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The Midland Metro Company - Moving the West Midlands

providing National Rail services with RossRail Midlands

      This guide shows the link services and enhanced bus routes in the West Midlands which complement the main services shown in the line guides. In addition, several bus zones operate.

lettered RailLink services will be renumbered during 2004. Details will be available at stations served, on board buses and at Travel Centres in the Midlands area


frequency (mins)
peak
daytime
early & late
night
operator
8
Birmingham Inner Circle
Birmingham Inner Circle
10
10
30
30
 Travel West Midlands & circle
11
Birmingham Outer Circle
Birmingham Outer Circle
7
7^
20
30
 Travel West Midlands
12A
Coventry Pool Meadow - COVENTRY - Hearsall Common - Warwick University - GIBBET HILL - National Agricultural Centre - Stoneleigh
15
15
30
30
 Travel Coventry
33
blueline
 TELFORD
 10
 10^
 30
 -
 Arriva
36
Keresley Village - ProLogis Park - Keresley - Keresley Heath - Beake Avenue - RADFORD - COVENTRY - Coventry City Centre - Hillfields - Heath Crescent - Stoke Heath - Courthouse Green - Little Heath
10
10
30
30
 Travel Coventry
43A
Upper Eastern Green - Tile Hill North - WOLFE ROAD - Warwick University
15
15
30
30
 Pete's Travel
44
redline
Leegomery - Princess Royal Hospital - WELLINGTON - Ketley - Oakengates Bus Station - TELFORD CENTRAL - Telford Bus Station - STIRCHLEY - Woodside - Madeley
10
10^
30
-
 Arriva
50p
Moseley Line
 BIRMINGHAM PARADISE CIRCUS - BIRMINGHAM HORSEFAIR - Moseley Road - KINGS HEATH CENTRAL
 5-10
 -
 -
 -
 Travel West Midlands
55
greenline
 TELFORD
 10
 10^
 30
 -
 Arriva
57 / 58 / 59
Redditch Circle
57 REDDITCH > Woodrow > Matchborough > Church Hill
10
10
20
30
 First, Pete's Travel & circle
58 REDDITCH > Church Hill > Matchborough > Woodrow
10
10
20
30
 First, Pete's Travel & circle
59 REDDITCH - Church Hill - Matchborough - Alexandra Hospital
 10
 10
 20
 -
 First & circle
77
Birmingham Centrebus		 Bullring Markets > Hippodrome > Hill Street (BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET) > BIRMINGHAM Paradise Circus > Great Charles Street > BIRMINGHAM SNOW HILL > Colmore Circus > BIRMINGHAM Old Square > BIRMINGHAM MOOR STREET 10 10 30 - Pete's Travel
143 / 146
Pink Line
 143 BIRMINGHAM HORSEFAIR - SELLY OAK - NORTHFIELD CENTRAL - Rubery - REDDITCH
 30
 30
 60
 -
 First
146 BIRMINGHAM HORSEFAIR - CANNON HILL PARK - Stirchley Central - Alcester Road - REDDITCH - Woodrow - Studley
 30
 30
 60
 -
 First
257
Crystal Line
DUDLEY CENTRAL - Gornalwood - Kingswinford - Audnam - STOURBRIDGE TOWN
15
15
30
-
 Travel West Midlands
261A
DUDLEY CENTRAL - Kingswinford - Wall Heath
10
10
30
30
 Travel West Midlands
383
 PERSHORE - Pershore Town Centre

see also 551
 60s
 60s
 -
 -
 Boomerang
404
WALSALL - Caldmore - TAME BRIDGE PARKWAY - WEST BROMWICH CENTRAL - OLDBURY - Oldbury Bus Station - Whiteheath - ROWLEY REGIS - Blackheath - HALESOWEN > Huntingtree Road > Hayley Green
7-8
7-8
30
30
 Travel West Midlands
481
ruralline
 Telford Bus Station - TELFORD CENTRAL - OAKENGATES - Donnington - Willeshall - Newport (Shropshire) - Gnossal - Houghton - STAFFORD
 30
 30
 30
 -
 Arriva
510
Perton Line
 WOLVERHAMPTON Bus Station - COMPTON - Tettenhall Wood - Perton
 10
 10
 30
 -
 Travel West Midlands & Choice Travel
551
 PERSHORE - Pershore Town Centre

