Free travel New Years day

[karl724223]

Free travel New Year's Day
From 0000 1st January to 0259 2nd January
All day
And I bet some veg will still moan

[BlackCountryBusSpotter]

Do many people go out New Years Day, most of the going out is done the night before and then the small hours when everyone is to drunk to stagger their way back to a bus stop and just calls a cab. Isn't it Sunday Service on the buses anyway and Sunday hours at the shops, might be useful for any local teams who are playing at home that day, mainly West Brom or Villa if the Trains or Trams are gonna be reduced to. Is this an NX Initiative or the Mayor/TFWM based, because he can't clame it's successful this time 

[Westy]

Confirmed on TfWm Twitter.

[markcf83]

Free travel New Year's Day
From 0000 1st January to 0259 2nd January
All day
And I bet some veg will still moan

Guaranteed to be some.

[Kevin_Brum12]

Good to see this.  However, it is vital, given that New Years Day is traditionally quiet on a lot of the network and as a result services are heavily subsidised that patronage is recorded properly. Otherwise, we could find on January 1st 2026 a much reduced service.

[karl724223]

Confirmed on TfWm Twitter.

Will you be allowed out for a free trip on New Year's Day 

[Westy]

Will you be allowed out for a free trip on New Year's Day

I go out if I want to go out!

[don]

Free travel New Year's Day
From 0000 1st January to 0259 2nd January
All day
And I bet some veg will still moan

Sounds great - but why do you single out vegetarians as moaners? 😀

[Danthebusman]

Sounds great - but why do you single out vegetarians as moaners? 😀

I believe the context he's using veg in refers to people who do nothing but look at bustimes.

[karl724223]

Great advertising by tfwm with Joe 90 in front of a bus advertising the last free offer   Big sign free travel after 1900 
Very poor 

[Stu]

More misinformation from the media, making out this is only being offered by NX.

Free travel anywhere for Birmingham bus passengers on New Year's Day
After the success of the free evening bus travel in the run up to Christmas, National Express West Midlands is now offering free journeys on New Year's Day
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/free-travel-anywhere-birmingham-bus-30668393

Other operators also run bus services on Sundays, and it's not just Birmingham passengers either!

[BlackCountryBusSpotter]

More misinformation from the media, making out this is only being offered by NX.

Free travel anywhere for Birmingham bus passengers on New Year's Day
After the success of the free evening bus travel in the run up to Christmas, National Express West Midlands is now offering free journeys on New Year's Day
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/free-travel-anywhere-birmingham-bus-30668393

Other operators also run bus services on Sundays, and it's not just Birmingham passengers either!

The Media around here seems to think like the Mayor NX are the only operator, everytime for example the Brum Mail reports on Service Changes it never tells you what Operator has withdrew the service for example the 23 in the Black Country if that was withdrawn you would see people on Facebook and other media slating NX for withdrawing it, but if they actually used it or the media did it's job they would know Diamond run it. I don't think that route is being withdrawn anyway

[Westy]

Great advertising by tfwm with Joe 90 in front of a bus advertising the last free offer  Big sign free travel after 1900
Very poor

Must admit my old mum calls him Joe 90 as well!

[Rachvince53]

The Media around here seems to think like the Mayor NX are the only operator, everytime for example the Brum Mail reports on Service Changes it never tells you what Operator has withdrew the service for example the 23 in the Black Country if that was withdrawn you would see people on Facebook and other media slating NX for withdrawing it, but if they actually used it or the media did it's job they would know Diamond run it. I don't think that route is being withdrawn anyway

The 23 is being taken over by Carolean and extended to Willenhall but as its not a NX service, it would seem as you say that the media wouldn't believe that important.

[BlackCountryBusSpotter]

The 23 is being taken over by Carolean and extended to Willenhall but as its not a NX service, it would seem as you say that the media wouldn't believe that important.

Yeah I knew it wasn't being withdrawn but there was no mention of what was happening to it, if it ay Slating NX Forget it or Birmingham Forget it