Service changes from 20th July 2025

From Sunday July 20th 2025, a large number of bus services will have summer timetables introduced, owing to reduced levels of traffic during the school summer holiday period.

From the same date, there will also be some other significant service changes, which are detailed below:

7 – Bell Green to Brownshill Green, via Coventry City Centre
7C – Coventry City Centre to Brownshill Green

Stagecoach 7C service is withdrawn following loss of TfWM contract. Replaced by addition of late evening and Sunday journeys on NXC service 7.

12 / 12A – Birmingham to Dudley, via Bearwood and Oldbury
12A – Dudley to Oldbury

Service 12A is withdrawn by NX West Midlands, service 12 frequency increases to every 20 minutes.

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.

13 – Birmingham to Oldbury, via Bearwood and Warley
13A – Birmingham to Blackheath, via Bearwood and Brandhall

Service 13 is withdrawn. Service 13A will be renumbered to 13, with a route revision between Hurst Road and Bleakhouse Road, frequency increases to every 20 minutes.

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 Birmingham.

Brookfields Road, Tat Bank Road and Stone Street will be served by new service 23 between Oldbury and Brandhall.

14 – Dudley to Blackheath

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.

The 14 will be re-routed to serve Darbys Hill Road following the withdrawal of National Express West Midlands 12A Dudley to Birmingham service.

17 – Birmingham to Tile Cross, via Small Heath and Yardley

Service extends from Tile Cross to Chelmsley Wood. New variant 17A is introduced which continues to Birmingham Airport. (Not changing until August now)

20 – Bearwood to Oldbury, via Causeway Green, Brandhall and Warley

This service will operate to a revised route and timetable.

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.

Instead, the service will operate to Blackheath via Oldbury Road, offering greater links to retail opportunities.

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.

The timetable will be amended due to this but also to improve general punctuality across the route.

21 – Bearwood to Oldbury, via Londonderry

This service will operate to a revised route and timetable.

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.

The timetable will be amended due to this but also to improve general punctuality across the route.

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 to Oldbury, via Langley and Warley

This service will operate to a revised route and timetable.

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

Willow Avenue, Dorset Road, Sycamore Road, Grange Road and Waterloo Road will be covered by service 21 between Bearwood and Oldbury.

Bearwood Road, Church Road and Stanhope Road will continue to be served by service 54 operating between West Bromwich and Worlds End.

The service is extended beyond Bearwood to Midland Metropolitan Hospital via Sandon Road, City Road, Rotton Park Road, Dudley Road and Grove Lane to offer increased connections to the Hospital.

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.

23 – Oldbury to Brandhall, via Tat Bank and Bristnall

New service, replacing service 13 between Oldbury and Warley, The George. From Warley, The George, buses will extend to Brandhall via Bleakhouse Road, Perry Hill Road, Tame Road and Foley Drive. 

Buses will run approximately every 60 minutes, Monday to Saturday.

27 – Frankley to Yardley Wood, via Northfield and Kings Heath

This service will operate to a revised route and timetable. 

Buses will continue beyond Frankley to Rubery Great Park, providing new direct links to Great Park

Between Frankley and Northfield, the 27 will be re-routed via Allens Cross (Borrowdale Road, Trescott Road and Norrington Road) to provide an alternative to the 61 that will no longer serve these roads.

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 rejoin the current route at Glastonbury Road.

The service will extend beyond Yardley Wood station to Solihull, providing a replacement for withdrawn service 169 with some exceptions:

Watwood Road and Haslucks Green Road will no longer be served – the 27 will instead serve nearby Delrene Road.

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.

These route changes mean that Addison Road, Barn Lane, Hollybank Road and Chinn Brook Road will no longer be served by the 27.  Addison Road will remain served by the 11A/C Outer Circle and Hollybank Road and Chinn Brook 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.

Service 27 will operate every 30 minutes between Rubery and Yardley Wood station, with an hourly extension to Solihull Monday to Saturday daytimes. Sunday service operates hourly between Rubery Great Park and Yardley Wood railway station, with additional daytime short journeys between Rubery and Northfield.

46 – QE Hospital to Kings Heath, via Northfield
46A – QE Hospital to Hawkesley, via Northfield

These services will be withdrawn, partly replaced by current X20 service between QE Hospital and Northfield, and by amended 27 and 48 services (see below)

48 – West Bromwich to Northfield, via Bearwood, Harborne and Weoley Castle

Service 48 will extend from Northfield to Hawkesley, to partly replace that section of the withdrawn 46 and 46A services.

55 – Tesco Quinton – Longbridge, via Harborne, Selly Oak, Northfield and Rubery

In Frankley, route is amended to serve New Street, Arden Road and Ormond Road.

In Harborne, route is amended to operate via Quinton Road and Metchley Lane, the QE Hospital will no longer be served.

61 – Birmingham to Frankley, via Selly Oak and 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.

Hoggs Lane will continue to be served by the 18 and also the 27.

Ormond Road will continue to be served by service 63.

Allens Cross (Egghill Lane, Borrowdale Road/Norrington Road, and Trescott Road) will be served by service 27.

169 – Solihull to Kings Heath, via Shirley and Yardley Wood

This service will be withdrawn, mostly replaced by amended 27 service (see above).

214 – Dudley to Foxyards Estate

This service will operate to a revised timetable.

Early and late journeys are being discontinued due to extremely low passenger usage.

215 – Dudley to Springfield, via Kates Hill

This service will operate to a revised route and timetable.

Buses will no longer serve Warrens Hall estate due to extremely low passenger usage.

Buses will extend to Blackheath via Dudley Road, Hawes Lane and Birmingham Road, providing residents on the route with a new direct link.

New timetables will be available soon at the TfWM website.

Expect some further changes to take place in August, watch this space!