see also 383		 60s
 60-120s
 -
 -
 First
558
Arc Line (West)
WOLVERHAMPTON Bus Station - Sedgley - DUDLEY
8
8^
20
30
 Travel West Midlands
559
Broadway Link
 EVESHAM - Broadway
 60-120s
 120s
 -
 -
 Castleways
560
WOLVERHAMPTON HIGH LEVEL - Wednesfield - New Invention - BLOXWICH
10
10
30
30
 Travel West Midlands & Chase Bus
802
Knowle Link
Jewellery Line
HOCKLEY HEATH - DORRIDGE - Tilehouse Green - Knowle - Copt Heath - Cow Hayes - Solihull Hospital - SOLIHULL High Street - SOLIHULL Interchange
15
30
30
60
 Travel West Midlands
803
Alcester Link
CrossCity Line
BROMSGROVE - REDDITCH - Studley - Alcester - STRATFORD UPON AVON - Wellesbourne
30
30
30
-
 First
805
Slade Heath Link
Stephenson Line
Coven - SLADE HEATH - Shareshill > Featherstone
15
15
30
-
 Travel West Midlands
806
Catshill Loop
CrossCity Line
BARNT GREEN > Blackwell > Burcot > Catshill > Upper Catshill > Marlbrook > Lickey
15
15
30
-
 Travel West Midlands
807
Essington Shuttle
Northway Line
WILLENHALL - Ashmore Lake - Pool Hayes - Ashmore Park - Essington
20
20
30
-
 Travel West Midlands
808
Blythe Valley Link
Spark Line
WHITLOCKS END - Dickens Heath - Cheswick Green - BLYTHE VALLEY BUSINESS PARK - WIDNEY MANOR
15
15
30
-
 Travel West Midlands
809
Coleshill Connection
Midgate Line
BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT - BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS PARK - Coleshill - COLE END - Hams Hall Distribution Park - HAMS HALL - Curdworth
15
15
30
30
 Travel West Midlands
811
Baddesley Shuttle
Trent Valley Line
POLESWORTH - Dordon - Baddesley Ensor
15
30
30
-
 Pete's Travel
813
Earlswood Link

Shakespeare Line

 THE LAKES - Earlswood Village - Salter Street - Cheswick Green - BLYTHE VALLEY BUSINESS PARK
 30
 30
 30
 -
 Travel West Midlands
814
Airport Connect
Stephenson Line
 Cargo Terminal - ELMDON NORTH END - BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT - National Motorcycle Museum

evening & night service Birmingham Airport station to Cargo terminal only
 15
 15
 30
 30
 Travel West Midlands
815
Ikea Shuttle
Northway Line
 CALDMORE - Wood Green High School - Stuart Bathurst High School - Showcase Walsall - Ikea Wednesbury - DARLASTON

daytime service during Ikea opening hours only
 10
 10
 30
 -
 Travel West Midlands
818
UniversityLink
CrossCity Line
 Quinton Four Dwellings High School - Ridgacre Road - HARBORNE OUTER CIRCLE - Birmingham Womens Hospital - Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre - UNIVERSITY - UNIVERSITY SOUTH GATE - Dawlish Road - Stirchley Central - STIRCHLEY OUTER CIRCLE
 10
 15
 30
 30
 Travel West Midlands
819
Whitehouse Link
CrossCity Line
 SUTTON COLDFIELD - Whitehouse Common - Bassetts Pole - Mile Oak - Bitterscote Industrial area - TAMWORTH Trent Valley 15 15 30 - Travel West Midlands
820
Meriden Line
Stephenson Line
 SOLIHULL Interchange - SOLIHULL High Street - Solihull Hospital - Catherine-de-Barnes - HAMPTON IN ARDEN - Meriden 15 15 30 - Travel West Midlands
851
Wyre Forest Link
Jewellery Line
Kinver - Wolverley - KIDDERMINSTER - West Midlands Safari Park - Bewdley (SVR) - Stourport on Severn
15
15
30
-
 Travel West Midlands
852
Bulkington Shuttle

Trent Valley Line
BEDWORTH - Bulkington
15
15
30
-
 Travel West Midlands
853
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH - Melbourne - SWARKESTONE
30
30
30
-
 Trent Barton
854
Drayton Manor Shuttle
Tame Line
 WILNECOTE - Drayton Manor Park

only when park is open
 15
 15
 30
 -
 Pete's Travel
855
Lunt Connection
Stephenson Line
 COVENTRY - Park & Ride South (War Memorial Park) - STIVICHALL - Finham - Lunt Roman Fort - Coventry Airport - Midland Air Museum - Stonebridge Industrial Estate - Willenhall - BINLEY - Binley Business Park - Walsgrave Hospital - WALSGRAVE NORTH
 15
 15
 30
 60
 Travel Coventry
856
Bromsgrove Stationlink
CrossCity Line
 BROMSGROVE - Bromsgrove Town Centre
 10
 10
 15
 -
 First
857
Rugby Stationlink
Stephenson Line
 RUGBY - Rugby Town Centre
 10
 10
 15
 -
 First
858
Bridgnorth Link
Stephenson Line
TELFORD CENTRAL - Broseley - Bridgnorth
30
30
30
-
 Arriva
859
Cotswold Link
Cotswold Line
STRATFORD UPON AVON - Shipston on Stour - Chipping Norton - CHARLBURY
30
30
30
-
 Stagecoach
860
Swadlincote Link
Tame Line
 BURTON ON TRENT - Stapenhill - Newhall - Swadlincote Bus Station - Swadlincote John Nike - CASTLE GREASLEY
 15
 15
 30
 60
 Trent Barton
869
Bidford Link
CrossCity Line
 REDDITCH - Crabbs Cross - Astwood Bank - Inkberrow - Alcester - Bidford on Avon - EVESHAM 30 30 30 - First
871
Ludlow Connection
Jewellery Line
 KIDDERMINSTER - West Midlands Safari Park - Bewdley (SVR) - Cleobury Mortimer - Rosewood - Cleehill - Angelbank - LUDLOW 15 30 30 - First
881
Heaths Link

