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Bus services over the Late Spring & Jubilee Day Bank Holidays

Over the Late Spring and Jubilee Day Bank Holidays we’ll be running our usual services except on Bank Holiday Monday and Tuesday when we will be running a Sunday service.

Free WiFi Trial Ends

Thanks to all of you that used the WiFi on the 50 during the trial.

We were not happy with the reliability of the technology we tested and feedback from you seems to confirm that.

We have therefore removed the system until a more reliable...

Delays caused by Coventry Road roadworks

Until August 2012 the city council are upgrading the Coventry Road. This has been causing some delays to traffic on roads in the area, including routes 17, 73 and 97.

I apologise for this inconvenience, which is due to circumstances beyond our control. We are...

Ready, Steady, Go by bus

Two West Midlands athletes, Katrina Hart and Iqbal Ubhi, who were both medal winners at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, are now benefitting from free bus travel, and it is all thanks to National Express West Midlands.

In fact, all 2010 Commonwealth Games England medallists have...

UK Bus saving power

UK Bus is leading a National Express Group initiative to install of a range of energy conservation measures across our sites both here in the UK and abroad.

The first phase saw 35 National Express sites being evaluated for suitability for the roll out of...

More Young People and Women to Help Fill 1700 National Express West Mids Jobs over 3 years!

New groundbreaking employment partnership signed

National Express West Midlands, one of the region’s largest employers, and Job Centre Plus have today launched the pioneering ‘Routes to Work’ agreement.

The agreement will ensure that National Express West Midlands get the 1,700 people they need to...

National Express Help Strengthen the Safer Travel Team

We are pleased to announce that we will be funding two additional full time police officers to patrol services and tackle incidents of anti social behaviour as part of the Safer Travel Partnership. This investment will help drive the continued reduction in anti social and nuisance...

National Express to help fund £10 million revamp of Merry Hill Bus Network

National Express will be helping to fund a £10 million transformation of the bus network around Merry Hill Shopping Centre. The project will improve bus services to the shopping complex and to the nearby Waterfront Business Park and Brierley Hill.

It will improve accessibility...

New Frequency in the Peak for the X51!

From the 1st April the X51 will see new improvements focussed on reliability and frequency. The limited stop X51, has brought an improved travel time between Birmingham and Walsall of just 35 minutes, making it an ideal way to travel to work.

In a...

More brand new buses across the West Midlands!

Our investment in brand new buses is contagious and spreading across the West Midlands! Following on from our introduction of new Volvo B7 RLE single decks on routes around Wolverhampton, we’re pleased that areas around Dudley, Castle Vale, and Solihull will also be benefitting from...