Changes to all Streetly bus services, with the possible exception of the 56 Black Diamond bus from Brownhills to Birmingham via Streetly, will come into effect from Sunday, 25th April. The following services will be effected - S1, 377, 992/993/994. All routes and timetables will be altered. Details will be printed on this web page as soon as they become available.

Your views about North Walsall Bus Network
Partners Arriva Midlands, Centro, Midland, Midland Rider, National Express West Midlands and Walsall Council surveyed the public on the current bus network in North Walsall to form part of a review of bus services in April 2010.

The results and findings will be shown on the Network West Midlands website

Aldridge - Streetly Buses first to trial new pre-paid systems
The first pre-paid Smartcards are set to be introduced on National Express West Midlands buses as part of a trial launched in January 2010. The new £20 million system will allow passengers to ‘top up’ their fares before they travel, similar to the Oyster card system used in London. The first trials of the Smartcard technology are currently under way in the region on some Silverline and Central buses, including the 679 Wednesbury to Yew Tree Estate via Friar Park system and the 118 Fort Shopping Park to Aldridge via Kingstanding. But trials are set to be rolled out to routes operated by National Express West Midlands, the region’s biggest bus operator, by the end of January. The first of its fleet to get the swipe card technology will be in the Yardley area of Birmingham. If successful it would pave the way for the scheme to go live across the region’s 2,500 buses later in the year. Centro spokeswoman Babs Coombes said the trial was already going well on the Central and Silverline buses since coming in at the end of November. “We are seeing how that goes at the moment and we are now looking to put the machines in the first National Express buses in the Birmingham area,” she said. “The trials are going well but we want to make sure we get it right.” She said there was no specific date for the general roll-out of the scheme as it depended on how the trials went. The new concessionary passes issued to pensioners all contain a chip to make them Smartcard-enabled and are being used in trials.

ALL BUS TIMES SHOULD BE DISPLAYED AT YOUR LOCAL BUS STOP

ATTENTION S1 BUS USERS ..... ATTENTION S1 BUS USERS TIMETABLE AND ROUTE CHANGE WITH EFFECT FROM MONDAY, 26TH OCTOBER. THE EXISTING 0709 AND 0739 BUSES FROM STREETLY TO ERDINGTON AND THE 0737 AND 0807 BUSES FROM ERDINGTON TO STREETLY, AND THEN ONWARDS TO SUTTON COLDFIELD, WILL OPERATE TEN MINUTES EARLIER ON WEEKDAYS. THESE JOURNEYS ONLY WILL NOT GO VIA FLORENCE AND BROADFIELD ROADS BUT TRAVEL DIRECT FROM SUTTON ROAD TO CHESTER ROAD AND VICE VERSA.
THE S1 BUS LINKS SUTTON COLDFIELD AND ERDINGTON VIA MERE GREEN, STREETLY VILLAGE, HUNDRED ACRE, KINGSTANDING, NEW OSCOTT AND WYLDE GREEN PROVIDING ACCESS ALONG THE ROUTE TO FOUR OAKS AND CHESTER ROAD STATIONS, SUTTON COLLEGE, BISHOP WALSH AND ARTHUR TERRY SCHOOLS, LEYHILL, MERE GREEN, AND SUTTON PARK GP SURGERIES, ALL SAINTS CHURCHES ON BELWELL LANE AND FOLEY ROAD, STREETLY METHODIST CHURCH, SAINSBURYS, MERE GREEN, TESCO, NEW OSCOTT AND LOCAL SHOPS, BANKS, BUILDING SOCIETIES AND DIRECT BUS LINKS INTO BIRMINGHAM AT KINGSTANDING CIRCLE.

PLEASE SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AND USE THIS EXCELLENT LOCAL BUS SERVICE PROVIDED BY A LOCAL BUS COMPANY. FARE DEALS AVAILABLE.

S1 SUTTON LINK Central Buses Service. Sutton Coldfield to Erdington via Mere Green, Streetly, Kingstanding, New Oscott (Tescos), Wylde Green. Service runs every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday and replaces the previous 196 and 118 services. All buses used on the service are low floor so are ideal for pushchairs, wheelchairs, bags of shopping, shopping trolleys and for those who find steps a bit awkward. For passengers comfort and safety, all our vehicles have been refurbished and fitted with CCTV.

Great for commuters We've timetabled our buses with commuters in mind - service S1 will operate between 0700 and 1800 Monday to Friday and 0800 and 1800 on Saturdays. For rail commuters, the service stops right outside Four Oaks and Chester Road rail stations and connects with regular train services into Lichfield, Birmingham City Centre, the University and Selly Oak and the Queen Elizabeth Hospitals. Passengers can also use this service to link with buses to the National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas. You can also take advantage of our great value season tickets - 7 days for £9.50 and 28 days for £30.00 (half fare for children). Valid NBus and Network passes are accepted and we even accept TWM Travelcards for just 60p per journey (30p child).

Great for shoppers If you want to just pop to the shops in Kingstanding, Mere Green, New Oscott or Wylde Green, or have your lunch in Cooke's Furniture store, our 30 minute service is ideal, stopping at all the recognised bus stops along the route. Since the recent changes to the 993 route we are now the only service, apart from the 377, which will take you to Tescos at the Beggars Bush.

For those in need of serious retail therapy, why not hit the shops in Erdington or Sutton Coldfield? A day ticket will set you back a mere £2.50 - hardly worth starting the car eh?

