Published: 7th November 2025

Burnt Tree works

From Sunday 16th November for 9 months, there will be some changes to services 74, 87 & 126 whilst highway works to improve bus journey times and to help those walking and cycling around the main roads at Burnt Tree Junction take place.

Service 74

  • Daytime journeys on the 74 will be split into 2 services – one between Birmingham & Great Bridge and then another between West Bromwich & Dudley.
  • Customers travelling from between Dudley & Great Bridge to between West Bromwich & Birmingham will need to change buses in Great Bridge or West Bromwich. You will also need to ask your driver for a ‘transfer ticket’ so that you are not charged twice to complete the journey you would normally take on the 74.
  • Buses will run up to every 15 minutes between Great Bridge and Dudley.
  • Buses will run up to every 5 minutes between West Bromwich and Birmingham.
  • There will be one journey every 7 minutes between West Bromwich and Great Bridge. 
  • Early morning and evening journeys will continue to run from Birmingham to Dudley.

Service 87

  • There will be timetable changes to add extra time to journeys to help cover delays due to the highway works. 

Service 126

  • There will be timetable changes to add extra time to journeys between Causeway Green and Dudley to help cover delays due to the highway works.
  • There will be a route change whereby buses will use Regent Road, Oakham Road, Dixons Green, Hall Street, Trindle Road and Castle Hill in both directions.
  • Buses will no longer serve part of Birmingham Road and New Birmingham Road between Castle Gate and Regent Road. 

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