Bus Service Changes
Bus Service Changes
Updated 19/06/25
​​​Known changes for July 20th 2025:-
Dudley and Blackheath areas ​
Service 12A - Birmingham to Dudley: This service will be replaced by:
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A more frequent 12 service (every 20 minutes) which covers all roads apart from Tower Road and Darbys Hill.
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A new amended Service 12A operating between Dudley and Oldbury, which will operate every hour alongside an amended service 14 between Dudley and Blackheath.
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The new Diamond Bus 12A service will operate via Regent Road, Elm Terrace, Poplar Avenue and City Road in place of Diamond Bus 14, which will be re-routed. It will continue to Oldbury via Tower Road to cover the withdrawal of the National Express West Midlands 12A service.
Service 13/13A Birmingham to Oldbury/Blackheath:
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A revised service 13 will operate between Birmingham and Blackheath via Warley, replacing service 13A.
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The section of the 13 route between Warley and Oldbury will be withdrawn. The revised 13 will serve Bleakhouse Road, George Road, Bristnall Hall Road, Salop Road and Hurst Road and current line of route from Abbey Road to Blackheath.
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Alternative services are available on most roads currently served by the 13 between Warley and Oldbury:
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George Road will continue to be served by services 13, 22 and 54
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Bristnall Hall Road will continue to be served by services 13 and 54
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Vicarage Road will continue to be served by services 12 and 49
Brookfields Road, Tat Bank Road and Stone Street will not be served.
Service 14 Dudley to Blackheath:
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This service will operate to a revised route and timetable. Regent Road, Elm Terrace, Poplar Avenue and City Road will no longer be served – these will instead be covered by new Diamond Bus 12A service Dudley to Oldbury.
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The 14 will be re-routed to serve Darbys Hill Road following the withdrawal of National Express West Midlands 12A Dudley to Birmingham service.​​
South Birmingham & Solihull Area​
Service 46 – QE Hospital to Kings Heath via Northfield & Hawkesley:
Service 46A – QE Hospital to Hawkesley via Northfield:
These services will be withdrawn and replaced by alternative services:
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48 West Bromwich to Hawkesley via QE Hospital & Northfield – this service will be extended to Hawkesley every 20 minutes, following the route of the current 46 between Northfield and Hawkesley.
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X20 Bromsgrove – Birmingham via QE Hospital every 30 minutes
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27 Rubery, Great Park – Solihull via Northfield, Brandwood End, Kings Heath & Yardley Wood, every 30 minutes, with buses continuing beyond Yardley Wood to Solihull every 60 minutes.
The best alternative service will depend on where you currently travel to and from:
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Customers who currently board the 46/46A between Hawkesley and Northfield travelling towards QE Hospital and vice versa are advised to use the new 48 service
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Customers who board or alight on Black Haynes Road, Swarthmore Road, Middle Park Road, or Gibbins Road are advised to use the X20 service.
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Customers who board or alight in the Brandwood End area are advised to use the new 27 service.
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Travel between Hawkesley and Kings Heath will continue to be provided for by service 35 Hawkesley – Birmingham via Kings Heath.
Service 61 – Birmingham to Frankley via Selly Oak, Northfield:
This service will operate to a revised route and timetable.
This service will no longer serve Ormond Road, Boleyn Road, Egghill Lane, Borrowdale Road/Norrington Road, Trescott Road, or Hoggs Lane. Instead, it will operate directly from the terminus at Frankley (New Street) via New Street, Holly Hill, Frogmill Road, Tessall Lane and Frankley Beeches Road to Northfield then Birmingham.
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Ormond Road will continue to be served by service 63.
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Allens Cross (Egghill Lane, Borrowdale Road/Norrington Road, and Trescott Road) will be served by service 27.
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Hoggs Lane will continue to be served by the 18 and also the 27.
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Service 27 – Solihull/Yardley Wood to Rubery Great Park via Northfield:
This service will operate to a revised route and timetable.
