The End of Worcester to Birmingham 144 !!

[ANDREW]

It's a shame that 33404 is not still at Worcester as it would have been nice to use it on the last 144 working . [ Any chance of borrowing a D9 from Wythall ?? ].

[WR1st]

NXWM are operating the Bromsgrove to Longbridge part of the 144 route out of Yardley Wood garage from Tuesday (possibly Sunday). They have it for at least a month

[AdamH]

Great news for Bromsgrove, but I hope passengers aren't put off by having to change buses at Longbridge.

[WR1st]

Route learning taking place tomorrow for all the bus spotters out there

[marck]

Just saw this online and thought I should share it with you guys

"First Worcester boss blames WFH and 'flexible working' as it axes 144 bus route to Birmingham" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ngham.html

[TimBrown]

Plus a full page in the printed Daily Mail this morning lamenting the demise of the through service after 108 years linking Worcester with the Second City. Link below;

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... FRYER.html

[SEVERNLINK]

Been checking the bus tracker all morning for any WM buses straying into Worcestershire not seen anything though but just seen this on twitter...

https://twitter.com/Professor1036/statu ... 7996189696

[bmmoboy]

Interesting to see the page dedicated to the 144 in the Daily Mail. I also thought that Thatcher’s 1986 Transport Act has had a role to play, as it heralded the start of privatisation, with firms having to make a profit to survive. It also made it illegal to subsidise loss making services with profitable ones. So the rot set in, and we are still suffering the repercussions. Bring back the NBC!

[WR1st]

Not my own photo... but NXWM pictured at Bromsgrove Bus Station. Starts on Tuesday... More details to follow

[ANDREW]

Good news ,at least for the time being. So people who moaned about the 144 being truncated need to use the service from next week . . . .