We travelled on the Black Country bus route targeted by yobs and found passengers 'on edge'
A Black Country bus service has made local and national headlines in recent months for being a route that is constantly battered by bouts of serious anti-social behaviour.
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National Express West Midlands' route 29 travels from Walsall to Bloxwich via Harden and Blakenall, and vehicles have been subjected to a number of brick attacks from youths who ambush the routes buses from Ryecroft Cemetery on Coalpool Lane.
So with this in mind, we boarded the service, to get a first-hand glimpse of just how bad the route is.
I boarded the service from Walsall Bus Station with the expectation of being pelted by stones and bricks as we passed the anti-social behaviour hotspot, what I experienced however was scenes of anxiety and tense feelings and no small amount of dread.
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While the service was quiet and we luckily evaded the many examples of attacks by yobs, I could still tell many of the commuters on the service felt anxious and scared of the prospect of something terrible happening.