Alex 2901
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And now Solihull get the network review treatment... again, but this time for tendered services.
These are from the Sunday 24th February 2019.
Changes to operators only:
31 - currently NXWM
- new operator Landflight
82 - currently Diamond
- new operator Johnsons
Changes to routes
S2, S3 and S3W will be withdrawn.
S1 will be renumbered as 12
S11 will be renumbered as 11
Both services will operate hourly Monday to Saturday, and will interwork at Solihull Station (PVR of 1 vehicle). Both the 11 and 12 will be operated by Diamond, with a new Euro 6 vehicle due later.
New service 33 will replace the S3 between Solihull & Dickens Heath.
New service 34 will replace the S3W between Solihull, Dickens Heath, Tidbury Green, Whitlocks End, Maypole, Wythall & Inkford Brook (on some trips only)
Both services will operate hourly, with a Sunday service on the 33. Both the 33 and 34 will be operated by Landflight, with new Euro 6 Enviro200MMCs due later.
New services 78, 78E, 79 and 79E will replace the S2 between Solihull & Cheswick Green, and the S3 between Solihull and Hockley Heath.
The 78 will operate as an Anticlockwise circular, serving Blossomfield Road, Cheswick Green, Blythe Valley Business Park, Hockley Heath, Dorridge and returning to Solihull Town Centre via Widney Lane.
The 79 will operate as a Clockwise Circular, serving Widney Lane, Dorridge, Hockley Heath, Blythe Valley Business Park, Cheswick Green and returning to Solihull Town Centre via Blossomfield Road.
Both will operate hourly, with a Sunday service.
Short journeys to Cheswick Green will operate hourly, as 78Es. Return trips to Soihull Town Centre will operate as 79Es.
The 78/E, 79/E will be operated by Landflight, with new Euro 6 Enviro200MMCs due later.
New service 83 will replace the S3 between Solihull and Dorridge, via Knowle.
This will operate hourly, with a Sunday service. (PVR of 1 vehicle). The 83 will be operated by Landflight, with a new Euro 6 Enviro200MMC due later.
The 87 will be rerouted to serve the Jaguar Land Rover site at Fen End, and as a result will no longer serve Copt Heath.
The 88 will split into two services: 88 and 88A. The 88 will continue to operate along the current line of route, while new route 88A will operate along the current 87 route through Copt Heath. Each route will be every two hours, combining to be hourly between Solihull and Balsall Common. Both the 88 and 88A will be operated by Johnsons, with new Euro 6 vehicles due later.
Coventry's 42 (currently City to Coundon) will also be changed from the same date, with the route extending to Brownshill Green, along with a gap in service during the middle of the day, to allow a driver break. Saturday service will also be reduced. The 42 will now be operated by Diamond, with a new Euro 6 vehicle due later.
Where this leaves the S10, S15 and S16, I don't know. Maybe they'll be renumbered at a later date...
For anyone unaware, Landflight is the new (ish) name for Silverline, who have made what I can only describe as an amazing comeback, after almost 3 years of only running one route (the S10)...
These are from the Sunday 24th February 2019.
Changes to operators only:
31 - currently NXWM
- new operator Landflight
82 - currently Diamond
- new operator Johnsons
Changes to routes
S2, S3 and S3W will be withdrawn.
S1 will be renumbered as 12
S11 will be renumbered as 11
Both services will operate hourly Monday to Saturday, and will interwork at Solihull Station (PVR of 1 vehicle). Both the 11 and 12 will be operated by Diamond, with a new Euro 6 vehicle due later.
New service 33 will replace the S3 between Solihull & Dickens Heath.
New service 34 will replace the S3W between Solihull, Dickens Heath, Tidbury Green, Whitlocks End, Maypole, Wythall & Inkford Brook (on some trips only)
Both services will operate hourly, with a Sunday service on the 33. Both the 33 and 34 will be operated by Landflight, with new Euro 6 Enviro200MMCs due later.
New services 78, 78E, 79 and 79E will replace the S2 between Solihull & Cheswick Green, and the S3 between Solihull and Hockley Heath.
The 78 will operate as an Anticlockwise circular, serving Blossomfield Road, Cheswick Green, Blythe Valley Business Park, Hockley Heath, Dorridge and returning to Solihull Town Centre via Widney Lane.
The 79 will operate as a Clockwise Circular, serving Widney Lane, Dorridge, Hockley Heath, Blythe Valley Business Park, Cheswick Green and returning to Solihull Town Centre via Blossomfield Road.
Both will operate hourly, with a Sunday service.
Short journeys to Cheswick Green will operate hourly, as 78Es. Return trips to Soihull Town Centre will operate as 79Es.
The 78/E, 79/E will be operated by Landflight, with new Euro 6 Enviro200MMCs due later.
New service 83 will replace the S3 between Solihull and Dorridge, via Knowle.
This will operate hourly, with a Sunday service. (PVR of 1 vehicle). The 83 will be operated by Landflight, with a new Euro 6 Enviro200MMC due later.
The 87 will be rerouted to serve the Jaguar Land Rover site at Fen End, and as a result will no longer serve Copt Heath.
The 88 will split into two services: 88 and 88A. The 88 will continue to operate along the current line of route, while new route 88A will operate along the current 87 route through Copt Heath. Each route will be every two hours, combining to be hourly between Solihull and Balsall Common. Both the 88 and 88A will be operated by Johnsons, with new Euro 6 vehicles due later.
Coventry's 42 (currently City to Coundon) will also be changed from the same date, with the route extending to Brownshill Green, along with a gap in service during the middle of the day, to allow a driver break. Saturday service will also be reduced. The 42 will now be operated by Diamond, with a new Euro 6 vehicle due later.
Where this leaves the S10, S15 and S16, I don't know. Maybe they'll be renumbered at a later date...
For anyone unaware, Landflight is the new (ish) name for Silverline, who have made what I can only describe as an amazing comeback, after almost 3 years of only running one route (the S10)...