WM July Service Changes 26

West Midlands July Service Changes

03 July 2026

West Midlands Worcestershire

There will be some changes to the following services in the West Midlands region during July.

Change Date Service Number Destination Description of Change
19/07/26 57 Stourbridge to Wall Heath This service will be withdrawn following the end of service on Saturday 18th July. Partial replacements will be provided by services 226 and 226A. 
Unfortunately, Marine Crescent will no longer be served. Alternative services are available on Camp Hill/High Street. All other parts of the 57 route already have or will have alternative services available.
19/07/26 226/226A Merry Hill to Dudley There will be changes to the timetable of service 226 throughout the day/week to improve reliability and offer more consistent journey times for passengers.
In addition all journeys will serve Ashwood Park Estate via Bells Lane, Balmoral Road and Lawnswood Road to restore links to the service in this area.
In the Dudley area the service will be re-routed between Russells Hall Hospital and Dudley to operate via Ashenhurst Road.
Download New Timetable Here
19/07/26 229 Bilston to Dudley There will be changes to the timetable of service 229 during Monday to Friday peak periods to improve reliability and offer more consistent journey times for passengers.
Evening & Sundays will now operate between Dudley to Stowlawn via Bilston replacing the Stowlawn section of the 26A Service
Download New Timetable Here
19/07/26 26A Wolverhampton to Stowlawn Service 26A will now operate between Wolverhampton and Bilston only. The section of route between Bilston and Stowlawn will now be served by the 229.
Download New Timetable Here
25/07/26 25/25A Dudley to Stourbridge/Kidderminster Will no longer be operated by Diamond Bus due to the end of our contract. For further details visit TfWM
25/07/26 142/142A Halesowen to Merry Hill Will no longer be operated by Diamond Bus due to the end of our contract. For further details visit TfWM
       

For details of services transferring to other operators, please visit www.tfwm.org.uk

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