Absolutely fascinating, thank you so much for posting. I cannot believe how much change there has been since I left Birmingham in 2000. I travelled from Acocks Green to Witton and Perry Barr for years on this route. Some of it is completely unrecognizable. The most disappointing thing to me are the red buses. Why on earth change this after decades? The cobalt blue and primrose was so iconic in the 50's and 60's as was the WMPTE blue which followed. Such happy days. Great nostalgia!
Yes, I remember the old colour scheme. So much nostalgia for this long-running service. And, yes, there has been so much development and re-development over the last 40 years. But there are lots of iconic buildings and landmarks still standing too. I agree the new red coloured buses very much resemble the current London bus style. But there is a possibility the old colour scheme, or a similar one, might return. If the NXBus contract ends and services end up being run by the WM Combined Authority, it might go to their blue and cream colour scheme. That would be a few years away though. Glad you liked the video. I've got a few more from Birmingham on the way. 🙂
When I was a young boy I used to travel on this bus and go all the way around that was back in 1976 the buses was cream and blue not like the buses now the buses used to belong to West Midlands passenger transport executive sadly or no longer living Birmingham I live in London now and there's not such a bus route like this in London 💯🏆
Thanks for the suggestion. National Express Route 9 to Stourbridge has been filmed. It will be published advert-free on the Patreon page in the next 24 hours. Then it will arrive on RUclips next weekend. 🙂
In northen Sweden we've several long bus linies. From where I live we have a busslinie that is about 90 km long. If you go more north I promise you've longer buslinies.
As I explained in the video description, this video is specifically about the longest bus route that operates within a single metropolitan area. In the UK we have longer routes that run "intercity", from one urban area to another town or city, but we usually refer to them as "coach services". It's all a matter of semantics in the end. 🙂
What happened at 1hr 30min? Did you change bus, did it become a different route? According to the timetable (and Wiki), the 11A and 11C are now split at Acocks Green and Perry Barr/Erdington to improve timekeeping and allow for rescheduling journeys if there is congestion. Which, of course, means they are no longer 27 miles long.
The driver of the bus had finished his shift. It stayed the same route (11A). NXBus will often have driver changeovers at certain locations - usually in central Birmingham like the Priory Queensway, but here at Acocks Green too because the bus depot is located here.
Absolutely fascinating, thank you so much for posting. I cannot believe how much change there has been since I left Birmingham in 2000. I travelled from Acocks Green to Witton and Perry Barr for years on this route. Some of it is completely unrecognizable. The most disappointing thing to me are the red buses. Why on earth change this after decades? The cobalt blue and primrose was so iconic in the 50's and 60's as was the WMPTE blue which followed. Such happy days. Great nostalgia!
Yes, I remember the old colour scheme. So much nostalgia for this long-running service. And, yes, there has been so much development and re-development over the last 40 years. But there are lots of iconic buildings and landmarks still standing too.
I agree the new red coloured buses very much resemble the current London bus style. But there is a possibility the old colour scheme, or a similar one, might return. If the NXBus contract ends and services end up being run by the WM Combined Authority, it might go to their blue and cream colour scheme. That would be a few years away though.
Glad you liked the video. I've got a few more from Birmingham on the way. 🙂
You've just given me my next FRV idea
Very interesting ride. Thx for sharing 👍
When I was a young boy I used to travel on this bus and go all the way around that was back in 1976 the buses was cream and blue not like the buses now the buses used to belong to West Midlands passenger transport executive sadly or no longer living Birmingham I live in London now and there's not such a bus route like this in London 💯🏆
Can you please do the hole route to the 11c
OK. Next month.
Could you please do the 9 to stourbridge
Thanks for the suggestion. National Express Route 9 to Stourbridge has been filmed. It will be published advert-free on the Patreon page in the next 24 hours. Then it will arrive on RUclips next weekend. 🙂
In northen Sweden we've several long bus linies. From where I live we have a busslinie that is about 90 km long. If you go more north I promise you've longer buslinies.
As I explained in the video description, this video is specifically about the longest bus route that operates within a single metropolitan area. In the UK we have longer routes that run "intercity", from one urban area to another town or city, but we usually refer to them as "coach services". It's all a matter of semantics in the end. 🙂
@@RawJourneys OK then I understand
What happened at 1hr 30min? Did you change bus, did it become a different route? According to the timetable (and Wiki), the 11A and 11C are now split at Acocks Green and Perry Barr/Erdington to improve timekeeping and allow for rescheduling journeys if there is congestion. Which, of course, means they are no longer 27 miles long.
The driver of the bus had finished his shift. It stayed the same route (11A). NXBus will often have driver changeovers at certain locations - usually in central Birmingham like the Priory Queensway, but here at Acocks Green too because the bus depot is located here.
How many miles ?
27 miles
Excel Route B Peterborough - Kings Lynn - Norwich 82 miles !!
Please read video description.
I want to do this route. Is the B route longer than the A route? A route has more stops, so I thought that would be longer?