National Express state that they are holding a 'closing party' at
Digbeth Coach Station this weekend.

Ref:  http://www.nationalexpress.com/utilities/press38.cfm

"Jon"  wrote in message
news:1195076909.450674.25600@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com 
: : National Express state that they are holding a 'closing
: : party' at Digbeth Coach Station this weekend.
: : 
: : Ref: 
: : http://www.nationalexpress.com/utilities/press38.cfm 

Bit late, isn't it..? The place closed on Monday..!


Ivor

"Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in message 
news:5q19k9Ftu869U1@mid.individual.net...
> "Jon"  wrote in message
> news:1195076909.450674.25600@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com : : National 
> Express state that they are holding a 'closing
> : : party' at Digbeth Coach Station this weekend.
> : : : : Ref: : : http://www.nationalexpress.com/utilities/press38.cfm
> Bit late, isn't it..? The place closed on Monday..!
>
Can you imagine all those vintage coaches milling around with the place 
still operational? You'll get them full up with punters thinking they are 
off to Skegness.....

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:11:55 GMT, "Ian D Henden" 
wrote:

>
>"Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in message 
>news:5q19k9Ftu869U1@mid.individual.net...
>> "Jon"  wrote in message
>> news:1195076909.450674.25600@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com : : National 
>> Express state that they are holding a 'closing
>> : : party' at Digbeth Coach Station this weekend.
>> : : : : Ref: : : http://www.nationalexpress.com/utilities/press38.cfm
>> Bit late, isn't it..? The place closed on Monday..!
>>
>Can you imagine all those vintage coaches milling around with the place 
>still operational? You'll get them full up with punters thinking they are 
>off to Skegness..... 
>
Going by the way the letter from National express reads you would
think they had been the owners of the place since day one, I first set
foot in the place as a passenger in a Leyland half cab coach belonging
to Scout Motor Services around July 1950 but National express was not
even thought of in those days, and I actually drove a Leyland Tiger
coach in to there around 1963 for the first time and NI was still not
around.
So just as a matter of interest where in Birmingham are all the
express coach services departing from now?

On 14 Nov, 23:34, mym...@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:11:55 GMT, "Ian D Henden" 
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >"Ivor Jones" <i...@despammed.invalid> wrote in message
> >news:5q19k9Ftu869U1@mid.individual.net...
> >> "Jon"  wrote in message
> >>news:1195076909.450674.25600@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com: : National
> >> Express state that they are holding a 'closing
> >> : : party' at Digbeth Coach Station this weekend.
> >> : : : : Ref: : :http://www.nationalexpress.com/utilities/press38.cfm
> >> Bit late, isn't it..? The place closed on Monday..!
>
> >Can you imagine all those vintage coaches milling around with the place
> >still operational? You'll get them full up with punters thinking they are
> >off to Skegness.....
>
> Going by the way the letter from National express reads you would
> think they had been the owners of the place since day one, I first set
> foot in the place as a passenger in a Leyland half cab coach belonging
> to Scout Motor Services around July 1950 but National express was not
> even thought of in those days, and I actually drove a Leyland Tiger
> coach in to there around 1963 for the first time and NI was still not
> around.
> So just as a matter of interest where in Birmingham are all the
> express coach services departing from now?

Over the road!

NX have set up a temporary site on the former car dealership land

Tony

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:19:00 -0800 (PST), "TFHunter@aol.com"
 wrote:


>NX have set up a temporary site on the former car dealership land

So they closed the old down before building a new one ! ,thanks for
the info Tony anyway .

On 16 Nov, 18:24, mym...@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:19:00 -0800 (PST), "TFHun...@aol.com"
>
>  wrote:
> >NX have set up a temporary site on the former car dealership land
>
> So they closed the old down before building a new one ! ,thanks for
> the info Tony anyway .

The last I heard the plans for a new one somewhere near now Hill
Station had fallen through, and they are now going to build the new
one on the same site as the old one, so it would have to close first.

On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:22:12 -0800 (PST), furles@mail.croydon.ac.uk
wrote:

>The last I heard the plans for a new one somewhere near now Hill
>Station had fallen through, and they are now going to build the new
>one on the same site as the old one, so it would have to close first.

To give NatEx the credit, the newer coach stations they've built (e.g.
Liverpool and Manchester) are very pleasant places.  I see no reason
to suggest the new Digbeth would be any different.

Neil

-- 
Neil Williams
Put my first name before the at to reply.

On 17 Nov, 11:33, wensleyd...@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams)
wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:22:12 -0800 (PST), fur...@mail.croydon.ac.uk
> wrote:
>
> >The last I heard the plans for a new one somewhere near now Hill
> >Station had fallen through, and they are now going to build the new
> >one on the same site as the old one, so it would have to close first.
>
> To give NatEx the credit, the newer coach stations they've built (e.g.
> Liverpool and Manchester) are very pleasant places.  I see no reason
> to suggest the new Digbeth would be any different.
>
> Neil
>
> --
> Neil Williams
> Put my first name before the at to reply.

There's a couple of artists impressions of the planned new Digbeth in
Buses  this month