Thank you to National Express West Midlands drivers who drove on first day of strikes

We would like to thank the 235 drivers who came to work on day one of the strikes, transporting customers on 56,000 journeys. 

We have committed to running every bus we possibly can during the strikes and are currently running a skeleton service, primarily serving the region’s major hospitals.

On day one we managed to get out over 90 buses serving customers all around the region. 

Customers are encouraged to check our website to confirm which services are running.

A National Express West Midlands spokesperson said: “We want to say a huge thank you to all our drivers who got out there yesterday and did their bit for the travelling public. 

“We are very sorry to our customers for the inconvenience of the strike and we are adding more services in every day so please check our website for what is running.  

“We made an excellent offer of 14.3% pay increase to our drivers, which would take the typical driver to £33,000 a year, and our door remains open for talks.  

“We want to reassure our customers we are doing all we can to resolve this issue.”