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Official account for National Express West Midlands buses. Helping with your journeys where we can 8am to 8pm Monday to Sunday🚌
Joined June 2011
Drivers have voted to accept our offer and #wmbusstrike has been called off. 👍 . We’re very sorry for the disruption over the last week. Sun: reduced service .Mon: aiming to be back to normal.
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Between Monday 9th and Friday 13th December we'll be spreading the festive cheer 🎁 As all our buses will be free to use from 7pm onwards, with customers able to simply hop onboard and travel anywhere across the West Midlands! 🎄 Find out more here:
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There is a ballot taking place to end the strikes which we will have the result of on Saturday 25 March. A positive result would mean a reduced service on Sunday 26 March and a normal service on Monday 27 March. Latest updates here:
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What a brilliant shot of Digbeth High Street back in 1955 👏 #ThrowbackThursday. 📸 IG: oldcrownbham
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Birmingham looking like Rome 😍 . 📸 IG: veritymilligan
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WIN a £50 Restaurant Choice Voucher ⭐️ Here’s a little something to cheer you up if you’re back on the commute today! Simply RT this post before midnight to enter 🤞📸Twitter: @ianpinnell .T&Cs: #win #competition
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Good luck to @StourbridgeFC and @halesowentownfc who go head-to-head tonight in the #Number9Derby, one of the few football derbies to be named after a bus route! ⚽ Safe travels to the game and may the best team win #ElBusico! 🚌
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The #wmbusstrike has been called off 👍 We’re very sorry for the disruption over the last week. Sunday service running today and normal service from tomorrow please visit to plan your journey 🚍
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Hands up who remembers the old Scania buses? Pictured here on the 63 route on Corporation Street 🚌
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We're obsessed with this city night shot of Birmingham ✨. 📸 IG: brad_venturesuk
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Our drivers are heroes too with wheels still turning to help those who need to make essential journeys. A huge THANK YOU to them and everyone within our community for your hard work, loyalty and support at this time💫
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We have been advised that the bus strikes are set to continue. Sadly this means that you should plan alternative travel arrangements for the next few days and the weekend. We continue to run a limited service, primarily to the region's major hospitals.
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The iconic 50 route is 75 years old today 🚏 🎉 As one of the Midlands favourite and oldest routes its served the community from daily commuting and school travel, to even transporting the odd Christmas tree back home 🎄 What's your best memory of the 50?
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Don't forget our 1875 shuttle bus service to St Andrew's Stadium is running again this Saturday when @BCFC take on Northampton ⚽ . Find out more about our shuttle bus here:
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We have proudly named one of our number 11 buses after @harry_moseley , as it circulates the very route participants of the @brumwalkathon will be pounding the pavements of this weekend. Read more: #Walk4Harry
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From tomorrow, all NHS workers can travel free of charge on our buses when going to and from their work shifts. Children of key workers on their way to school, senior citizens and disabled people are also eligible for free travel. 🚌 . More info:
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Drivers, engineers, cleaners, vault handlers, body-makers, schedulers, shunters, cash counters, supervisors and fitters, all our garage teams are working together to keep our buses running for those essential journeys! 👏
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Father Christmas visited early & delivered the first of our brand new Platinum buses! 💙 Our new 50's are almost ready to hit the road, so prepare to stretch your legs & take advantage of the free Wifi & USB points! Check out our growing Platinum network:
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We are so very sad to have lost our own Wolverhampton Santa - bus driver Tony Hawkins😓He was legendary for dressing up as Santa every year to bring some festive cheer 🎅🏽Wolverhampton garage will miss this lovely man so much, and our deepest sympathies are with his family.
