Lack of investment in ex-Lea Hall routes in East Bham

[Jack]

And yet they were meant to 'upgrade' the X70 with 6945-6950 which were delivered brand new for it and yet they just got chucked on to the other Platinum routes, and why exactly was 7515-7517 new to BC? As more spares... the X70 is just neglected in my opinion, no decent upgrade after it went to limited stop, E400's was hardly an investment... shows how much NX don't care about East Birmingham services...

[Tony]

Caught 1799 on the 55 this evening, the bus was rammed and was struggling to cope with passenger numbers. Can't see how anyone can consider that as "investing in the corridor". Left City Centre around 16:00.

And people have said the same about the X20/X21/X22 and the 23/24 on here when gaps in service appear and they have new buses. That has nothing to do with the point in question

[Busboy105]

And people have said the same about the X20/X21/X22 and the 23/24 on here when gaps in service appear and they have new buses. That has nothing to do with the point in question

Can NX do something about it? I mean the 17 and the 55 suffer from overcrowding and desperately need double deckers. The problems with that are that the 17 goes through a low bridge at Tile Cross and the 55 will need to swap with another route in order to get double deckers on it.

[Trident 4194]

Can NX do something about it? I mean the 17 and the 55 suffer from overcrowding and desperately need double deckers. The problems with that are that the 17 goes through a low bridge at Tile Cross and the 55 will need to swap with another route in order to get double deckers on it.

The frequency for the 55 and 94 combine to make a 4 minute frequency. I can't see how that's not good enough to be honest.

[2206]

The frequency for the 55 and 94 combine to make a 4 minute frequency. I can't see how that's not good enough to be honest.

Doesn't mean overcrowding never happens though. The reason they combine to every 4 minutes, is its a very busy corridor @Trident 4194.
There are also a few people who travel from City Centre beyond Fox & Goose on that route as well, who don't have as high a frequency as well. Even though it isn't as busy.

Can NX do something about it? I mean the 17 and the 55 suffer from overcrowding and desperately need double deckers. The problems with that are that the 17 goes through a low bridge at Tile Cross and the 55 will need to swap with another route in order to get double deckers on it.

I agree, its a regular occurrence to see overcrowding on the 55, wouldn't happen with deckers (I don't see overcrowding on the 94's).

[Tony]

Doesn't mean overcrowding never happens though. The reason they combine to every 4 minutes, is its a very busy corridor @Trident 4194.
There are also some people people who travel from City Centre beyond Fox & Goose on that route as well, who don't have as high a frequency as well.  I agree, its a regular occurrence to see overcrowding on the 55, wouldn't happen with deckers (You never see overcrowding on the 94's).

As the vast majority of the passengers are off before the Hunters Moon on both services your arguement seems a little flawed