The following is reproduced from the Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) website. In February 2019 a consultation took place to help us understand the views of people across the West Midlands regarding anti-social behaviour on buses, at bus station premises, bus stops and shelters. The consultation was to review the proposal of new byelaws that […]
Birmingham city centre stop changes From Sunday 2nd January 2022 there will be bus stop changes in Birmingham City Centre for the services listed below. 7 | Birmingham – Perry Common (via Newtown, Aston & Witton) City centre stop moved to SH6 on Colmore Row (outside Snow Hill station). 10 | Birmingham – Quinton (via […]
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National Express West Midlands bus fares are NOT going up in the new year. Again. Chris Gibbens, Commercial Director for National Express West Midlands, said: “Although the price of everything seems to be going up at the moment – crisps, fizzy pop, even cat food – bus fares in the West Midlands are not. We […]
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With Christmas just over three weeks away now, bus operators are confirming the levels of service they will be operating over the festive period. Monday 20th to Thursday 23rd December 2021 Normal levels of service, though National Express West Midlands (NXWM) will be running adjusted timetables with slightly reduced frequencies before 9am. National Express Coventry […]
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The first of Birmingham City Council’s hydrogen-powered buses will begin to enter public service from Monday 6th December. Operated by National Express West Midlands from the company’s Walsall garage, these Wright Streetdeck Hydroliner FCEV buses will be running on the well-used and frequent 51 service, which runs between Birmingham city centre and Walsall bus station, […]
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Following successful renegotiation of arrangements between Transport For West Midlands (TfWM), Diamond Buses and National Express West Midlands (NX Bus), the West Midlands Bus partnership will be resuming from Sunday 5th December 2021. Both operators will be reintroducing jointly-operated timetables and accepting each others’ tickets and passes (where valid) on services 31, 32, 40, 42 […]
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From Sunday 5th December 2021, a large number of services operated by NX West Midlands in both the Birmingham and Black Country areas are set to have new timetables introduced in order to “improve reliability”. Some services that were facing withdrawal or cancellation have received a ‘reprieve’ though. Service 41 – Acocks Green to QE […]
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I originally launched the WMBU Community in 2020 on the back of having a vision of an open platform for bus users to come together and share opinions, and discuss various issues with bus services in the West Midlands region. The timing was perhaps not that convenient, and I closed it all down earlier this […]
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Yesterday (12th November), West Midlands Metro announced that their tram service would be ‘suspended until further notice’ following the discovery of a further ‘fault’ following the suspension of the service for several days earlier this year. Earlier this year West Midlands Metro discovered cracks on our trams, which resulted in a temporary interruption to services […]
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Yardley Wood’s E011 electric bus is currently ‘on loan’ to manufacturer Alexander Dennis for display at the COP26 summit taking place in Glasgow. Unfortunately it is located in the ‘security-controlled blue zone’, so is not available to the general public. Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) was invited by the UK Government as organisers of COP26 to […]
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