South Birmingham Consultation 2017

[2206]

PN could have some to change the 246 into a more frequent single decker route? WA/WN/CV to withdraw more tridents or... allocate them to another BC route. Changes heappening to the 48 but the 48A is not mentioned?

The 48A will more than likely remain as it is.

[Steve3229vp]

Link removed

[Gareth]

So there will now be two totally different routes numbered X20 serving Birmingham City Centre. Which imbecile came up with that idea? Roll on franchising....

I mentioned before that we once had two 56's serving the city centre. Nobody wanted to go to Shard End and ended up in Bloxwhich or vice versa!

[MasterPlan]

Well, those changes look just as dire as I anticipated. Also, why are the X20 and X22 using platinum buses and not the X21? Seems a bit weird really...

[Tony]

I mentioned before that we once had two 56's serving the city centre. Nobody wanted to go to Shard End and ended up in Bloxwhich or vice versa!

And the 115 which went from the same place in the city centre, but people coped. Not many people are a dumb as people on here make out they are

[Mike K]

I'm personally not much impacted by these but the most surprising aspect for me is Weoley Castle. It's a big estate, and unless I'm missing something, only one 15 minute service to the city?

I like how they point out the positives and negatives with the '+' and '-' signs, but they've been very economical with the negatives. And "+ Harborne to Birmingham buses will now simply be numbered 23 / 24" as a positive is scraping the barrel. Since when was 23/24/29 complex?

[monkeyjoe]

I think the East Brum May have treated better lol, never thought I would say that. It is just. The beginning I suppose

[Sh4318]

So there will be two 20 minute services between QE Hospital/University & Birmingham and one every 15 minutes? ???, doesn't really make a combined frequency

[Sh4318]

PN could have some to change the 246 into a more frequent single decker route? WA/WN/CV to withdraw more tridents or... allocate them to another BC route. Changes happening to the 48 but the 48A is not mentioned?

If there's no listed changes to the 48A then there aren't any changes to the route in this consultation, I did mention this to you the other day. The 48A doesn't even enter South Birmingham

[MasterPlan]

I'm personally not much impacted by these but the most surprising aspect for me is Weoley Castle. It's a big estate, and unless I'm missing something, only one 15 minute service to the city?

I like how they point out the positives and negatives with the '+' and '-' signs, but they've been very economical with the negatives. And "+ Harborne to Birmingham buses will now simply be numbered 23 / 24" as a positive is scraping the barrel. Since when was 23/24/29 complex?

Yep just the one route into City. For some reason serving Long Nuke Road now. Which will no doubt be run by overcrowded single deckers. 1 route into Northfield with the less regular 27. Igo rerouting the 39 to save NX's backsides with the 48. No link to Bartley Green. NX saying you can get the Diamond 002 instead. No link to Five Ways, Broad Street, Great Charles Street etc. Just further proof that they don't give a toss about this area really. No doubt I'll be told by people who don't even use these services that I'm wrong but I don't care.

And yes, that made me laugh too. Like 22/23/24/29 was ever hard to comprehend. Why not renumber the 47 to 44 then? And 61 to 64? Pathetic.

[Steveminor]

So there will now be two totally different routes numbered X20 serving Birmingham City Centre. Which imbecile came up with that idea? Roll on franchising....

Maybe not watch this space.

[monkeyjoe]

Johnson's rd one going then　？

[2206]

What a random location for the changes lol

Looks like they put them up by mistake again.
As they've been taken down.

[MasterPlan]

Looks like they put them up by mistake again.
As they've been taken down.

Yeah the link isn't working anymore. Probably realised they've posted them in the wrong section that's all.

[Stu]

Looks like they put them up by mistake again.
As they've been taken down.

Yeah the link isn't working anymore. Probably realised they've posted them in the wrong section that's all.

I copied and pasted the text from there and posted an article on my website:
http://westmidlandsbususers.co.uk/2018/06/south-birmingham-service-changes-from-22nd-july-2018/

When NX finally publish the final draft, I'll update my article accordingly.  ;D