The key changes are:
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Buses will continue beyond Frankley to Rubery Great Park, providing new direct links to Great Park
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Between Frankley and Northfield, the 27 will be re-routed via Allens Cross. Borrowdale Road, Trescott Road and Norrington Road will be served to provide an alternative to the 61 that will no longer serve these roads.
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Between Kings Heath and Yardley Wood, the 27 will follow a new route via Brandwood End (replacing the 46), then via Broad Lane / Warstock Road to re-join the current route at Glastonbury Road.
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The service will extend beyond Yardley Wood Bus Garage to Solihull, providing a replacement for withdrawn service 169.
Buses will operate:
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Every 30 minutes between Rubery Great Park and Yardley Wood Station.
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Every 60 minutes beyond Yardley Wood to Solihull.
These route changes mean that Addison Road, Barn Lane and Hollybank Road will no longer be served by the 27. Addison Road will remain served by the 11A/C Outer Circle and Hollybank Road by the 76 Solihull – QE Hospital via Kings Heath.
No replacement service will be provided on Barn Lane, as this will become a restricted access road in the next phase of the Low Traffic Neighbourhood plan for the area.
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Service 169 – King's Heath to Solihull via Shirley:
This service will be withdrawn and substantially replaced by a revised 27 service operating every 60 minutes.
Service 27 will serve the majority of the current 169 route between Kings Heath and Solihull, with some exceptions:
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Brook Lane and Trittiford Road will no longer be served — passengers in these areas are advised to use services 3, 11A, or 11C.
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Watwood Road and Haslucks Green Road will no longer be served – the 27 will instead serve nearby Delrene Road.
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Solihull Retail Park will also be omitted, with the route continuing via Longmore Road and Widney Lane, then terminating in Solihull Town Centre, rather than Solihull Interchange (railway station).
There will be additional buses provided on the 27 during the AM peak towards Solihull, providing earlier first arrivals in Solihull compared to the current 169.
​​Timetables and some route maps to follow
​​Known changes for June 1st 2025:-
Summer Timetables introduced on the following services:
11A Birmingham Outer Circle (Anti)
11C Birmingham Outer Circle (Clock)
24 Birmingham-Woodgate (Quinton Road West)
59 Wolverhampton Circular via Ashmore Park
74 Birmingham-West Bromwich-Dudley
New Bus Routes
Updated 19/06/25
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​​​Known changes for July 20th 2025:-
New Diamond Bus 12A
Service will operate via Regent Road, Elm Terrace, Poplar Avenue and City Road in place of Diamond Bus 14, which will be re-routed. It will continue to Oldbury via Tower Road to cover the withdrawal of the National Express West Midlands 12A service. ​​
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​​​Known changes for June 1st 2025:-
Service 16A Wolverhampton-Wombourne This new service operates Mon-Sat Evenings and all day Sundays between Wolverhampton-Wombourne Bridgnorth Road Wolverhampton on an hourly frequency basis. It will operate via the current 15 route in Wombourne to Wombourne then it will operate via the current 16 route back to Wolverhampton from Wombourne.
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Service 998 This new service replaces the current 935 in Streetly. The service will operate the same route as the current 997 between Birmingham & Queslett, Aldridge Road, then will follow the current 935 route to Streetly. The frequency between the 997 & 998 is 15 minutes between Birmingham & Pheasey.
Service X20 This new service will replace the current services 20 & 20A between Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Bromsgrove (20) or Cofton Hackett (20A). Buses will alternate between operating QE Hospital-Bromsgrove or QE Hospital-Rednal Lickey Road/Leach Green Lane. Short workings of the route will no longer terminate at Cofton Hackett. They will instead u-turn at the junction of Lickey Road & Leach Green Lane.
Revised Bus Routes
Updated 19/06/25
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​​​Known changes for July 20th 2025:-
Dudley and Blackheath Area
214 Dudley – Foxyards Estate:
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This service will operate to a revised timetable.
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Early and late journeys have been discontinued due to extremely low passenger usage.
