"along the Salt Road" !
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Re: ...... "along the Salt Road" !
New bus stops, now being fitted on the 144 route, but not in the TFWM (Centro) area.
Re: ...... "along the Salt Road" !
Q1 ! - Are the vehicles going to show 144/ 144A ??
- I ask as the route numbers are absent from "everything else" so far.
Q2 - What (if anything) has been done to improve reliability ? (apart from the further-revised timings, that is) --
I don't know how reliable the service has been in the last year or so, but my perception is that it has suffered from periods of unreliability in recent years (?), and I assume that there are many delays due to heavy traffic and jams going into and out of Worcester/ Birmingham.
(The "new" Volvo single-deckers should be better able to "catch-up" with the timetables, compared to old DDs).
Also, although I get a lot of "airy-fairy" ideas about new ways of doing "bus things", I don't know how much can be done in the real-world of commercial bus operation (£).
The biggest help to passengers (in my opinion) is a reliable "real-time/ next bus prediction" system, but as I discovered recently, on the "flagship" Malverns service, Worcestershire CC's system is nowhere near good enough yet.
Does anyone know if there is a real-time system for passengers between Rubery and central Brum that will be able to track the green Volvos (and other FMR vehicles) ??
I think the new Salt Road marketing and "new" buses, WILL attract an extra percentage of the travelling public, especially into and out of Britain's highly populous second-city, but I HOPE that the number of occasions when passengers turn-up at a bus stop on-time, and have to wait 20 to 45 mins say, is kept to the bare minimum, otherwise more passengers could be lost than gained.
- I ask as the route numbers are absent from "everything else" so far.
Q2 - What (if anything) has been done to improve reliability ? (apart from the further-revised timings, that is) --
I don't know how reliable the service has been in the last year or so, but my perception is that it has suffered from periods of unreliability in recent years (?), and I assume that there are many delays due to heavy traffic and jams going into and out of Worcester/ Birmingham.
(The "new" Volvo single-deckers should be better able to "catch-up" with the timetables, compared to old DDs).
Also, although I get a lot of "airy-fairy" ideas about new ways of doing "bus things", I don't know how much can be done in the real-world of commercial bus operation (£).
The biggest help to passengers (in my opinion) is a reliable "real-time/ next bus prediction" system, but as I discovered recently, on the "flagship" Malverns service, Worcestershire CC's system is nowhere near good enough yet.
Does anyone know if there is a real-time system for passengers between Rubery and central Brum that will be able to track the green Volvos (and other FMR vehicles) ??
I think the new Salt Road marketing and "new" buses, WILL attract an extra percentage of the travelling public, especially into and out of Britain's highly populous second-city, but I HOPE that the number of occasions when passengers turn-up at a bus stop on-time, and have to wait 20 to 45 mins say, is kept to the bare minimum, otherwise more passengers could be lost than gained.
Re: ...... "along the Salt Road" !
Q1... It has been talked about but I think (I hope) they have seen sense and decided to keep the route number 144.
Q2... Don't know.
Meanwhile, we now have timetables...
Q2... Don't know.
Meanwhile, we now have timetables...
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