Shakespeare Line

 WYTHALL - Tidbury Green - Rumbush - Dickens Heath - Three Maypoles - Cheswick Green - Illshaw Heath - Hockley Heath
 30
 30
 30
 -
 West Midlands Special Needs Transport
882
Balsall Loop
Stephenson Line
 BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT - Bickenhill - Catherine-de-Barnes - Eastcote - Barston - Temple Balsall - Balsall Street - Balsall Common - BERKESWELL
 15
 30
 30
 -
 West Midlands Special Needs Transport
966
Arc Line (East)
SUTTON COLDFIELD - ERDINGTON - CHELMSLEY WOOD - BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT - Damsonwood - SOLIHULL - YARDLEY WOOD
10
10
30
-
 Travel West Midlands
967
Arc Line (South)
 WEOLEY CASTLE SQUARE - NORTHFIELD
 10
 10
 30
 -
 Travel West Midlands
C
PREES - Prees Village - Market Drayton - Loggerheads - Eccleshall - NORTON BRIDGE
30
30
30
-
 yttra
D
Daventry Connection
 LEAMINGTON SPA - Southam - Daventry - Long Buckby Wharf - LONG BUCKBY
 30
 30
 60
 60
 circle
L3
Lutterworth Connection
RUGBY - Lutterworth - Cosby - NARBOROUGH
30
30
30
-
 yttra
L4
Barwell Loop
Midgate Line
 HINCKLEY - Hinckley Bus Station - Barwell - Earl Shilton - ELMESTHORPE - Stoney Stanton - Sapcote - Broughton Astley 10 15 30 - Centrebus
L7
Two Spinneys Link
Midgate Line
 HINCKLEY - Hinckley Bus Station - Barwell - Earl Shilton - DESFORD 15 30 30 - Arriva
Severn Valley Railway
 KIDDERMINSTER - Bewdley - Bridgnorth
 30
 120
 -
 -
 Severn Valley Railway
U
LEOMINSTER - WORCESTER FOREGATE STREET
30
30
30
-
 First
Z
ATHERSTONE - Sheepy Magna - Twycross - Twycross Zoo - Measham - ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH
30
30
30
-
 Arriva

note not all peak or night services run the whole of route.

^ evening frequency all day Sundays
s does not run Sundays

bluemoon

bluemoon demand responsive services operate in the Albrighton and Lapworth areas, on an hourly circuit which will divert on request.

Pick up requests can be made via the RossRail helpline or Centro Hotline (for Lapworth only) with at least an hour's notice
Set down requests can be made when boarding

Albrighton
 ALBRIGHTON > Boningdale > Pattingham > Seisdon > Trysull > WOMBOURNE > Smestow > Swindon (Staffs) > Wolverhampton Airfield > Bobbington > Heathton > Aston (Staffs) > Claverley > Horstone > Woundale > Roughton > Wyken > Worfield > Hilton > Chesterton > Ackleton > Stableford > Badger > Brownhill Green > Beckbury > Ryton > ALBRIGHTON > Codsall Wood > White Ladies > Boscobel House > Bishops Wood > Wheaton Aston > Little Onn > Church Eaton > High Onn > Orslow > Great Chatwell > Weston Heath > Blymhill > Weston Park > Weston under Lizard > Tong Norton > Tong (Staffs) > ALBRIGHTON
 every 60 minutes 0600 to 0100 bluemoon
Lapworth
Kingswood / LAPWORTH Station > Copt Green > Lapworth Village > Nuthurst > Illshaw Green > HOCKLEY HEATH > Packwood > Chessetts Wood > Kingswood / LAPWORTH Station > Turners Green > Rowington Green > Mousley End > Five Ways > Beausale > Honiley > Meer End > Fen End > Sedgemere > Temple Balsall > Heronfield > Oldwich Lane > Chadwick End > Baddesley Clinton > Kingswood / LAPWORTH Station
every 60 minutes 0600 to 0100
 bluemoon

places in italics are within the Centro area, travel between them and to/from Lapworth is covered by Centrocards valid in Zone 5.

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