Service changes June 2025

[Mike K]

Which does beg the question, what is X about the new X20? Just the stop it misses on Bath Row? Not an alternative to the train between Birmingham and Bromsgrove, that's for sure. 

[B7RLE]

Which does beg the question, what is X about the new X20? Just the stop it misses on Bath Row? Not an alternative to the train between Birmingham and Bromsgrove, that's for sure.

Thing is, Bromsgrove rail station is a 40 minute walk from the town centre

[AndrewLee]

A small clue to a small section of the route. 

Is anyone familiar with the MRW 86?

[monkeyjoe]

The x20 will serve bournville from selly oak. Is that the clue?

[Zander]

I don't know what passenger loadings are like on the 48/48A. Nor the 76 between QE and Northfield.

The 76 is currently every 20mins during the daytime. If this is an attempt to reduce costs based on passenger loadings, it seems viable to either reduce the 48 to half-hourly all the way to Northfield, or adjust to every 20 minutes, to maintain the current 76 frequency and offset the loss of the 48A, which seems to be covered by other routes anyway.

My understanding is the 48 will be increased to every 20mins from WBBS to cover the loss of the 48a.
48a is being axed cos although passenger numbers seem to be okay, there is no single road it exclusively serves, got the 48 to hurst rd, diamond 54 on salop rd, then the 13 from top of salop rd to bearwood. 

[SO6597]

A small clue to a small section of the route.

Is anyone familiar with the MRW 86?

A deregulation route that stitched together the Northfield - Longbridge section of WMPTE's 77 and the whole of its 73 (Northfield - Woodgate Valley South).

[Mike K]

A small clue to a small section of the route.

Is anyone familiar with the MRW 86?

So based on that clue, via Barnes Hill, Weoley Castle, and Swarthmore Road between California and Northfield?

[AndrewLee]

So based on that clue, via Barnes Hill, Weoley Castle, and Swarthmore Road between California and Northfield?

Yes! Swarthmore, Black Haynes and up the hill into Northfield. 

[2206]

Yes! Swarthmore, Black Haynes and up the hill into Northfield.

Wonder if the 46 will be changing in any of this?
Curtailed back to Northfield maybe?

[AndrewLee]

Wonder if the 46 will be changing in any of this?
Curtailed back to Northfield maybe?

I think the tender for the 46 is ending. The X20 I believe will use Gibbons, Shenley Fields and Middle Park.

 This is only what I've heard, I'm told the route training has already started...