West Bromwich Garage

[aSingh]

Put it in the depot thread as not too sure if this is worth a mention but 4955 is on the 82/87 today. Not long left Oldbury for Brum. Personally never copped a 49xx on the 87.

4967 was on 87 on Saturday. Good bus drive

[4679]

Saw 4750 being towed somewhere around half 3 possibly Carlyle as had front end damage.
Also @Tony how many more e200mmc are WB getting?

[Jack6101]

@MasterPlan  74E to Dudley Port am common tbh

[MasterPlan]

@MasterPlan  74E to Dudley Port am common tbh

Fair enough, aa I say juat not seen it before myself like.

[CL]

6991 on the 74, just arrived into Birmingham

[Jack]

Haven't seen it mentioned anywhere but from the 26th January, the 82 and 87 will be going back to doing the City Centre loop, but instead will service Priory Queensway instead of up Carrs Lane. Again the 89 is left out...
https://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/information/temporary-diversions/metro-extension-broad-street-paradise-circus-closures

[2206]

Haven't seen it mentioned anywhere but from the 26th January, the 82 and 87 will be going back to doing the City Centre loop, but instead will service Priory Queensway instead of up Carrs Lane. Again the 89 is left out...
https://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/information/temporary-diversions/metro-extension-broad-street-paradise-circus-closures

Not clear what route the 23/24 and 10H would supposedly use then.
Will the 23/24 still do the City Loop in the present direction? And if so will it still go in via Bath Row and out along Broad Street, or will it serve Broad Street in both directions now.

Didn't know there were any diversions/ammendments in place on the 80/80A and X20/X21/X22, so also unclear what its referring to there.

[Jack]

Not clear what route the 23/24 and 10H would supposedly use then.
Will the 23/24 still do the City Loop in the present direction? And if so will it still go in via Bath Row and out along Broad Street, or will it serve Broad Street in both directions now.

Didn't know there were any diversions/ammendments in place on the 80/80A and X20/X21/X22, so also unclear what its referring to there.

I'm pretty sure the 10H, 23/24 will continue doing their current route, hence why they just said the 82/87 will change.

I didn't know that either, but I presume they would have their frequency playing with to cope with the extra traffic along Bath Row.

[Zander]

So what does that mean? Services can go down Broad Street from 26th?

[MasterPlan]

Haven't seen it mentioned anywhere but from the 26th January, the 82 and 87 will be going back to doing the City Centre loop, but instead will service Priory Queensway instead of up Carrs Lane. Again the 89 is left out...
https://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/information/temporary-diversions/metro-extension-broad-street-paradise-circus-closures

I agree that the 89 should go the same way.

Not sure why a lot of those are mentioned, I don't know what supposed diversion / bus stop change was made to the 61/63 & X20/X21/X22 because of these works. Would be great if they could be more clear rather than just expecting people to know.

[sonic84]

I agree that the 89 should go the same way.

Not sure why a lot of those are mentioned, I don't know what supposed diversion / bus stop change was made to the 61/63 & X20/X21/X22 because of these works. Would be great if they could be more clear rather than just expecting people to know.

Agreed. It looks unlikely the full length of broad street will open so can't see what changes can be made to the 9, 10, 12, 12A, 13, 13A, 126, X8 and X10.

I wonder whether the 23, 24 will run the loop the opposite way as they used to now that Suffolk Street Queenways will be open to traffic again?

[Mike K]

Agreed. It looks unlikely the full length of broad street will open so can't see what changes can be made to the 9, 10, 12, 12A, 13, 13A, 126, X8 and X10.

I wonder whether the 23, 24 will run the loop the opposite way as they used to now that Suffolk Street Queenways will be open to traffic again?

I sincerely hope not. Reliability of the 23/24 was decimated when they used to use Smallbrook Queensway outbound. I hope that eventually, once Broad Street is fully reopened, that they revert to using Broad Street in both directions, and use the current anti-clockwise city loop as they do now.

Prior to the latest set of Broad Street closures, reliability was miles better than when they did the clockwise loop.

[richardjones210368]

Agreed. It looks unlikely the full length of broad street will open so can't see what changes can be made to the 9, 10, 12, 12A, 13, 13A, 126, X8 and X10.

I wonder whether the 23, 24 will run the loop the opposite way as they used to now that Suffolk Street Queenways will be open to traffic again?

From what I understand the X8 and 13A are running back via Sheepcoate Street again but I may be wrong and am happy to be corrected.

[Sh4318]

Haven't seen it mentioned anywhere but from the 26th January, the 82 and 87 will be going back to doing the City Centre loop, but instead will service Priory Queensway instead of up Carrs Lane. Again the 89 is left out...
https://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/information/temporary-diversions/metro-extension-broad-street-paradise-circus-closures

The 89 doesn't need to serve the loop - though it would be useful.

Will there be enough platinums to cover the 82/87? Presumably the PVR will increase

[aSingh]

I agree that the 89 should go the same way.

Not sure why a lot of those are mentioned, I don't know what supposed diversion / bus stop change was made to the 61/63 & X20/X21/X22 because of these works. Would be great if they could be more clear rather than just expecting people to know.

89 is lovely on its current route. Much better traffic wise going into city the way it currently goes.