Service changes 28th April 2019

[winston]

PD0001111/65 Cancelled
WEST MIDLANDS TRAVEL LIMITED
Route: Perry Beeches to Birmingham to Perry Beeches to Birmingham via Perry Barr
Service number: 952 (952)
Service type: Normal Stopping
Effective date: 28 Apr 2019

[monkeyjoe]

This route changes more often than 50 upgrades

[Dom]

The 952 is going completely, there is a replacement, but not what you'd be thinking

[Trident 4609]

The registrations for the tenders that have been won will presumably be published soon too.

Now that has been registered, there are other changes supposedly happening that may surprise some.

[the trainbasher]

The 952 is going completely, there is a replacement, but not what you'd be thinking

I reckon it's a 28 extension to Perry Barr...or the 46 getting extended

[Solo1]

51running as 51p to serve Perry Beeches  as it's a Walsall service

[monkeyjoe]

Could they just make a variation of the 997 maybe

[Trident 4609]

New routes 14, 17A, 24, 288A/C will be operated by Pensnett from Sunday 21st April
Service 5 extended to Stourbridge via the existing Diamond 267 route to Stourbridge via Ashwood Park and Wordsley.

Service 14A to replace Igo service 208 and will run hourly between Dudley and Merry Hill.

Service 17A to replace existing Diamond service 657 and extend from Kingswinford to Wall Heath. Will be interworked with service 5.

Service 24 Route taken over from Diamond and operates between Foxyards, Dudley, Cradley Heath and Merry Hill.

Service 288A/C replacing existing Diamond service 288 between Stourbridge, Redlake Rd and Stourbridge Junction

Not NX related but saves me making another post in the April tenders thread:

Banga have registered a 52 (replacing the 22 between Wolves and Coseley) and have won the 53 (Wolverhampton to Rocket Pool) off igo.

[BK63 YWP]

Hopefully this extension may bring more passengers onto the 5 and gives ashwood and wordsley a faster link to Russell's Hall

[Steve3229vp]

The speculation that I've heard about the replacement for the 952 has been as follows:

28A re-introduced to Perry Barr One stop - Possible but not likely
46 - extended from Perry Barr via 952 to Perry Beeches - I think this is the most likely
52 re-introduced - Most unlikely unless it's reduced to every 30 minutes.

[monkeyjoe]

What's the issue with the Perry Beeches link, are people from that area just not using the service any more. Why wouldn't a reduced frequency work or is it they are just all changing when gets to Walsall rd and waiting for the X51 maybe?

[Jack]

What's the issue with the Perry Beeches link, are people from that area just not using the service any more. Why wouldn't a reduced frequency work or is it they are just all changing when gets to Walsall rd and waiting for the X51 maybe?

We aren't important, that's why...
The 952 is a dying route anyway, I can see the 46 being extended...
Really can't see the 52 coming back...

[BK63 YWP]

If it's commercially viable the 952 would not be in the firing line, use it or lose it.

[monkeyjoe]

If I lived in Perry Beeches I would stop using the service altogether, the thought of longer journey and that diversion. Hardly appealing is it.

[MasterPlan]

If it's commercially viable the 952 would not be in the firing line, use it or lose it.

Or there could be other reasons. I doubt every route gets withdrawn because of not being commercially viable. I'm sure there's other potential factors.