Well we’re almost a quarter of the way into 2025 and spring is finally here! So what’s in store for April? With the clocks going forward an hour early this morning, the evenings will be much lighter now. This month features Easter, which gives us two bank holidays on Good Friday and Easter Monday. But the end of the month sees some further timetable changes, with some services seeing a slight frequency reduction, as NX West Midlands tries to keep them commercially viable.
Easter Holiday 2025
From Monday 14th April to Saturday 26th April, due to reduced levels of traffic during the Easter school holiday period, a number of NX West Midlands services will run to amended timetables, more details here.
In addition, Good Friday (18th April) will generally see buses running to Saturday levels of service, and Easter Monday (21st April) will see buses operating to Sunday timetables.
Sunday 20th April
25A – Dudley to Kidderminster, via Merry Hill and Stourbridge
125 – Stourbridge to Bridgnorth, via Kidderminster
Diamond’s 125 service will be curtailed to operate between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth only, while the section between Stourbridge and Kidderminster will be replaced by an hourly extension of Diamond’s 25 service, numbered as 25A. I wrote about this change earlier this month, and more details can be found below:
Saturday 26th April
110 – Tamworth to Birmingham, via Sutton Coldfield and Erdington
Timetable will be revised to improve reliability. In addition, journeys towards Birmingham will now terminate at Priory Queensway (stop PQ11). Passengers travelling towards Sutton Coldfield and Tamworth should board at Corporation Street (stop CS1).
Sunday 27th April
1 – Acocks Green to Five Ways, via Moseley and Edgbaston
Monday to Friday daytime frequency is reduced to every 20 minutes, with an additional journey added between 7:15am and 8am towards Five Ways to meet demand.
3 – Fordhouses to Castlecroft, via Wolverhampton
Monday to Friday, one bus will be removed from the afternoon peak schedule by adjusting journey times.
The basic frequency of 4 buses per hour will stay the same, but there will be more spacing between some journeys due to longer running times.
4 – Birmingham to Solihull Station, via Acocks Green and Olton
4A – Birmingham to Solihull, via Acocks Green and Shirley
Frequency of services 4 and 4A will be revised on weekdays.
The combined frequency from Birmingham will be reduced to 9 buses per hour, with 6 buses per hour on service 4 and 3 buses per hour on service 4A.
Additionally, the 4A daytime frequency will be revised to every 20 minutes with all journeys continuing from Gospel Oak to Shirley and Solihull. This will coordinate with an increased frequency on service 6 at even intervals.
5 – West Bromwich to Sutton Coldfield, via Great Barr and Kingstanding
Monday to Saturday basic daytime frequency reduces to every 12 minutes.
Extra journeys will run from Sutton between 15:15 and 15:45 for school capacity and arriving in Sutton between 08:00 and 08:45.
One additional bus will be added during peak times to increase frequency from Sutton. At other times, the standard 12-minute frequency will apply.
5 – Coventry to Coundon
5A – Coventry to Chapelfields
These services will be withdrawn, and replaced by revised 7 and new 7A services.
6 – Dudley to Stourbridge, via Russells Hall
Monday to Saturday daytime frequency is reduced to every 12 minutes.
7 – Bell Green to Brownshill Green, via Coventry
7A – Bell Green to Coundon, via Coventry
Service 7 is rerouted away from Holyhead Road to serve Barker Butts Lane and Forfield Road, replacing the withdrawn 5A service.
New variant service 7A will be introduced, this also serves Barker Butts Lane then continues to Norman Place Road, replacing the withdrawn 5 service.
14 – Birmingham to Chelmsley Wood, via Alum Rock and Stechford
Monday to Friday daytime frequency reduces to every 10 minutes, with other minor timetable revisions.
18 – Yardley Wood to Bartley Green, via Cotteridge and Northfield
Monday to Saturday daytime frequency reduces to every 15 minutes, an extra vehicle will be added to support school peak times.
65 – Birmingham to Perry Common, via Short Heath
67 – Birmingham to Castle Vale, via Tyburn Road
Monday to Saturday daytime frequency reduces to every 15 minutes.
In addition, service 67 is revised in Castle Vale and will terminate at Reed Square.
72 – Solihull Station to Chelmsley Wood, via Sheldon and Marston Green
Saturday daytime frequency is reduced to every 15 minutes.
126 – Birmingham to Dudley, via Bearwood and Causeway Green
Monday to Friday daytime frequency reduces to every 20 minutes.
Timings will be adjusted to co-ordinate better with services X8 and X10 between Quinton and Birmingham.
X10 – Birmingham to Gornal Wood, via Halesowen and Merry Hill
A small number of early morning and one late evening journeys will be removed, but the basic Monday to Saturday daytime frequency remains at every 20 minutes.
664 / 665 – Solihull-Wythall circulars
To improve reliability and better meet School Requirements, a revised timetable will be in place from 27th April 2025
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