UPDATED: Planned strike action has been postponed while drivers vote on a new pay offer. If this offer is rejected, the below changes will become effective from Monday 20th March instead. Read more here…
With strike action by Unite members due to begin from Thursday 16th March, NX West Midlands have today announced a very limited service level from that date, which mainly caters for people travelling to and from hospitals.
We are running a small number of buses that serve hospitals on their route. We anticipate that the services will be busy. You can find the timetables for these services on this web page. We are sorry for the significant disruption this will cause and we want to reassure you that we are doing all we can to minimise the impact on our customers.
“Strike action from 16th March 2023” – NX West Midlands, 10th March 2023
Services that will be running (West Midlands)
If your service is not listed below, we are sorry that it will not be operating. Please click on a link below to view the strike timetables for a service. This information is updated regularly, please check back later.
4 | Birmingham – Solihull (via Sparkbrook, Tyseley, Acocks Green & Olton)
5 | West Bromwich – Sutton Coldfield (via Great Barr, Kingstanding & New Oscott)
6 | Birmingham – Solihull (via Sparkbrook, Sparkhill, Hall Green & Shirley)
6 | Dudley – Stourbridge (via Russells Hall Hospital, Brierley Hill & Amblecote)
51 | Birmingham – Walsall (via Great Barr & Perry Barr)
59 | Wolverhampton – Ashmore Park (via New Cross Hospital & Wednesfield)
87 | Birmingham – Dudley (via City Hospital, Smethwick, Oldbury & Tividale)
97 | Birmingham – Chelmsley Wood (via Bordesley Green, Heartlands Hospital & Meadway)
529 | Wolverhampton – Walsall (via Willenhall)
X21| Birmingham – Bartley Green (via Birmingham University, Selly Oak & Weoley Castle)
Services that will be running (Coventry)
9 | Green Lane – University Hospital (via Coventry)
17 | Fenside – University Hospital (via Coventry)
20A | Coventry – University Hospital (via Foleshill Road & Bell Green)
For latest strike action information and updates, please see the NX Bus websites:
Bus services provided by other operators will be running as usual, however they may be busier than normal.
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Bus users generally have been using the bus less over the years not at all a surprise, so technically its a limited service anyway. I had to walk all the time to various trains and other bus stops much further away and got fed up so barely used my local stop or service in recent years. I always knew walking extra those stops gave me options. Bus users like options even if they have to switch bus and in an area like mine with now just one 30mins bus and nothing else but a long walk away there is no real incentive to use buses as people have no real alternative options. TfWM and NX fault for leaving lack of options in many areas. As someone who was a regular bus user I have used them even less than 10 years ago even before Covid and strikes. Just no real incentives. The less options you provide a area generally people use the bus less so no real surprise this has all happened and end up with more frustrated users who get angry and then use buses less. Even elderly by me barely uses the bus.
Hi seen something on a couple of news articles that the timetable only running until Sunday 19 March I’m abit confused
The planned strike action is ‘continuous’ and will carry on indefinitely until it is called off. As far as I am aware (the NX Bus website page keeps changing!), the shown timetables will be effective ‘until further notice’.