Safer Travel is a partnership between West Midlands Police, British Transport Police and Transport for West Midlands, who work together to identify areas of the network vulnerable to crime, anti-social and nuisance behaviour. The team is intelligence led, drawn from a number of sources such as the officers, transport operators and reports from the public. […]
Last week, while waiting for my bus home from work, a lady got off another bus at the stop where I was waiting. She walked round to the side of the stop and then back around. After a short pause, she then approached me and asked me about Swift Collectors. She told me that wherever […]
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Following the completion of Metro works, the following bus services will be returning to Broad Street in Birmingham city centre from Sunday 5th June. 9 | Birmingham – Stourbridge (via Bearwood, Quinton & Halesowen) 10 | Birmingham – Quinton (via Five Ways, Augustus Road & Worlds End) 12 | Dudley – Birmingham (via Oldbury, Langley & Bearwood) 12A | […]
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In 2022 there are changes to the Spring Bank Holiday which normally falls on the last Monday of May. This year it has been moved alongside a new public holiday to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, after she reached 70 years of service in February this year. The Spring Bank Holiday will fall on Thursday […]
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It was recently announced that Diamond Buses had agreed a deal to acquire the bus service operations business from Johnsons of Henley which was to be completed on 29th May 2022. Owing to some recent operational difficulties that Johnsons are currently experiencing, Diamond will be taking over some services earlier than advertised from Monday 9th […]
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The Great Birmingham Run half-marathon event returns this year and is taking place on Sunday 1st May 2022. There will be road closures in place in Birmingham city centre and out towards the south-west, which means that a number of bus services will be disrupted or diverted while this event takes place. Diversion between 06:00 […]
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Johnsons, the long-established Midlands operator has made the decision, to sell its Excelbus operation to Rotala Plc’s subsidiary, Diamond Bus Limited. The deal includes 18 buses and other assets; the deal is expected to be concluded on Sunday 29th May and will increase Rotala’s presence in Warwickshire and the West Midlands. Posted on Facebook last […]
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First Bus caused a bit of a stir earlier this month when it was revealed they would be curtailing their 144 service to operate between Worcester and Catshill, no longer continuing to Birmingham city centre via Rubery and Longbridge along the Bristol Road. First cited “low passenger usage” along that part of the route as […]
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National Express West Midlands will be hosting the next West Midlands Bus Bash event in 2022 – in real life! The annual event aimed at bus enthusiasts and nostalgics was last held in 2019, and will once again take place at Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club in Billesley. As with previous events, there will be a […]
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As well as a number of timetable changes due to come into effect, there will be some other service changes taking place on this date. Claribels Following the completion of the acquisition of bus service operations from Claribel Coaches by Diamond Buses, the following changes to Claribels bus services will be taking place: 36 – […]
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