Stagecoach in Birmingham

[SO6597]

36485 is on the 46 at the moment and took the line of the 48 from QE to Northfield (went via Weoley Castle Square). 

[Rachvince53]

Reported in Manchester Evening News that Stagecoach have been missing out parts of service 328 due to using buses too heavy for part of the route known locally as "little Europe" so its not just in Birmingham that buses omit parts of routes.

[MasterPlan]

36485 is on the 46 at the moment and took the line of the 48 from QE to Northfield (went via Weoley Castle Square).

Oh dear.

[bususer28]

Not quite sure what happened yesterday but there were 2 46s running together towards Kings Heath at about 08:30. As you can imagine, both ran completely empty (surprise, surprise!); who knows what must've happened for them to run two buses together...

[Ginger66]

Not quite sure what happened yesterday but there were 2 46s running together towards Kings Heath at about 08:30. As you can imagine, both ran completely empty (surprise, surprise!); who knows what must've happened for them to run two buses together...

Isn't that a diamond trick, we following the leader 

[Rachvince53]

Isn't that a diamond trick, we following the leader

That's what happened with Diamond 27 on Wednesday!  Two 27s arrived in Wolves within minutes.

[Stu]

Not quite sure what happened yesterday but there were 2 46s running together towards Kings Heath at about 08:30. As you can imagine, both ran completely empty (surprise, surprise!); who knows what must've happened for them to run two buses together...

"Congestion on route" caused some later journeys to be cancelled, perhaps that was why...

https://twitter.com/StagecoachMids/status/1618587690856742913

[Straightlines]

"Congestion on route" caused some later journeys to be cancelled, perhaps that was why...

https://twitter.com/StagecoachMids/status/1618587690856742913

In defence of Stagecoach, the TfWM designed timetable for the service is somewhat of a joke and tight even on a Sunday.

[SO6597]

Vast majority of journeys on the 46 have operated via Weoley Castle Square today so looks like that part of the route is now following where the bus stops have 46 on them, the Bus Times map has also altered too. A tweak in the route through Northfield needed next.

[Trident 4194]

I travelled on the 46 today. He was 15 minute late arriving into kings Heath by the time he'd gone round to come back towards QE he was 30 minutes late. 3 passengers the entire journey. He was giving that e200 some whack. Timetable is a joke. The journey behind was 10 minutes behind and missed out some of the route arriving into the QE on time 

[2206]

Just seen this anti bus claim one bus every 30 minutes is "causing congestion on Vicarage Road". 
Catherine Hubbard on Twitter: "@David4BKH Hi @David4BKH where will it be rerouted to? As per my tweet to @LisaTrickett41 the 46 route seems to be permanently empty and also adds to the congestion on Vicarage road - we were also not consulted about this additional bus route which seems utterly unnecessary! https://t.co/baqTmhZszH" / Twitter

[ellspurs]

"Buses driving unsafely on inappropriate roads" where said roads are full of poorly and illegally parked cars. 

Also Vicarage Road has the 11A/C on it. The congestion is caused by the prats trying to turn right at the lights when they're not allowed to do so, as well as poorly and illegally parked cars.

[Stu]

Kings Heath has always been a difficult place for buses to terminate, due to the lack of 'turning points'.

In my opinion, the 169 when approaching Kings Heath should go via Brook Lane then onto Springfield Road, before terminating on Institute Road, that stop is close enough to the High Street for arriving passengers to walk to. The outbound journey can then pick up at the Alcester Road stop, before turning onto Addison Road, then onto Brook Lane, as per the 11A/C route.

The 46 should do similar, unload at Vicarage Road and/or Alcester Road, then go via Addison Road and onto Springfield Road before terminating on Institute Road. Outbound journey then starts there, and picks up passengers from Vicarage Road.

[Justin Tyme]

Kings Heath has always been a difficult place for buses to terminate, due to the lack of 'turning points'.

In my opinion, the 169 when approaching Kings Heath should go via Brook Lane then onto Springfield Road, before terminating on Institute Road, that stop is close enough to the High Street for arriving passengers to walk to. The outbound journey can then pick up at the Alcester Road stop, before turning onto Addison Road, then onto Brook Lane, as per the 11A/C route.

The 46 should do similar, unload at Vicarage Road and/or Alcester Road, then go via Addison Road and onto Springfield Road before terminating on Institute Road. Outbound journey then starts there, and picks up passengers from Vicarage Road.

I agree with you - that is the logical solution.

At the moment roadworks in Kings Heath High Street mean one lane is out by Institute Road and Silver Street, causing long delays.  No doubt NXWM 35 and 50 (at least) are badly affected too.

[Stu]

The 46 should do similar, unload at Vicarage Road and/or Alcester Road, then go via Addison Road and onto Springfield Road before terminating on Institute Road. Outbound journey then starts there, and picks up passengers from Vicarage Road.

Looking on BusTimes, it would seem that Diamond's 150 service uses Addison Road, Goldsmith Road then Institute Road to turn around, so that's another possibility for the 46.

At the moment roadworks in Kings Heath High Street mean one lane is out by Institute Road and Silver Street, causing long delays.  No doubt NXWM 35 and 50 (at least) are badly affected too.

Blocking off access to side roads for the LTN probably isn't helping traffic matters either!