Saturday, September 12, 2026

Birmingham bus routes

127 bus routes run in Birmingham according to the official schedule from National Express West Midlands. Together they make over 5700 trips in each direction on a weekday. The longest ride is route 55 (Tesco — Longbridge Station, about 109 minutes); the most frequent is route 50, with about 225 trips a day. The table below lists terminuses, service hours, travel time and the number of trips for every route.

Every route in one table

Route Corridor Service hours Travel time Trips (weekday / weekend)
1 St James Road — Acocks Green Village 06:35 — 23:50 30 min 49 / 27
1S King Edwards High School — Solihull Station — — — 0 / —
X1 Dale House — Pool Meadow Bus Station 00:15 — 23:45 76 min 59 / 43
2 Moor Street Station — Maypole Shops 00:05 — 23:35 43 min 50 / 31
X2 Dale House — Solihull Station 04:55 — 23:30 41 min 53 / 33
3 West Bromwich Bus Station — Merry Hill Bus Station 05:15 — 23:50 54 min 78 / 45
3A West Bromwich Bus Station — Oldbury Road 06:55 — 19:15 25 min 24 / —
4 Saddlers Centre — Sainsburys 01:00 — 23:45 52 min 176 / 67
4A Church Centre — Solihull Town Centre 00:00 — 23:30 58 min 51 / 34
4H Saddlers Centre — Mendip Road 04:53 — 18:52 76 min 43 / —
4M Saddlers Centre — Merry Hill Bus Station 05:30 — 21:55 82 min 42 / 26
X4 The Square Peg — Churchill Parade 00:25 — 23:45 46 min 65 / 49
5 Moor Street Station — Solihull Town Centre 05:05 — 23:55 73 min 107 / 63
X5 The Square Peg — Roughley Farm 00:05 — 23:05 47 min 32 / 17
6 Moor Street Station — Solihull Town Centre 00:10 — 23:40 57 min 104 / 57
7 Great Western Arcade — Court Lane 00:07 — 23:37 30 min 79 / 48
7S Walsall Road — Walsall Bus Station — — — 0 / —
8A Saltley Gate — Saltley Gate 04:46 — 23:45 78 min 72 / 41
8C Saltley Gate — Saltley Gate 05:00 — 23:30 73 min 78 / 46
10 Solihull Town Centre — Chelmsley Interchange 06:57 — 18:15 56 min 16 / —
11A Six Ways — Shirley Road 00:00 — 23:40 104 min 205 / 123
11C Shirley Road — Six Ways 04:05 — 23:54 107 min 206 / 121
11S Archbishop Ilsley School — Fox & Goose — — — 0 / —
12 Colmore Row — Coronation Gardens 05:53 — 23:58 71 min 49 / 30
X12 Dale End — Solihull Station 04:18 — 23:20 92 min 38 / 32
13 Colmore Row — Payne Street 06:00 — 23:38 48 min 47 / 29
14 Old Square — Chelmsley Interchange 00:07 — 23:37 44 min 108 / 60
X14 The Square Peg — Sutton Library 05:57 — 23:55 42 min 47 / 30
X15 The Square Peg — Gracechurch Centre 06:20 — 18:10 53 min 5 / —
16 Markets — Scott Arms 00:15 — 23:45 35 min 132 / 59
16A Markets — West Bromwich Bus Station 00:00 — 23:00 41 min 47 / 29
17 Moor St Selfridges — Chelmsley Interchange 00:05 — 23:25 45 min 56 / 20
17A Moor St Selfridges — Birmingham International Station 04:05 — 22:05 51 min 35 / 32
18 Yardley Wood Depot — Bartley Green War Memorial 05:35 — 23:10 47 min 60 / 32
19 Manningford Road — Supermarket 07:25 — 17:37 65 min 21 / —
20 Sainsburys — Bearwood Road 09:35 — 14:35 31 min 6 / —
X20 The Square Peg — Bromsgrove Bus Station 05:25 — 22:20 77 min 30 / 12
21 Oldbury Interchange — Bearwood Road 09:35 — 14:35 22 min 6 / —
X21 The Square Peg — Merry Hill Bus Station 00:10 — 23:40 47 min 51 / 36
22 Oldbury Interchange — Midland Met Hospital 09:25 — 17:35 34 min 23 / —
X22 The Square Peg — Bartley Green War Memorial 05:05 — 23:25 44 min 50 / 34
23 Bus Mall — Newman University 00:08 — 23:38 45 min 98 / 46
24 Bus Mall — Dufton Road 00:38 — 23:53 41 min 83 / 44
25 Six Ways — Six Ways 10:02 — 15:02 36 min 5 / —
