SPRINT and CROSS CITY - What service numbers could be used

[uniquicity]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgp6y0l4r4o

Only posting because of Tony's photo of 6970 being used here

[Stu]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgp6y0l4r4o

Only posting because of Tony's photo of 6970 being used here

The article itself doesn't tell us anything we don't know already.

As I've mentioned before, it's just 'old news' being regurgitated as 'new news'.

At the rate this project is progressing, franchising will be complete before this cross-city route starts running!

[Mike K]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgp6y0l4r4o

Only posting because of Tony's photo of 6970 being used here

The bus priority measures cited in that article are all well and good but what about the city centre? It seems it's gridlocked every Saturday these days. I've never seen so many 82s and 87s stuck either inbound or outbound at Paradise Circus as I did this afternoon. I still think these cross-city routes will be a disaster reliability-wise. 

[GoldenSquid]

It seems it's gridlocked every Saturday these days. I've never seen so many 82s and 87s stuck either inbound or outbound at Paradise Circus as I did this afternoon. I still think these cross-city routes will be a disaster reliability-wise.

Every single Saturday it's grid-locked at horsefairs island. Bristol/Uni routes are also getting screwed at that island. Cross city route work at all unless its bus lanes the whole time.

[Mega Kickdown]

if they dont franchise the routes by the time sprint comes out i can see smaller operators competing on corridors offering better reliability and which will attract more passengers

diamond do this on the 50 but they are no different to NX. it could really work out well on the 97. on a saturday when albion are playing NX dont divert the buses early enough until the drivers are stuck and report it.

then the smaller operator would be the only bus on meadway side and impatient passengers will hop on theirs to wherever. 

23/24/94/95 doesnt seem too bad, walsall corridor has plenty of bus infastructure too. walsall-coventry would be a really long route however!

[Tony]

if they dont franchise the routes by the time sprint comes out i can see smaller operators competing on corridors offering better reliability and which will attract more passengers

diamond do this on the 50 but they are no different to NX. it could really work out well on the 97. on a saturday when albion are playing NX dont divert the buses early enough until the drivers are stuck and report it.

then the smaller operator would be the only bus on meadway side and impatient passengers will hop on theirs to wherever.

23/24/94/95 doesnt seem too bad, walsall corridor has plenty of bus infastructure too. walsall-coventry would be a really long route however!

Do you really think small operators are going to do anything in the current climate? They are closing down allover the country at the moment, expect more to go with the increase in NI and minimum wages from Today. Another local one that closed on Friday was Stanways in Staffordshire.