Sprint

Sprint is a bus priority corridor that will link Walsall with the centre of Birmingham, Solihull and Birmingham Airport - joining the A34 with the A45 to create one continuous bus route. 

Sprint will bring benefits for all bus passengers: providing more reliable, regular and predictable journey times, connecting our region and protecting our environment too.

A milestone project, Sprint is being delivered by Transport for West Midlands and forms part of the region-wide ambition to improve the public transport experience.

From Monday 16 September 2024, there will be a series of road and lane closures in place on the Coventry Road (A45) and surrounding road network for a combined total of 14 months. This is to allow for improvements to bus infrastructure.

Works will be completed in the following locations with a phased approach at each site.

Coventry Road (A45)

Traffic restrictions have been lifted from Lane 1 and are now in place on Lane 2 for inbound traffic toward Birmingham. These restriction will remain throughout April 2025.

After this period, the restrictions will shift to the outbound carriageway (toward the airport), where one lane will be closed on approach to Wagon Lane junction only.

Wagon Lane bus stop

The widening works at Wagon Lane junction will be completed before Spring. The works area will move east to complete the remaining works, which have been split into phases to minimise disruption.

To see these works on a map please click here.

We will continue to update this page so please check back for further information.