Stagecoach in Birmingham

[BusDriverBosh]

So can't they get Enviro 400s now? Also I'm not too smart in Stagecoach but didn't rugby have those darts

The routes in Rugby don't need double deckers, hence why they all have single deckers. There's no demand for double deckers in rugby. They did have darts, don't know if they've got them anymore. When me and my mrs both worked there back in 2021, they had them

[GoldenSquid]

Meanwhile, the last A9 leaving Solihull at 18:40 for Blythe Valley has just shot past me in Cheswick Green running 7 mins early...

https://bustimes.org/services/a9-kinghurst-blyth-valley-park/vehicles?date=2023-03-25#journeys/404335769

I had that driver earlier today and he doesn't wait in timing points. We were running early on his previous run. 

[MW]

36482 appears to be on the A9 today and is driving around with "Not in Service" on the front dest and blank on side/rear. No paper displays either. 

[Stu]

Looks like Stagecoach services are also back to 'normal' today!

https://twitter.com/StagecoachMids/status/1640220259754946562

[Straightlines]

Looks like Stagecoach services are also back to 'normal' today!

https://twitter.com/StagecoachMids/status/1640220259754946562

Don't worry, NXWMs are too!  At least Stagecoach give their customers the heads up.

[Solo1]

Don't worry, NXWMs are too!  At least Stagecoach give their customers the heads up.

Nxbus do on there page 

[Ginger66]

Don't worry, NXWMs are too!  At least Stagecoach give their customers the heads up.

But how many people who go shopping, go to work or home from work, think I better check twitter to see if bus is running, 

[Straightlines]

But how many people who go shopping, go to work or home from work, think I better check twitter to see if bus is running,

I use Twitter as part of everyday life, and so do many other people!

I'm more likely to see it on Twitter than I am hidden away on their website.

[MW]

I had that driver earlier today and he doesn't wait in timing points. We were running early on his previous run.

Same driver, same time but two weeks later.

That same 18:40 A9 from Solihull to Blythe Valley has just shot past me in Cheswick Green running 5 mins early... does TfWM actually impose any penalties to them for this?

https://bustimes.org/services/a9-kinghurst-blyth-valley-park/vehicles?date=2023-04-08#journeys/410877637

[D10]

Same driver, same time but two weeks later.

That same 18:40 A9 from Solihull to Blythe Valley has just shot past me in Cheswick Green running 5 mins early... does TfWM actually impose any penalties to them for this?

https://bustimes.org/services/a9-kinghurst-blyth-valley-park/vehicles?date=2023-04-08#journeys/410877637

If TfWM's own service monitoring staff see early running then they will be penalised for it.

[Jack]

Currently sat on 36481 which is running 20 minutes late on the 46, and has to decided to miss out Weoley Castle and go straight up Shelley Fields Road without (to my knowledge) radioing in the depot...

[MW]

Currently sat on 36481 which is running 20 minutes late on the 46, and has to decided to miss out Weoley Castle and go straight up Shelley Fields Road without (to my knowledge) radioing in the depot...

In order to bring the service back on time or closer to the scheduled time? 

The driver wouldn't need to radio the depot (do Stagecoach vehicles have radios?) however the depot would need to declare lost mileage to TfWM at some point. 

[Coventrybususer95]

In order to bring the service back on time or closer to the scheduled time?

The driver wouldn't need to radio the depot (do Stagecoach vehicles have radios?) however the depot would need to declare lost mileage to TfWM at some point.

I guess the driver will call ruby to inform them

[Rachvince53]

I guess the driver will call ruby to inform them

I presume Ruby will pass the message on?

[BBS]

Currently sat on 36481 which is running 20 minutes late on the 46, and has to decided to miss out Weoley Castle and go straight up Shelley Fields Road without (to my knowledge) radioing in the depot...

This happens alot on the 41, the bus skips the entire Acocks green area and goes into fox hollies road where it then goes on Stockfield road and head to heartlands