West Bromwich Garage

[Trident4590]

Saw 4865 in west Bromwich bus station, saw a b7 with route 728?

[RS]

Today i saw 4249 on the 5 and its display has broken

[Sh4318]

Today i saw 4249 on the 5 and its display has broken

Broken how?

4738 is also ticket branded

[RS]

Broken how?

4738 is also ticket branded

It's on my Flickr stream

[Tomf1993]

Went on routes 74/75/126 today, never ever ever ever again. out of interest any routes longer then the WN 126?

[2206]

Went on routes 74/75/126 today, never ever ever ever again. out of interest any routes longer then the WN 126?

11A and 11C - 1 Journey (2 Hours 30 Minuttes)

[Tomf1993]

I will go on those.

[Jack6101]

4966 went wrong way at castle gate island went Down the road after the tiption road (311/3) but turned around at the round bout by McDonald's on castle gate estate it was a learner driver by the way
Think it was his first time doing the 74

[don]

11A and 11C - 1 Journey (2 Hours 30 Minuttes)

Crikey - at 26 miles that's an average of 10.4 mph - quite commendable for a route crossing so many arterial routes in a congested urban area.

[MW]

Crikey - at 26 miles that's an average of 5.76 mph!!!

That can't be right.

5.76 x 2.5 = 14.4 miles. The 11 is 26 miles, so it must be faster than 5.76?

I make it 10.4mph if the route is 26 miles long, unless I'm mistaken.

[don]

That can't be right.

5.76 x 2.5 = 14.4 miles. The 11 is 26 miles, so it must be faster than 5.76?

I make it 10.4mph if the route is 26 miles long, unless I'm mistaken.

MW, you are correct - I wonder how many bus stops there are per direction?

[MW]

MW, you are correct - I wonder how many bus stops there are per direction?

There's 40 fare stages. There's approx 3-4 stops per fare stage I think (with the exception of Stage 40 and Stage 1, The stop just before Perry Barr on the 11C is Stage 1, and the stop after is Stage 40, same in both directions). Say 3 stops, so at least 120 stops per direction?

According to wikipedia, there's 266 bus stops on the route, so 133 each side?

Wikipedia says "A full circuit takes up to three hours to complete, with the service carrying 50,000 passengers each day. There are 266 bus stops on the route. The route serves 233 schools, colleges or universities, 69 leisure and community facilities, 40 pubs, 19 retail centres, six hospitals, and one prison. It also links some 15 commercial centres, and passes Cadbury's in Bournville, one of the world's largest chocolate factories."

Edit: lets see if I can still remember the fare stages
1 Wellington Road/Grosvenor Road
2 Church Lane/Hinstock Road
3 Rookery Road/Newcombe Road
4 Soho Rd/Boulton Road
5 Winson Green Prison/Lodge Road
6 Dudley Rd/Summerfield Park
7 City Road/Shenstone Road
8 City Road/Fountain Road
9 Sandon Road/Poplar Road
10 Bearwood/Hagley Road
11 Elm Tree Road
12 Harborne Park Road/Vivian Road
13 Metchley Lane
14 Sainsburys/Selly Oak
15 The Green/Bournville
16 Franklin Road
17 Breedon Road
18 The Worthings
19 Vicarage Road/Cartland Road
20 All Saints Church/Kings Heath
21 Wheelers Lane/Billesley
22 Swanshurst Lane/Meadow View
23 South Birmingham College/Stratford Road
24 Hall Green Church
25 Fox Hollies/Lidl
26 Acocks Green Village
27 Yardley Road/Francis Road
28 Yardley Swan
29 Foliots Fields/Stoney Lane
30 Yardley Fields Road
31 Flaxley Road Bingo
32 Old Bromford Lane
33 Drews Lane
34 Tyburn Road
35 Jaffary Crescent
36 Highcroft Hospital
37 Woolmore Road/Marsh Hill
38 Moor Lane/Brookvale Road
39 Witton Square
40 Perry Barr/Crown and Cushion

[2900]

Went on routes 74/75/126 today, never ever ever ever again. out of interest any routes longer then the WN 126?

tom try the 87 meet the brothers on the top deck, blood claat man

[Dom]

tom try the 87 meet the brothers on the top deck, blood claat man

LMFAO!!! He needs to make sure he sits right at the back!

[Tomf1993]

I assume the duties/running boards are split points to get around tacho?