Bus Service Changes
Bus Service Changes
Updated 02/12/25
​​​Known changes for January 2026:-
Black Country areas ​
Service 19 Dudley-QE Hospital
From Sunday 4th January 2026, this service will be operated by Diamond Bus, no change to route, some minor revisions to timetable during peak times.
Click HERE for new timetable
Service 25 Wolverhampton-Pendeford / Pendeford Business Park
Service 25 Pendeford-Bilston
From Sunday 4th January 2026, this service will be operated by Chaserider, no change to route or timetable.
Check timetable HERE ​​​
Birmingham & Solihull Area​
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Service 27 Solihull / Yardley Wood-Rubery (Great Park) (now changing in March) details still to be confirmed.
From Sunday 4th January 2026, this service will be operated by Diamond Bus.
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Service 73 Solihull-Heartlands Hospital
From Sunday 4th January, this service is withdrawn, mostly replaced by new 98 and 99 services (see below).
Hob Moor Road will continue to be served by current 17 and 17A services, while Old Lode Lane is served by the current X2 service.
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Service A9 Solihull-Kingshurst
From Sunday 4th January, this service is withdrawn, mostly replaced by new 98 and 99 services (see below).
Coventry Area
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Service 24 Coventry-Kenilworth
It has now been officially announced HERE, I have been informed that these Warwickshire County Council tendered services will be operated by Stagecoach from Sunday 4th January 2026.
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Service 25 Coventry-Birdingbury-Rugby
It has now been officially announced HERE, I have been informed that these Warwickshire County Council tendered services will be operated by Stagecoach from Sunday 4th January 2026.
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Services 74-74A Coventry-University Hospital-Nuneaton,
Service 74B University Hospital-Nuneaton,
Service 74S Coventry-Blue Coat-Nuneaton
Services 78-78A University Hospital-Nuneaton &
Services 79-79A Keresley Village-Nuneaton .
It has now been officially announced HERE or HERE that these Warwickshire tendered services will be operated by Stagecoach from Sunday 4th January 2026
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Services 85-85B Coventry-Brinklow-Rugby-Rugby St Cross
Services 85H-85S Coventry-Brinklow-Rugby Harris-Rugby High
Services 85 SCH Coventry-Brinklow-Rugby Ashlawn-Rugby St Cross
Services 85 SCH Rugby Ashlawn-Rugby St Cross-Brinklow-Coventry
It has now been officially announced HERE, I have been informed that these Warwickshire County Council tendered services will be operated by Stagecoach from Sunday 4th January 2026.
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Service 735 Blue Coat School/Coventry-Ansley Village/Nuneaton
It has now been officially announced HERE, I have been informed that these Warwickshire County Council tendered services will be operated by Stagecoach from Sunday 4th January 2026.
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​​Timetables and some route maps to follow​​​
New Bus Routes
Updated 02/12/25
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​​​Known changes for January 4th 2026:-
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New 98 Solihull-Heartlands Hospital & New 99 Solihull-Kingshurst
From Sunday 4th January, these new services will commence which replace the withdrawn 73 and A9 services, and will be operated by Diamond Bus.
Both services will operate every half hour during Monday-Saturday daytimes, providing a combined 15 minute frequency between Solihull town centre and Lyndon.
Service 98 operates Monday to Saturday,
Service 99 operates Monday to Sunday.
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Revised Bus Routes
Updated 02/12/25
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​​​Known changes for January 4th 2026:-
Birmingham / Solihull Area
Service 5
from Sunday 4 January, this service National Express will operate an amended Saturday timetable to improve reliability.
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Service 28
From Sunday 4 January, this National Express service will be operating an amended timetable to improve reliability.
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Service 68
From Sunday 4 January, this National Express service will be operating to a revised timetable.
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Services 94 & 95
From Sunday 4 January, there will be minor changes to the Saturday and Sunday timetables to improve reliability
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Service X21
From Sunday 4 January, there will be minor timetable change to the Monday-Friday timetable. The 0800 departure will be re-timed to 0805.
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Coventry Area
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Service 12X
From Sunday 4 January, this National Express Coventry service will operate a revised term-time timetable.
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Service 17A
From Sunday 4 January, this National Express Coventry service will operate a revised term-time timetable.
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Dudley Area​
None
Sandwell Area​​​​
None
Walsall Area
None
Wolverhampton Area
None
Withdrawn Bus Routes
Updated 12/11/25
From January 2026
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Service A9 Solihull-Kingshurst
From Sunday 4th January, this service is withdrawn, mostly replaced by new 98 and 99 services (see above).
​Timetables and some route maps to follow
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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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Transport for West Midlands website pages
Bus Operator website pages
