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Tbf Diamond have always been hit and miss. I remember their Birmingham Coach days in the late 90s/early 00s with their nationals that could appear in one of 3 liveries

172s on the Stourbridge - Birmingham route was something I was looking forward to at the time... however nowadays I find myself... disappointed with them

Surely it would make sense, if additional calls on the North-South axis would be made, would be to extend the WM moor Street - Worcester via Stourbridge to Parkway and build the missing platform so then WMR could use it as a terminus?

Nah, Poundbakery

I'd introduce a hourly LNWR Stourbridge to Euston service calling at all stations to New Street via Rolfe Street, then all stops to Euston... using 172s!

And the GWR should run the Resding/Bristol to Brum services

What about St Pancakes?

I'm sure for some changes it has to be DVSA re-certified, I think it may be to be with upseating or downseating (so changing it from say a 45 seater single deck to a 40 seater or 50 seater) or moving poles. Birmingham Busworks say that for seatbelting "The final step is to re-certify your bus...

I've used them a few times over the years, both on the 877/878 (the Wolverhampton to Stafford via Brewood) and 242 (Stourbridge to Kinver), and I've found the drivers quite pleasant and ran on time. Yes some of the buses are in plain white, but at least they keep investing in upgrades to their...

Controversial opinions? National Express ran the West Midlands franchise better than GoVia or Transport UK Group

It was the Bilston Mecca Bingo (the 905 ran Wolverhampton to Bilston via the Bingo or Wolverhampton to Mecca Bingo via Bilston, 3 return trips a day. Funnily enough it also accepted all usual passes (I.e. concessions and nBus/nNetwork) and was at one stage the only bastion of Olympians in normal...

Would something like "Southport then Crossens" be a compliant destination display? I know National Express West Midlands used to at one stage on their roller blinds have "Bloxwich then Lower Farm" as their displays for one route, as Lower Farm was the ultimate destination, but a smaller part of...

Tbf National Express tended to prioritise the Birmingham depots when they owned Xplore. The B7RLEs that some of the Black Country depots and Dundee had were only becuase the B10s were getting to near the end of life.

One of the key questions is would we see, if franchising is implemented, new entrants to the area being permitted to bid, or would we see only existing operators being permitted to bid. If it is the former, then that could potentially mean that the likes of Go-Ahead could potentially bid...

Does Nottingham still use "City Loop" as a destination?

Dudley is set to be demolished and rebuilt as part of the West Midlands Metro Interchange project https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/plans-unveiled-new-24million-interchange-27059808 Apparently there was some issues with some Compulsory Purchase Orders, as well as delays to the...

Unless some of the EU based ops might decide to run some international stuff to the UK north of London for Flix

Diamond Bus Midlands have also announced they're remaining in the £2 scheme https://www.diamondbuses.com/news/wm-ticket-changes/

Yes, that Centro livery (I miss the days of 150s on the Snow Hills in that livery!)

What would one look like in the Centro livery