Due to a burst water main along Park Lane West, Tipton service 229 will be diverted until approximately 25th October.
The service will divert as follows: Normal route until Park Lane West, after first bus stop, left Silvertrees Rd, left again and resume normal route to Dudley and reverse of above.
Boscobel Ave, Sherwood Ave, Victoria Rd & Queen Rd are unable to be served during this time
Please note there will be some timetable changes to these Diamond West Midlands Services from 27th October 2019.
Further details can be found here.
Due to roadworks on Comberton Rd until 4th October the following services will be diverted:
10 / 42 - Left A451, right at the island onto Birmingham Rd then right at the Land Oak onto Chester Rd North, down to the traffic lights then turn left onto Comberton Rd and resume normal line of route.
125 - Left A451, right at the island onto Birmingham Rd and left left at the Land Oak onto Chester Rd North.
192 - Left A451, right at the island onto Birmingham rd, then normal line of route at the Land oak.
The same route in reverse during the above times. During these times the Train Station stop in both directions will be omitted.
During the above dates, Devonshire Road, Smethwick will be closed between Stony Lane and Holly Lane between 09:30-15:30. During this time the 55 service will be diverted via Stony Lane
This service is currently on a long term diversion in the Moseley area. After serving Wake Green Rd and Church Road it is diverted along Woodbridge Rd, Alcester Rd and Brighton Rd where it resumes normal line of route.
There will be some timetable changes on the 146 service from From 30th June 2019.
To download the new timetable click here, and to find out more about why these changes are happening and how you can support the 146 service further, visit our news story here.
There will be a change to the timetable and route of this service from 28th April 2019. Service will become Wednesbury to Tipton Circular service.
New timetable available to download here.
The 145 & 145A service will be operated by Diamond Bus from Monday 8th April 2019. There will be no change to the current timetable.
Tickets & Fares:
During the first the first week of operation from 8th April until 12th April existing igo fares will continue to be charged. Existing valid igo bus passes will continue to be accepted.
Diamond Bus Fares will come into effect from Saturday 13th April and igo passes will no longer be valid on these services.
nBus & Connecta multi-operator tickets and passes will continue to be valid in the appropriate areas.
Diamond Bus Fares from 13th April:
| Bromsgrove Area | West Midlands Area | Diamond Network | |||
| Valid from Barnt Green to Stoke Works on 145/145A service | Valid from Great Park to Rednal Island on 145/145A service | Valid for the whole route on 145/145A service | |||
| Child Day Adult Day Family Day Child Week Adult Week Child Month Adult Month |
£2.50 £3.80 £8.50 £11.50 £15.00 £30.00 £38.00 |
Child Day Adult Day Adult Day Family Day Child Week Adult Week Child Month Adult Month |
£3.00 £3.90 (off peak) £4.20 (all day) £8.00 £9.00 £16.00 £29.50 £45.00 |
Child Day Adult Day Family Day Child Week Adult Week Child Month Adult Month |
£5.00 £7.40 £14.50 £21.00 £24.80 £70.00 £83.00 |
Tickets are available on-bus, or M-tickets are available online at
www.diamondbuses.com or via the Diamond Bus App.