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Bartley Green - Chelmsley Wood

The Cross City Bus Bartley Green - Chelmsley Wood route is looking at changes to the roads along the route that is used by the X22 bus service south-west of Birmingham city centre and the 97 service east of the city centre.

This map shows the Cross-City Bus corridor running from Bartley Green to Chelmsley Wood, with 15 route sections. The route connects Bartley Green, Harborne, Five Ways, Birmingham city centre, Nechells, Washwood Heath, Hodge Hill, and Chelmsley Wood.

Key points along the route are:

  1. Genners Lane junction with Genners Approach and Cromwell Lane
  2. Stonehouse Lane between Sommerfield Road and California
  3. Ridgeacre Road between Ridgeacre Lane and Quinton Lane
  4. Court Oak Road between Queens Park Road and Crosbie Road
  5. War Lane
  6. Harborne High Street between Harborne Road and Kingscote Road
  7. Calthorpe Road to Westbourne Road/Vicarage Road
  8. Harborne Road approach to Five Ways Roundabout
  9. City Centre
  10. Nechells Parkway
  11. Washwood Heath Road between Membury Road and Drews Lane
  12. Washwood Heath Road between Drews Lane and Stechford Lane
  13. Coleshill Road junction with Bromford Road
  14. Auckland Drive, Kingfisher Drive, Auckland Drive and Lundy View
  15. Chelmsley Wood Bus Interchange

Map of Cross-City Bus route from Bartley Green to Chelmsley Wood via Harborne, City Centre, Washwood Heath and Hodge Hill.

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Why it's happening

These changes will speed up existing bus services and make them more reliable. By improving the reliability of buses, we can also look at introducing new longer services where you won’t need to change buses in Birmingham.

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Your feedback

In 2024, we asked local residents for their feedback on proposed changes to Washwood Heath Road. To find out more please follow the link below:

We will be sharing our proposed changes on other parts of route in the future and you’ll have the opportunity to give us your feedback. To be notified of the consultation going live, please sign up to updates on Commonplace – our online engagement platform.

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