75 Bus Service – Birmingham-Wednesbury

There is an unwritten law of nature that however quiet the 74 and 75 bus stop on Bull Street is, as soon as one of the buses turns up, the stop will suddenly become manically busy and you’ll find yourself in a massive queue waiting to get on the bus.
The 75 is a recent addition to the bus timetables, picking up most of where the 79 left off. It runs from Birmingham to Wednesbury up the Soho Road and via West Bromwich. Believe me, despite this and the 74 running seemingly every few seconds during the day, 9 times out of 10 it’s absolutely packed and is the sort of service where the smell of tobacco or stronger is often drifting from the top-​deck. It’s also the sort of service where people will just walk on with no intention of paying or flash outdated day-​savers at the driver. Occassionally a driver will take them to task, but sometimes they seem unwilling or unable to challenge the perpetrators.
When I get this bus, I can begin to understand why some people detest using public transport so much.