Great for senior citizens If you hold a valid National Concessionary pass, you can take advantage of our special Earlybird ticket. For just 60p per single journey, you can travel before 0930 Monday to Friday. Don't forget, all our vehicles are low floor easy access.

Great for families Our family day ticket is idael for those wanting to get out and about. Two adults and up to four children travel for just £6.00 ( in other words, the kids go free!). Just bear in mind there must be at least one adult and one child (aged 5 - 15) in your group.

Great for the pocket and the environment. By using the bus you'll not only reduce your carbon footprint, but you'll save money too. There's no hassle of finding a parking space and we stop at convenient locations - so sit back, relax, and leave the driving to us!

I've left my bag...........Can you run a service down our road?......What time is the next bus? For any information or advice, if you want to make a comment, a comlaint or a suggestion, contact us....

By telephone - 0121 333 4533
By fax - 0870 299 0663
By e-mail - geoff.cross@centralbuses.com
Online - www.centralbuses.com
By post - Central Buses, 177 New Town Row, Newtown, Birmingham, B6 4QZ

56 / X56 Black Diamond Service from The Rising Sun,Brownhills to Birmingham City Centre Daytime service via Brownhills High Street, Leighswood, Aldridge, Streetly, Kingstanding Circle and Perry Barr. There are two buses an hour Both buses follow the same route. The 56 is the peak hour service stopping at all stops on route. The 56X is the off peak service and is limited stop between the Kingstanding/College Road junction and Birmingham City Centre. During term time only there is there is an extra bus between 0800 - 0900 serving St. Francis of Assisi School on Erdington Road. This service terminates at The Elms, Aldridge.

56A Choice Service from The Rising Sun, Brownhills to Birmingham City Centre. Evening Monday to Saturday and all day Sunday hourly service. This bus detours along Hundred Acre Road, Bridle Lane, Ferndale Road, Blackwood Road, Foley Road West to the Foley pub in Streetly.

992 / 993 / 994 Travel West Midlands Services from Streetly to Birmingham. These services jointly replace the single 993 service and run daytimes Monday to Saturday only.

992 Streetly, Hardwick Arms - Birmingham Travelling from Streetly into Birmingham City Centre, Monday to Friday, the 993 runs every 20 minutes from 0631 to 0931 via Foley Road West, Hundred Acre, Aldridge Road, Bakers Lane, Sutton Oak Road, George Frederick Road, and Rough Road to Kingstanding Circle, then directly into Birmingham via Perry Barr. Journey time 44 minutes.

994 Streetly, Hardwick Arms - Birmingham Travelling from Streetly into Birmingham City Centre, Monday to Saturday, the 994 runs every 20 minutes from 0949 until 1449 via Foley Road West, Hundred Acre, Aldridge Road, Bakers Lane, Sutton Oak Road, George Frederick Road, Rough Road, KIngs Road, Finchley Road, Ellerton Road, Brackenbury Road, College Road, Aldridge and directly into Birmingam via Perry Barr. Journey time 46 minutes.

Saturdays the 994 runs every 20 minutes between 0700 and 1849 (Perry Barr only). The last bus travelling to Birmingham leaves the Hardwick Arms at 1809 arriving 1855.

992 Streetly, Hardwick Arms - Birmingham Travelling from Streetly into Birmingham City Centre, Monday to Friday, every 20 minutes from 1525 - 1855 via Chester Road, Sutton Oak Road, Kingstanding Circle, College Road, Aldridge Road and directly into Birmingham via Perry Barr.. Journey time 30 minutes.

There have been many complaints about the recent timetable changes introduced on the 992 / 993 / 994 services at the end of May. Journey time to Birmingham is much longer for the majority of journeys and there is no longer a direct srvice from trhe Hardwick Arms along the Chester Road to New Oscott (Tesco)., and then into Birmingham. For details of who to contact about these changes see news page.

377 / 377b / 377a Travel West Midlands service from Walsall to Sutton Coldfield via Streetly and New Oscott. Monday to Friday only. The 377b provides a peak time service via George Frederick Road. The 377 off peak service travels directly between the Parson and Clerk pub on the Sutton Oak Road and does not travel via George Frederick Road. The 377a operates an amended school bus service.

The 377 bus operates along this route on Saturdays. No Sunday service.

934 Travel West Midlands Service - this service no longer serves Streetly.

Timetables for any of these routes can be obtained from Streetly Library on Blackwood Road, or from the travel shops in the Pavilion Shopping Centre, Birmingham (lower ground floor), or at Birmingham New Street Station and at www.networkwestmidlands.com

Information on bus, rail and metro in the West Midlands region of UK plus information about Centro, West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive with the latest upto date network news including the latest bus times at your fingertips in a free real time text message on your mobile phone. SMS TextTime is a new way to provide information about your local bus service and tell you when the next buses will arrive at your stop via your mobile phone.
Network West Midlands website and bus text times

STOP PRESS...UPDATE for local Streetly train service:
Streetly railway plans go off the rails - In a week when Birmingham was named as the worst city in the country for commuting, it still looks unlikely that Streetly will be served by passenger trains. One problem is in finding a suitable site for a new station - the previous one was demolished to make way for flats which now block off access to the line. A Walsall Area Study of rail services was held in October 2008, but it seems that any extra services could not be implemented for several years until re-signalling has taken place.
More information on the Streetly Train Station page

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