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Druids Heath - Dudley

The Cross City Bus Druids Heath - Dudley route is looking at changes to the roads along the route that is used by the 50 bus service south of Birmingham city centre and the 126 service west of the city centre.

This map shows the Cross-City Bus corridor running from Druids Heath to Dudley, with 8 route sections.

  1. Burnt Tree Junction
  2. Dudley Road junction with Oldbury Ringway
  3. Cape Hill junction with Windmill Lane
  4. Dudley Road between Grove Lane and Icknield Port Road
  5. City Centre
  6. Alcester Road South between Taylor Road and Featherstone Road
  7. Alcester Road South junction with Broad Lane
  8. Alcester Road South between Idmiston Croft and Millpool Gardens

Map of Cross-City Bus route from Druids Heath to Dudley via Kings Heath, City Centre, Cape Hill, Smethwick and Bearwood.

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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 2022, we asked local residents for their feedback on proposed changes along part of the route, Druids Heath – Kings Heath.

In 2024, we updated our proposal for Druids Heath – Kings Heath following feedback from our first consultation and reshared it with local residents for further feedback. To find out more please follow the link below:

In collaboration with Black Country Transport, Dudley Council and Sandwell Council, we asked for feedback on Burnt Tree Junction in 2024 and Oldbury Ringway in 2025. To find out more please follow the links 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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