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BBC News
26-04-2025
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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.
BBC News
03-04-2025
- Business
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Consultation on major revamp of West Midlands bus network closes
A public consultation into major changes to the West Midlands bus network has closed with the results expected to be revealed next month, officials of people took part to share their views on whether the county's services should be brought back into public West Midlands currently has a deregulated bus network led by private operators who control operations, routes, timetables and fares which are kept by for West Midlands (TfWM) said it was now assessing the results, which will be presented to West Midlands Combined Authority's Board (WMCA) which is due to meet on 9 May. The region's mayor, Richard Parker, has said moving from the current private operator-led, deregulated system would give TfWM more control over fares, routes and WMCA currently provides an annual subsidy of around £50m to private operators, but this has failed to stop fare increases and service month the board agreed to an extension of the Bus Network Support Grant, which provides financial support to operators, as a report showed that more than 30% of current commercially operated routes would be put at risk without the funding, while fares would face bigger has said more than 3,000 people had put forward their views on the proposed changes, and a final figure will be provided at next month's meeting."We're still in the process of compiling and analysing the consultation responses, so we're not able to confirm a final figure at this stage," TfWM said."The next step will be for the full results and analysis to be presented in a report to the WMCA Board meeting in May."If a decision is taken to move to a new franchise model, it would take an expected further two years for it to come into effect. This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Wolverhampton & Black Country on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
05-02-2025
- Automotive
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West Midlands AI sensors aim to boost road safety and cut deaths
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology will be used across the West Midlands to try to cut the number of people killed or seriously injured on the region's roads, officials for West Midlands (TfWM) is using AI sensors at 40 locations to record near misses and work out where to bring in safety MacDonald, the newly-appointed West Midlands road safety commissioner, said they would allow hot spots to be identified and action taken before "tragedy strikes".Sensors have already recorded several near misses at Grange Road, Coventry, where measures will be brought in to improve road safety. Mayor Richard Parker said the changes included widening the pavements, extending the corner of a road junction and putting a pedestrian stopping place in the centre of the added the technology had been placed at several high risk road junctions around the region and would be moved about the area over the next 18 months. The near misses would include cases of vehicles passing within inches of pedestrians or cyclists, officials were 50 people killed on roads in the West Midlands in 2024, according to latest figures showed while road deaths in the region have fallen by 12% in the last two years, 43% of fatalities were pedestrians."By identifying danger hot spots, it will allow us to act before tragedy strikes," Mr MacDonald said. "Before yet another family in our region has to suffer the indescribable anguish of losing a loved one in a sudden, violent and ultimately avoidable way." The initiative is part of TfWM's Regional Road Safety Action Plan which is aiming for no crashes on West Midlands roads by sensor technology will cost £100,000 over the next two years. This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
