From Monday 23rd December to Friday 3rd January, there will be changes to bus timetables during the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
Monday 23rd December 2024
Most bus services will operate to Saturday timetables. Services that do not operate on Saturdays will have amended weekday timetables.
Tuesday 24th December 2024 (Christmas Eve)
Most bus services will operate to Saturday timetables, with last journeys of the evening from around 10pm.
Wednesday 25th December 2024 (Christmas Day)
No bus services will operate.
Thursday 26th December 2024 (Boxing Day)
Most bus services will operate to revised Sunday timetables, starting from around 7am. Many buses will stop operating between 6pm and 8pm, while core services will finish around 10pm to 11pm.
The following NX West Midlands and Coventry services will not operate:
2/2A Coventry – Cannon Park/Westwood Business Park
12X Coventry – University of Warwick
13A Coventry – Willenhall
14A Coventry – University of Warwick
18A Coventry – Tile Hill South
20 QE Hospital – Bromsgrove
20B Coventry – Longford
24 Coventry – Kenilworth
25 Coventry – Rugby
25 Bilston – Pendeford
35 Walsall – Aldridge
41 Radford – Leamington Spa
42 Keresley Village – University of Warwick
62 Wolverhampton – Compton
77 Walsall – Sutton Coldfield
85/85A/85B Coventry – Rugby
97A Birmingham – Airport/NEC
X30 Coventry – Ansty Park
No Arriva or Stagecoach services will operate.
Diamond Bus will only operate the following services:
16A Birmingham – West Bromwich
18 Dudley – Merry Hill
31 Walsall – Mossley
32 Walsall – Lower Farm
40 West Bromwich – Wednesbury
42 West Bromwich – Tipton
45 West Bromwich – Walsall
82 Dudley – Wolverhampton
226A Dudley – Merry Hill
229 Dudley – Bilston
Friday 27th December 2024
Most bus services will operate to Saturday timetables, services that do not normally operate on Saturday will have amended weekday timetables.
Saturday 28th December 2024
Normal Saturday service.
Sunday 29th December 2024
Normal Sunday Service.
Monday 30th December 2024 and
Tuesday 31st December 2024 (New Year’s Eve)
Most bus services will operate to Saturday timetables, services that do not normally operate on Saturday will have amended weekday timetables.
Wednesday 1st January 2025 (New Year’s Day)
Most bus services will operate to Sunday timetables starting from around 7am.
Many buses will stop operating between 6pm and 8pm, while core services will finish around 10pm to 11pm.
NX West Midlands/Coventry services not operating are same as listed under Boxing Day, with the exception of the 97A. Diamond Bus will operate a normal Sunday service.
Arriva and Stagecoach services will not operate, with the exception of the 7C, 46, 60 and A9 services.
Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd January 2025
Most bus services will operate to Saturday timetables, services that do not normally operate on Saturday will have amended weekday timetables.
Saturday 4th January 2025
Normal services and timetables resume.
From Sunday 5th January 2025, there will be changes to some bus services. You can read more about this in the following article:
Further details of bus services finishing earlier than normal on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day can be found at the Diamond Bus, NX Coventry and NX West Midlands websites.