New bus station. Haven't been to Wolverhampton station in a long time but the revamp looks amazing…read moreand very easy to get to your stops even if in a rush. Looking better and better every time I go there with the train station next to be revamped.

What a horrid, unsafe place to catch a bus! I try to use the next stop in town instead of going…read morehere. A crime hotspot.

Full of commuters, single moms, shoppers and weed smoking kids…read more Also the odd bus. Connecting to birmingham, Dudley and Stourbridge among other local spots the Merry Hill Bus Station serves only to transport people in with money and out again with less money. The navigation is easy with 2 rows of stops all with a letter corresponding to what bus goes to it. Because the local areas and the nature of chain stores and malls in general you can get the odd rough encounter here, though because the place is so public nothing much can really happen.

Sunny Travel is a small, independent bus company about which information is hard to come by. From…read morewhat I can gather the company is registered out in Willenhall but their garage is in Smethwick and they own a handful of small buses. My own experience with them is their 120 service which runs from Birmingham Corporation Street to Oldbury (the same route as the National Express 120E) and I have always been very pleased. For a start, their fare is a lot cheaper - from Bearwood to mine would usually cost £1.70 on an NWM bus but is a mere quid on these buses. Okay, the buses are smaller and less modern but they're no less comfortable or bumpy than a usual bus. The drivers are always friendly and, on one occasion, the driver asked everyone if they were okay if he took a shortcut because he was running behind which meant we all got to our destination a lot quicker! I rather wish this company ran more bus routes more frequently (I know round here they also run a 128 service), because this 120 is a damn sight better than the main one.

The new West Bromwich Bus Station is ten times better than the old station. The old station was…read morepretty embarrassing and was one of the worst bus stations I have ever seen. The station was run down and it was obvious it needed improving. Now West Bromwich Bus Station is a vast improvement from the old one. The new station has an information centre where you can get information on the different bus routes that operate within the Black Country and the West Midlands area. You can also get information on travelcards and fares. The buses that stop at West Bromwich Bus Station travel to various towns and cities in the West Midlands. There are buses that go to Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley etc. The Bus Station is also opposite the West Bromwich Central Tram Station. National Express and Diamond buses operate at West Bromwich Bus Station. Waiting for buses can be a real nightmare and I have experienced times where I have waited half an hour for a bus during the daytime when they should be coming at least every ten minutes.

As a public transport user many stations are super cold and drafty despite new builds (see Walsall…read morebus station for a concrete nightmare). West Brom bus station is perfectly located with the central tram stop across the road and it's accessibility and connection to the central shopping area through Kings Square indoor shopping centre. For a change it s a station with great signage, an information centre and really usable display boards for all the buses. With buses to Walsall running regularly and it only taking 20/30mins it is one of the better transport connections. At least with all the glass corridor designs it is much warmer and weather resistant than more open plan stations and much easier to navigate between the stops even if you are down the one end as it's such an accessible bus station. If you find your self stuck here then there could be much worse places to end up.

Rude driver at 11am the morning of Tue 26th October heading towards Walsall from cannock bue…read moreStation. The driver wouldn't accept my husbands card payment for us both, and made us pay once for him and go back to cash point then pay again! What a rip off. He was extremely rude and I will not recommend nor use this service again. Never heard of such a thing. Go with another bus service one where you get treated with respect. Not recommended at all.

The 51 is a major bus route and for those who travel from Walsall to Birmingham and vice versa via…read morePerry Barr and BCU campus, this is your main route ... unless of course you travel by train. The 51 is the standard daily option including on Sundays, which offers regular services throughout the day. At peak hours, one can come every 5-7 minutes, typically taking 35-40 minutes traffic depending. The 51 runs during weekdays between 4:30am and midnight and is a usually efficient service providing no crimes or misdemeanours take place on the bus. It is definitely a bus of cultural experiences - weed smokers, preachers, drunks, smelly people - and for those who love that, go for it! ;). In all seriousness, the X51 is the faster cousin of the 51, often with higher more comfortable seating, quicker - cutting out the side routes around Birchfield and Perry Barr stopping less and being a more efficient option. The X51 runs Monday to Saturday from around 7am and the last bus leaves usually Walsall and Brum shortly after 7pm. If you live in Walsall, you are not spoilt by choice and options of getting to Brum and I would like to see a nightbus return to the 51 such as the 51N which did run once, to allow people to return home to Walsall throughout the night, especially Thursday through Saturday. The need for nightbuses is an issue though for many of the major bus routes into Brum.

Today at roughly 11:30-11:40 I was at my bus stop in kings heath and the bus driver clearly saw me…read moreand decided to drive right past me when I had places to be and there was no sign to say the bus stop was suspended so he should have stopped and I thought it was extremely rude and it made extremely late to my destination where I was meant to be there at 1 and I got there at 1:40 ! Whoever this was needs to be sacked!