215 Dudley – Springfield via Kates Hill:
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This service will operate to a revised route and timetable.
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Buses will no longer serve Warrens Hall estate due to extremely low passenger usage.
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Buses will extend to Blackheath providing residents on the route with a new direct link.
Sandwell Area​
20 Bearwood – Oldbury:
This service will operate to a revised route and timetable.. The key changes are:
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The service will no longer operate to Oldbury via Lion Farm, meaning Throne Road, Shelsley Avenue, Hartlebury Road, Martley Road, Newbury Lane, Portway Road, Churchbridge and Halesowen Street will no longer be served by service 20. Services 3 & 3A offer alternative options in these areas.
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Instead, the service will operate to Blackheath via Oldbury Road, offering greater links to retail opportunities.
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In Bearwood, Adkins Lane Terminus and a section of Bearwood Road will no longer be served, with buses instead terminating at Rutland Road to improve punctuality on this service.
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The timetable will be amended due to this but also to improve general punctuality across the route.
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21 Bearwood – Oldbury:
This service will operate to a revised route and timetable.. The key changes are:
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The service will no longer operate along Bearwood Road between Bearwood and Cape Hill, instead operating along Willow Avenue, Dorset Road, Sycamore Road and Grange Road in this area, to provide an alternative to service 22, which will no longer serve these roads.
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The timetable will be amended due to this but also to improve general punctuality across the route.
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In Bearwood, Adkins Lane Terminus and a section of Bearwood Road will no longer be served, with buses instead terminating at Rutland Road to improve punctuality on this service.
22 Bearwood – Oldbury:
This service will operate to a revised route and timetable.. The key changes are:
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The service will no longer operate along Willow Avenue, Dorset Road, Sycamore Road, Grange Road, Waterloo Road, Bearwood Road, Church Road and Stanhope Road between Bearwood and Warley to improve reliability of the service
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Willow Avenue, Dorset Road, Sycamore Road, Grange Road and Waterloo Road will be covered by service 21 between Bearwood and Oldbury.
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Bearwood Road, Church Road and Stanhope Road will continue to be served by service 54 operating between West Bromwich and Worlds End.
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The service is extended beyond Bearwood to Midland Metropolitan Hospital via Sandon Road, City Road, Shenstone Road, Dudley Road and Grove Lane to offer increased connections to the Hospital.
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As a result of this, in Bearwood, Adkins Lane Terminus and a section of Bearwood Road will no longer be served, with buses instead serving Rutland Road.
Service 64 West Bromwich – Wednesbury:
This service will operate an amended timetable to improve punctuality.
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​​​Known changes for June 1st 2025:-
15 Merry Hill-Wolverhampton This service will now operate only between Merry Hill & Wombourne. There will also be a revised route in Wombourne to operate via Bridgnorth Road, Common Road, Giggetty Lane, Planks Lane, Church Road, Wombourne High Street and Maypole Street.
16 Stourbridge-Wolverhampton There will be a route change in Wombourne now operating via Common Road, Giggetty Lane, Brickbridge Lane, Bridgnorth Rand and Wombourne Road. There will also be a revised timetable on weekdays (Mon-Fri ONLY) to increasing the frequency to every 20 minutes from half hourly. This service partly replaces the half hourly service 15 between Wombourne & Wolverhampton.
22 Bearwood-Oldbury Service will be revised to operate via George Road, Hill Top Road, Eva Road, Salop Road, Hurst Road and Norman Road in Bristnall Fields to replace Diamond service 54. There will also be timetable changes due to this route change.
48 West Bromwich-Queen Elizabeth Hospital This service is extended to Northfield via the current 76 route. It will NO LONGER serve the Bus Interchange at the entrance to the QE Hospital. It will now only serve the University Station stop (for the QE).
49 Solihull Rail Station-Rubery Great Park Service will now terminate at Solihull Town Centre. It will NO LONGER terminate at Solihull Rail Station Interchange.
