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Changes to West Midlands bus timetables due to start on Sunday

A series of changes to bus timetables in the West Midlands are set to start this for West Midlands (TfWM) said they will come into effect from Sunday after an annual review of the bus network by operators. The changes will affect the frequency of some services in Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country. While timetables have been updated online so far, the group urged passengers to double check their journeys beforehand. The changes include: Birmingham Service 1 - Five Ways to Acock's Green via Moseley: Monday to Saturday daytime frequency will be reduced to every 20 minutes. An extra journey will run in the morning peak from Acocks Green between 07:15 BST and 08:00 BSTService 14 - Birmingham to Chelmsley Wood via Alum Rock: The service will operate a slightly reduced daytime frequency with buses every 10 minutesService 18 - Yardley Wood to Bartley Green via Cotteridge: Services on Monday to Saturday during the daytime will be reduced to every 15 minutesService 50 - Birmingham to Druids Heath via Moseley: The frequency will be increased during peak times. The timetable has also been adjusted to coordinate with Diamond service 50Service 65 - Birmingham to Perry Common via Short Heath: The Monday to Saturday daytime frequency has been reduced to every 15 minutesService 67 – Birmingham to Castle Vale via Tyburn Road: The Monday to Saturday daytime frequency has been reduced to every 15 minutes. The route will also no longer stop at Farnborough Drive and will now end at Reed Square, Castle ValeService 72 – Chelmsley Wood to Solihull via Marston Green: The Saturday frequency has been reduced to every 15 minutes Black Country Service 1 - Tettenhall Wood to Dudley via Wolverhampton: This service will operate on a 10-minute weekday frequencyService 5 - West Bromwich to Sutton Coldfield via New Oscott: The Monday to Saturday daytime frequency has been reduced to every 12 minutes. Extra journeys will run from Sutton between 15:15 and 15:45 BST and arrive into Sutton between 08:00 and 08:45 BST to support schoolsService 6 - Dudley to Stourbridge via Russells Hall Hospital: The Monday to Saturday daytime frequency will be reduced to every 12 minutesService 126 - Birmingham to Dudley via Bearwood: The weekday daytime frequency has been cut to every 20 minutes. Services will be timed to coordinate with services X8 and X10 to provide a combined frequency of every 6/6/8 minutes between Birmingham and Quinton - and 8/12 mins on X8 & X10 specificallyService X10 - Birmingham to Gornal Wood via Halesowen, Merry Hill: This service will be running at a reduced frequency. A basic 20-minute frequency will remain in place from Monday to Saturday during the day Coventry Services 5/5A - Coventry to Coundon/Coventry - Coundon via Barker Butts Lane: These services will be replaced with a revised Service 7 and a new Service 7A. Both will go via Barkers Butts Lane instead of Holyhead RoadServices 7/7A - Bell Green to Coundon via Coventry: This service will be re-routed to serve Barkers Butts Lane (replacing the 5/5A) as Holyhead Road will now be served by Service X1. Service 7A will also go to Norman Place Road, which was previously served by Service 5Full details are available on the TfWM website. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.