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A strike is confirmed to start on Monday 20th March. Our bus Managing Director David Bradford has written an open letter to customers. Latest here:
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The bus strike has been suspended until Monday 20th March while a vote on an improved offer takes place. Buses will be running as normal until then. Latest here:
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#ElBusico is back! Good luck to @StourbridgeFC and @halesowentownfc who go head-to-head on Saturday in the #Number9Derby, one of the few football derbies to be named after a bus route! ⚽ Safe travels to the game and may the best team win! 🚌
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It's #RandomActsOfKindnessDay! 🤗To celebrate, we're giving away two sweet and chocolate hampers and a giant chocolate cookie To enter, simply reply to this tweet below and tell us who you would gift this hamper to 🎁.T&Cs:
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Heading to the @BCFC match tonight? Don't forget our brand new 1875 shuttle bus service will be running and can take you straight to the game and back ⚽ Find out more here:
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Our services are affected by strike again tomorrow. A limited service will be running, mostly serving major hospitals. Visit our website for more:
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We join the nation in mourning the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our heartfelt thoughts are with the Royal Family, the Nation and the Commonwealth at this time.
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These buses are 19 years apart in age and are now both fully Euro Vl compliant. We have upgraded our older buses to have the same low emissions as our newest diesel buses. Here's 4125 and 7541 together 🚌
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Our West Brom garage have been keeping spirits up with some @tiktok_uk (socially distanced of course!) 🚌 #transport #SafetyFirst
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We love delving into the archives for #ThrowbackThursday. This one is from the Soho Road in 1984!
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@shaistaAziz Good morning,.We take strong action on racial abuse and encourage anyone experiencing hate crime on public transport to report it to WM Safer Travel police. We will also be investigating this incident and take any action necessary in line with our staff disciplinary procedures.
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Strike action starts tomorrow, Monday 20th March. Services will begin to be affected from around 10.30pm tonight. More info:
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WIN the ultimate tea time hamper 😍To enter, reply to this tweet with your answer to this question👇 .Which famous brand of tea was founded in the West Midlands? ☕️.#tea #birmingham.T&Cs:
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Happy Sunday everybody! This time our Perry Barr team have taken to Tik Tok to show off their moves!
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Did you see us in the news over the weekend? Despite some obvious challenges this year we managed to get our first electric vehicles out in service yesterday - the first stepping stone to our zero-emission vision! #Electric
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We will be operating a reduced service today and are aiming to resume normal service from tomorrow. Today's timetables can be found here 👉 To get a refund on a ticket valid during the strike, please visit our website
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From Sunday 5th January 2025, the adult single bus fare will be £2.90. All of our other bus fares remain the same. Find out more >
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What a stunning shot of the 82 with the iconic Birmingham Library in the background 👏🚌. Thanks to 📸 IG: toumaii3 for capturing this image 😍
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The results are in! 🤗 We asked you to vote for your favourite bus route 🚌 And we can now announce that the region's favourite bus route is the number 9, Birmingham - Stourbridge! 👏 Was this the bus route you voted for?
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While drivers are balloted on a new pay deal, our services continue to be affected by strike today and tomorrow. A limited service will be running, mostly serving major hospitals. Visit our website for more:
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Our driver Rizwan has worked at Pensnett garage for 6 years. He's been an Army Reservist for a year now. He enjoys the balance of work and army duties. We are proud of our Reservists and give them extra leave for military training #SaluteOurForces #ReservesDay
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At 11am today, where safe to do so our drivers will pull over to observe the two minutes of silence #ArmisticeDay #WeWillRemember
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Another day, another Tik Tok from our garage staff! This time it's Acocks Green's turn!
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One lucky bus has had a fierce new makeover in support of this year's @birminghampride celebrations. Have you spotted it yet? If not you can catch it in the parade 26 May! #BirminghamPride #BeYou 💜 💙 💚 💛 ❤️
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We love this! Birmingham city council has created a beautiful tribute to the cities key workers, made from flowers originally intended for use on their Chelsea Flower Show entry. The story behind the display is here: #Birmingham #ThankYouKeyWorkers
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Today we're throwing it back to New Street in the 1970's and the number 74 bus making its way to Dudley 😍 🚌 #Throwback.📸 IG: brumpic
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When Pauline's birthday celebrations had to be cancelled due to the lockdown we were happy to help with a “flypast” visit from one of our vintage buses so she could still mark the occasion 🚌 Happy 90th Birthday Pauline! 🤗
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We have some fare and ticket changes taking place from Monday 3rd July 2023 🚌 . To find out more click here:
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2019 marks the 50th anniversary of #BirminghamCityTransport merging with #WMPTE so on #ThrowbackThursday we're sharing our new #BCT heritage livery. 4651 has been repainted & looks brilliant. Keep an eye out for it on the road as it's now in operation at our #AcocksGreen garage!
