Service changes 28th April 2019

[Tony]

Thanks, I've just had a look now. Are there any changes to the X21? Or is that simply just minor timetable adjustments?

If you've just had a look,ans a regular user you'll  be able to tell

[monkeyjoe]

X21 looks like a frequency reduction to every 20 mins

[MasterPlan]

If you've just had a look,ans a regular user you'll  be able to tell

There's nothing about it on Facebook.

[monkeyjoe]

That I saw from downloading a future dated timetable on Traveline.com

[Trident 4194]

X21 looks like a frequency reduction to every 20 mins

Deckers for you masterplan maybe?

[MasterPlan]

Deckers for you masterplan maybe?

Hahaha. That was a good one.

[Sh4318]

Double Decks yes, for the section it will be taking on from the 46, because I can't see it coping with all the Beeches lot as well as the Perry Barr to Birmingham to section, but let's be honest I can't see many of the people here using it all the way to Birmingham, the new route of which is longer is hardly appealing is it?
The 46 just about copes with an Omnilink, add the Perry Beeches part if people use it all the way to Birmingham will be a cramped ride.

Also I forgot, you've only driven route not long, yet I've been using the route over a decade, surely common sense plays apart?

From the outside looking in, it seems as though NX's priority was retaining the link between Perry Beeches and Perry Barr with the direct service to Birmingham being a convenient extra

[MasterPlan]

X21 looks like a frequency reduction to every 20 mins

Doesn't surprise me one bit. Suppose it won't be long before it's reduced again or withdrawn altogether.

[Kevin]

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I hope they bring back the 'original' 52 at some point in the near future  because all these new variations and incarnations are getting so annoying, can't they just make their minds up what they want to do with the Beeches bus to Birmingham!

Original? You mean the version that only used Beeches Road and didn't serve Booths Farm? Or are you picking and choosing which version you liked?
They can't make up their minds because quite clearly neither plan thus far has worked out, maintaining the local link Beeches - Perry Barr and the link to the X51 on the Walsall Road (which, I remind you, is what a vast number of passengers already do) seems to me the most logical option yet

(with the exception of a route coming in via the Aldridge Road and running through Beeches and Booths Farm to Scott Arms, but that's just my own personal bias)

[BH2004]

New Updates are up

https://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/information/service-changes/service-changes-from-sunday-28th-april-2019

[MasterPlan]

Utter crap. Yet the shambolic 27 carries on. I've just seen one with literally 0 passengers on it... During rush hour.

[Mike K]

I guess technically the X20/21/22 branding should be amended to say up to every 5 mins Mon-Fri peak periods. They aren't up to every 5 mins during the day.

3 buses an hour City to Weoley Castle is a far cry from the days of the 21/29.

[sonic84]

I guess technically the X20/21/22 branding should be amended to say up to every 5 mins Mon-Fri peak periods. They aren't up to every 5 mins during the day.

3 buses an hour City to Weoley Castle is a far cry from the days of the 21/29.

It sure it. Dont forgot, at one point City to Weoley Castle was also served by the 15 minute 44/44E/44T/44S services as well as the 21 and 29.

[Lichfield_Lad]

Now there is a 0933 10A from Lichfield, I can use an off peak daysaver 10 minutes earlier lol.

[monkeyjoe]

The amend 97s is not mentioned.