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Diversion on service 646
Reform Street will be restricted to
one-way traffic in a southerly direction for six to eight weeks,
starting on Monday 27th February, while roadworks take
place in connection with a new Tesco store. During this period
Service 646 buses towards Stone Cross will be diverted via All
Saints Way.
Temporary Closure of
Penncricket Lane, Oldbury
Penncricket
Lane will be closed to traffic between its junctions with Cakemore
Road and York Road from 27 February until 20 March to allow work to
take place on the railway bridge.
During this period Services 200 & 201 will be diverted via Ashes Road and will not serve Penncricket Lane or the section of York Road south of Jeffrey Road.
D&G Bus acquires South
Lancs Travel
D&G Bus, the
parent company of Midland, are pleased to announce that they, along
with existing shareholder Julian Peddle, have purchased the
remaining shares of Martin Bott and David Stewart of Green Triangle
Buses Ltd trading as South Lancs Travel. This deal was completed on
30th September 2011.
David Reeves, Managing Director of D&G Bus, and the new Managing Director of South Lancs Travel, commented that “South Lancs Travel have a fine pedigree and some excellent core work, along with a modern fleet. Many of their staff have been with the company for a number of years, and I am looking forward to getting to know them and working with them”.
Martin Bott and David Stewart will remain with the company in a consultancy role to help with the business going forward, as will Alan Scoles the Traffic Manager and Keith Marshall the Fleet Engineer. D&G plan to make few or no initial changes; it is Dave Reeves’ intention to “get to know the business, before we do anything”.
Martin Bott and David Stewart established Green Triangle in 1998 starting with 4 buses. Since that time they have grown the business to a 48 vehicle operation, with over 100 staff. Martin said “D&G’s offer gives us the opportunity to do other things with our lives; I with my bookshop and Dave with his golf; he tells me he’s playing Tiger Woods next week”.
Dave Stewart commented “seriously though, we will not have the pressure of control, but will have the benefit of still being involved within a business and industry that has formed a large part of our lives for so long”.
Services 62 & 62A
taken over from Heartlands Bus
From 1st
August 2011, Midland will be operating services 62 and 62A between
Cannock and Lichfield, replacing the service formerly operated by
Heartlands Bus. Times are unchanged.
Service changes from
24 July 2011
A number of
services in the Wolverhampton area will be changing as part of the
Wolverhampton and West Walsall Bus Review - see our timetables page
for details.
Service changes from
24 April 2011
Service 19
Evening journeys withdrawn by Centro due to low passenger usage.
Sunday and Bank Holiday service will be provided by Arriva Midlands
under contract to Centro.
Service 35
Sunday and Bank Holiday service withdrawn by Centro due to low
passenger usage.
Service 528
New service operating evenings, Sundays and Bank Holidays under
contract to Centro.
Service 991 -
roadworks in Shire Oak
From Sunday 10th April, the
northbound side of Lichfield Road will be closed at Shire Oak for a
period of approximately two weeks.
Buses on service 991 towards Lichfield will be diverted and will be unable serve stops on Lichfield Road between the Brownhills Road (B4152) junction and Shire Oak crossroads.
Buses towards Walsall will continue to use the normal route, although bus stops may be temporarily relocated in accordance with the roadworks.
During the roadworks, service 991 may be subject to delays.
We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.
Service 75 -
roadworks in Pheasey
From Monday 11th April, the
junctions of Collingwood Drive and Waverley Avenue will be closed at
Beacon Road for approximately three weeks.
Buses on service 75 will be diverted and will be unable to serve Collingwood Drive.
All other stops on the route will be served as normal.
Service 76 -
roadworks in Pheasey
From Monday 11th April, the
junctions of Collingwood Drive will be closed at Beacon Road for
approximately three weeks.
Buses on service 76 will be diverted via Hillingford Avenue and will be unable to serve part of Collingwood Drive.
All other stops on the route will be served as normal.
Service 10 -
roadworks on Greenfield Lane
Between 11 and 15 April the road will be
closed to traffic at the railway bridge on Greenfield Lane, off the
A449 at Fordhouses.
Buses will be obliged to
follow a lengthy diversion and delays can be expected.
Service 613 -
roadworks on Greenfield Lane
Greenfield Lane will be closed at the railway
bridge from Monday 11 to Friday 15 April. Buses will turn round east
of the bridge, and will be unable to serve the terminal loop at the
western end of Greenfield Lane, and Springfield Lane.
Service 680 -
roadworks in Moxley
Bull Lane at Moxley is
to be closed to traffic to allow resurfacing to take place, starting
on Monday 21 February until Sunday 27 February.
As a result buses will be unable to use not only Bull Lane but also Glyn Avenue and Charnwood Close, which both have junctions onto Bull Lane.
Service 680 buses from Moxley to Bilston will commence from the island at the junction of Charnwood Close and Castle View Road. Service 680 buses from Bilston to Moxley follow the normal route to the junction of Bradley Lane and Great Bridge Road, then turn left onto Great Bridge Road, second right into Leighton Road, second right into Castle View Road, and terminate at the island at the foot of Charnwood Close.
Service 35 -
roadworks on Barns Lane, Rushall
Resurfacing work
along Barns Lane between King’s Drive and Westgate will affect the
route of Service 35 between the hours of 09.30 and 15.30 on Monday
to Friday 7-11 February and again on Monday to Thursday 14-17
February.
Buses from Walsall to Aldridge will run up Barns Lane from the Lichfield Road end as far as the Farmer’s Boy pub but will then have to turn round, return to Lichfield Road and operate to Aldridge via Shelfield and Stubbers Green Road. Buses from Aldridge to Walsall will follow the reverse of this diversion. It will not be possible for Service 35 to serve Westgate while this work is taking place.
Outside the hours of 09.30 to 15.30 on the days listed above, and all day on Saturday and Sunday 12-13 February, drivers will follow the normal route.
Service 35 - revised
timetable
A slightly revised
timetable will be introduced on Service 35, starting Sunday 30
January 2011. New timetable leaflets are available from the enquiry
office at Walsall Bus Station.
Service 197 -
roadworks in Odnall Lane, Clent
Roadworks in Odnall Lane
have forced a diversion on Service 197, which is having to travel
via Bromsgrove Road instead. The work is scheduled to continue until
6 February.
Services 227, 240 and
297B - revised pick-up points in Stourbridge
From 30 January 2011 the
pick-up points for these three services will alter. Service 227 will
no longer start from Parkfield Road, but will pick up at Stand “F”
in Birmingham Street instead. The other two services will remain in
Parkfield Road but Service 240 will now depart from Stand “G”, while
the 297B will now depart from Stand “H”.
Service 613 - revised
route and timetable
From Monday 31 January 2011 a new timetable will apply on Service
613. The route will also be extended from Bradmore via Penn to
Wolverhampton, replacing National Express Service 614, which is to
be withdrawn. New timetable leaflets are available from the Network
West Midlands enquiry office in Queen Street, Wolverhampton.