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Two Travel West Midlands TransBus ALX400s at Wolverhampton bus station in 2008. In March 1995, the National Express Group purchased West Midlands Travel from employee ownership for £85 million (equivalent to £592,467,000 in 2023), with over 5,000 employee shareholders of WMT receiving windfall gains averaging £30,000 (equivalent to £73,000 ...
Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) is the public body responsible for co-ordinating transport services in the West Midlands metropolitan county in England. [1] It is an executive body of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), with bus franchising and highway management powers similar to Transport for London.
National Express Coventry first took delivery of battery electric buses in the form of ten Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV double-decker buses built to 'Platinum' specification in August 2020, being delivered alongside a larger order for the West Midlands operation. These ten buses, as well as depot infrastructure to support them, were funded with ...
In 2018, one bus per hour was extended to Gornal Wood. The extended service was funded by Transport for West Midlands. [2] In November 2022, it was announced that the extension to Gornal Wood could be withdrawn. [3] [4] In late December 2022 it was confirmed that the X10 will continue to serve Gornal Wood but to a revised timetable.
Travel Express operated six main services around Wolverhampton including services 1 and 11 which competed with National Express West Midlands.Travel Express also operated four Transport for West Midlands tendered services - 63, 64, 65 and 303 to Willenhall [6] In addition positioning journeys was operated on service 3 and 529.
In March 2008, Go West Midlands was sold to Rotala, who also owned Central Connect and North Birmingham Busways. [4] [5] Rotala originally kept the Diamond business separate from Central Connect and Ludlows (purchased later [6]), instead switching a number of routes between the three operators.
Introduction began in 2012, with a phased rollout estimated to be completed by the end of 2015 when the system is rolled out across the local rail network, as part of rail devolution in the West Midlands county. [1] Bus operators began to accept the scheme during this roll out; National Express West Midlands began accepting pay-as-you-go Swift ...
Wednesbury bus station is a bus interchange in the town of Wednesbury, in the West Midlands region of England. It is managed by Transport for West Midlands. Local bus services operated by various bus companies serve the bus station which has 12 departure stands. [1] Wednesbury Great Western Street tram stop on the West Midlands Metro is a short ...