West Bromwich Garage

[Westy]

@Westy, Gemini's are usual on the 47.

That must have been since mid November then, as I never saw one before then!

[Tony]

That must have been since mid November then, as I never saw one before then!

Well as WB didn't have any then.

[2206]

That must have been since mid November then, as I never saw one before then!

Its an ex 11 Outer Circle bus.
New Platinums for the 9 and 50, has allowed E400 MMC to move to AG for the 11 and so, Gemini from the 11 to WB.

[Jack]

Its an ex 11 Outer Circle bus.
New Platinums for the 9 and 50, has allowed E400 MMC to move to AG for the 11 and so, Gemini from the 11 to WB.

Of which the Gemini's are used on routes the uncompliant ALX400's are being used on, the 47 is one.

[Jack]

@StourValley98, E400's are usual on the 45, it doesn't have a fixed allocation, so therefore see's any bus.

1953 is on the 5.

[DJ]

@StourValley98, E400's are usual on the 45, it doesn't have a fixed allocation, so therefore see's any bus.

1953 is on the 5.

Ah, I was just going off the spreadsheet which didn't list E400s, and I haven't seen one on there in ages.

[I love Walsall buses]

Ah, I was just going off the spreadsheet which didn't list E400s, and I haven't seen one on there in ages.

Last I saw one on there was December when a Soho road was on there

[2206]

74 - New Timetable is now on the NX website:
The 24/7 service is being scrapped, during the week. Last bus from Birmingham is 01:00, then the next one is 04:00.
Which leaves just the X1 as the only service that runs non stop through the night 24/7. There's the 63 but that has a gap between 2 and 4.
They haven't mentioned it under the service changes page only the reroute via Trindle Rd in Dudley. I only realised when I was looking at the timetable.
The changes come into effect from the 24th February 2019.

[Jack6101]

74 - New Timetable is now on the NX website:
The 24/7 service is being scrapped, during the week. Last bus from Birmingham is 01:00, then the next one is 04:00.
Which leaves just the X1 as the only service that runs non stop through the night 24/7. There's the 63 but that has a gap between 2 and 4.
They haven't mentioned it under the service changes page only the reroute via Trindle Rd in Dudley. I only realised when I was looking at the timetable.

Do you have link to this please

[2206]

Do you have link to this please

https://nxbus.co.uk/files/NX-West-Midlands/current_timetables/2019-Timetables/24th-Feb-Timetables/b74_240219.pdf

https://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/information/service-changes/black-country-service-changes-from-24th-february

[Gareth]

A shame that 24hr buses haven't worked out. It would have been nice to have seen larger network instead of journeys cancelled. But at least they tried. Hopefully one day there will be a bigger demand.

[Trident 4194]

A shame that 24hr buses haven't worked out. It would have been nice to have seen larger network instead of journeys cancelled. But at least they tried. Hopefully one day there will be a bigger demand.

Not whilst Uber and taxis are around.

[BK63 YWP]

Not whilst Uber and taxis are around.

Buses are cheaper than Uber and plus the demand is not there in the weekday barring the X1, weekends the city evenings are a lot busier

[2206]

Not whilst Uber and taxis are around.

Value for money they're certainly better.
It cost me about approx.. £10 - £15 to take a taxi from the New Street Station to the Fox and Goose back in 2014, so that would have been £30 there and back. NXWM are £4 for an all day ticket and evening group ticket is £5 I think, the NXWM fares are cerainly much better in comparison to the limited times i've used a taxi.
Only time i've used a taxi in Birmingham in recent years is once or twice from Stechford to the Fox and Goose and its only about 5 - 10 minutes up the road and that tends to cost more than £5 (£10+ return), again NX are better in terms of value for money.

On the other hand, i'd have thought hourly services and the possibility of having to stand a bus stop for 60 minutes in the middle of the night should they miss it could probably put people of using the bus.

[Trident 4194]

Value for money they're certainly better.
It cost me £10 to take a taxi from the New Street Station to the Fox and Goose back in 2014, so that would have been £20 there and back. NXWM are £4 for an all day ticket and evening group ticket is £6 I think, the NXWM fares are cerainly much better in comparison to the limited times i've used a taxi.
Only time i've used a taxi in Birmingham in recent years is once or twice from Stechford to the Fox and Goose and its only about 5 - 10 minutes up the road and that tends to cost more than £5 (£10+ return), again NX are better in terms of value for money.

On the other hand, i'd have thought hourly services and the possibility of having to stand a bus stop for 60 minutes in the middle of the night should they miss it could probably put people of using the bus.

What about when 5 people are travelling in a taxi or 4 people. That works about £2.50 each way per person, considerably faster than a bus and can drop you exactly where you want to go away from other idiots