This bus route has to be one of the most annoying journeys that you can make on public transport…read more In terms of distance, to be honest it does cover a fair few stops, and the whole journey from start to finish takes a couple of hours, in both directions. If you need to get around within Birmingham's outer circle, sooner or later you'll come across one of the buses en-route. I find it annoying because if you have to use the service on your way to work during rush hour, or returning in the evening, then the bus resembles what I can only describe as a cattle market. Generally full of rubbish, no seats and some of the standing areas even smell of urine. Considering the amount of people who make use of this service, Travel West Midlands should put more of an effort in keeping this service clean and well maintained. Although a regular and reliable service, you'll not stay a fan for long if they don't tidy up their act.

I used to catch Diamond buses all the time, mainly because they were a much cheaper option to get…read moreto and from town when compared to West Midlands travel. But now, for 10p dearer, and the option to buy a day saver, West Midlands travel beats Diamond's (£1.80* single) service hands down; Unless you're only making one journey that is. If this bus service was more regular, I would probably use it more often, and buy a return/day saver. But at the moment, it's likely that you'll be waiting quite sometime for a return bus with Diamond, so it makes more sense to purchase a day saver ticket (£3.80*) with the consistent and reliable West Midlands service. However, particularly regarding the 17 route, there does seem to be an increase in this service, so maybe I will switch over to using them if they become more constant in other areas (such as the 50 route). Nevertheless, the only truly great fact about Diamond is the super fast time it takes to get to the city centre (mainly because nobody really catches it, so it doesn't stop very often!)

My first impressions of the Diamond buses were completely positive. I mean, eliminate flooring,…read moreleather seats, what's not to like. It's only been since I've began to buy a day-saver with the Travel West Midland buses, that Diamond have started to arrive at the completely wrong time, becoming more and more frustrating due to the fact that I'd have to spend another £1.80 just to use the bus. If all Birmingham based buses were tied to the same company this would not be an issue, but sadly, it is. These specific buses aren't as regular as Travel West Midland, so based on that fact and their ability to arrive at the worst possible points; I'm not a fan.

The bus is never ontime I'm sick of it I can get all across the west midlands ontime but when I…read morehave to get the 17 I'm stood waiting and waiting omg how hard is it there suppost to run every 6 minuets in the morning something needs to be done you do a 12 hour night shift get ajohnstones bus from reddich ontime then your stood in birmingham till you eventually give in and jump on the x1 aaarrrgghh!!!

I know the 17 bus route off by heart I've used it that much; and unfortunately, it's not a pleasant…read moreroute to know so well. It's one of the very very few buses that I can actually catch to town, and out of that few, it's the most reliable (and that's saying something, seriously!) If you need to get somewhere quickly, I honestly suggest planning your journey an hour in advance, because it's more than likely that this bus service will unpredictably be delayed severely. I don't think it has ever got me into town on time, and if it says '5mins' on the screen, don't build your hopes up, because it'll probably shoot up to a 10 minute wait, and the a 20, and who knows, maybe even a 30! The service is meant to be roughly every 8 minutes during the day, and then after 6pm, the bus turns up ever half an hour. I don't know who decided this schedule, but if they see the amount of people that use the single decker 17 everyday, they'd have a shock. And of course, as soon as the bus is full, it'll miss stops out, making pedestrians even angrier. But to be honest, you don't want to be squashed on this bus, which always gets gridlocked in Small Heath and Digbeth; Then you have to wait for them to swap bus drivers just before you get into the city! I'd avoid this bus route if you can afford to, it might be better to get a bus to Acocks Green and get the 37; there's tonnes of those, you'll be in the city centre before you know it!

Walsall has a bus station, West Bromwich has a bus station, Wolverhampton has a bus station and…read moreeven Dudley has a bus station. Oldbury however goes one step backwards and has...Oldbury Interchange! Seven shelters of pure, unadulterated bus pleasure! Four stops to get you towards West Brom, Dudley and Walsall; three to speed you to Brum, Blackheath, Cradley Heath and all other stops west. It says a lot about the runt of the Black Country litter that one if its most well thought-out and modern features is the place you go to get away from the place. Actually I suppose that's a bit harsh, because at least you arrive in relative style too. As it's just a few bus stops either side of the road (linked by a zebra crossing if you're not legging it across for a bus) it's probably actually easier to navigate than a bus station anyway.

Not a reliable taxi service.Pre booked my taxi for an appointment and the taxi never turned up on…read moretime and no information or SMS given of running late.It's a shame !!!

not the best taxi firm but are somewhat reliableread more