... Another one that I was thinking about that may have potentiential for upgrades to platinum could be the 140/141 for Dudley or even the 4/4H/4M, this is ofcourse just an opinion and not based on any rumour or prior knowledge.

I suppose if they did go platinum it would give drivers on the 9 something nice to look at in the mirrors  ::)

[BK63 YWP]

Intu are doing a few changes and got things planned that westfield never did, Bus station included i believe. There one thing i always thought about is if the station is closed where is all the buses guna go? Would be nice if 141 goes platinum but will have to see where these 60 platinums will go

[Solo1]

I can see your point also, Platinum buses might encourage more people to switch from car journeys to bus to Merry Hill, on saying that Intu really need to provide a decent bus station / bus priorities to the centre first. I'd consider the core Hagley Rd services to be the 9 & 126

I agree merry hill  should have bus only lanes it they can widen the road there to help keeo them on time dy=ue the amount of cars at merry hiil at certain times of the day

[ARBB]

I agree merry hill  should have bus only lanes it they can widen the road there to help keeo them on time dy=ue the amount of cars at merry hiil at certain times of the day

Won't stop them parking on the yellow box on the roundabout. Doesn't stop them having 2 wheels in the bus lane there now, they sail through the red light at the top of the bus priority lane too.

[BU07 LGO]

Out of curiosity what would the pvr be of 126 and 529? Ive also heard Walsall are due 4 more platinum. Apparently...

[Trident 4194]

Out of curiosity what would the pvr be of 126 and 529? Ive also heard Walsall are due 4 more platinum. Apparently...

X51/x56 board maybe

[Dom]

X51/x56 board maybe

Wouldn't need 4 buses.

[Trident 4609]

Out of curiosity what would the pvr be of 126 and 529? Ive also heard Walsall are due 4 more platinum. Apparently...

126 pvr is 22 (20 all day and two come out in the afternoon after doing a school)
The 529 has 14 running boards altogether (Think there is two that go back in a morning and two come out in the afternoon)

[Mike K]

Wouldn't need 4 buses.

Didn't BU07LGO mention a while back that it may be due to an increase in frequency of the X51 to 7/8 minutes? Or did I imagine that?

[Trident 4609]

Didn't BU07LGO mention a while back that it may be due to an increase in frequency of the X51 to 7/8 minutes? Or did I imagine that?

I recall that being mentioned somewhere too

[BU07 LGO]

Didn't BU07LGO mention a while back that it may be due to an increase in frequency of the X51 to 7/8 minutes? Or did I imagine that?

Yeah that's what a few of the older drivers have said!

[GeminiFan1991]

The spare MMCs tend to wind up on the 77 so if we used them, I'd surmise we'd only require a few vehicles