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On the look out for specs

National Express Coventry is asking customers and the thousands of people who pass their local travel shop to help them collect old specs for charity.

Catch the bus to see Bruce Springsteen at the Ricoh Arena on Thursday

Are you gong to see Bruce Springsteen at the Ricoh Arena on Thursday, 20th June 2013?
We are running additional service 101 buses to get fans to and from the concert.

Hundreds more youngsters to get help from National Express Foundation

West Midlands youth groups set to receive thousands

The National Express Foundation, set up to help disadvantaged young people across the region, has announced which community groups will receive its funding this year.

Smartphone ‘app’ provides real time information boost

Passengers can keep track of hundreds more buses at the touch of a button following a major boost to real time information on a free smartphone application.

More than 75 per cent of the region’s buses are now providing live updates to transport authority Centro’s, Network West Midlands ‘app’.

Rubbish ‘Bus’ters hit local services

Cleaners are making sure passengers get a rubbish-free ride by blitzing buses as they wait to get back on the road.

As soon as a bus and passengers have disembarked the cleaners sweep into action and the bus heads off again, subject to the service...

Styvechale or Stivichall?

As part of our £3.5m investment into 23 new buses for Coventry we want to know which spelling of Styvechale or Stivichall local residents want to see on the side of their bus.

Bus stop changes in City Centre

Services 4, 5, 7, 8, 8A, 9, 9A,

From Sunday 10th February 2013

In preparation for the major roadworks taking place on Fairfax Street commencing on Monday 18th February some services will be changing their stopping points in Pool Meadow bus station and Fairfax Street. Stand

Bus advertising is child's play

National Express West Midlands is launching an exciting new competition offering schoolchildren the chance to get their drawings seen by millions of people.

To celebrate the launch of its new 'Class Pass', Birmingham's biggest private sector employer is launching a competition for children to design a new bus advert.

1,200 Jobseekers use the bus to get to interviews in January

Figures released by National Express West Midlands have revealed that over 1,200 jobseekers in the region made the most of free bus travel in January.

The region’s biggest bus company took part in the Greener Journeys' Bus for Jobs scheme, which saw jobseekers across the UK receive free bus travel for the month of January.

Clean sweep of buses across the region

Cleaners are making sure passengers in the West Midlands get a rubbish-free ride by blitzing buses as they wait to do the return legs of their routes.

As soon as customers have disembarked at bus station in Wolverhampton, Coventry, Birmingham and Solihull the cleaners sweep into action, subject to the service running on time.