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From tomorrow, the adult single bus fare will be £2.90. All of our other bus fares remain the same. Find out more >
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#BirminghamPride starts today! Now in it's 22nd year, the celebrations are the biggest 2-day LGBT event in the UK! You can see our very own rainbow bus in the parade today kicking off at noon from Victoria Square! ❤️ 💛 💚 💜 💙 #BeYou
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Don't let #BlueMonday get you down👌 Enter our competition to win one of 5 x £20 Restaurant Choice vouchers and you could be cheerily chomping away 🍴 For a chance to win, just share something positive or anything you have found uplifting👇.T&Cs apply:
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At 11am today all of our buses, wherever possible, will pull over and stop, or delay their departure to observe the two-minute silence. The Royal British Legion asks the nation to pause for two minutes to pay our respects to our Armed Forces community, past and present.
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The number 11 (outer circle) route has hardly changed in 90+ years of service BUT increasing traffic from cars makes the same route take longer. Lockdown reminded us how efficient public transport is and cleaner air can be achieved without disruption from cars #CleanAirDay
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You will be pleased to hear we are not putting up any of our bus fares in January. The price of every one of our tickets and passes will be exactly the same in January 2021 as they are now. 🙌 .
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Who's ready for a #throwback? 🔙. Can you guess which year this photo of Birmingham City Centre is from?. #NXWM. 📸 FB: Carrie White
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The iconic Bull from the Birmingham Commonwealth Games has found its permanent home, arriving at New Street Station this summer 🙌🐂. 📸 IG: andystreet_mayor
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We've teamed up with @DigbethDiner and @Edgbaston to give away 4 tickets to Edgbaston Dining Club next Friday (26th May) as well as a Group Day Saver to get you there and back! All you have to do to enter is like and retweet this post! . The winner will be announced 23rd May 🍔🍟
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Today's Google Doodle is dedicated to public transport workers! ❤️
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This afternoon and tomorrow our services continue to be affected by strike action. A limited service will be running, mostly serving major hospitals. Visit our website for the latest updates:
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While drivers are balloted on a new pay deal, our services continue to be affected by strike. A limited service will be running, mostly serving major hospitals. Visit our website for more:
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After a storm, there is always a rainbow🌈 . Whether you are a key worker still travelling with us or self-isolating at home, team National Express West Midlands is here for you and thankful for your support. We are in this together.
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Did you know that one double decker bus can take 75 cars off the road? . We've pledged that our UK bus fleet will be fully zero emission from 2030 🌍 Check out our #EarthDay blog to find out more 👉
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From today, all NHS workers can travel free of charge on our buses when going to and from their work shifts. Children of key workers on their way to school, senior citizens and disabled people are also eligible for free travel. 🚌 . More info:
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Here's the Pensnett team with their take on a Spice Girls classic! #socialdistancing #staysafe
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Got a real classic for this week's #ThrowbackThursday. Who remembers getting on this Leyland Lynx at the old Pool Meadow Bus Station? 🚍 👍
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We're taking it back with this #throwback ✨. Can you guess this location?. 📸 Cosmic Enigmas. #NXWM
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The lovely rainbow drawings have started to pop up on buses around the West Midlands! 🌈
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First we went electric. Then we embraced hydrogen. Now it’s time for kinetic energy to make its mark!. Meet the new face of energy saving vehicles, - The Pedal Bus 🚲🚌 . Happy April-Fuels Day!
