BusTimes.org - general discussion

[BK63 YWP]

2116 says it on the 29 but on the map it's stuck in the corner of Walsall garage

[2206]

Looks like the X2 board that 7530 was on this morning, now goes onto the X12/X70 at Solihull Station. From the map. Which must be new interworking as used to run dead back to the garage

[Tony]

Looks like the X2 board that 7530 was on this morning, now goes onto the X12/X70 at Solihull Station. From the map. Which must be new interworking as used to run dead back to the garage

It is an X12/X70 that does the X2S first

[AIR]

Not sure if this is the best thread to post in - apologies if not.
I posted about the SFA1/2 (and also noticed the CG4) were not tracking properly on bus times on the 'Buses not tracking' thread on Monday. I now think this is because the SFA timetables have been deleted completely from the main NX WM website timetable page, and the CG4 although listed as a route does not show the timetable. They were there before Easter so not sure if they have been removed in error.
How do you get these re-instated onto the NX WM main website please?

[Tony]

Not sure if this is the best thread to post in - apologies if not.
I posted about the SFA1/2 (and also noticed the CG4) were not tracking properly on bus times on the 'Buses not tracking' thread on Monday. I now think this is because the SFA timetables have been deleted completely from the main NX WM website timetable page, and the CG4 although listed as a route does not show the timetable. They were there before Easter so not sure if they have been removed in error.
How do you get these re-instated onto the NX WM main website please?

Bustimes isn't affected by the NXWM website and NXWM have obviously supplied the data as 4597 is recorded as operating the SFA1, so I am not sure why you say it isn't being tracked

https://bustimes.org/vehicles/179078

[Stu]

How do you get these re-instated onto the NX WM main website please?

Contact NX Bus regarding any issues with the website here:
https://nationalexpressportal.icasework.com/form?Type=Complaint&MenuContext=UKBUS

[AIR]

Hello Tony,
Yes the individual vehicles are tracking fine but they are not linking to the service timetable on bus times because since Easter the service/timetable is not showing at all, unlike all the 7x and 8x closed services. This means that to track the journey you have to identify the vehicle first - not great if in a rush.
If you click on a timetable it says that the 'timetable data is from National Express West Midlands/Bus Open Data Service' and appears to be updated every week on a Monday for that week. I have assumed, probably incorrectly, that this comes from the timetables on the NX Website, but perhaps both are fed from another database, given that they have both disappeared at the same time. It is really useful to have the 'journey timetable' showing on the left of the map so that you can identify if the bus is running early/late depending on the traffic, and by how much. This is particularly useful in the evening to try and avoid stroppy teenager situation, which is never good in my experience!

[AIR]

Sorry Stu just noticed your post as I ended up typing my previous one 3 times before it would post. Thanks for the information - I will contact them.

[Tony]

it says that the ‘timetable data is from National Express West Midlands/Bus Open Data Service’ and appears to be updated every week on a Monday for that week.

Bus Open Data Service is basically all the timetable data that has been registered that all bus operators are now legally required to make freely available. It is not connected to the website at all.

The data obviously does include the SFA1, It is actually on a 29 running board, as it is matched to the vehicle, so there is a missing link at Bustimes end somewhere

[Michael Bevan]

4802's tracking on bustimes.org has been stuck on 907 for the last couple of days.

Also 4486 and 7509 have been showing no route numbers for the last few days whilst being in service.

[busboy31]

Tracking Journeys of buses from 18th February to 31st March have been disappeared...

[Tony]

Tracking Journeys of buses from 18th February to 31st March have been disappeared...

Cannot keep info on forever

[bususer28]

I know nothing can be done but it seems like most buses in south Birmingham (might be elsewhere aswell) aren't tracking on google maps anymore- it's been like this since Monday.

[BH2004]

Tracking Journeys of buses from 18th February to 31st March have been disappeared...

Roughly 23 buses has no journeys they either aren't tracking or off road

[Tony]

Roughly 23 buses has no journeys they either aren't tracking or off road

There's roughly 170 buses not tracking each day