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New bus services for North Walsall
People living in several parts of North Walsall will get new bus services from 25 April as part of a review of transport links in the area.
Transport authority Centro, Walsall Council and local bus operators asked residents, councillors and businesses for their views back in January on how to improve bus services in the area as part of the North Walsall bus network review.
The partners have used people’s feedback to offer an improved network of services in the area which take people where they want to go when they want to go.
New services and improvements include:
- A new hourly daytime bus service 25 operated by bus company Midland for the Forest Estate and Goscote Lane
- New daytime links for the High Heath area to Pelsall and Bloxwich and a brand new Saturday service to Aldridge.
- New links from High Heath, Pelsall, Pelsall Wood, Shellfield and Little Bloxwich to Wolverhampton and New Cross Hospital on the 908 daytimes, evenings and Sundays.
- A new evening and Sunday service every 20 minutes and a new Sunday evening service every half an hour for the 302 (Lower Farm to Walsall via Bloxwich and Lichfield Road) which currently only has a Monday to Saturday daytime service
- The replacement of the 373 and 361 around Lower Farm in the evenings and Sundays by the 302 to provide a higher frequency for the area. It also means Lower Farm gets the same, more direct service all day every day, making it easier for passengers.
In addition, Centro has worked with local bus operators Midland and National Express West Midlands to address some concerns raised by residents in the Barns Lane area of the borough after details of the changes were revealed.
The new bus network will see the 997 service replace the 355 service through Daw End, providing better links to Birmingham, a more regular daytime service and a new evening and Sunday service for people living in the area.
The new 35 service, operated by Midland, will provide a replacement service to the 997 along Barns Lane, Westgate, Wharf Approach andLeighfield Road, running every 30 minutes during the day and hourly on Sunday between Walsall, Aldridge and Druids Heath.
Following feedback from residents, National Express West Midlands will be providing new commuter journeys from Barns Lane toBirmingham on the 935A.
In the morning, these will depart from Barns Lane 7:15am and 7:45am and arrive on Birmingham High Street at 8:18am and 8:48am.
Return journeys will depart from Birmingham High Street at 5:42pm and 6:12pm, arriving at Barns Lane at 6:36pm and 7:06pm respectively.
Midland will also be providing a new early morning journey on the 35 which will leave Walsall Bus Station at 6:20am and serve the Redhouse Industrial Estate.
Several other improvements and changes to bus services are also taking place across the area including new bus numbers for services that use the same corridors to make them easier to understand and recognise for passengers.
People can find out more details about the changes and access timetables at www.networkwestmidlands.com/busreview or by attending one of a series of exhibitions taking place over the next two weeks.
These will take place as follows:
- Friday 16 April, 10am – 3pm, Network West Midlands Exhibition Bus, Park Road end of Bloxwich High Street
- Saturday 17 April, 10am – 3pm, Community Hall, Streetly Youth Club and Sports Hall, Foley Road East
- Thursday 22 April, 1pm – 6pm, Network West Midlands Exhibition Bus, Tesco Car Park, Silver Street, Brownhills
- Saturday 24 April, 10am – 3pm, Network West Midlands Marquee, The Crossing by Walsall Bus Station, Walsall Town Centre
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