27 Solihull Town Centre — Hollywood Bowl 06:00 — 22:45 100 min 30 / 23
28 Eastfield Road — Scott Arms 05:35 — 23:40 65 min 63 / 33
30 West Bromwich Bus Station — Wednesbury Bus Station 08:10 — 17:10 49 min 10 / —
33 Dale End — Collingwood Centre 00:07 — 23:32 39 min 85 / 58
34 Saddlers Centre — Bilston Bus Station 05:30 — 22:35 29 min 53 / 22
35 Moor St Selfridges — Ridgemount Drive 05:50 — 23:30 51 min 72 / 41
36 Walsall Bus Station — Walsall Bus Station 06:25 — 18:35 27 min 28 / —
37 Saddlers Centre — Lion Hotel 07:21 — 23:05 39 min 28 / 14
39 Longbridge Station — Fleming Road 08:33 — 16:33 44 min 9 / —
39A Plough Avenue — Longbridge Station 07:49 — 16:49 39 min 10 / —
39S Fleming Road — Longbridge Station 07:50 — 07:50 40 min 1 / —
40 West Bromwich Bus Station — Wednesbury Bus Station 04:40 — 23:10 28 min 64 / 28
41 Queen Elizabeth Hospital — Buckland End Shops 06:25 — 20:10 80 min 40 / —
44 West Bromwich Bus Station — West Bromwich Bus Station 06:10 — 17:50 25 min 22 / 17
45 Carrs Lane — Longbridge Island 00:03 — 23:33 55 min 95 / 68
47 Carrs Lane — Elliot Gardens 05:00 — 23:43 47 min 127 / 69
48 West Bromwich Bus Station — Driftwood Close 04:45 — 23:10 90 min 46 / 25
49 Solihull Town Centre — Hollywood Bowl 05:19 — 23:25 71 min 80 / 49
50 Moor St Selfridges — Wythall Island 00:08 — 23:48 38 min 225 / 119
51 Dale End — Walsall Bus Station 00:17 — 23:47 42 min 84 / 60
X51 Old Square — Bus Station 05:37 — 22:30 87 min 90 / 27
52 Snow Hill Station — Beeches Road 06:25 — 23:30 35 min 46 / 25
54 West Bromwich Bus Station — Fleming Road 06:20 — 19:20 55 min 31 / 9
54A Perry Barr Rail Station — Scott Arms 09:15 — 14:15 45 min 6 / —
55 Tesco — Longbridge Station 09:22 — 14:22 109 min 7 / —
60 Moor St Selfridges — Mapledene Road 00:10 — 23:40 33 min 108 / 69
61 Moor Street Queensway — Arden Road Terminus 00:01 — 23:21 46 min 92 / 47
61A West Bromwich Bus Station — Perry Barr Rail Station — — — 0 / 9
63 Moor Street Queensway — Arden Road Terminus 00:31 — 23:41 54 min 83 / 52
64 Holborn Hill — Amazon Warehouse 07:25 — 17:25 52 min 19 / 8
X64 Dale End — Amazon Warehouse 05:05 — 18:20 50 min 5 / 5
65 Dale End — Court Lane 05:40 — 23:45 24 min 71 / 32
66 Old Square — Gracechurch Centre 05:35 — 23:30 57 min 63 / 22
67 Dale End — Dixon Close 00:02 — 23:30 39 min 71 / 35
68 Dale End — Amazon Warehouse 06:45 — 17:32 30 min 3 / 3
71 Gracechurch Centre — Chelmsley Interchange 05:32 — 23:10 51 min 33 / 25
71A Chelmsley Interchange — Gracechurch Centre — — — 0 / 4
74 Colmore Circus — Coronation Gardens 00:20 — 23:50 54 min 207 / 136
76 Solihull Town Centre — Queen Elizabeth Hospital 05:17 — 23:10 61 min 49 / 27
77 Walsall Bus Station — Six Ways Island 06:23 — 18:15 91 min 16 / 9
77A Walsall Bus Station — Six Ways Island 08:15 — 14:25 91 min 7 / —
77B Bishop Walsh School — The Beggars Bush — — — 0 / —
77S Aldridge Road — John Willmott School — — — 0 / —
78 Gracechurch Centre — Gracechurch Centre 07:19 — 17:55 66 min 5 / —
80 Markets — West Bromwich Bus Station 00:25 — 23:30 53 min 78 / 41
82 Colmore Row — Adkins Lane Terminus 05:35 — 23:25 31 min 75 / 53
87 Colmore Row — Coronation Gardens 00:10 — 23:40 60 min 88 / 57
89 Midland Met Hospital — West Bromwich Bus Station 06:05 — 23:30 39 min 30 / 16
94 Dale End — Chelmsley Interchange 00:15 — 23:45 45 min 83 / 45
95 Dale End — Chelmsley Interchange 00:00 — 23:30 51 min 82 / 44
96 Birmingham International Station — Kingstanding Circle 04:10 — 23:25 70 min 33 / 19