76 Solihull Rail Station-Northfield This service is curtailed to operate Solihull to QE Hospital and will NO LONGER extend to Northfield. The service will also now terminate at Solihull Town Centre. It will NO LONGER terminate at Solihull Rail Station Interchange.
77/77A Walsall-Sutton Coldfield-Erdington These services will be revised between Walsall & Barr Beacon to operate via Fallowfield Road & Daffodil Road. In Streetly these routes will now operate via Sutton Oak Road, Kingstanding Road and Rough Road to replace the current service 935.
78 Sutton Coldfield-Streetly (Queslett Inn) Route revised in Streetly to operate via Bridle Lane, Ferndale Road, Blackwood Road & Foley Road West to replace the current 77 77A.
78A Sutton Coldfield-Kingstanding Route revised in Streetly to operate via Bridle Lane, Ferndale Road, Blackwood Road & Foley Road West to replace the current 77 77A. Service is also curtailed to operate ONLY between Sutton Coldfield-Streetly (Queslett Inn) to improve reliability.
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936 Birmingham-Brownhill West Route revised to follow current route 934 (934 is withdrawn) but Daffodil Road and Fallowfield Road won't be served. It will operate direct along Sutton Road. In Pheasey, the route will serve Hillingford Avenue, Frampton Way, Doe Bank Lane, Stanhope Way and Romney Way. Services 936 & 937 will have a combined frequency of every 10 minutes between Birmingham & Kingstanding. Service 936 will then operate every 20 minutes between Kingstanding & Walsall & Service 937 will also operate every 20 minutes between Kingstanding & Brownhills West.
937 Birmingham-Brownhill West Route revised to follow current route 935 (935 withdrawn) meaning that George Fredrick Road and Rough Road will now be served by the 937. Services 936 & 937 will have a combined frequency of every 10 minutes between Birmingham & Kingstanding. Service 936 will then operate every 20 minutes between Kingstanding & Walsall & Service 937 will also operate every 20 minutes between Kingstanding & Brownhills West.
997 Birmingham-Pheasey-Walsall There will be a route change in Pheasey. Buses will run along Collingwood Avenue and Queslett Road in both directions. Hillingford Avenue, Frampton Way, Doe Bank Lane & Stanhope Way will be covered by revised Service 936,
Withdrawn Bus Routes
Updated 19/06/25
From 20 July 2025
Service 46 – QE Hospital to Kings Heath via Northfield & Hawkesley:
Service 46A – QE Hospital to Hawkesley via Northfield:
See NXWM revised services 27, 48 and X20
Service 169 – King's Heath to Solihull via Shirley:
See NXWM 27 Rubery-Yardley Wood-Solihull service for part replacement
​Timetables and some route maps to follow
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From 1 June 2025
15A Merry Hill Centre-Wolverhampton see service 15, 16 & 16A for replacement services.
20 QE Hospital-Bromsgrove & 20A QE Hospital-Cofton Hackett see service X20 Queen Elizabeth Hospital-Bromsgrove.
48A West Bromwich-Bearwood see services 48 and 54.
934 & 935 Birmingham-Walsall see service 936.
Transport for West Midlands service changes
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​​Arriva Midlands service changes.
(Please note that this link shows all Arriva Midlands bus services in the wider West Midlands area as well as the routes within the "main" West Midlands area)
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​​Banga Bus service changes.
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​​Carolean Coaches service changes.
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​​Chaserider service changes.
​​ Coventry Minibuses service changes.
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​​Diamond Bus West Midlands service changes.
(Please note that this link shows all Diamond bus services in the wider West Midlands area as well as the routes within the "main" West Midlands area)
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​​Kev's Cars and Coaches service changes.
​​Landflight service changes.
​​ Let's Go service changes.
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​​National Express Coventry service changes.
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​​National Express West Midlands service changes.
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​​Select Bus Services service changes.
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​​Stagecoach Midlands service changes.
(Please note that this link shows all Stagecoach Midlands bus services in the wider West Midlands area as well as the routes within the "main" West Midlands area)
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​​Walsall Community Transport service changes.
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