Service Updates
Church St, Melbourne 17/11/2025 12:23:39
From 18th until 21st November 2025
Church St, Melbourne will be closed from 18th until 21st November 2025.
Service 9 towards Airport is unaffected and will operate normal route & stops.
Service 9 towards Burton will not be able to serve the following stops:
Castle Street; Jubilee Close & Potter Street
Church Street; Church Hall & Market Place
Alternative stops towards Burton are:
Station Road, Blakemore Avenue & Derby Road/High Street, nr Market Place
Clays Lane, Branston Road Closure 17/11/2025 10:11:22
Between 09:30 – 15:00 Mon 17th till Fri 21st November 2025
There is an emergency closure of Clays Lane, Branston during the above periods. During these times Service 12 will follow the X12 route via Branston Church.
The following stops will not be served: All Stops on Clays Lane & Centrum East Retail Park
Nearest alternative stop is Branston Main St - St Saviours Church.
Branston Rd Closure 13/11/2025 15:06:50
From 17th - 21st November 2025
Branston Rd is expected to be closed from 0800 17th Nov until 1700 21st November
Service 11 will be affected, and the following stops will not be served:
Anglesey Rd; Anglesey Court, South Oak St, South Broadway St, Branston Rd
Branston Rd; Anglesey Rd & Leicester St
Alternative stops are: Anglesey Rd, Cambridge St & Branston Rd, All Saints Rd
Branston Rd Closure 13/11/2025 15:04:52
From 17th - 21st November 2025
Branston Rd is expected to be closed from 0800 17th until 1700 21st November
These routes will be affected: 12, 12E, X12, 10 JTFS, 827, 812, 831.
All these services will divert via Anglesey Rd. All stops on Branston Rd will not be served.
Alternative Stops are: Lichfield St, Anglesey Rd, Burton Rd.
Cumberland Rd, Stapenhill Road Closure 13/11/2025 15:02:27
From 17th-21st November 2025
This will affect Service 2 & 22
Service 2 these stops will not be served: Short St (Shops), Somerset Rd, Cumberland Rd
Alternative stops: Short St, Heathlands Grange & Rosliston Rd
Service 22 these stops will not be served: Norfolk Rd & Cumberland Rd
Alternative stops are: Bedford Rd & Rosliston Rd
Bewdley Bridge Re-Opening 03/11/2025 14:38:36
From 16th November 2025
Bewdley Bridge will Reopen from 16th November, and services will be able to resume their normal routes into and out of Bewdley.
Revised timetables will commence on the following services:
125 Kidderminster to Bridgnorth
292 Kidderminster to Ludlow
296 Bewdley to Worcester
302 Bewdley to Worcester 6th Form College
Bewdley Shuttle Service will end on Friday 14th November.
Service 66 Timetable Change 31/10/2025 10:37:55
From 2nd November 2025
There will be some changes to weekday times to improve reliability on some of the peak time journeys.
New timetable available to download here
Blackheath Interchange Reopening 30/10/2025 12:01:11
From 2nd November 2025
From Sunday 2nd November, the new Blackheath Interchange will be opening. The following services will have bus stop changes once the Interchange opens:
| Service | Destination | New Bus Stops |
| 4/4H | to Walsall | BA |
| 4H | to Hayley Green | BB BD |
| 14/14A | Dudley | BC |
| 20 | Bearwood | BA BD |
| 24 | Merry Hill Centre | BA BD |
| 24 | Merry Hill Centre | BA |
| 24H | Halesowen | BA |
| 215 | Dudley | BC |
| 231 | Halesowen | BA BD |
For a map and full list of new stopping locations in Blackheath, please click here
Service 229 Tipton Rd Diversion 23/10/2025 14:49:07
From 24th October 2025
Due to the impact of roadworks affecting the reliability of Service 229, this service will be diverted from 24th October until further notice.
The service will go into Dudley via Sedgley Rd W, Birmingham New Rd and Priory Road, rather than Tipton Road. This means the following stops will not be served in the direction of Dudley: after High St Tipton/Dudley Rd, Tipton Cross Rds, Black Country Museum, Castle Gate Island & Wolverhampton St.
Service will pick up at stops along the diversion route.
Service going in the direction towards Bilston is not affected and will operate as normal.
West Midlands Service Changes 10/10/2025 17:08:19
From 2nd November 2025
The following service changes will take place from 2nd November.
| Service | Destination | Change | ||
| 5/5A | Dudley - Kingswinford | Service will be operated by another operator | ||
| 57 | Wolverhampton - Bilston | Service will be operated by another operator | ||
| 18 | Dudley - Merry Hill | Service will be operated by another operator | ||
| 81 | Wolverhampton- Dudley | Service will be operated by another operator | ||
| A9 | Solihull - Fordbridge |
New Service in Solihull. |
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| 76/76A/76B | Sutton Coldfield - Tamworth | Some service enhancements including the introduction of a Service 76C & 76S to improve connections for students and to the Colsehill / Curdworth areas. Some 76 journeys will terminate in Coleshill rather than Kingbury. New Timetable Available Here. |
For those service no longer operated by Diamond, please visit the Transport for West Midlands website for alternative operators details: https://www.tfwm.org.uk/
Changes to Services 8 & 9 13/11/2025 16:12:45
From 9th November 2025
From 9th November we are changing the way we operate Services 8 and 9, in order to improve reliability on both of these services.
Both 8 & 9 services will terminate at Burton New St, with onward travel to Queens Hospital available with the introduction of a new 7 & 7A service to the Hospital.
Service 7 will operate Monday to Saturday. Service 7A will operate Monday to Sunday.
The buses will change service number at Burton New St, however passengers are permitted to stay on the bus* and travel through from Service 8 to the 7A or, from service 9 to the 7 (On Sundays Service 9 will change into a Service 7A). The way these services will interwork is shown in the table below.
Passengers do not need to disembark* or re-scan a ticket at Burton New St for onward travel towards the Hospital or vice versa.
* Some connections may require transfer of buses
The services will change as shown in the table below:
New Timetables & 7/7A Route Map available to download below:
Combined 7 & 7A Timetable
Combined 7, 7A & 8 Timetable
Combined 7, 7A & 9 Timetable
