Published: 23rd October 2026
From Sunday 1st November, there will be changes to services across Birmingham, Black Country and Coventry.
There will be changes to the following services: 1, 2, 3, 4, 4A, 5 (Wolverhampton - Codsall), 17, 17A, 28, 44, 64, 66, 66A, 68, 71, 94, 95, 96, 794, X3, X4, X5, X12, X13 & X64
The changes will mean more buses operating on some services. Customers in Bromford, Castle Bromwich and Chelmsley Wood should be aware of the route change affecting Cooks Lane, which will be served more frequently by service 94, and the increased 20 minute frequency on service X12.
Castle Vale and Peddimore are served by new service 66A which, along with service 68, replaces services 64 and X64.
There will be changes to the following services: 20, 20A, 20B & 22.
New service 22A will provide a new service for Stoke Heath and Little Heath to the Arena Shopping Park. The service will also partially replace service 20B which is withdrawn because new Electric double deck buses are replacing the last diesel single deckers in Coventry.
1 | Acocks Green - Five Ways Sunday times will change with additional journeys operated during the day to reduce waiting times. An additional schoolday journey operated from Edgbaston to Acocks Green.
2 | Birmingham - Maypole There will be an amended Monday to Saturday timetable, for journeys after 6.30pm, to improve reliability.
3 | Birmingham - Yardley Wood There will be an amended Monday to Saturday timetable, for journeys after 6.30pm, to improve reliability.
4 | Birmingham - Solihull There will be revised timetables to improve reliability.
4A | Birmingham - Solihull There will be revised timetables to improve reliability. An additional evening journey will operate Mondays to Saturdays at 7.45pm from Solihull to Birmingham.
17 | Birmingham - Chelmsley Wood Most journeys will now run between Birmingham and Marston Green only. Chelmsley Wood will no longer be served. Services 72 and A10 provide alternative links to Chelmsley Wood. Sunday buses will operate every 20 minutes between Birmingham and Tile Cross.
17A | Birmingham - Airport/NEC There will be minor timetable changes to improve reliability. On Sundays buses will run every 40 minutes to and from Birmingham Airport.
28 | Heartlands Hospital - Great Barr There will be minor changes to the timetable, afternoon school journeys will run slightly later.
64 | Birmingham - Peddimore, Minworth This service will be withdrawn. It will be replaced by new service 66A and additional journeys on service 68.
66 | Birmingham - Sutton Coldfield Minor changes to the timetable with most journeys that currently terminate at Star City extending to serve the Fort, Castle Vale and Peddimore
66A | Birmingham - Peddimore New service running every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday, and every 60 minutes on Sunday via Nechells, Star City, The Fort & Castle Vale.
68 | Birmingham - Peddimore, Minworth There will be a revised timetable with additional journeys to replace the withdrawn 64 & X64.
71 | Chelmsley Wood - Sutton Coldfield There will be minor changes to the timetable to improve reliability.
94 | Birmingham - Chelmsley Wood There will be a change to the timetable and route of this service, with buses now serving Cooks Lane and Chelmsley Road in place of service X12.
95 | Birmingham - Chelmsley Wood There will be a timetable change to this service to improve reliability.
96 | Kingstanding - Chelmsley Wood There will be a change to the timetable of this service. The extension between Chelmsley Wood and Airport/NEC will be withdrawn. Buses will now serve Shard End shops.
X3 | Birmingham - Lichfield There will be an increased combined Saturday frequency between Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield of every 7-8 minutes with journeys to Lichfield continuing every 30 minutes.
X4 | Birmingham - Falcon Lodge There will be an increased combined Saturday frequency between Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield of every 7-8 minutes with journeys to Falcon Lodge running every 30 minutes.
X5 | Birmingham - Roughley There will be an increased combined Saturday frequency between Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield of every 7-8 minutes with journeys to Roughley running every 30 minutes.
X12 | Birmingham - Solihull There will be a change route of this service. Buses will no longer serve Cooks Lane and Chelmsley Road, instead operating directly via Chester Road to Pine Square. There will also be an increase in the frequency of Monday to Friday journeys. Mondays to Friday daytimes the service will now operate more often on a 20 minute frequency.
X13 | Birmingham - Chelmsley Wood There will be a change to the timetable with additional Monday to Friday journeys serving Hams Hall on an approximately hourly frequency..
X64 | Birmingham - Peddimore, Minworth This service will be withdrawn. It will be replaced by new service 66A and additional journeys on service 68.
5 | Wolverhampton - Codsall The Monday to Saturday 7.10pm journey from Wolverhampton will be retimed to 7pm and the Monday to Saturday 7.40pm journey from Codsall will be retimed to 7.35pm.
44 | West Bromwich - Harvills Hawthorn There will be increased frequency to every 20 minutes Monday to Friday to reduce waiting times and improve reliability.
794 | Stafford Road, Three Tuns - Compton Park School The service will be extended to Stafford Road, Bee Lane (Vine Island)
X3 | Birmingham - Lichfield There will be an increased combined Saturday frequency between Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield of every 7-8 minutes with journeys to Lichfield continuing every 30 minutes.
20 | Coventry - Nuneaton There will be timetable changes to this service with additional early morning journeys to Coventry Station..
20A | Coventry - University Hospital There will be additional journeys on this service with the main daytime frequency Monday to Saturday increasing to every 20 minutes..
20B | Coventry - Longford This service will be withdrawn. Service 22A will offer a partial replacement as far as Oban Road.
22 | Coventry - Victoria Farm There will be a change of route towards Coventry on buses from Victoria Farm. These will turn left from Old Church Road into Proffitt Avenue. Between Proffitt Avenue and Gayer Street, Old Church Road will be served by new 22A.
22A | Coventry - Longford, Oban Road New service to partly replace the withdrawn 20B with journeys extending from Little Heath to serve Old Church Road, Foleshill Road, Arena Park and Oban Road terminus.
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