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This weekend we commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the end of WWI & remember members of the Armed Forces who have died in service. You may have noticed that our buses bear an additional message this weekend in light of their sacrifice #ThankYou100 (1/2)
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We will still be operating a bus service👍 . We understand public transport will be needed for essential travel / key-workers etc. We will of course have the safety in place and ask customers to help with social distancing and wearing a face covering unless exempt 🙌 😷↔️.
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Happy Thursday, it's time for another great throwback. This week photographed is one of our Scania buses on Navigation Street in Birmingham on the 62 route. This one was taken way back in 2002 (16 years ago!) #TBT 🚌
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We can now welcome more customers on board as capacity restrictions have been eased. Thank you to all our customers for continuing to wear the required face covering 👍🏼😷
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Who can guess the year of this #ThrowbackThursday showing our 50 service driving through Digbeth?
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Fares Frozen again ❄️ ☃️ . All National Express passes such as 4 week &13 week are frozen. Annual and Direct Debit are also frozen. The low fare zone Daysavers and passes are frozen too. The £1 child add-on fare is frozen and £2 add-on fare is frozen.
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Great news! Bus users in the West Midlands can continue to enjoy low fares thanks to our participation in the Government’s £2 single fare cap which is now EXTENDED UNTIL 30TH JUNE 2023! 🙌
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What a team photo looks like these days! Made as a thank you from our key workers to all the other key workers. #staysafe #socialdistancing #Dudley #Pensnett
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Happy Birthday Brum! Today we're celebrating 130 years since #Birmingham was officially granted city status! #Brum130 #LoveBrum #WestMidlands
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We love this shot of the 35 caught in action! 🚌. 📸 IG: olis_transport
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At 11am today all of our buses, wherever possible, will pull over and stop, or delay their departure to observe the two-minute silence. The Royal British Legion asks the nation to pause for two minutes to pay our respects to our Armed Forces community, past and present.
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Driver Craig Quigley who is a member of the Royal Logistics Corps was pleased to wear his uniform to work today to mark #ReservesDay
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We've extended our £2 adult single tickets until 31st October 2023 as part of the Government's Help for Households Scheme!. Take advantage this week and hop on a bus 👉
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Merry Christmas and safe travels from all of us at National Express West Midlands! 🎄🚌. #NXWM #Christmas
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Thank you to everyone who observed the minute's silence with us.
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Have you spotted our 'Pride bus' yet? 🌈.
DESTINATION:@BirminghamPride 🌈 . Our city has been painted rainbow at the launch of the ‘Pride bus’ with the help of our friends at @nxwestmidlands 🚌 🏳️🌈 . Look out for our @westmids_ca rainbow bus stops, flags and information points situated across the city! . ALL ABOARD!
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We have some fare/ticket changes from 3rd July 2023. Single adult ticket stays £2 until 31st October 2023. To find out more click here:
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After a storm, there is always a rainbow.🌈 Let's take a moment this morning to enjoy some calm, just like our 73 bus (6143) pictured by one of our bus drivers called Shane.
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The bus of the future. maybe one day? 🚌😍 Image: Alexander Dennis LinkedIn
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While drivers are balloted on a new pay deal, our services continue to be affected by strike. A limited service will be running, mostly serving major hospitals. Visit our website for more:
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It's Birmingham Clean Air Zone's 2 year anniversary 💨. Did you know that a double decker bus can take 75 cars off the road? 🚗. Learn more 👉
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A strike is confirmed to start on Monday 20th March. Our bus Managing Director David Bradford has written an open letter to customers. Latest here:
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We've frozen our fares until 2025, saving the average commuter £250 a year 🚌. Find out more 👉 📸 IG: the_baba_busheep
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Today, we announced our vision to become the UK’s most sustainable bus company with a fully zero emission fleet from 2030 🌍Here's the last ever diesel bus that was bought at the end of last year 👏.#sustainability #zeroemission
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