West Midlands Buses Route 900

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A Travel West Midlands bus operating service 900

History of route

Originally operated by Midland Red as service number 159, the service transferred to WMPTE on 3 December 1973. Upon the bus deregulation of 26 October 1986 the service was extended from Birmingham via Halesowen to Hasbury and relaunched as West Midlands Travel's flagship Timesaver service and also re-numbered 900, the extension was however short lived presumably because of the unreliability of such routes which traverse through a large busy city centre. The route reverted to operate between Birmingham and Coventry and the journey time was then 60 minutes end to end, in recent years however as a result of additional routing, more stopping places and congestion the end to end journey time has increased by AbOUT 40% which has made the service less attractive for those travelling between the two cities. The Timesaver brand has also been phased out. Travel West Midlands currently has a maximum single fare of £1.50 on the route.

Current route

  • Birmingham, Moor Street Queensway.
  • Digbeth
  • Small Heath Highway (non-stop)
  • Yardley, Swan Centre
  • Sheldon, Wheatsheaf
  • Elmdon
  • Birmingham International Railway Station
  • Birmingham Airport
  • Stonebridge
  • Meriden
  • Millisons Wood
  • A45, Birmingham Road
  • Parkhill Drive Turning Circle
  • Allesley Village, Birmingham Road
  • Holyhead Road (A4114)
  • Coventry, Pool Meadow Bus Station