Service Changes August 29th 2021.

[Tony]

Do PE have enough buses to run all four routes?

No I have messed up and left them short  >:(

[Steveminor]

No I have messed up and left them short  >:(

There goes that pension then @Tony

[mesub]

Plenty spare during school holidays with reduced running times which is why yyou see them now, but as gareth says different in two weeks time

Ahhhh, so that's why there hasn't been any enviros (or the odd trident) on the 23/4.

[metrocity]

There goes that pension then @Tony

Finding drivers tends to be more of a challenge than finding buses these days....

[BN]

Do PE have enough buses to run all four routes? I can see an abundance of B7RLE flooding the routes

I think Tony knows what he's doing, plus don't forget the 7 is going to Wolverhampton.

[fleetline6477]

As I've said before, Diamond will have the most work with the debranding, certainly with the 31 / 32, as they'll have to remove reference to the 32 for starters as well as the 'every 3 mins' frequency.

All Nx will have to do is change the frequency.

I assume both companies are keeping their own £2.50 return fare?

Repainting is another matter presumbly.

Incidently, it looks like NX have 'inherited' those early Sunday morning journeys from Diamond, which makes sense with them being run from the nearest depot on route, rather than a depot miles away, but I'm surprised they haven't been partly incorparated into those early Sunday X51 journeys.

I suspect Diamond will repaint the buses in fleet livery. NX won't need to bother as the TfWM livery was almost identical to the NX livery.

[Westy]

I suspect Diamond will repaint the buses in fleet livery. NX won't need to bother as the TfWM livery was almost identical to the NX livery.

I suppose the NX WM Bus liveried vehicles might get a repaint eventually.

I was talking about the branding.

[Stuharris 6360]

I think Tony knows what he's doing, plus don't forget the 7 is going to Wolverhampton.

sorry if I have missed a reply, but what will the 7 interwork with now its going to Wolverhampton?

[the trainbasher]

sorry if I have missed a reply, but what will the 7 interwork with now its going to Wolverhampton?

I believe its the 27 or 82 as they both terminate at Dudley.

The 81 looks self contained

[BK63 YWP]

sorry if I have missed a reply, but what will the 7 interwork with now its going to Wolverhampton?

Interwork with the 82

[DJ]

I suppose the NX WM Bus liveried vehicles might get a repaint eventually.

I was talking about the branding.

The branding will be removed, at least for the Diamond ones. 32307's got removed on Thursday, after it came back from repaint. I believe the route branding and 'West Midlands Bus' logos will be removed from the ones that won't be done in time, and they'll be kept away from the former partnership routes to avoid any confusion for passengers.

[MasterPlan]

Speaking of branding removal, they haven't got long to remove the branding from 6880-89.

[2206]

Speaking of branding removal, they haven't got long to remove the branding from 6880-89.

Or at least remove reference to the X20 on the branding.
If the branding is modified or they are rebranded they might actually gain the internal platinum branding as well?

The Sutton branding will presumably have to have reference to Minworth removed as well.

[Westy]

Isn't there a few branded vehicles that will need updating?

The 529's have been 'Every 7 mins' for the last few years,

Now, it's going down to every 10 mins or less!

(And internal branding needs looking at as well, A few references to now withdrawn /renumbered routes!)

[Steve3229vp]

Isn't there a few branded vehicles that will need updating?

The 529's have been 'Every 7 mins' for the last few years,

Now, it's going down to every 10 mins or less!

(And internal branding needs looking at as well, A few references to now withdrawn /renumbered routes!)

The branding doesn't need changing, If you look at the new 529 timetable on Traveline you will see that it mainly runs every 8 minutes but in peaks does occasionally run ever 7 minutes.