Passengers are being advised to check after a number of changes to bus stops come into force on Monday. Several bus stops will open on Corporation Street (opposite the Square Peg pub) and Albert Street from January 5, according to Transport for West Midlands, as part of the continued Eastside Metro extension
Buses which access the city centre to and from Moor Street Queensway, Carrs Lane and Priory Queensway will run as normal. However, there will be some changes to bus routes and bus stop locations in this area of the city, and some may have been moved.
Bus timetables are also changing on 5 January 2025. To find your new bus timetable, visit tfwm.org.uk/plan-your-journey/find-a-timetable
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Affected Bus Journeys
Additional stops will be available and the main changes are listed below:
- Services 23, 24, 822 will stop at the north end of Albert Street heading towards Bull Street at MS21 as well as the existing stop on Priory Queensway.
- Services 934, 935, 936, 937, 937A, 997, 997S will stop at the south end of Albert Street heading towards Moor Street Queensway at MS22
- Services 33, 51, 907, 907A, X51 will stop at the Corporation Street opposite the Square Peg pub.
- Services 2, 3 will use stop MS3 on Moor Street Queensway by Primark instead of MS4
- Services 4, 4A will move from MS4 to use stop MS5
- Services 61, 63 will move from MS9 to use stop MS8 on the inbound (near St Michaels Catholic Church) On the outbound PQ8 on Priory Queensway near B&M Homestore and also MS16
- Services 65, 67, 68 will use stop PQ9 (opposite B&M Homestore) on Priory Queensway instead of PQ10
- Services 97, 97A will use Carrs Lane at MS7 and MS16 on Moor Street Queensway and no longer call at Priory Queensway.
- Services X21 and X22 will use MS8 and MS16 near Curzon Street development as well as PQ8 near B&M Homestore.
Travelling to/from Walsall & Birmingham:
- If you are travelling out of the city towards Walsall, your new stops have moved from Priory Queensway.
- Travelling into the city, the bus will set down on Corporation Street near the Square Peg pub.