May Bank Holidays 2026

May Bank Holidays - Service Levels

17 April 2026

West Midlands Derbyshire Leicestershire Shropshire Staffordshire Surrey Warwickshire Worcestershire

May Day Bank Holiday - 4th May 2026

We will be operating revised service levels over the May Bank Holiday across all of our Diamond Networks.

West Midlands & Worcestershire:

Friday 1st May 2026

 

Normal Service        

Saturday 2nd May

 

Normal Saturday Service 

Sunday 3rd May

 

Normal Sunday Service

Bank Holiday
Monday 4th May

 

A Sunday Service will operate.

Tuesday 6th May   Normal Service resumes

East Midlands:

Friday 1st May 2026

 

Normal Service        

Saturday 2nd May

 

Normal Saturday Service 

Sunday 3rd May

 

Normal Sunday Service. Except for:
Evening journeys to Mercia Park on both 19A from Burton
and 20 from Tamworth will not operate. 

Bank Holiday
Monday 4th May

 

A Sunday Service will operate. Except for:
A special timetable will operate on services 19A & 20 to Mercia park - please see service updates page for details.

Tuesday 6th May   Normal Service resumes

South East:

Friday 1st May 2026   Normal Weekday Service.
Saturday 2nd May   Normal Saturday Service .
Sunday 3rd May   Normal Sunday Service.
Bank Holiday
Monday 4th May
  Normal Weekday Service.
Except for BL1, BL2 & RHU will not operate.
Service H21 will operate a Sunday Service.
Tuesday 6th May   Normal Weekday Service resumes.
RH2 also resumes normal service.

Service RH2 stops on the evening of Thursday 2nd April and resumes again on Tuesday 5th May.

North West:

For any services in the north west please visit www.tfgm.com

 

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