Black Country Bus Service Changes - 19 May 2002

Travel West Midlands has announced bus service changes in the Black Country from Sunday 19th May 2002 in order to improve reliability in the area.The route and timetable of service 231 will be amended and new route 232 will be introduced to complement the 231 service. Both services will run hourly giving a half-hourly frequency from Balfour Road to Merry Hill.The 231 will serve Balfour Road, Brierley Hill and Merry Hill via Kingswinford, Crestwood School, Lapwood Avenue, Bromley Lane and Wallows Road. New service 232 will serve Balfour Road, Brierley Hill and Merry Hill via Kingswinford, Crestwood School, Tile House Lane and Brockmoor. The Charterfield and Dubarry Estates will not be served by either bus route.Services 236 and 237 will be extended from the same date from Cradley Heath to Halesowen via Blackheath replacing the portion of the 231 route no longer serving Halesowen.Mick McPike, Travel West Midlands’ Area Operations Manager West, said: "We have altered services in the Balfour Road area in an effort to improve reliability for passengers. The 231 was a long route as it incorporated Halesowen so we decided to terminate it at Merry Hill and introduce a complementary route 232 to ensure that a half hourly frequency was maintained."

Published 23rd April 2002