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)).

23.08.2026

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