97 Church Centre — Chester Road 00:10 — 23:40 48 min 92 / 48
97A Church Centre — Birmingham International Station 01:30 — 23:10 57 min 40 / 41
98 Solihull Station — Heartlands Hospital 05:45 — 19:05 57 min 24 / —
99 Solihull Station — Kingshurst Way 06:30 — 18:05 58 min 15 / 9
99A Solihull Station — Lea Hall Rail Station 08:00 — 18:45 41 min 8 / —
101 Colmore Row — The Leverretts 00:05 — 23:35 29 min 76 / 42
600 Six Ways Island — Six Ways 09:48 — 15:41 19 min 6 / —
601 Solihull Town Centre — Solihull Town Centre 07:50 — 18:00 27 min 11 / —
602 Solihull Town Centre — Solihull Town Centre 08:19 — 18:29 29 min 11 / —
630 Solihull Town Centre — Robin Hood Island 07:00 — 18:30 48 min 15 / —
631 Solihull Town Centre — Acocks Green Village 09:20 — 14:30 39 min 6 / —
637 Walsall Bus Station — Main entrance 10:05 — 16:05 26 min 7 / —
665 Solihull Town Centre — Solihull Town Centre 06:35 — 17:50 91 min 12 / 10
674 Walsall Bus Station — Wednesbury Bus Station 08:05 — 17:05 54 min 10 / —
705 Redruth Road — Barr Beacon School — — — 0 / —
788 Walsall Bus Station — Barr Beacon School — — — 0 / —
813 Lidl Erdington — John Willmott School — — — 0 / —
814 Marsh Hill — John Willmott School — — — 0 / —
815 Salford Stadium — John Willmott School — — — 0 / —
822 Bus Mall — King Edward VI Five Ways School — — — 0 / —
829 Colmore Row — St Pauls RC School — — — 0 / —
863 Yardley Wood Depot — Light Hall School — — — 0 / —
877 Swan Shopping Centre — Whitefields Road — — — 0 / —
878 Westcroft Grove — Arden Walk — — — 0 / —
881 Newport Street — Barr Beacon School — — — 0 / —
889 Croft Road — Tudor Grange Academy — — — 0 / —
907 Dale End — Gracechurch Centre 05:24 — 23:35 40 min 52 / 30
936 Old Square — Walsall Bus Station 06:25 — 23:47 50 min 32 / 18
937 Old Square — Rising Sun Island 06:10 — 23:17 62 min 32 / 16
997 Old Square — Walsall Bus Station 00:02 — 23:02 65 min 33 / 17
998 Old Square — Hardwick Road 06:53 — 23:32 41 min 31 / 15
FD Church Centre — Fort Dunlop 07:30 — 18:35 25 min 4 / —

Not every route number has a page. We do not publish a route when something necessary is missing from the open data — the weekday schedule, the opposite direction or the name of a terminus. Where the stop list is incomplete but the terminuses and the official schedule are accurate, the page exists — and says so plainly.

What a ride costs

A single ride costs £3.00 — fare in effect since 28 June 2026. The same fare applies to National Express buses in Birmingham.

A single journey on a National Express bus costs £3.00 and is valid on one bus for one journey only — it gives no transfer. A multi-operator nBus day ticket costs £5.50 and works on every operator in the scheme.

Common questions

How many routes run in Birmingham?

127 bus routes per the official schedule from National Express West Midlands.

What does a ride cost?

£3.00 for a single ride — fare in effect since 28 June 2026.

Which route takes the longest?

Route 55 (Tesco — Longbridge Station): about 109 minutes one way.

Where can I see exact departure times?

Trip-by-trip times are published by National Express West Midlands; this page gives service hours and the number of trips per day.

Data as of August 22, 2026. Schedule and route list — National Express West Midlands. Fares — National Express West Midlands. Stop list, schedule and route geometry come from the official GTFS feed (Bus Open Data Service (BODS)).

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