Cross City Bus

We want to improve public transport to make it a more attractive option than driving. Our ‘Vision for Bus’ strategy explains our plans.

We’re developing cross-city bus routes. This will reduce the need to change buses in Birmingham city centre.

We’re also prioritising buses at junctions across the region to:

This work will complement other modes of public transport. It will also free up road space and reduce emissions in Birmingham city centre.

We’re also adding new reduced or zero emission buses.

Routes we’re developing

Our cross-city bus project is split into different routes. We call these packages. The different packages are:

Package 1: Birmingham City Centre
Package 2: Perry Common or Hamstead to Hawkesley or Longbridge - North to South
Package 3: Dudley to Druids Heath - North to South
Package 4: Sutton Coldfield to Longbridge - Universities
Package 5: Harborne to Castle Bromwich - East to West
Package 6: West Bromwich to Meadway - East to West

These packages will benefit 50 million passengers a year by improving:

We’re using government funds to help do this work. You can see the different routes on this map.

A map showing the six cross-city bus route packages and how the cross Birmingham city centre.

You can also view our projects on this interactive map.

Have your say by sending feedback about improvements to bus routes on the new cross city network.